IIRC, the security guard firing his phaser & getting zapped by the probe was deleted from TMP because they couldn’t finish the phaser effects in time. Makes me wonder if there’s a concept drawing of what Bob Wise approved for the optical.
Donny's Refit Enterprise Interiors (Version 2.0)
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The phaser beam was the least of the concerns. According to the excellent book Return to Tomorrow the entire first half of the probe sequence was cut to cut down on the optical effects load, not just the phaser, but all the shots of the probe going from the side of the bridge to the front, the Deadshirt Philips' phaser, and the probe blasting him.
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As usual, the beams are coming off the weapon at the wrong angle to the way the actor is holding it and his eyeline. They oughta be into the lower right corner of the frame.Kirk sure does look badass in this frame:
Too bad we never got to see what kind of FX they'd have used for the TMP phaser, had we ever got to see it fire.
Hey Donny you should Trek up this old "blinkenlights" computer gag and slip it into one of your sets in a section you had to invent.
But the text is more traditionally this:
ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENSPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
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Continuing with the TSFS Phaser, which I modeled years ago but decided to touch up. I completely remodeled the phaser 1 on top, and I added some conjectured details to where the meets the phaser 1 unit meets the phaser 2 unit. Back when I modeled the TWOK and TSFS props in 2015, they were among the first things I'd ever textured with Substance Painter, which was quite new back then. So these re-paints are much needed, as I'll show at the end of the post.
Here is the 2015 model / paint job:
Hopefully you can see the advantage of these remasters
Here is the 2015 model / paint job:
Hopefully you can see the advantage of these remasters
Ever think about 3D printing these prop models you make Donny?
Nope! I have absolutely no interest in 3D printing my work, nor doing the setup, modifications, and otherwise work necessary for doing so. Not sure why, but I’m perfectly fine admiring them on my screen. My roommate has a 3D printer and I’ve never once taken up his offer to let me use it.
On another note, let’s say I want a real-live TOS phaser rifle replica. Instead of spending a bunch of money on one, I find that digitally modeling it, spending all that time going over every curve and detail of it, and as a result having a finished digital model of it, would almost completely remove my desire to own a physical replica.
Like I said, almost. I admit I’ve spent a pretty penny on a few nice Trek prop replicas over the years.
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Yes, very much inspired by the details on the underside of the phaser 1 unit. The details I added on the phaser two I added to match.
Nope! I have absolutely no interest in 3D printing my work, nor doing the setup, modifications, and otherwise work necessary for doing so. Not sure why, but I’m perfectly fine admiring them on my screen. My roommate has a 3D printer and I’ve never once taken up his offer to let me use it.
On another note, let’s say I want a real-live TOS phaser rifle replica. Instead of spending a bunch of money on one, I find that digitally modeling it, spending all that time going over every curve and detail of it, and as a result having a finished digital model of it, would almost completely remove my desire to own a physical replica.
Like I said, almost. I admit I’ve spent a pretty penny on a few nice Trek prop replicas over the years.
With a Kiddo on the way, and once being a Kiddo myself, I would have loved to have any of the movie-era props to play with. Mass-market back then was slanted more to TNG stuff, when I really craved Wrath of Khan gear. Nowadays you either have expensive replica props, or expensive collector's items. Meh.
Because it would be awesome to hold some of the stuff that only the niche toy and prop makers ever depicted.
I'm confused by the TSFS Phaser I design. Where is the beam emitter? The front just looks like it's designed to plug into the larger unit, but it should also be able to work independently. Or is that horizontal metallic bar supposed to be a multi-beam emitter like on the front of the TMP/TWOK phaser?
I never cared for it myself. It looks to me like a clumsier knockoff of the TOS phaser. In particular, that squared-off grip seems unwieldy. Plus it seems odd that the Phaser II body has no controls other than the trigger. The original had a dial of sorts around the emitter and that knob on the back, suggesting added functionality as well as just higher power. I guess you could argue that the newer models are more efficiently designed and don't need that redundancy, but the lack of controls on the pistol unit just makes it look unfinished to me.
I never cared for it myself. It looks to me like a clumsier knockoff of the TOS phaser. In particular, that squared-off grip seems unwieldy. Plus it seems odd that the Phaser II body has no controls other than the trigger. The original had a dial of sorts around the emitter and that knob on the back, suggesting added functionality as well as just higher power. I guess you could argue that the newer models are more efficiently designed and don't need that redundancy, but the lack of controls on the pistol unit just makes it look unfinished to me.
Nope! I have absolutely no interest in 3D printing my work, nor doing the setup, modifications, and otherwise work necessary for doing so. Not sure why, but I’m perfectly fine admiring them on my screen. My roommate has a 3D printer and I’ve never once taken up his offer to let me use it.
On another note, let’s say I want a real-live TOS phaser rifle replica. Instead of spending a bunch of money on one, I find that digitally modeling it, spending all that time going over every curve and detail of it, and as a result having a finished digital model of it, would almost completely remove my desire to own a physical replica.
Like I said, almost. I admit I’ve spent a pretty penny on a few nice Trek prop replicas over the years.
Would there be a lot of work in converting your models to an STL file for printing? I only say because I would certainly relish the opportunity to create a TMP tricorder full size...
Looks to me like there's a small switch, a trigger (surrounded by the blue) and a touch bar that you'd swipe your finger forward and back on to adjust the power level. But that's just a cursory interpretation.
I'm guessing the four LEDs would be an intensity display, then?
That's how the Diamond Select Toys lights work, as you can switch between 4 different strength settings.
Yes, I'm assuming the metallic bar is the emitter.
Continuing on with my re-painting of the props, here's the work I've gotten done today with the TSFS Tricorder. Pretty much almost done, but this time I'm going to actually model a strap, so that will come tomorrow. I'll also be converting this to a TFF/TUC tricorder, which was the same props in those films but with some slight modifications.
Heh. I created the diagram with stone knives and bear skins a zillion years ago, and don't have any hard copies or pics of it. What you've got there looks fine; most of what were were doing in the console type graphics were really more like generalized icons than super-precise images of things. Though the idea of a customizable table display, if the tech existed back in 1978, would have been cool. - RickGot the examination room bed modeled and textured! The graphic is pretty crude, as it's what I made years ago, based on a graphic of the nervous system I found online. Since we never really get to see this graphic in great detail (unless @Rick Sternbach has any images of it he can share, since he created it), I figure this is "good enough"
Fair enough! I woke up this morning and there were a few things about it that aren’t sitting quite right with me as well, so I’ll be doing a second pass tonight!
