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It looks like the lead ship in a Gothic horror scifi show called Dracula: 2256 as envisioned by H.R. Giger. Which might be cool as the design ethic of a new species, but seems completely out of place with the Klingons.
Really like the detail and the intimidating wing span. I think the design is supposed to invoke a certain presence with it, which I like. Play the soundtrack from TSFS and it is suitably terrifying symbol of the Klingon Empire.They are going to start shipping the Discovery Klingon BOP in a couple of weeks.
(early August 2018)
My first thought on seeing that was a Romulan version of one of these:
I wonder if they are comparable in size?My first thought on seeing that was a Romulan version of one of these:
Be kinda cool to see them both in the show.
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Looks like a Deathglider from Stargate SG-1.
Discovery's Klingon Bird of Prey looks like a broody hen ...
I really dig that design. Just not for a klingon ship.
Like, if in season 1 of Discovery suddenly nuAlienSpeciesX appeared in those ships and started a war with the Federation - they would have probably immediately gone down in Trek history as one of the better new alien antagonist races (like the Cardassians and later the Dominion, Hirogen, Species 8472 and the Xindi did back in their days). It's just the discrepancy with what we know about actual klingon technology and design language over hundreds of hours of Trek television that leads to criticism. On it's own - this is a damn good design.
Yeah, it's a weird design. And strangely much more "upright" and tall than the entirely flat Federation ships of DIS. (They switched that around. Like ging the Federation the brutalistic design language, and the klingons the delicate, organic one
).But IMO that's what makes this design visually interesting and unique. If it weren't for that weird feature, yeah, it would simply look like a death glider from Stargate or literally any other sci-fi show.
The BoP is my favorite Klingon design out of the lot - distinct, easy to identify from a distance, and above all simple in shape, which is a prime criterion for being iconic. It's not a major departure from the general Bird of Prey ethos, either, as it certainly has the wings and neck of a buzzard. Even if an alien moon-buzzard from Penthos V...
It's also functionally distinct in being the small, swarming type. Now, were this another Trek show, I would have preferred just two other types, bigger fighting vessels for the appropriate dramatic lots, and then the occasional utility vessel (much as in ENT). But DSC S1 is all about these feuding and diverse Klingons, and might eventually get mileage out of the diversity (and never mind the other ships aren't all that diverse in the end, I just adore the baroque "destroyer").
It's just that it's a bit superfluous to also have a feuding and diverse Starfleet...
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It's also functionally distinct in being the small, swarming type. Now, were this another Trek show, I would have preferred just two other types, bigger fighting vessels for the appropriate dramatic lots, and then the occasional utility vessel (much as in ENT). But DSC S1 is all about these feuding and diverse Klingons, and might eventually get mileage out of the diversity (and never mind the other ships aren't all that diverse in the end, I just adore the baroque "destroyer").
It's just that it's a bit superfluous to also have a feuding and diverse Starfleet...
Timo Saloniemi
They apparently are sending me the Special Ship Size Poster with my Klingon BOP this week.
Got an email yesterday...
Dear David B Dornburg:
We're pleased to inform you that your Star Trek Discovery Starships Collection issues have been shipped from our warehouse and will arrive at the ship-to address specified in your order form within 7-10 business days.
Your package includes:
SD0IOUINSERT4 x 1 - Size Charts (Posters) IOU Insert
SSD04 x 1 - BIRD-OF-PREY
SSDBINDER x 1 - SD Binder.
I'll try to post an image once it arrives.
Got an email yesterday...
Dear David B Dornburg:
We're pleased to inform you that your Star Trek Discovery Starships Collection issues have been shipped from our warehouse and will arrive at the ship-to address specified in your order form within 7-10 business days.
Your package includes:
SD0IOUINSERT4 x 1 - Size Charts (Posters) IOU Insert
SSD04 x 1 - BIRD-OF-PREY
SSDBINDER x 1 - SD Binder.
I'll try to post an image once it arrives.
Fuller didn't want them to for some reason.
I wonder if Eagle-moss is going to do a version of the ISS CHARON ?
Be interesting to see how they depict that Super-Mycelial Reactor.
Dracula 3000 even had a better ship than this.
https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/iskander_zombie/17864134/920339/920339_original.jpg
I mean, what you can see of the model.
Design looks better (to me) if it's rotated forward several degrees. Think it gives it a more head down and menacing look.
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I could sort of see the derelict space vampire ship from Lifeforce fitting in with the Gothic Klingon aesthetic.
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