Sketchup K-15 Unseen Creeper

[ecs05norway]

I'm not aware that FASA ever made a miniature of this one, but it looked to be not too hard to draw, so I tried it. Learned a few tricks in the process.










Not a perfect match - I think the proportions are slightly off, the rear portion of the hull might be too short - but otherwise I like.

[ecs05norway]

Now available on Shapeways:

shpws.me/OodI

[kaisernathan1701]

Nice

[macrossmartin]

I'm pretty sure FASA never released this design as a mini. One of the very few one-nacelle designs in the FASA stable.

She's a curious little thing, but you've captured her well, I think. Nice work!

[ecs05norway]

Apr 25, 2017 1:01:09 GMT -7 macrossmartin said:

I'm pretty sure FASA never released this design as a mini. One of the very few one-nacelle designs in the FASA stable.

She's a curious little thing, but you've captured her well, I think. Nice work!

Thanks! She's far from perfect - and the images you've released recently certainly show me up for the amateur I am - but I'm consciously working within a) the limits of what I can accomplish with Sketchup, and b) the limits of Shapeways' WSF printing process. Which make certain elements like the 'gridwork' often seen in certain areas of Klingon miniatures ... impractical. 

[macrossmartin]

I refute and deny any and all allegations of professionalism. I've a ton of work to do before I'll be happy with my skills as a digital sculptor. As I just realised, for example — before one gets too far into a new design, which is progressing smoothly, and looking pretty much exactly the way I want — hitting 'save' from time to time will limit one's desire to hang oneself with the computer's power cable. *sigh*

I can't bring myself to print things in WSF, unless its a miniature building or something else which justifies that rough surface, and lack of crisp detail. I'd rather break out the styrene, putty and cement!