concept art and set photos!

[F. King Daniel]

Was there an "Art of" book, or something similar?

Unfortunately, no. I'm gonna try to collect all the concept art I can get my hands on and put it all together in a collection. Would anyone be willing to shoot me any links in that vein?

It's all in this thread!

Without sparking the old debate, I think the 2009 movie was pretty consistent in size but, unfortunately, lacked much context to assess the scale.

I concur, but I though I'd recalled reading that there was a scene where the model was scaled closer to 1200m (maybe that initial flyover with the shuttlecraft) and one where it was more like 400m (where it needed to be shrunk to fit the construction site location).

Yeah, pretty much. Although in that shipyard scene, the model that was shrunk down was detailed to be 700+m (the workmen on the hull wouldn't fit on the exposed decks or walkways around the saucer). I'd love to see closeups of that CG model and the earlier version from the "under construction" teaser.

 

[DEWLine]

"It's all in this thread!"

We do seem to have been collating the material for it by default, don't we? ;-)

 

[F. King Daniel]

A great look at the under-construction Enterprise from Chris Stoski's site: http://home.comcast.net/~chrisstoski/
In the concept art section, there are pics of the Starfleet Academy skyline and San Francisco.

 

[SalvorHardin]

Resurrecting this thread.
I was looking at some unrelated concept art and found some from STID, I did not remember seeing some of these before.
They are by Steven Messing.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I love that Bird of Prey! Are those dropships nestled in the wings? Awesome finds.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone done any work on an unofficial set of blueprints and/or deck plans for the 2009 Enterprise? I'm curious what kind of ideas are out there.

I'm working on a cutaway myself...

Since this thread was last active, I finished my cutaway of the new Enterprise.

 

[Timo]

...But where is the aft nacelle with the life support system?

Those arcologies are fun, especially when ruined.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[SalvorHardin]

I love that Bird of Prey! Are those dropships nestled in the wings? Awesome finds.

I thought they might be dropships too when I first saw it.
That BoP would have looked great on screen.

 

[publiusr]

That reminded me of a line on Carey's DREADNAUGHT about a Bird Of Prey carrier.

Imagine a giant version of this releasing B'Rels.

 

[Belz...]

Wow. Most of that looks better than what we got in the movie.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

f a line on Carey's DREADNAUGHT about a Bird Of Prey carrier.

Oh, so thats where Star Trek Online got that idea.

 

[F. King Daniel]

That reminded me of a line on Carey's DREADNAUGHT about a Bird Of Prey carrier.

Imagine a giant version of this releasing B'Rels.

I hadn't made the connection, but you're right! And with Bad Robot's love of classic Trek lit...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The Bird of Prey is awesome!

 

[Enterprise1701]

That concept D4/bird of prey reminds me of the D5 class tanker variant from ENT: "Marauders".

 

[F. King Daniel]

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBHQzELE7vE[/YT]
This is fascinating! The Official Starships Collection Vengeance magazine features some new concept art, and a few details of the unseen or virtually-unseen weapon systems (Arcing phasers? Neutron torpedoes? Phaser balls of death?) and some info about the Vengeance's size - at one point it was going to be eight times the length of the Enterprise.

 

[anh165]

This is fascinating! The Official Starships Collection Vengeance magazine features some new concept art, and a few details of the unseen or virtually-unseen weapon systems (Arcing phasers? Neutron torpedoes? Phaser balls of death?) and some info about the Vengeance's size - at one point it was going to be eight times the length of the Enterprise.

Good find!

8 x the length of the Enterprise would have probably coincided with *that* poster of her being chased.

The phaser ball of death looks nasty, almost tryptophobic!

 

[publiusr]

I have to pick that up.

 

[Timo]

Cool. Had to rewatch immediately. Spotted that drone sphere in the first exchange of fire after the ships fell out of warp. An interesting concept - but if the ship has only two of those, why did Marcus want to expend one on this soft and easy target that was not firing back? Or could they be recovered? Was this one?

Timo Saloniemi

 

[saddestmoon]

Thanks for posting that vid King Daniel! I sooooooo want the EM Vengeance now!!!!