And the dome on top looks insectoid.
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I can't believe I've never seen this before. Was this model something he had originally built for Star Trek, or some other production?
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i came across that some years ago. It had some information with it at the time- apparently it was built around the same time as the BoP. But I never was able to narrow down exactly what it was for. As I wrote, it bears similarity to several of Jefferies’ drawings. St the time I thought it may have been an earlier take on the Romulan ship.
The only other episodes around the same time as "Balance of Terror" featuring ships that we didn't actually see was the Astral Queen from "Conscience of the King" and the Gorn ship from "Arena." But it doesn't necessarily have to be those. It could very well be another Federation starship Chang was asked to build and then just never got used.
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It was the fact it bore some vague resemblance to Enterprise - nacelle and saucer - that made me think “Balance of Terror”. The script called for the BoP to have been based on a stolen Starfleet design. That part was filmed but got cut.
It was the fact that “Arena” falls close to BoT that made me think maybe Gorn. I went with that and upped the Star Fleet Battles-Gorn vibe, added a little frog, and went with it.
That whole stolen design thing came out of Roddenberry suggesting it to Schrader so they could maybe re-use the 11" Enterprise saucer as the enemy ship (with "watercolor" markings applied) and even possibly redresses of Enterprise sets for interiors. I can't imagine they would foot the cost of a study model for the Romulan ship. I'm pretty sure it wasn't intended as a Gorn ship as all of the scripts call for it to never be seen.
I ran across a fascinating design a while back. The USS Metaluna, a Cruzan class ship. The designer made several variations including a Bonnaventure.
While I think the scale of the design is a bit small, I think the overall design idea, of a nice sleek ship with a few parts added on, is a great way to handle this ship. I think being too slavish to the animated version leaves the final product more comic than almost art deco like a lot of the other designs.
Where can i find this in full size?
I only found that one image. Lots of images of the original Metaluna concept (metal hull with blue markings) and a more traditional TOS coloring (gray with red markings).
Tried it and other similar noone seems to have the original full size of what Yotsuya posted online anymore
With all the current chatter in your "Unseen TOS..." thread, @Warped9 , I went to see what was happening on this thread, and realised it's almost a year since the last post!
Looking forward to more designs here, when time permits you.
Oh, don't worry, I understand completely. While nowhere as talented as yourself (I can't draw/design on computer for shit, everything seems counter intuitive), I've been trying come up with ONE set of FASA ship stats and relevant backstory for a particular design on Brad Torgersens' FASA STSTCS forum since last AUGUST.
So even allowing for the run up to Christmas and a January funk, I know where you're coming from. I've seen other people also say how tiring the last 18 months have been creatively, beyond job and normal life activities being affected also.
Know that we appreciate your hard work and design creativity in both these threads, and others.
Oh we hear that, and in spades. I do not know anyone that has not fallen off the horse recently. Life is too much effort. Don't beat yourself up.
Yeah! If you beat yourself up, you might fall even further behind! LOL!
All of us are behind in what we want to do, I assure you!
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