So the Autobot Ark is something I've been wanting to model for a long time. I've been working on it off and one since May, I think. I used elements from the G1 animation model, and the Beast Wars 3d model. It's one of those things that I'm not really sure if I'm done with it yet, but I certainly am liking it. The back drop I used that from the wallpaper from the WFC game. I just wanted to throw the Ark in a scene. I'll do my own star field later on. I'll be putting out a rotation of the ship shortly as well. I just wanted to show this off real quick. A nice shot of the Ark from all angles. =D
Outstanding model of something that rarely ever gets touched on...think the only other Ark model I can remember seeing is Weewoo's, going back yeeeeears (Venks or anyone else, please correct me if my memory's at fault)! (Heh, it's only just occurred to me how much the front of the ship says 'USS Defiant'... )
I'm glad everyone likes the Ark. I had a lot of fun with this, so thank you. To answer some of your comments about it looking like the Defiant; I based part of my Ark from the Beast Wars model, however I learned (back when I was gathering reference images) that the actual Beast Wars Ark was partially modeled after the Defiant, hence the Defiant-like look to the ship.
To be honest, I'm not 100% sure what it is. My guess is they model parts in 3d and use a 3d printer to make them. I guess for 3rd party use? If that's the case, I don't think my Ark would be a good candidate, bc the model is made up of separate objects. For a 3d printer to work they might require the model to be one object. Hey, thanks a lot. I was surprise to see this taken out of moth balls.
