This is a hyper-accurate model of Franz Joseph's Constitution plans, but I wanted to post it as an example of the sort of detailing that the TOS Enterprise could have "really" had. A lot of people think the original design looked shitty, and this just shows that it's all in the execution. He plans on doing the TV version next, and I for one can't wait to see it. =)
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Ah, Vektor's baby. Despite what people say, I think she's the real reson they made him the mod of the Art Forum.
Sorry to say it, Foundation, but I think this model has to be one of the best CGI's I've ever seen. And if his movie-version will be as good as this one, they should think about doing the TWOK-Director's Edition with this beauty. 8)
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Ah yes I know this guy and his connie, I'm glad to see he's finished it. I can say with some authority that it's possibly the best CGI Constitution out there.
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He even put small rooms behind each window. Now that's what I call detailed...
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I've been following Vektor's progress for some time at the Trek Art forum at TrekBBS.. it's quite the masterwork..
My favorite detail (besides actually finding a pearlescent finish that makes me think metal when I look at it) is the inclusion of a subtle aztec pattern of panels on the hull.. I imagine that the TOS Enterprise would be like this had we ever seen it in detail, and yet it maintains Jefferies novel 'no greeblies' requirement of no outside equipment that gives it its integral gracefulness. I also like the minor score marks achieved around the phaser banks and torpedo tube covers.. gives the ship a 'lived in' look without giving it a worn appearance..
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well for starters thats his site posted at the top of the thread, so i think by going to the home page, http://www.cet.com/~jasonl/ would be a good start.. also, he is a Moderator of the Trek Art forum at http://www.trekbbs.com/ where these pictures are posted, and can be easily reached through there
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A dark little space that smells like poopie.
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OK, can someone explain this to me, this 'Connie' isn't what we see on screen (you know what I mean)... it's different to the Enterprise... follows FJ's blueprints!?! How do the two differ?
Does anyone think that the forward three 'portals' look a little large?
I'd love to see a picture looking OUT one of those windows.
I really don't know much about 3d work - since my computer is as old as the hills (well a 6 year old hill) but how do people do these things... do they take a 2d schem and start from there or just add different cylinders together etc... and push and pull them!?! How do you get them to look anything like a schematic... but 3d'd!?!
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Others can add more to this if I forget anything...
�The bridge module on the filming miniature is a much more tapered teardrop shape. �The angle of the saucer rim on the filming miniature is more acute than the FJ plans. �The taper of the nacelles is more subtle on the filming miniature. �The edge of the saucer undercurve is much softer on the filming miniature. �The secondary hull of the filming miniature is a simple lathed cylinder, having none of the complex curves the schematics possess. �...Except for the three recessed deflector boxes. �The nacelle endcaps have a screw in the middle of the dome (or a spike, depending on the version), which is absent on the FJ plans. �The filming miniature has no visible weapons ports or hardpoints, but the series VFX show phasers and torpedoes both emanating from approximately the same point on the saucer -- just above the lower sensor platform. Additionally, dialogue refers to "midship phasers", which don't appear on FJ's plans, and an implied >6 torpedo tubes.
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