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Published: 2012-02-04 03:00:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 15490; Favourites: 231; Downloads: 670
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During a routine check with Maundrian III monitoring outpost, the crew of the Rama is presented with a situation that is anything but routine!=============
A story without an actual story
It was unintentional, but there's something sort of Berkeyesque about the piece... at least to my eye.
Planet background by GrahamTG w/ textures courtesy of Nasa and Starbase1. Starfield by FrostBo. Archer class scout mesh created by Mark Azevedo - www.3dmaz.com. Ship design by Masao Okazaki. Poser/DS conversion and enhancement by Ptrope w/ texture support by me. Asteroid station by SolCommand solcommand.blogspot.com/ , enhanced with Trek bits by Ptrope. Matt Jeffries' Space Tug by David Metlesits davemetlesits.deviantart.com/ . Shuttlecraft model by XCalPro.
DAZ Studio render.
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I just so love that rustic nature of that space station!
And hmmm....an intriguing story with a universe of possibilities!!
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I was aiming for something in the station that would evoke Matt Jeffries' design work.
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Hello. I'm new here, a model builder, and I just want to say how much I admire your stuff. May I have permission to possibly take some of your design ideas, an apply them to some of my existing Trek Models? ...just askin...
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You wanna model some of my ideas? BE MY GUEST! I'd be more than flattered! I just hope I get to see the results
So do you frequent Starship Modeler?
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"Berkeyesque" is a great word to use here, as his art was what I thought of when I first saw this great image. I wondered if you were paying homage to him before I read your comments. Thank you for posting and share this and all your great art.
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Wow... I'm flattered it communicated Berkey to you!
I only wish I had half his talent....
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I can see the Rama appearing in future "Star Trek" novels set in the "TOS" era.
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You DID see my novel series, didn't you?
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No, but I'm gonna give it a shot.
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Really digging your Saggitarius renders! Awesome!
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Thanks! It's a fun lil' ship to play with.
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keep your work
I FOLLOW your work since your cute Uhura
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Wow. I'm diggin' that.
Like others said, excellent composition and use of color!
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Thanks. It may not be "photo-realistically accurate", but I like catching the eye with a bold color statement.
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Maybe its because I was watching "the walking dead" on Netflix, but I just can't help but think the shit is going to hit the fan on that station.
Why mad scientists keep trying to resurrect the dead with nanites on space stations? Don't they know its never going to end well?
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Mad scientist need some kind of handbook that they can all refer to so they won't keep making the same mistakes, over and over again....
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What a scene truly Brilliant flow of color and design Lovin this one as well!
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Heh - THANKS! It certainly gives you your daily requirement of Blue!
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Excellent job I do like the station quite a lot.
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Yeah, somehow I totally overlooked this model until yesterday. Once I loaded it up, the image immediately sprang to mind.
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It fits in well with the TOS styling
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'ow that's very pretty! 'outpost looks very cool too,got it downloaded somewhere...'have to have a play with it and my version of your Archer-class when time ( and toddler!) allow!!
'don't get what this has to do with the 'Clark' and it's on-going supernovas problem yet,'but I'm sure you're getting to it...
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It's kinda like the old cartoon that ran before the feature presentation
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yeah loved it! 'nice that there wasn't a definitive 'technobable' answer...s'pose it's like scientists are fond of saying:"the one thing we can say for certain is that we just don't know!"
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Yep. Maybe that's one thing that sets apart science and religion. In science it's perfectly valid to say "I just don't know."
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'though not always as acceptable with science FICTION (!)
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Why do you say "between"? Just curious what visuals point you in that direction. My goal was for something planted in the TOS era.
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Its the shape of your ship. Take a look at the soucer. It looks more like the new ships of Star Trek (VOY). Colors are more like TOS. Thats why I say "between".
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I can see that, sorta. Thanks for clarifying!
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Nice coloring and shading techniques there. good job my friend
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Ok just a quick thought - hows that standard TOS shuttle dock with the Archer? I don't recall seeing a standard collar on any of those old ships and the shuttle is designed to land and debark its passengers in a pressurised bay something that the Archer is lacking. Nice use of that asteroid outpost actually its a very good composition itself, I think it would be right at home alongside those mock-up book dustjackets you did.
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The shuttlecraft is actually entering one of the station's bays and is not docking with the Rama (which is docked at a different bay). The arrangement would probably be more obvious from another angle. That bit of visual ambiguity may the image's weakest point.
Hm. I like your "Archer book cover" idea! Hmmmmmm..... let me stew on that. It's tickling me!
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oh...a massive..erm....stone-i-fi-cation!?
Is that an "Outpost On-the-Rocks"? The hottest stuff you can get these days between here and Betelgeuse?
Like one said: A solid idea, Sir! 
However: I (we) are expecting more Clark-Opera!
Sir
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"Outpost On-the-Rocks". I like it! Now I just gotta figure out what to use to make one
And on the Clarke... well, you wish is my command!
*see what batting those delicious green eye gets ya?!
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