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Discovery ship design has changed considerably
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Yes, it was.
Interestingly I have the exact same feelings about this low-res model as I had about the high-res model from the trailer:
From top-down she really looks unique and beautiful.
It's the underside of the ship that looks unfinished. The giant "wings" need way more detailing on the underside. All the long, flat lines from the secundary hull look cheesy and cheap (not the basic delta, but her "belly" that looks like a carton-box). The aft looks horrible, especially the engines, and I wouldn't mind the shuttlebay being a bit taller. The "Voyager" model also had their impulse engines on the nacelle wings, and there it looked much better (when they stand out a little bit) But especially the underside of the saucer, the underside and aft of the secundary hull and the front of the neck need some heavy reworking. The nacelles I like just fine.
Also, and this is just personally, but I would really love it if they gave the discovery a really old-school, satellite-like dish, like the original Enterprise had. A giant, round metal thing-y, instead of the glowing movie-era christmas-ornament dish
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Its first paragraph was. The part I quoted was in a separate paragaph that didn't say anything about ships, so I thought you'd changed/broadened the subject.
Yes! The world needs more large metal dishes. Totally agreed. It would fit in with the NX-01 and 1701.Also, and this is just personally, but I would really love it if they gave the discovery a really old-school, satellite-like dish, like the original Enterprise had. A giant, round metal thing-y, instead of the glowing movie-era christmas-ornament dish
In with the dish, out with the ball turrets. Unless they are shown in pop-up-then-back-down action, that is.
Also, pennant art. Crucially important. Arrowhead or banana? Single solid red stripe diffusing into streamers, or twin red stripes with text in between? Font choice? Hatch markings?
A lot can be done with detail. Bridging to TOS with obvious carryovers is the easy part. Inventing new styles that establish the era will be the challenge.
Timo Saloniemi
Also, pennant art. Crucially important. Arrowhead or banana? Single solid red stripe diffusing into streamers, or twin red stripes with text in between? Font choice? Hatch markings?
A lot can be done with detail. Bridging to TOS with obvious carryovers is the easy part. Inventing new styles that establish the era will be the challenge.
Timo Saloniemi
Thank you for sharing this, it's what I have been hoping would come along.
It really is sleek looking. And lays groundwork for future re-visitation of the style with the Big D.
It's not that it's unconventional, just ugly.
When books were mainly on white paper with black ink we used to say, "just read the black parts."
The round deflector doesn't suit this design; the Adams/McQuarrie version ditched it and so should Discovery. The main deflector is an energy-generating device of some kind and they should do something contemporary and cool with that basic concept.
Everything with a dish other than the old 1701 has a glowing background component. The Enterprise D and Voyager had bronze plates over blue, the NX class had a bar shaped one projecting from a high energy element behind it, the reboot Enterprise and the A work both into it.
No reason she can't have one, just give her a Kelvin version.
No reason she can't have one, just give her a Kelvin version.
Discovery looks fairly big- larger than the TOS Ent?
Again, the released video was merely a test animation of a preliminary design. So we can't conclude anything about the actual ship from it, aside from the general shape.
God, I really, really dislike this design so far. Just really don't think the delta and saucer look well together. In many ways it reminds me of some of the really awful kit bashes where they just throw two different designs and cobble them into one ship.
And I have no problem with saucer sections nor do I have an issue with using a delta design. As I really like the delta design that was used on Enterprise for a handful of episodes.
And I have no problem with saucer sections nor do I have an issue with using a delta design. As I really like the delta design that was used on Enterprise for a handful of episodes.
That's… beautiful!
It is so different than every other Federation ship we've seen before and yet you couldn't mistake it for anything else. Thank you for posting it! I hope Eaglemoss and Diamond Select/Art Asylum are working hard right now! 
