That is to say, if Paramount suddenly needed a Trek model to be made into a CGI model for an episode of Trek, and would be willing to pay someone to make a CGI model of a Trek ship previously not done as one (but seen on screen as a physical model), what ship would you want done?
I'm putting my vote down for the good ole' Ambassador class - I miss the old girl. Right after it comes the New Orleans, of course.
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Well, I would like them to put a design for an unseen class, say, the Bradbury or Chimera, but if not, then I would go with New Orleans. Think about it...one of them flying in formation with the Defiant and other New Orleans-class ships. Ooooooo.....
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I'd vote for the Proto-Nebula in Sisko's ready room. Runners up: Ambassador, Cheyenne
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I'd first like to see the New Orleans. Can you imagine a big fleet composed of Galaxies, Nebulas, and NO's?
Next up would be the Cheyenne. The Ambassador would be nice, too.
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Basically all the classes that they never showed and the one's that I like and that they didn't show enough of! I mean, if they had the models for pictures in the Encyclopedia, then surely they had the models and could use them once in a while instead of being tight-fisted gits with their cash!
Ambassador - didn't see enough of this class if you ask me. One cool ship! Andromeda Antares Apollo - or have we seen one of these? Bradbury Challenger Cheyenne Chimera Constellation - didn't see enough of this class if you ask me. Deneva Freedom Hokule'a Istanbul Korolev Mediterrainean Merced New Orleans - a baby Galaxy/Nebula! Yeah! Funny looking, but kewl at the same time - deadly too! Niagara - OK, I know that we saw a wreck of one of these at Wolf 359, but I want to see a whole one flying. Renaissance Sequoia Springfield Wambundu Zodiac
quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: I'd first like to see the New Orleans. Can you imagine a big fleet composed of Galaxies, Nebulas, and NO's?
Galaxy's, Nebula's and New Orlean's together? A fleet? Excuse me while I clean up my drool!
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Well I've built CGI models of most of the classes mentioned here, particularly the obscure ones, based on the schematics and model photos. And yes, it shouldn't be too hard, or overwhelmingly expensive for them to do this. But all we ever got to see was (mostly) CGI Excelsiors, Akiras, Galaxys, Mirandas and Defiants. A shame.
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Correct me if I'm wrong all you 3d buffs, (cough MOJO! cough) but if they have the Excelsior and Miranda CGIed, would it not be a relatively simple proceedure to make CGI versions of the Centaur and the Shelley? All they are is rearranged parts from those two models with specialty nacelles.
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Only the Centaur would require new nacelles. The Shelley has plain old Miranda ones (though upscaled to about twice their usual size).
And, in case you didn't know, AKB, the reason we didn't see enough of the Ambassador is because someone dropped it and it broke.
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You're right Aban, I built a Shelley (Curry) from my Miranda/Excelsior meshes in like half an hour, the Centaur though is quite different, even the saucer, I should imagine, would have to be modelled from scratch - I would anyway.
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Does not the Centaur use simple Excelsior nacelles, turned all funky?
While I'm at it, I'll add the E-B Excelsior to my CGI list. Technically it's already been done (for "Generations") but has not been seen since. I wanna.
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I've got an Enterprise-C model (Amabassador, right?) and I plan to have a New Orleans made for the book.
More models weren't made for the show since it's not worth the expense to Paramount unless the model is going to be featured.
And even many of the ones that WERE built aren't very good... the Miranda and Excelsior spring to mind. They are going to be rebuilt for the book. The Defiant has already been redone and now, in my opinion, looks better than the studio model!
To answer the other question, yes, if a class has already been built, turning it into variations is a much easier (though not lickety-split) process. The new Miranda class will be made from the basic parts in the Enterprise-A we did for ST:TMP DVD, and several TOS ships have already been hacked together from our Enterprise.
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