Donny's TOS Enterprise Interiors

[Donny]

Here's the TWOK communicator:



Click the link below to view it in 3D:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-communicator

 

[Mytran]

Certainly one of the clunkier props but you'e still managed to make it look good.

I did hear somewhere that they were just going to use WW2 walkie talkies in those scenes, so maybe these communicators are not so bad after all?

Budgetary reasons aside, why didn't they just use the wrist communicators from TMP?

 

[137th Gebirg]

Always wondered that myself. They used the phasers & tricorders (the latter into TSFS), so why not the wrist-comms? They certainly were nicer looking than that big clunky box & more futuristic-looking.

Second only to "Cage" communicators, which I thought looked like some kind of horribly unfinished Heathkit gadget, I like this one the least. Although, as Mytran said, Donny, you made it look good.

Donny - don't you DARE ever make one of those ugly-ass Cage things...

 

[Donny]

They probably built these to return to Trek basics for TWOK, and also to contrast with the wrist communicators Terrell and Chekov were using to communicate with Khan.

 

[BK613]

very nice job on the props

 

[Donny]

Communicator in-game:

 

[Tallguy]

"It's two hours. Are you ready?"

I think after the Enterprise and Spock's ears that the communicator is one of the most iconic symbols of Star Trek. So it amazes me that that is the prop they came up with.

But Donny, you've certainly done it justice.

 

[Donny]

And the phaser in-game:

 

[Donny]

"It's two hours. Are you ready?"

I think after the Enterprise and Spock's ears that the communicator is one of the most iconic symbols of Star Trek. So it amazes me that that is the prop they came up with.

But Donny, you've certainly done it justice.

I don't know why exactly, but this boxy, utilitarian communicator has always been perhaps my favorite, despite it's overwhelming unpopularity.

 

[blssdwlf]

That's a great TWOK communicator recreation. Very photoreal like your other models

Have you seen this screenshot from TWOK? Just an observation that the prop's flip open plate corners seem to have more rounding? with the black half-cylinder only as wide as the grille.
http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=34412&fullsize=1

 

[Wingsley]

And the phaser in-game:

No, I'll disable your vessel first! I'll destroy your control panel! You choose Captain!

 

[Donny]

That's a great TWOK communicator recreation. Very photoreal like your other models

Have you seen this screenshot from TWOK? Just an observation that the prop's flip open plate corners seem to have more rounding? with the black half-cylinder only as wide as the grille.
http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=34412&fullsize=1

I'll be honest. It wasn't until TODAY after I'd finished the prop that I closely watched the scenes in TWOK that feature the communicator. And you know what? I noticed both the things you'd pointed out above.

Unfortunately, at this point it would be more work than it's worth to round out he corners a bit more, now that the texturing process is complete. The black bar can be easily be shortened a bit though.

Sometimes I refer to my owned prop replica collection a little more than I should.

 

[GNDN18]

I don't know why exactly, but this boxy, utilitarian communicator has always been perhaps my favorite, despite it's overwhelming unpopularity.

Two things made the fanboy in me swoon in 1982: the triumphant return of the fanfare at the beginning of the picture…

…and Kirk flipping open a recognizable communicator.

My friends, we've come home.

Thanks for the images.

 

[Jedman67]

"It's two hours. Are you ready?"

That was one of my favorite scenes in the movie.

 

[Tallguy]

"It's two hours. Are you ready?"

That was one of my favorite scenes in the movie.

Moments like that are why I still see movies in the theater. The audience around you just glows. You can't beat it.

 

[Donny]

Ugh. How I would've loved to see TWOK for the first time in the theater. Unfortunately I was born two years after its release.

 

[Tallguy]

Ugh. How I would've loved to see TWOK for the first time in the theater. Unfortunately I was born two years after its release.

It was really amazing. For one thing, those opening horns playing the Star Trek theme just set your hair on end.

Then you had the Kobayashi Maru. I was the perfect age. Old enough (13) to be trying to figure out where the movie was going but young enough to be able to be surprised.

The movie was a roller coaster. The losses and gains throughout the film work perfectly every time. "I don't like to lose" played perfectly.

There were rumors that Spock was going to die, but not enough to spoil the film, if that makes sense.

Really one of the perfect movie experiences of my life.

We now return you to Donny's thread, already in progress. (I'm going to go watch Wrath of Khan now.)

 

[Donny]

No it's ok! I love some of the side conversations we get on in this thread!

I watch TWOK all the time wishing I could see it for the first time again. I was too young when first seeing it to fully understand all the nuances, so all those "aha!" moments kinda hit me after repeat viewings, with less pronounced effect. i do remember that the Ceti eel scene used to scare the shit out of me when I was a boy! I used to turn away from the screen.

The closest I ever got to "seeing it for the first time" again was when I was in my late teens and...ehem...under the influence of a certain plant with medicinal properties. I swear, the opening credits music and CG star field gave me chills. I was sucked into the screen.

 

[GNDN18]

It was really amazing. For one thing, those opening horns playing the Star Trek theme just set your hair on end.

Then you had the Kobayashi Maru. I was the perfect age. Old enough (13) to be trying to figure out where the movie was going but young enough to be able to be surprised.

The movie was a roller coaster. The losses and gains throughout the film work perfectly every time. "I don't like to lose" played perfectly.

There were rumors that Spock was going to die, but not enough to spoil the film, if that makes sense.

Really one of the perfect movie experiences of my life.

We now return you to Donny's thread, already in progress. (I'm going to go watch Wrath of Khan now.)

I was 13, too, and I managed (with the help of my mother, acting as censor, reading Starlog before me), to remain relatively spoiler-free. TMP, on the other hand, was another story: between the soundtrack, the Marvel adaptation, and the stardate calendar, I'd seen it and judged it. Of course, my augmented imagination rendered a subsantially different product than the one projected on the screen. That, and I was 11....

TWOK, on the other hand, was a completely fresh experience. The pre-release poster and a few publicity stills were mysterious and obscure. To see and hear it unfold with a receptive audience was a once-in-a-lifetime event. From the fanfare to the audience applauding after Nimoy's narration ... wow!

No it's ok! I love some of the side conversations we get on in this thread!

I watch TWOK all the time wishing I could see it for the first time again. I was too young when first seeing it to fully understand all the nuances, so all those "aha!" moments kinda hit me after repeat viewings, with less pronounced effect. i do remember that the Ceti eel scene used to scare the shit out of me when I was a boy! I used to turn away from the screen.

The closest I ever got to "seeing it for the first time" again was when I was in my late teens and...ehem...under the influence of a certain plant with medicinal properties. I swear, the opening credits music and CG star field gave me chills. I was sucked into the screen.

I owe you a great deal, Donny, for taking the time to reveal the nooks and crannies of the Enterprise. The production staff did so much with so very little. To walk down the corridors -impaired or otherwise- is a real treat.

 

[UssGlenn]

"It's two hours. Are you ready?"

I think after the Enterprise and Spock's ears that the communicator is one of the most iconic symbols of Star Trek. So it amazes me that that is the prop they came up with.

But Donny, you've certainly done it justice.

I don't know why exactly, but this boxy, utilitarian communicator has always been perhaps my favorite, despite it's overwhelming unpopularity.

I've always imagined that the TWOK communicator chronologically fits between The Cage and TOS. They are using the old models because it's a cadet training cruise.