Reimagined USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A

[calamity_si]

Word up peeps. So I know that, especially after we've seen a brief glimpse of her at the end of ST:Beyond, everyone is putting out their various ideas of what they think the Enterprise-A should look like. Now I should mention that I don't normally do 'Enterprises'. I've been 3d modelling since about 2006 and in all that time, I've only created 2 E's. I guess it's because I consider a ship with that name to be something special. With that in mind, and after 6 weeks of tinkering, here's my version, of what I would have like to have seen being constructed at the end of the movie; my version of the new Enterprise, the 'Calamity-A'.

 

[ashleytinger]

I really like this take on her. Sleeker, fits with the Kelvin verse designs, and I really love that impulse engine set up. Very cool.

 

[calamity_si]

I really like this take on her. Sleeker, fits with the Kelvin verse designs, and I really love that impulse engine set up. Very cool.

Thanks so much! I've posted this on Facebook as well and you're the first person to notice the impulse engines. I was especially pleased with those myself. Again, thank you!

 

[Raul]

Congratulation, very nice design . I think that the saucer is a bit small compared with the nacelles, but maybe I'm wrong.

Raul

 

[calamity_si]

Thanks for the comments guys.

So here's my first attempt at a poster for potential new animated series, featuring my new design of the Enterprise-A. It's made me realise that I'm totally lame at characters! I've used the basis of a couple of characters from the Disney Infinity games and changed them to more closely resemble Kirk and Spock. Whilst I'm quite happy with how Kirk turned out, I'm not so happy with Spock. Any good CG character designers out there wanna pitch in? I'm envisioning a Star Trek animated series similar in style to 'Star Wars Rebels'.

 

[publiusr]

You always keep a swan-like grace with your designs. I love that.

 

[calamity_si]

You always keep a swan-like grace with your designs. I love that.

Cheers buddy, I appreciate that.

 

[Albertese]

I'm hating the pylons. Otherwise, I think it's pretty great.

--Alex

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

I'm hating the pylons. Otherwise, I think it's pretty great.

I wouldn't use "hate" but I pretty much agree. The pylons need work but the rest is beautiful!

 

[JasonJ]

Everything about that is fantastic and beautiful, except the pylons. I'd go one of a few ways with those... thin at the fuselage, thicker at the nacelle, a la TOS refit Enterprise-A, swept back... or keep the overall perpendicular alignment that you have, but reduce the size at the engineering section..

Alternatively, you could keep the pylons thicker at the bottom, and thinned out at the nacelles like we see in the Abrams movies... but one or the other (or the other).

 

[aloha62]

I like it! Would have gone with a slightly longer secondary hull with the tail of it finishing about half way along the length of the nacelles but that's entirely my feel. Good work.