Orthographic Dalek Views
IRTC Entry13 May 2012
I thought I'd post a simple side view of my spacedock model so that people can get a better feel for its exact size and shape.
This spacedock is meant to look more primitive and jury-rigged than the spacedock seen in the movies. I wanted to give the impression of a building site, and of scaffolding or tower-crane-like structures.
It was originally going to be yellow, since that seems to be a popular colour for construction equipment, but it was too pale. I experimented with various darker shades and finally settled on this orangey-brown colour. I think it looks suitably industrial.
A wider 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt.
6 May 2012
New wallpaper, showing the cruiser USS Paul Dirac under repair in spacedock. I've added 24 mechanical arms to the spacedock model and made some minor cosmetic changes. It's finally starting to look like it does in my head.
A wider 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt.
22 April 2012
I have updated the wallpaper from two weeks ago to include some pterosaurs in the sky. I think the picture is better for having this additional background element.
A wider 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt. The original version without the pterosaurs can also be found there (see the link below).
8 April 2012
New wallpaper. I finally managed to do some half decent clouds.
A slightly larger 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt.
18 March 2012
New wallpaper, showing the USS Amberwitch loading up with shipping containers of relief supplies from an orbital container depot.
A slightly larger 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt.
18 March 2012
New wallpaper, showing the USS Alacrity deploying a pair of orbital monitoring stations. The first station is being nudged into the correct orbit by a shuttlecraft, while the second still sits in its cradle on the Alacrity's secondary hull.
A slightly larger 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt.
6 March 2012
Whoops, I meant to post this on Sunday but I forgot.
New wallpaper, showing a shuttlecraft departing the USS Enterprise which is moored in spacedock DK-311. The spacedock model has been extensively modified since its last outing and now has a habitat module, cool glowing panels, and artificial gravity platforms for mooring shuttlecraft on.
A slightly larger 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt.
19 February 2012
New wallpapers, depicting a new space station model I've been working on. It is meant to be a small Federation outpost station, roughly similar in design to Starbase 6 (as seen in the remastered version of the episode The Ultimate Computer) but quite a bit smaller.
Slightly larger 1600x900 versions of these pictures can be found on deviantArt, here and here.
29 January 2012
New wallpaper. A group of Necros Daleks (as seen in Revelation of the Daleks) explore a desert moon. I threw in a special weapons dalek for good luck. A slightly larger 1600x900 version of this picture can be found on deviantArt.
8 January 2012
This is a re-render of the picture of the Hyperion's saucer section separating, using the latest version of the model.
I have also updated the Titan class model information page.
1 January 2012
Some time back I built a model of what I think a Star Trek escort class vessel might look like, the Titan class. However I was never very happy with the front end of its secondary hull, and now I have finally gotten around to rebuilding it. I plan to re-render various images of the ship, and here is the first one, showing the USS Hyperion firing its forward phasers.
Happy new year.
20 November 2011
New wallpaper. This is the latest version of my hybrid praetorian special weapons dalek.
13 November 2011
New wallpaper. A shuttlecraft approaches the USS Enterprise, which is moored in a spacedock for repairs.
15 October 2011
New wallpaper. The Black, Red and Gold Daleks return from a training exercise. The exercise was won by the Gold Dalek, while the Black Dalek fared particularly badly.
This is, fairly obviously, a reworking of my earlier picture “Daleks in an Underground Tunnel”, but with a modified tunnel and paintball-splattered Daleks.
1 October 2011
Daleks with paintball guns. Now all I have to do is figure out how to put a paintball splat on one of them.
25 September 2011
I've been working on a paintball gun for my Dalek model. You can see my progress on deviantArt.
11 September 2011
This picture was requested by a long term follower of my website, and depicts the daleks in an unusual striped colour scheme.
I am experimenting with putting identification markings on the daleks' domes, in the spirit on the 2005-2010 daleks but in a different style. The dome markings in this picture are in a font which I believe actually comes from the TV series V, but it has the kind of look I'm after.
24 August 2011
I've reworked the shuttlebay in my USS Enterprise model to add people to the galleries on either side of the bay. You can't really see them in the 1440x900 version of the picture posted here, but there is a 2400x1500 version available for download from deviantArt in which you can just about make them out.
14 August 2011
New wallpaper. Two Daleks stop for a chat in a rather curvy underground tunnel.
The Daleks have a new 'chipped paint' finish that I'm experimenting with, so you can see the old sixties silver/blue colours peeking out through chips in the eighties grey/black paint scheme.
24 July 2011
In future I will be posting any new pictures both to this website and to deviantART, partly as a backup, partly because deviantART allows comments, favouriting and so on, and partly because it doesn't have any restrictions on uploads. Please feel free to browse through my deviantART gallery as an alternative to this website if it works better for you.
I have replaced all the wallpaper in the Dalek Showroom with new renders, using my latest models, improved lighting, and more colourful backgrounds.
3 July 2011
New wallpapers. These are reworkings of a couple of old wallpapers using a new, slightly grungier version of my hoverbout model.
12 June 2011
New wallpaper. The USS Dirac ambushes the USS Yorktown. I don't know why, it's probably been captured by renegade genetically engineered superhumans or taken over by a badly programmed supercomputer, or something like that. This kind of thing happens on a fairly regular basis.
30 May 2011
My USS Enterprise model now has rooms and people visible through its windows, so I've re-rendered some old pictures to see what it looks like. Unfortunately the model renders rather more slowly now so I missed my usual Sunday deadline for new posts.
