You know, even in these basically black-and-white pictures, the Enterprise is still quite a dramatic ship! I especially like the second shot. An interesting look, to be sure...
I'm dying to see where you're going to take this Enterprise? A black hole, orbiting a rogue planet, a super Earth, a Rigel star? I just love what you're doing, Donny, this looks fun.First night of painting was a success.
Here's a somewhat eerie preview.
Unfortunately, I noticed that the curvature of the underside of the saucer is a bit off towards the edges, so I'll have to take some time to correct that before continuing, as that will require tweaking of the model and re-baking a few textures. But otherwise, I'm happy with the results thus far.
I can't imagine why your not working for the film industry . If your model was used in the rework of the original series it would have been far far better. I don't think ILM couldn't be doing a better job, and so fast. I was wondering are you going to match up part of the interior with the exterior for example the shuttle bay?My goal is to be done on July 4th. I think I can do it.
Paying super close attention to the colors. It's so weird how everything looks under lighting compared to what I think it's going to look like. The hull is actually painted much more green than it appears, with heavy tinges of a rust color here and there. The key is being super subtle. It's really quite magical how all the different layers of color and light information blend to form the images you see below.
And I made sure to make the deflector extra coppery. There's something so fascinating about a giant metal deflector made from a heavy metal, instead of just the glowy ones we see TMP onward.
Tonight's progress:
I can't imagine why your not working for the film industry . If your model was used in the rework of the original series it would have been far far better. I don't think ILM couldn't be doing a better job, and so fast. I was wondering are you going to match up part of the interior with the exterior for example the shuttle bay?
I do plan on matching up the shuttlebay set I eventually build with the exterior, yes. And I will try to provide some moments where you look out a viewport window and can see parts of the ship. But as far as actually making sure the entirety of the the interior resides inside the exterior, no, as it's pretty unecessary for what I'm doing. But I will also try to keep the illusion, wherever possible, that you are inside the exterior. Make sense?I can't imagine why your not working for the film industry . If your model was used in the rework of the original series it would have been far far better. I don't think ILM couldn't be doing a better job, and so fast. I was wondering are you going to match up part of the interior with the exterior for example the shuttle bay?
I'll try and post some wireframe shots sometime this week!Donny, this is amazing. Could you post a few wire frame views of your model?
I was actually thinking last night how it would be great practice for me to try and compose a cutscene of the opening credits of Star Trek with my new model. This, of course, will come after the model is complete, and won't rely on video composition. I'll do it all within the game engine through it's powerful cutscene tools. Remember, this is all built so that it can be rendered in real-time and not have to rely on pre-rendered scenes.Donny, good will the model be for animation? If you've got some good video editing software you could show off by replacing some stock footage from TOS with your connie.
Nacelles: Half balls added to the rear of the nacelles; Solid wood "power nodules" with spikes replaced with frosted Plexiglas domes with inner surface painted transparent orange, plus motorized vanes and blinking Christmas lights added behind the dome, being ten bulbs of different coloring, blue, yellow, red and green. Colored mirror shards were also added for reflective purposes. The whole assembly was powered by a van motor.
Regarding the innards of the nacelle caps, this article over at Memory Alpha features this photo and some notes: