Donny's Late TNG Era Interiors

[David cgc]

I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York a few years ago, and one of the things that stuck with me (aside from all the art) was a back stairwell I took where all the lighting fixtures were completely hidden and the room just seemed to be glowing inexplicably.

 

[Mytran]

Just so everyone knows I wasn't making it up

Never crossed my mind - this was clearly an aesthetic choice on the part of the set builders to add some additional lighting and thus interest to the corridor panels.

I wouldn't be surprised if the intention was that the railings themselves had lights built into them, and didn't just cover run-of-the-mill florescent tubes, but that's a judgement call about where the "real" ship stops and the set begins.

I also wonder if the tubes behind the hand rails were ever meant to be seen for what they were. Do we ever get any lingering shots on them which betray their real world design?

 

[Belz...]

Late TNG as in TNG movies interiors. Nicely done.

 

[Donny]

Got what I'm dubbing as Radial Kit A complete, but I still have to generate the straight, non-concentric version of the standard hallways now (Radial Kit B)

Late TNG as in TNG movies interiors. Nicely done.

Ah, yes. I guess I should've said "TNG Movies" to be more clear. But I am referring to the era rather than the series. In my head, I see Seasons 1-3 of TNG as "Early TNG", Season 4-7, DS9, and Voyager as "Middle TNG" and the movies and even parts of Voyager as "Late TNG". Shouldn't have assumed everyone shares my classifications

 

[Lt. Washburn]

That's looks really nice. That version has the longer horizontal lines that I'd have wanted in the other corridors.

 

[tesral]

It's OSHA reg, so you can find them in a dark/smoky atmosphere.

This. I've dealt with them. Some safety features might be optional, but the UA certified stick up the hinny is not.

Got what I'm dubbing as Radial Kit A complete, but I still have to generate the straight, non-concentric version of the standard hallways now (Radial Kit B)

Are you adding more handrails?

 

[Viper]

@Donny Man, these are looking absolutely incredible. I think your best set yet for sure. You know, I started working on a Sovereign a while back...might be time to get back to it pretty soon. Excelsior first though.

 

[Donny]

@Donny Man, these are looking absolutely incredible. I think your best set yet for sure. You know, I started working on a Sovereign a while back...might be time to get back to it pretty soon. Excelsior first though.

I appreciate that! I admit, after staring at the set for days on end now, it’s hard for me to step back and take an objective look at them. I keep asking “is this good work?” So, it helps to get this kind of feedback.

Usually, I have to not look at a given piece of work at all for a month or two before I can come back and see it for what it is. ;-)

 

[Donny]

It wouldn't be the Sovereign corridors without the deck hatches we saw in First Contact!

 

[tesral]

Is is storage or a gangway?

 

[137th Gebirg]

IIRC, it was a gangway that crewmembers used to move between decks trying to get to the Borg down in engineering. I think the turbolifts were shut down at one point or something.

 

[Donny]

Is is storage or a gangway?

IIRC, it was a gangway that crewmembers used to move between decks trying to get to the Borg down in engineering. I think the turbolifts were shut down at one point or something.

Yes, @137th Gebirg is correct. In the film, the crew use the hatches to move between decks. There were two in the floor on the main corridor set (one in the concentric corridors, one in the radial)


The bottom end, however, was in the ceiling of the engineering corridor set.




There are also two slightly larger hatches on the bridge, one of which Captain Picard and Lilly use to enter the bridge.

 

[blssdwlf]

Given the height of the floor and the depth of the deck I would hope there is some drop-down ladder or rope. Otherwise it would be a wild gymnastic exercise to reach down below to pull Picard up.

 

[Donny]

Given the height of the floor and the depth of the deck I would hope there is some drop-down ladder or rope. Otherwise it would be a wild gymnastic exercise to reach down below to pull Picard up.

In the bridge scene, it appears that Picard is holding onto a rung before he is hoisted up. So I'm assuming at least the bridge hatches have ladder rungs. The corridor hatches, on the other hand, do not have any ladder, rungs, or rope

 

[ashleytinger]

In the bridge scene, it appears that Picard is holding onto a rung before he is hoisted up. So I'm assuming at least the bridge hatches have ladder rungs. The corridor hatches, on the other hand, do not have any ladder, rungs, or rope

It is a ship with artificial gravity. I'm sure they have something that changes the gravity or something through those to let people go through quickly without a ladder. That and the sheer number of warning labels around the hatch alludes to that LOL

 

[cardinal biggles]

In the corridor scene, they're all jumping down. We don't see how they get off of Deck 16 (apart from Picard, who ducks into the Jefferies tubes).

 

[Donny]

In the corridor scene, they're all jumping down. We don't see how they get off of Deck 16 (apart from Picard, who ducks into the Jefferies tubes).

We do see some of the crewmembers escape into the Deck 15 side doors outside of engineering on the catwalk above. Now I'm wondering why they didn't just enter Deck 16 via those doors/catwalk in the first place (but I'm glad they didn't, because it was much more dramatic and I wouldn't have so much great reference of the corridors otherwise )

 

[Mytran]

Given how ubiquitous Jefferies Tubes were by this point in the franchise (not to mention how high the sets had become) the floor hatches don't make a lot of sense.

But they were fun to look at

 

[Donny]

Given how ubiquitous Jefferies Tubes were by this point in the franchise (not to mention how high the sets had become) the floor hatches don't make a lot of sense.

But they were fun to look at

As someone who was intrigued by Lora Johnson's addition of a bridge hatch on the Mister Scott's Guide bridge schematics, I was joyed to see it come to fruition on screen in First Contact. The corridor hatches make less sense given the Jefferies Tubes, however. I agree with that!

 

[Mytran]

As someone who was intrigued by Lora Johnson's addition of a bridge hatch on the Mister Scott's Guide bridge schematics, I was joyed to see it come to fruition on screen in First Contact. The corridor hatches make less sense given the Jefferies Tubes, however. I agree with that!

Yes, that was a far more practical solution than the emergency "kickout" panels in Fj's bridge. I vaguely recall her mentioning a ladder underneath the hatch too.
Lora's hatch placement also means that it could be used simultaneously with the turbolifts. On the Ent-E people exiting the turbolifts would have to be extra careful if the hatches were open!