Vanity Shield Lamentations

[u/roninwolf1981]

Standard TOS Visual of the TOS Constitution Class

Platinum vanity shield for TOS Constitution Class

Candy Cane effect of the Alliance vanity shield on the TOS Constitution Class

Standard Ambassador Class visuals

Ambassador Class with Platinum visuals; white head, black body

Ambassador Class with Alliance vanity shield; also with a white head and black body

[u/roninwolf1981]

As much as I love and enjoy the Platinum and Alliance vanity shields, the visual effects can be either underwhelming, or outright jarring, when applied to certain ships. I love how the Alliance vanity shield make a D'deridex, a Galaxy-Class, and a Negh'var look, but not so much on the Ambassador-Class and the TOS Constitution-Class.

The Ambassador-Class looks like a vulture with either the Platinum or the Alliance vanity shields; white head with a black body. The TOS Constitution-Class doesn't look as bad with the Platinum vanity shield...but then put on an Alliance vanity shield, and your TOS Constitution-Class looks like a damn candy cane, lol.

Mr. Crowley's USS Crazy Train is not supposed to look like a Christmas candy cane, lol.

[u/prof_the_doom → u/roninwolf1981]

For reasons I can't explain, I actually like the Alliance Ambassador... but the striped Constitution can just head off into the dumpster now.

[u/Freakium → u/prof_the_doom]

So you're saying it should be hauled away AS garbage?

[u/prof_the_doom → u/Freakium]

You're never gonna force me out of my anachronistic ships... but I'd say to enjoy them in their non-modified goodness.

Now if only the flying shoebox wasn't so much better of a carrier than the Ahwanee...

[u/CharlieDmouse → u/Freakium]

Fist fight ensues 😂🤣

[u/DasMicha → u/roninwolf1981]

The TOS Connie sadly get those stripes with nearly every hull material or vanity shield.

[u/prof_the_doom → u/DasMicha]

The 23rd century Fed ships don't like vanity shields.

The Miranda with the 23rd century parts looks like garbage with pretty much every one I've tried.

[u/Cabusha → u/roninwolf1981]

The ambassador in general needs a going thru of its textures. Basically Ambassador + Yamaguchi parts will match, Narendra + Horatio will match. Mix the two together and a lot of the materials break, as in the OPs photo.

[u/Sir_Henry_Deadman]

I hate how the patterns land on the Ambassador you can't put hardly anything on it

I just want the odyssey skin so I can have a bright clean ship with glowing engines

That's all I need that an bloc 1/2 for some black bits

[u/PunsNotIncluded]

Are we sure the ambassador's visuals aren't actually bugged? Like, those can't be working as intended, right? The bozeman isn't supposed to give such a white saucer and the plat shield sure as shit isn't supposed to do that.

[u/2Scribble → u/PunsNotIncluded]

The new Ambassador model was made after those vanity shields came out - and weren't tweaked to get the shields to work with their new geometry

You'll encounter this in a number of the remastered ships

[u/Revan0432]

I've actually pulled alot of vanities off of ships in favor of the natural esthetic. I do run the Alliance vanity on my Atlas. It compliments it fairly well.

[u/polyurinestain]

I completely get what you are saying, and I sympathize, but, respectfully, those Ambassadors are going hard.