Modified TOS Ent - Wallpapers

[Vektor]

Thanks for all the kind words gang. I'll get around to doing some more of these eventually but first I need to make some serious progress on the Grandeur. Stay tuned.

 

[Antihero]

These are beautiful images.

 

[ncc-1017-e]

Well, it took me long enough, but I finally got around to doing some wallpapers. All three are 1680x1050 widescreen.
Enjoy.

Need to see more shots of this beauty!

I know your busy with other projects, but we all would love to see even more views of this beauty!

 

[Cary L. Brown]

Well, it took me long enough, but I finally got around to doing some wallpapers. All three are 1680x1050 widescreen.
Enjoy.

Need to see more shots of this beauty!

I know your busy with other projects, but we all would love to see even more views of this beauty!

Agreed. I have the "aft close-up view" as my wallpaper at work. But I'd really love to see a few of the "classic TOS views" of the enterprise set up as high-resolution wallpaper images. Stuff that folks would look at and say "that's from the original show" until they looked REALLLY closely.

 

[TheSeeker]

^I'm also using the "aft close-up view" as my wallpaper. So please allow me to chime in with a "Please sir, may I have some more?"

 

[Vektor]

Here's a little something.

 

[Venardhi]

:: swoons ::

Take me Vektor, take me now.

 

[TheSeeker]

Sweeeeeet......

 

[Gagarin]

That second shot in the group of three is one of the first 'fan shots' - heck, even Paramount's! - that I've seen that actually made me FEEL like this was a ship that had gone places! Great job!!!

 

[Manticore]

I'm also using the shot right over the fantail as my desktop; nice work! I love the subtle reflection map a lot; going to try and incorporate it into a future project, I think.

What was it; flat mirror, reflect/refract, or raytrace, out of idle curiousity?

 

[ncc-1017-e]

So Vektor what would be your take on the look of this beauty's bridge! What do you think it would look like! Naturally I would think it would be very close to TOS bridge!

 

[Vektor]

What was it; flat mirror, reflect/refract, or raytrace, out of idle curiousity?

None of the above. It's an Architectural Design material rendered in Mental Ray. There is no method I know of to accomplish quite the same thing using the scanline renderer, which is one reason why I use Mental Ray and its advanced materials almost exclusively now.

 

[Vektor]

So Vektor what would be your take on the look of this beauty's bridge! What do you think it would look like! Naturally I would think it would be very close to TOS bridge!

I actually gave some thought to this question a while back. I would probably start from the version used in The Cage and then apply the same kind of "similar from a distance but more detailed and refined close up" approach that I have used on the exterior.

I would also ditch the gooseneck lamps.

 

[Vektor]

And one more for your viewing pleasure.

 

[Amaris]

*smokes cigar*

You were wonderful.


J.

 

[Venardhi]

Bah, those lamps are awesome! They could be anything from a personal view-screen, to a holographic projector or eyeballwasher. . . or it could just a lamp, they still need to see in the future. They add an interesting shape to the bridge, surely they could be slightly altered to look less useless.

 

[Philo]

I actually gave some thought to this question a while back. I would probably start from the version used in The Cage and then apply the same kind of "similar from a distance but more detailed and refined close up" approach that I have used on the exterior.

Excellent. I'd love to see some sketches if anything else. You really should post more of your sketchwork anyway. From what little I've seen over the years, I find it to be as equally impressive as say, oh, this work.

 

[Santaman]

Awesome work there Vektor.

 

[TheSeeker]

*smokes cigar*

You were wonderful.


J.

I agree though...

 

[GilmourD]

Here's a little something.

That's my desktop at home, FYI.