Well first off thanks for all the positive comments. I've tried to address a few issues that were mentioned and hence below is my updated Sabre class frigate.
Looks pretty big and heavily armed for a corvette! Maybe a frigate might be a more apt name?
And yes, it looks like a pretty good start!
I've now changed the designation from corvette to frigate as it is a bit above corvette size and as
jezza says, it is fairly heavily armed for its size.
A promising start, my minor niggles are as follows.
- Maybe increase the draught ever so slightly, 3-5 pixels possibly and increase the area underneath the rudder
- What is the crane for starboard aft and is it duplicated on the port side?
- How far back are your engines set for the stack to be that far back, there is a lot of open space between the funnel and bridge structures that could be otherwise utilized IMHO.
~Mark.
The draught is now slightly greater and hopefully the area under the rudder is looking slightly better now. I decided to have a bit of a switch round with the rear mast/funnel and I quite like how it's turned out. FYI the crane is duplicated on the port side and is designed to allow stores to be lifted on board, allowing the ship to dock in harbours where there is not necessarily the facilities to allow rapid replenishment. Sounds a bit strange I guess but it makes sense to me.
Also I decided to redesign the forward mast so now it looks similar to that of the type 45 and fitted it with Artisan 3D radar (courtesy of RP1 - thanks
). What do you think?