3D models and Prints of Ships for Darkstar

With the Darkstar rule book released im going to start working through more ship models. I am no longer super busy with other things and can finish off some more ships quickly starting with the missing ships from the lets play. Also started trying to see if I could get Darkstar working in Tabletop simulator which looks possible.

Finished Bulking up the Indomitable class, it still have the same general look to it while being now slightly larger then the Falklands class, flipped one of the rear guns to the bottom while i was redesigning so the aft section does not look as crowded as before.

Both ships turned out well, going to redesign the indomitable I think at this point while it I feel it looks good it is significantly less mass then the Falklands Class in mini form which it shouldn’t be. going to finish off the rest of the ships from the lets play then carry on scouring the Darkstar project for more ships and get a model build for a base

All Ships now now have weapon hard points with all main battery weapons swap-able. Very minor changes were needed for these last two Japanese ships as both looked good and printed without issue.

Very happy with the way the Sharnhorst turned out designed it slightly smaller then what I plan on building the full size battleships at 2.5″, full size BB’s I am aiming at 2.75″. The size leaves room for an eventual refit similar to what the WW2 Gneisenau was going to receive which will lengthen the ship to a full size BB and increase the main battery size.

Endeavor completed with hanger spaces visible and torpedo mounts. splitting the model in two did improve the hanger walls however leaves a gap that required putty to clean up. Currently printing a second model as a solid piece to compare. May still return to this to get a blend of the two designs and try and get rotating torpedoes inside the hull instead of on top. Up next is Sharnhorst no preview at this time still debating on how the Germanic ships will look at this point.

Valcour Class completed as first ship with multiple parts other then the weapons. the top of the tower section on the ship is a separate part to avoid the scaring on the top of the hull from support. First print of the ship actually collapsed when Cura failed to put any support under the two wings at the back of the ship after a few setting  changes it ended up printing correctly

going to need to start organizing all the part files created so far into folders this weekend it is starting to get out of hand dumping everything into my 3D object folder. see below for the new Endeavor if it survives printing will have the next update with it tomorrow night.

Revisited the Shepard class with added weapon hard points, keep the design fairly close to the original model. 3D print to come later. Print completed and added to this update. The model turned out OK, going to need to adjust the temperature of the printer again, ambient temp here in Canada is getting colder and you can see where the filament did not bind together correctly in parts of this print which should be solved by bringing the temperature up slightly.

3 Ships still left to bring into the new design of modular weapons. going forward I am going to try and design a new ship in-between each redesign and try and fill in missing ship classes by going over @oriskany’s project updates and picking out as much as possible. next up is the Valcour Class Destroyer shown below. nearly ready to be printed and have its own post although I am considering flipping the rear and front railgun turrets to the underside so they do not hang over the front.