It actually is a bigger change in the shape than the refit was, though it is not instantly apparent unless you try to overlay the orthos etc.
USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?
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They'll misinterpret it to mean "make it 30% bigger", again.Make it 30% different this time just to tweak the haters.
My only issue with the shape of the DSC Enterprise is the pylons. Other than that she feels close enough to the TOS version of the Enterprise that I can't nitpick much. Even the shorter neck doesn't bother me the way it used to.
My aesthetic issues are smaller in scale(so to speak) and you have to take a closer look from above or a slightly elevated position relative to the bow of the saucer to really notice them.
My aesthetic issues are smaller in scale(so to speak) and you have to take a closer look from above or a slightly elevated position relative to the bow of the saucer to really notice them.
Straight pylons would definitely have helped that.
The DSC Enterprise looks like someone took the NX-01 and extrapolated from there, rather than just using the original Jefferies design. And the final product still doesn’t really look like any of the other Starfleet ship designs in season 1. They might as well have just shown the ship like how it looked in TOS.
The Discoprise brings nothing original to the table apart from the split pylons. Luckily the interior sets are really nice, and incorporate new concepts, like the bridge being open to the corridor behind leading to busier look.
The fan rendering that Anson Mount has on his Facebook header is awesome, and combines the TMP and ST'09 ships far more successfully than the Discoprise combines the NX01 and TOS ships.
The fan rendering that Anson Mount has on his Facebook header is awesome, and combines the TMP and ST'09 ships far more successfully than the Discoprise combines the NX01 and TOS ships.
From a distance it looks like a gray version of the refit. At least what the Eaglemoss version on my shelf looks like.
There are elements I really like, but a few things stick out for me: should have been a rectangular viewscreen, they went overkill on the lighting, and the console chairs needed to be updated, the Shenzhou bridge chairs were a good update on the design.
That saucer DOES look better while still retaining the TOS triple sensor circles(aka "windows").
I do like the Discoprise for the most part but I'm not a fan of the pylons or it's rather wider appearance. I don't really like the impulse engines either. Too bulky for my liking. Other than that, It's not too bad.
Possibly, yes. I love the angled pylons of the refit, but straight ones might've worked better for this one.
No surprise there, given the designer.
Well, it'd look even _more_ out of place.
Yeah, Madkoifish's design is possibly my favourite fan Enterprise. Other than my own, that is.
When you consider that Eaves's starting point with the DSC Enterprise was concept art for the NX-01 he made during preproduction of ENT, it's even less surprising.
The concept art that’s been released seems suggests otherwise. He eventually started using his NX art as inspiration partway in designing it, but that wasn’t the starting point, The starting point was the original Connie, and was modified from there.
Do I need to post that image showing all the revisions again?
So when he was given the go ahead to 'proceed,' this wasn't actually his starting point?
https://66.media.tumblr.com/c3d971428e4808432e94f8d0c186ea73/tumblr_pkg33idzu21xwall3o2_500.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/p3watd7.jpg
https://66.media.tumblr.com/c3d971428e4808432e94f8d0c186ea73/tumblr_pkg33idzu21xwall3o2_500.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/p3watd7.jpg
Yes. We have a concept sheet from the eaglemoss booklet showing the different revisions of the Connie design before getting to that one.
That was the design the art director liked the most, but it wasn’t the first one Eaves did.
I can’t find the full page ATM, it is buried somewhere in this thread, but here is part of it via TrekMovie
https://trekmovie.com/2019/03/24/how-the-uss-enterprise-was-redesigned-for-star-trek-discovery/
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