Thank you all! I have more to post, as I am working my way through the blueprints I recently got (yes, the B7 Tech Manual). I have plans to do as many of the ships and stations as possible.

Very nice!

Is it just me or are these images no longer available?

Oh wow, your Liberator is very nice! I did mine as low poly version to hide the lack of detail.

It's a strange craft to model, wouldn't you say? The colours seem to change a lot depending on the reference!

Where do you think the flight deck is on your version? Do you have an opinion?

... with a ship sized at approximately 780 meters, I think the flight deck is probably in the forward part of the centre hull, before the intake vents. Would make sense for the Flight Deck to be in the centre mass of the hull, added protection when in combat, and easier to reach for the crew. It's difficult to be more exact, but the Liberator also gave off a big ship vibe, and I don't think we saw much of the interior due to budget constraints.

One of the things that's been bugging me about my take on the Liberator is that I got the proportions wrong... so, let's try again -



Closer IMOO. Thoughts?

Wonderful renditions, MadHatch! Thanks for sharing.

I definitely agree after watching the show and reconstructing it in 3D, the Liberator gives off big ship energy. No way it is 200m. There are all sorts of unexplored rooms in it.

I also wondered about the green sphere. It's like probably the reactor or the energy banks or fuel or just some cool green goo that the ship needs to live. Maybe a giant greenhouse. Did you ever decide? It could outside chance be the engine imo but the three extruding modules give off engine vibes to me. I also keep swapping the weapon from the tip of the centre hull to the three nodules! Or two are engines and the "top one" is the weapon...

All these questions come up when you model I find!

I do like a more dynamic sweep on the struts that connect the three modules which I think you've achieved here. I also really like on yours the three "engine' (as I think of them) nodules are "fully chunky". I don't think they're out-of-proportion or anything but they are full sized, if that makes sense. My way of judging a 3D model of the Liberator is how much "motorcycle energy" it is giving me. The Liberator should be cool and it all hinges on making those three nodules feel powerful.

I'm really quite taken with the texturing on the model that flies out of the TV screen in the Blu Ray trailer at 14s. I'm reasonably sure it is a 3D model. They have lit it and scratched it up in a lovely 1978 way.