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December 9th, 2003, 09:37 PM
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Demonslayer
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The Celestra
Greetings all,
I thought you might like to see some pictures of the classic Battlestar Galactica ship, The Celestra, as faithful to the original as I could make it. Anyone who wants to post a link to the images from their site is welcome to do so.
I truly wish this ship were being used in a continuation of the original series, instead of the remake.
Take care, and best wishes to all,
Ken Thomson
http://www.demonslayers.org/Celestra_12-09-03_01.JPG
http://www.demonslayers.org/Celestra_12-09-03_02.JPG
http://www.demonslayers.org/Celestra_12-09-03_03.JPG
P.S. For those who really liked the mini, I hope you will also watch and enjoy the original series that gave it its genesis. There you will find many hours of great entertainment and fine performances by some of the finest actors ever to have performed in Hollywood. |
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December 9th, 2003, 09:48 PM
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Gorgeous, Ken. Just Gorgeous.
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December 9th, 2003, 09:55 PM
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STUNNING job!!!
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December 10th, 2003, 12:49 AM
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GORGEOUS!!!!!!! That is incredible work!!!!
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December 10th, 2003, 03:26 AM
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Lovely work.
I'm in Australia so I've yet to see the mini.
What role does the Celestra have in the mini, and can we expect to see any more cameos from TOS ships?
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December 10th, 2003, 05:52 AM
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Demonslayer
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Quote:
Originally posted by Oscar
Lovely work.
I'm in Australia so I've yet to see the mini.
What role does the Celestra have in the mini, and can we expect to see any more cameos from TOS ships?
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The Celestra appears in the second part of the miniseries, mostly seen during the escape from the Ragnarok station, but she shows up in a few cameos elsewhere during the two hour second half.
The Gemini freighter and Colonial movers ships are prominent, as is the prison ship (Astral Queen) and the agro ship which is less fortunate than the others.
I enjoyed building the ship, and I thank everyone for the compliments. 
Ken
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December 10th, 2003, 06:47 AM
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December 11th, 2003, 06:56 AM
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Really nice work, Ken. I can't believe you were able to see that much detail of the ship from the TOS. You must have the eyes of an eagle!
What software did you use? 3DS, Maya....????
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December 11th, 2003, 07:17 AM
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Cool. Great work.
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December 11th, 2003, 08:35 AM
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Demonslayer
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Quote:
Originally posted by Belloby
Really nice work, Ken. I can't believe you were able to see that much detail of the ship from the TOS. You must have the eyes of an eagle!
What software did you use? 3DS, Maya....????
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I created it in 3D Studio Max 5.0, delivered it as an .obj to Zoic, and Lee Stringer converted it to Lightwave, where it was animated and a final weathered texture was applied to it.
As far as seeing detail, much of it is created from my imagination based on vague shapes I could see in video captures from "Take the Celestra."
There are a lot of details that are 100% accurate, and many that are best guess, or substituted for things which would look silly if you got a really good look. For instance, the girders on the base of the original are an artist's easil (SP?). That didn't work for a high res model, so I kept the concept but made it steel girders and altered it slightly.
Watch for more views and close-ups of detail coming soon.
Ken
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December 11th, 2003, 03:11 PM
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I would also like to point out the difficulty in that this ship wasn't featured till late in the season. And the big DVD box wasn't out for reference. So that makes Ken's feat even the more amazing.
ph man... my tying is getting bad... I looked back and saw I wrote Ken's FEET are amazing... and well... lets not go there. |
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December 12th, 2003, 05:46 AM
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Demonslayer
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Quote:
Originally posted by conundrum7g
ph man... my tying is getting bad... I looked back and saw I wrote Ken's FEET are amazing... and well... lets not go there.
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Dude,
You're starting to scare me!
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December 12th, 2003, 06:23 AM
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Nice work Ken.
I hope to get images up soon of the Gemini, Shuttle and also pics of the new shuttle.
And Tom should talk, ever get a whiff of his feet?
:tongue:
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December 15th, 2003, 09:33 PM
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awesome just plain awesome!
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