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Tholians -- A look at their vessels

qweeble#7491 qweeble
qweeble#7491
 Member Posts: 164 Cryptic Developer
edited July 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Greetings Captains!


As you may have heard... or seen on Tribble, the Tholians are coming!

The ship team here at Cryptic has been busy whipping up these bad boys.

Below is a reference sheet, and some close-ups of the Tholian ships you will encounter when Season 6 launches. Time to get familiar.




Reference Sheet -
[link]

Specific shots - (Largest ship to smallest ship)

Tarantula (Legth: 2070m)
[link] - Front
[link] - Rear

Recluse (Legth: 871m)
[link] - Front
[link] - Rear

Orb Weaver (Legth: 408m)
[link] - Front
[link] - Rear

Mesh Weaver (Legth: 123m)
[link] - Front
[link] - Rear

Widow (Legth: 60m)
[link] - Front
[link] - Rear



If you want to see them in action, jump on Tribble. Be warned, they're not very friendly.

I hope you guys enjoy, see you on Tribble & Holodeck!



-JamJamz
I make space ships!
Twitter! STO_JamJamz
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Sweet and I'm arachnophobia :p
    Hi, my name is: Elim Garak, Former Cardassian Oppressor

    LTS, here since...when did this game launch again? :D
  • capnbluddcapnbludd Member Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Thanks JJ I liked what i saw of them in the no win mission, can't wait to see more.
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  • soriedemsoriedem Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Recluse? Now, i'm really frightened. I almost lost a leg last time I encountered a recluse. True Story
  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Those all look great. good job.
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  • teklionbenrashateklionbenrasha Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    captjamjamz wrote: »
    Tarantula (Legth: 2070m)
    [link] - Front
    [link] - Rear

    That's a big ship.
  • mattmiraclemattmiracle Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Wow!!! Is it me or did they channel there inner Vorlon from Babylon 5? Anyways, great ships I cant wait to send to the junk yard.

    LLAP
    Matt Miracle

    Fleet Commander in Chief [Rank 7] for Covenant of Honor; a FED T5 Starbase
    House Leader [Rank 7] for Honorable House of Mor'gue; a KDF T3 Starbase
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Amazing. thanks for these.
  • icegavelicegavel Member Posts: 991 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Was it intentional that the Tarantula Dreadnought is reminiscent of the Krenim Temporal Weapon Ship from Year of Hell?
  • defalusdefalus Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Loving the rear view of the Tarantula, very bug like with an abdomen, pedicel and.... ewww bugs.:D
    Awsome work, I realy like the Widow.
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  • mattmiraclemattmiracle Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    soriedem wrote: »
    Recluse? Now, i'm really frightened. I almost lost a leg last time I encountered a recluse. True Story

    I am hoping these are not an easy pushover as the last Cryptic game to have a Recluse included :)
    Matt Miracle

    Fleet Commander in Chief [Rank 7] for Covenant of Honor; a FED T5 Starbase
    House Leader [Rank 7] for Honorable House of Mor'gue; a KDF T3 Starbase
    Find us at CovenantofHonor.com.  My Twitter handle; @jmattmiracle
  • superherofansuperherofan Member Posts: 342 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Wow! Sweet!
  • phyrexianherophyrexianhero Member Posts: 768 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    :eek: At last! The wait is over
    Playing since January 2010. STOwiki administrator. Accolade hunter.
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  • thelunarboythelunarboy Member Posts: 412 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    teklionbenrasha wrote: »
    That's a big ship.

    Not so big as her Captain, I think. ;)
  • synthscanner#2101 synthscanner
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         Member Posts: 470 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    So very cool, I can't wait to see them on Holodeck!!!

    Thanks Jamz!
  • jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I love it.

    They range in size from "pesky nuisance" to "OH GOD IT'S COMING RIGHT AT US". Amazing.

    No one will ever replace CapnLogan, but damnit Jamz, you are every bit the polygon god he was, IMO.
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  • meurikmeurik Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    It's easy to use simple geometric shapes. Although the Tholian ships look good, they generally use various sizes of triangles for their ship design. It's infinitely harder to design and model a more detailed and curved ship, like most Federation designs.

    CapnLogan's reputation as a "Ship God" remains standing. JamJamz still has "much to learn" from the master, imho.

    The bigger question is, which one (or ones) of these ships have the web-weaving ability?
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  • dakkidedakkide Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Looks absolutely wonderful, great job!
  • shapeywhelmshapeywhelm Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    nice

    which "Sharp like a beak" and "Very pointy" one shows up in the next lockbox?
  • drudgydrudgy Member Posts: 367 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    ZOMG! That's sick! Can't wait to get my hands on those ample nacelles... ;)
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  • capnbluddcapnbludd Member Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    soriedem wrote: »
    Recluse? Now, i'm really frightened. I almost lost a leg last time I encountered a recluse. True Story

    A few years ago there was a news frenzy here in New York because some brown recluses were showing up when produce was shipped to the city. Heh no spider of any type was safe from stomping for a few years after everyone heard how bad the recluse bite could be.
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  • k168mk168m Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    cant get in
  • strorusstrorus Member Posts: 328 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    meurik wrote: »
    It's easy to use simple geometric shapes. Although the Tholian ships look good, they generally use various sizes of triangles for their ship design. It's infinitely harder to design and model a more detailed and curved ship, like most Federation designs.

    CapnLogan's reputation as a "Ship God" remains standing. JamJamz still has "much to learn" from the master, imho.

    The bigger question is, which one (or ones) of these ships have the web-weaving ability?

    Are you Mad, These ships definately result in JamJamz and LCDMillar stealing the Ship Making Crown!

    Bravo!:D
  • alexraptorralexraptorr Member Posts: 1,192 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Mmmm recluse.
    I used to have a "Brown Recluse" living just outside my bedroom window when I was a little kid! :eek::D
    "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid." - Q
  • darkemirrordarkemirror Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Wow nice looking designs. Especially the widow! There is a familiar look! But uh... I may be wrong but I thought Tholian ships were named after gems? Like the Amethyst class, Ruby class and the Quartz class like in Klingon Academy...? Its been so long so I apologize truly if I am wrong as I hope you don't think I'm discrediting your work in any way cuz I'm not! It made sense though especially after observing them in the original series, Enterprise, and Star Trek: Shattered Universe that they looked crystalline in appearance... But amazing work! Can't wait to see them in action!
  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    awesome presentation, and awesome designs! id like to see other mockup like this for all fed ships or all kdf ships.
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  • startuxstartux Member Posts: 135 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Very nice! :D
  • startuxstartux Member Posts: 135 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    darkemirror wrote: »
    Wow nice looking designs. Especially the widow! There is a familiar look! But uh... I may be wrong but I thought Tholian ships were named after gems? Like the Amethyst class, Ruby class and the Quartz class like in Klingon Academy...? Its been so long so I apologize truly if I am wrong as I hope you don't think I'm discrediting your work in any way cuz I'm not! It made sense though especially after observing them in the original series, Enterprise, and Star Trek: Shattered Universe that they looked crystalline in appearance... But amazing work! Can't wait to see them in action!

    It's possible you're right, but those ships could be from a now obsolete design. Perhaps at some point CBS will be taking things from STO...
  • meurikmeurik Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    strorus wrote: »
    Are you Mad, These ships definately result in JamJamz and LCDMillar stealing the Ship Making Crown!

    Bravo!:D

    Not mad at all actually. Just been around in various modding/modelling communities for a number of years, and I tend to know what to look for, when it comes to ships looking good or bad.

    Not saying the Tholian ships are bad (they aren't), but they certainly aren't as difficult to make, as it is to make a more fluid/smooth like ship, such as the Federation designs. Also, I tend to avoid "kissing a--", which apparently you rather enjoy indulging in.
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  • usernamependin7usernamependin7 Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    i love the look of all of the ships. i'm guessing they are all NPC ships
  • darkemirrordarkemirror Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    startux wrote: »
    It's possible you're right, but those ships could be from a now obsolete design. Perhaps at some point CBS will be taking things from STO...

    Obsolete, maybe... But boy did they look menacing when they were coming at you! Just like these new ones!
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