Didn't see this being discussed, but the cover and other images from the 2011 Ships of the Line calendar have been released. See them here. First off, awesome cover! Now the calendar itself, it meets the usual standard set by the Ships of the Line series, though I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of 24th century ships. Only two, Probert's Romulan warbird concept design, and a 22nd century Klingon ship inside what looks like a Borg hangar. Maybe that one shouldn't count as 24th century. It's not that I have anything against ships of the 22nd and 23rd centuries, I just like it better when these calendars represent all Star Trek. Still, some fine images. My favourite is probably the Enterprise firing on the Reliant, mainly because of that cool looking nebula in the background. Although that one of all the new designs from the TOS movie era is pretty nice as well.
And the Enterprise-E's saucer shuttlebay in the bottom right corner. Personally, I'm thrilled. Looks like an all around excellent batch, and I'm pleased as punch by the representation of the movie era, especially that gorgeous cover. It's kind of my favorite, visually (I know, it's hard to tell).
Image by Vesta-class designer Mark Rademaker. In addition to the beauty shot, other views of it are part of the centerfold "tech manual" page (shared with Doug Drexler's refitted NX). Only one image I don't particularly care for: the penultimate one -- a bunch of kitbash designs that just don't "speak" to me.
You know, when I first looked at that, I thought it was supposed to be the Enterprise's shuttlebay from Trek XI. But upon closer inspection I see the shuttles from Insurrection and the Sovereign class nacelles. Damn, that's embarassing.
I don't get it. What planet were they orbiting when Enterprise fired on Reliant? I thought Regula was a barren rock with no atmosphere.
It would hardly be the first SotL calendar image to take artistic license. These aren't just about duplicating scenes from the shows and films, they're about letting the artists create images they want to see, whether they happened in-series or not.
The artist wanted to see the Enterprise fire at the Reliant from point blank range, without the obscuring effects of a nebula, and miss? Perhaps a big fan of Khan's? Timo Saloniemi
Looks even better than the last one. Though that image with these strange kitbash ships looks not so well done. That cover is great. Amazon and other stores really need to update their thumbnail images!
Best Calander in a long time. That bird of Prey in a Borg hanger is weird though, what's that about? Is it hinting at some upcoming book?
A lot of SotL images depict scenes that didn't appear in any episode or book. Like I said, the artists are given pretty much free rein to depict any scene they think they'd like to see. Evidently Dave Morton just thought it would be cool to show a Klingon BoP inside a Borg (?) hangar. TrekMovie has a post about this now, including a shot of the centerfold with sufficient resolution to see the ships and text clearly: http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/ShipsoftheLinecent.jpg Nice to see Mike Okuda's explanation for the ringship's place in Trek history, though it's still a little vague on the dates.
Prior to 2143. A picture of it was on the wall of the 602 Club during the 2143 flashback scenes of "First Flight" (ENT).