Few thing to think when making variants.
Klingons: Two Nacelles, Dagger/knife shaped, long neck and dark green plating. Add some rust to the texture.
Romulan: High Tech, Bird in Attack position shaped, long neck, hollow inners for big ships, light green plating.
Cardassian: Big head, small tail. Snake shaped. Has to look Industrial or practical. Dark Beige in color always a bridge protruding from front or middle.
Dominion: Purple.
Ferengi: Try to focus on Ferengi Race Symbol and make some variations on it. Another thing to remember: *Dog eat Dog world*
Borg: Polygons. Any Polygons will do, if it seems Efficient. So No Octagons or Pyramids.
Edit: And I gotta say, I have never seen a more cuter Borg cube.
*Ahh crap a borg cube... But it's so small and cute and... assimilated my ship.*
[ May 30, 2002, 06:07: Message edited by: TerranC ]