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BTW, since there seemed to be a few complaints about the Enterprise-B model used in this years calendar, here's a sneak preview of the revised one...
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Is it the Enterprise-B version from Generations? I can't tell without seeing her belly...
On another note, why is there no starship in the Fleet Museum photo that has the registry NCC-1701-A?
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Quick work again. The E-refit in that picture is the same model used in the TMP director's cut, sans mods. The E-nil has been seen in the calendar before too.
quote:Originally posted by MattC: BTW, since there seemed to be a few complaints about the Enterprise-B model used in this years calendar, here's a sneak preview of the revised one...
Bueatiful work there! Show us more as she comes along, please!
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Pardon me, MattC, but who are you? (I must have missed an introduction somewhere. ) You sound like you actually work/have worked on Trek, or at least the ancillary productions like the calendars. Am I just slow in keeping up with who post here?
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I don't think he formally introduced himself, but what he has contributed in the discussion leads me to believe he has some part in making at least the SotL calendars.
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Well, considering that his e-mail address (as seen on his Web page, as linked to in his profile) starts with "mchristou"...
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And yes, the coloured shapes are supposed to be there, at least, according to the images I got from a) the DVD and b) John Eaves. (Ignore the textures, they meane nothing at this point).
It's the latest model in an effort to build a set of definitive Enterprises from the NX to the Nemesis Enterprise-E. Along the way, the team@DU (there are 4 of us) have been fortunate enough to interact with alot of the ex-FI, Eden, DD folks who bought you this stuff originally and have been kind enough to help us out with references, advice and abuse about going overboard on the detail. But then again, I know how pedantic you lot are when it comes to detail.
Size is correct, though the B is slightly distorted since i forgot about the pixel aspect ratio when I rendered the ortho.
As for doing this crap professionally, no thanks (I make far too much money in my normal job). I'll leave that to the Zoic/Eden/DD folks.
Fortunately, one (actually make that two) of the people who put the calendar together liked what he saw with this one and comissioned my friend (who did mos tof the geometry) and I to finish it off for use next year (i.e. 2006 SOTL) since the current Muse excelsior is such a POS. Though to be fair, most of that stuff is designed for TV and to be moving rather than print work like the calendars.
The Amabassador in the Fleet Museum shot was built by Lee Stringer. I'll try to render up a couple of shots of it when I find the time.
Anyway, if you have any suggestions or requests, feel free. e.g. if you've got any questions for any of the folks who produced the calendars, I can pass them on.
M.
PS: Boh: I know about the doors, I just haven't got round to fixing it yet. SeanR over at SFM already pulled us up on it. And I'll give Stringer (Who built the Ent-Refit model) a holler about fixing up the Enterprise-Refit to show the correct registry and colour scheme for the Ent-A as well.
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