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Oleg has done much better work than 99% of the half-arsed attempts at Tholian ships out there, I think. No need to discount his work like this... they look just as "Trek" as any of AT's sets.
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Whoa, easy there, hotshot !!!
No need to get pissy,
Fyron, I wasn't dissin' Oleg,
or his shipset. In point of fact, I said it was a
good one. If you are looking for a crystalline shipset, it's
great.
It just doesn't resemble the Tholians from the series, or have the same "
character" as the remainder of the "
Star Trek" shipsets. That's all.
If you play the
Star Trek Mod, with all of it's associated "
Star Trek" shipsets, in can be reasonably assumed that you are a fan of the ST universe - to one degree or another. Therefore, there's a certain appeal to having the Klingons, or Romulans, or Son'a in what actually look like Klingon, or Romulan, or Son'a ships, as they are seen in
that universe.
That specific "
flavor" or "
theme" is a large part of the appeal. Whether or not you think they are ugly or not isn't even close to the issue. Any number of ships may look "
ugly" or "
half-arsed" to one person and appeal to another. There were already a number of other shipsets for specific races in existence when
AT created new versions of them, not with the thought in mind of trashing prior efforts but as simply a new choice. That's the same story here. A new choice, done in
AT's unique and talented style.