First photo of phaser prop...for real this time.

[dkehler]

Oh rubbish. Clean up the edges, add detail, beef it up ... as noted above, TSFS's phaser II is a step in the right direction. Take that, reference real firearms for details, and bring metals into the material palette et voila!

In other words, make it stop looking like a TOS prop at all.

Non sequitur. Try again.

 

[Psion]

Oy vey. May your hair become home to noisy vermin.

I go Brazillian.




(Okay, no. I just thought I'd put you off your feed for a day or two)

 

[Brutal Strudel]

More than anything, it reminds me of a Men In Black weapon. It's like the bigger sibling of the Noisy Cricket.

That being said, I have a hard time believing that the design of one of the props is going to have a direct bearing on whether or not the movie will be enjoyable.

Truer words were seldom posted. Ultimately, the script's the thing.

I'm not hopeful.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Oh rubbish. Clean up the edges, add detail, beef it up ... as noted above, TSFS's phaser II is a step in the right direction. Take that, reference real firearms for details, and bring metals into the material palette et voila!

In other words, make it stop looking like a TOS prop at all.

Non sequitur. Try again.

Not necessary; I nailed it the first time.

 

[dkehler]

In other words, make it stop looking like a TOS prop at all.

Non sequitur. Try again.

Not necessary; I nailed it the first time.

Absolutely Wrong!

 

[Pindar]

That's about as clear a capture as I can make of it.

That looks like a PPG from Babylon 5.

Could it possibly be a long straight engineering tool?

That crewman might be an engineer not security.

 

[SalvorHardin]

That's about as clear a capture as I can make of it.

That looks like a PPG from Babylon 5.

That looks like a blurry blur to me...

 

[cultcross]

That's about as clear a capture as I can make of it.

That looks like a PPG from Babylon 5.

Could it possibly be a long straight engineering tool?

That crewman might be an engineer not security.

An engineer responding to Spock fighting? I think we see the phaser in that shot, myself. It doesn't really make a great deal of sense otherwise.

 

[Pindar]

An engineer responding to Spock fighting? I think we see the phaser in that shot, myself. It doesn't really make a great deal of sense otherwise.

Your right it doesn't make sense. I guess judging by the black edges the underside of the barrel must have a chrome finish too.

 

[Lonemagpie]

I wonder if the emitter unit is meant to be removable as a Phaser I... It looks like it might be.

I love it anyway

 

[Basil]

That's about as clear a capture as I can make of it.

That looks like a PPG from Babylon 5.

Could it possibly be a long straight engineering tool?

That crewman might be an engineer not security.

An engineer responding to Spock fighting? I think we see the phaser in that shot, myself. It doesn't really make a great deal of sense otherwise.

He's got that meathead, no-neck look usually ascribed to mall cops, so I'd go with security. And he's holding it like a weapon.

The phasers aren't bad at all. They don't resemble a Pike era weapon and are too aerodynamic to be from TOS, but being one color, they're also less busy and "graphicky," or tacky, than I would have expected from a contemporay film production designer of this era. The barrel does, indeed, look like it turns on a horizontal plane, rather than rotates like a Pike era weapon, which while visually interesting, does seem a rather dopey design conceit for what will be in this film a combat weapon of the Star Wars variety.

The white bridge and chromy phasers seem lifted from the Star Wars universe, though with obvious influences from the TOS movies. The only element so far that really makes me think TOS is the uniforms, which I like. The rest seems permutations on the Trek films.

 

[DaveyNY]

Re: Fisrt photo of phaser prop...for real this time.

I'm reposting this cause people ...keep missing the target....

The WHOLE SILVER HANDLE IS NOT THE TRIGGER...

Look at it closer....

Just to the left of the shiny silver button (which is on the SIDE OF THE HANDLE), ...you'll see on the forward-facing part of the handle, there is a very small area of gray...

That, I would guess, is the actual trigger.

 

[M'Sharak]

^ I did see your comment earlier, but I'm not so sure. That same color of gray continues most of the way down the front edge of the handle and looks as if it may simply be a reflection of whatever gray material the prop was sitting on when photographed.

I think I'm going to stick with "it's not clear to me yet just what or where the trigger might be," for the time being. If we get a look from a different angle than this one, the trigger may be easier to spot. Pretty sure the thumb button on the grip's not it, though -- that doesn't seem very practical as a trigger, but it could be a safety of some sort.

 

[trekkerguy]

^ I did see your comment earlier, but I'm not so sure. That same color of gray continues most of the way down the front edge of the handle and looks as if it may simply be a reflection of whatever gray material the prop was sitting on when photographed.

I think I'm going to stick with "it's not clear to me yet just what or where the trigger might be," for the time being. If we get a look from a different angle than this one, the trigger may be easier to spot. Pretty sure the thumb button on the grip's not it, though -- that doesn't seem very practical as a trigger, but it could be a safety of some sort.

Agreed on all counts. It really just looks like a bit of light play.

EDIT: Whoa nevermind, take a closer look just forward of the dark grey spot.

 

[M'Sharak]

^ I did see your comment earlier, but I'm not so sure. That same color of gray continues most of the way down the front edge of the handle and looks as if it may simply be a reflection of whatever gray material the prop was sitting on when photographed.

I think I'm going to stick with "it's not clear to me yet just what or where the trigger might be," for the time being. If we get a look from a different angle than this one, the trigger may be easier to spot. Pretty sure the thumb button on the grip's not it, though -- that doesn't seem very practical as a trigger, but it could be a safety of some sort.

Agreed on all counts. It really just looks like a bit of light play.

EDIT: Whoa nevermind, take a closer look just forward of the dark grey spot.

Could be, but even when you enlarge the image, it's hard to tell what's detail and what's just pixellation.

 

[sunburn800]

Its a staple gun

 

[DaveyNY]

^ I did see your comment earlier, but I'm not so sure. That same color of gray continues most of the way down the front edge of the handle and looks as if it may simply be a reflection of whatever gray material the prop was sitting on when photographed.

I think I'm going to stick with "it's not clear to me yet just what or where the trigger might be," for the time being. If we get a look from a different angle than this one, the trigger may be easier to spot. Pretty sure the thumb button on the grip's not it, though -- that doesn't seem very practical as a trigger, but it could be a safety of some sort.

It's kinda-sorta, pretty clear to me...

But just so I don't seem too cocky (this time) here's my proof ......

BTW: Ya Load The STAPLES Here ......... ^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[USS Mariner]

^ I did see your comment earlier, but I'm not so sure. That same color of gray continues most of the way down the front edge of the handle and looks as if it may simply be a reflection of whatever gray material the prop was sitting on when photographed.

I think I'm going to stick with "it's not clear to me yet just what or where the trigger might be," for the time being. If we get a look from a different angle than this one, the trigger may be easier to spot. Pretty sure the thumb button on the grip's not it, though -- that doesn't seem very practical as a trigger, but it could be a safety of some sort.

It's kinda-sorta, pretty clear to me...

But just so I don't seem too cocky (this time) here's my proof ......

BTW: Ya Load The STAPES Here ......... ^^^^^^^^^^

That's just the reflection of the table.

 

[DaveyNY]

^ I did see your comment earlier, but I'm not so sure. That same color of gray continues most of the way down the front edge of the handle and looks as if it may simply be a reflection of whatever gray material the prop was sitting on when photographed.

I think I'm going to stick with "it's not clear to me yet just what or where the trigger might be," for the time being. If we get a look from a different angle than this one, the trigger may be easier to spot. Pretty sure the thumb button on the grip's not it, though -- that doesn't seem very practical as a trigger, but it could be a safety of some sort.

It's kinda-sorta, pretty clear to me...

But just so I don't seem too cocky (this time) here's my proof ......

BTW: Ya Load The STAPLES Here ......... ^^^^^^^^^^

That's just the reflection of the table.

Hu-uh???

I see a shadow on the table (from the light source above and to the right) that runs along the front edge, and a small shiny spot (also on the table) at the bottom, but how do you get there's a reflection on the Phaser from a NON-REFLECTIVE, DULL-COLORED TABLE????

I'm looking at this thing on a 37" HDTV, really Folks, the top arrow IS pointing at the trigger.

 

[Psion]

I think USS Mariner means its a reflection of the table on the phaser handle. And I'm inclined to agree. Notice how the gray patch near the underside of the pistol (the "trigger") curves slightly right before the dividing line, then under the dividing line, a similar gray line matches up and goes down the length of the handle.