Ship Porn: Isaac Hannaford's Concept Ships

Yay! More ship porn!
So my girlfriend and I, being geeks and gamers, are both pretty into Halo in general. And being the awful ship slut that I am, the space-going vessels of that universe get an inordinate amount of my attention.
*WHOOOSH*
"Ooh, look, it's a CCS-Class Covenant Battlecruiser!"
"VIOLET! I'M GETTING SHOT AT!
And that's pretty much how it goes.

Ship Porn: USS Enterprise NX-01 (Refit)

Ship slut here with a confession. I enjoyed Star Trek Enterprise. Some episodes didn't quite get the Star Trek feel, but I still liked it more than some other Trekkies. There were a lot of complaints leveled at the design of the new Enterprise, saying that it looked too much like one of the ships from First Contact. And upon closer examination, I agreed. But that doesn't mean that I didn't like the design. But, I like this new one even better.

This fabulous redesign comes courtesy of Doug Drexler, who is pretty much the Hugh Hefner of ship porn in my opinion. He's one of the chief contributors to the pantheon of Star Trek ships, and maintains a fantastic blog displaying art from Star Trek and numerous other Sci-fi properties that Mr. Drexler has designed for or contributed to. This concept was done mostly for the 2011 Ships of the Line calendar, which for me is as good as a pinup. And apparently I'm not alone in my adoration.

The refit design has become so popular that an unofficial conversion kit for Enterpirse 1/1000-scale model kits for the people who want to bring Enterprise that much closer to the original Trek. Its availible at Starfleet Models, and has become so popular that it is currently backordered. If you've got the base kit, grab one. If you're like me and don't have it, just try to content yourself with gazing longingly into that beautiful deflector dish.

For more on this design, including a truly awesome video of it in action, please please please go visit Doug Drexler's blog. You will be amazed at some of the projects he's worked on, and some of the behind-the-scenes knowledge he imparts.

Ship Porn: The Gozanti Cruiser

Ship Porn is going to be a regular feature of this blog, with your host, the Ship Slut. It's true, I go totally bonkers over a good looking ship, space, sea or otherwise. 

I'd like to inaugurate this section with a starship that was heavily featured in last night's episode of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" on Cartoon Network: The Gozanti Cruiser.

To say that it's a good looking ship might not be entirely accurate, but it's still a great design. It combines elements of the Counselor-class corvette that most famously brought Qui-gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi to the Trade Federation Command Ship at the beginning of "The Phantom Menace" and the gritty, patchy feel of the Rebel ships in the Original Trilogy.

It was manufactured by a partnership between the Corellian Engineering Company, best known for the Millennium Falcon's own YT-1300f class, and Gallofree Yards, best known for the GR-75 transport used by the Rebellion to evacuate Hoth. According to Wookieepedia, the ship was originally designed as an anti-piracy vessel, which is part of what makes it so cool! It has a Class 3 hyperdrive, which is not the best, but comes armed with 4 turbolaser emplacements, and a proton torpedo launcher, making it more heavily-armed than other ships of this size. The whole hull is right around 42 meters long, with enough space for 24 passengers and crew, a cargo capacity of 75 tons, and consumables to last 1 month. New, the ship could be expected to fetch 150,000 credits, and that's at a reputable dealer.

The Krayt's Honor, a Gozanti Cruiser used by Siqo Vass

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