The Defiant on the right has 154 polys and uses a 512x512x8bit texture. As stated earlier, the mesh comes form BotF1 and the texture from Dafedz' UM3.
The Defiant in the center has 274 polys. The one on the left, 586 polys. They use the same 512x512x24bit texture. In their cases, their texture and geometries originated from '9 of Nine'. I got it from an Armada2 mod named "Sands of Time" by 'The Sandman'. I've yet to find a method of asking 9 of nine's permission. However, his models seem to be incorporated in several mods... So, maybe...
In all three cases, I've spent quite some time "cleaning up" their geometries -- by which I mean to say, I tried to turn as many triangles into quads as possible, remove extra geometry without compromising the shape, and conglomerate separate geometries into as few, single bits as I can manage. This process is incomplete with the third, highest poly model.
Edit:
I've finished the 'cleaning up' process for the higher-poly model. It's now 496 polys... By the way, that's 'polys' not 'tris'. Most of these polygons are quadrangles. So, for example, once triangulated -- all 3ds models are trangulated, and often poorly -- they become 272 tris, 494 tris, and 916 tris.
@Moe -- Yes. I believe I sent the vulcan ships in that packet. If not, someone tell me. Thanx.
Edit2:
No. The vulcan models are not there... One vulcan model is, but it's not mine... snafu 
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We are so lucky to have a series of such fine models. Here is a set of three Defiants from ZDarby's collection.
