Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

[Rahul]

I think the VFX-team sadly only put real effort in the front of the ship - as during it's only appereance it was seen from the front, turning to the camera. Which is quite honestly how resource management on a show should work (no need to design 50+ intricate Federation/Klingon vessels that don't play a big role, if you then have one or two hero ships that look rushed as well).

But for a model, the lack of detail/design over the main hull of the ship is a bit disappointing.

 

[drt]

Its a Space Jaguar

 

[pst]

But for a model, the lack of detail/design over the main hull of the ship is a bit disappointing.

it's a cool design and a totally dull model. the double edged sword of eaglemoss' fidelity to the CG assets over creating a worthwhile product.

 

[thribs]

Got the cleave ship the other day. They seemed to have skipped the Discoprise weirdly.

 

[pst]

got the cleave ship too and i'm surprised by how much i like this thing:

except the stand isn't particularly secure and the ship wobbles.

 

[thribs]

It's a nice ship. Just not Klingon.
It's also got a very one-note purpose, which doesn't work without a cloak.

 

[Rahul]

From this perspective it looks like a fuckin' evil oil-tanker.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

got the cleave ship too and i'm surprised by how much i like this thing:

except the stand isn't particularly secure and the ship wobbles.

It looks like the top half of a "Alien" head with it's mouth closed sucking on two straws sticking out foreward stuck to a Oil Tankers body.

 

[mindx2]

It looks like the top half of a "Alien" head with it's mouth closed sucking on two straws sticking out foreward stuck to a Oil Tankers body.

An Alien! That's what I couldn't put my finger on when looking at it until your post. That's exactly what it looks like... not Klingon at all.

 

[pst]

From this perspective it looks like a fuckin' evil oil-tanker.

It looks like the top half of a "Alien" head with it's mouth closed sucking on two straws sticking out foreward stuck to a Oil Tankers body.

as a big fan of ocean liners, this one speaks to me on that level. the big cleave is essentially a prow, the whole thing is structured very much like a modern sea-going vessel. apparently it's actually intended to be two parts: a cab and the weapon. so that's kind of cool.

Just not Klingon.

not Klingon at all.

i hear you on the whole not looking klingon. but in the context of season 2's finale, when it was fighting alongside more traditional battlecruisers i think it works. i have no problem with diversity in the klingon's designs, in fact i praise discovery's designers for trying to make them feel a little less monolithic. the problem with that is they didn't give us anything in season 1 that really felt quite klingon, so nothing made sense. in the revised form, with the more classic D7, i can really get into some unique klingon ships. they just didn't do the leg work in season 1 to make these ships feel klingon enough to justify diversity.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

i hear you on the whole not looking klingon. but in the context of season 2's finale, when it was fighting alongside more traditional battlecruisers i think it works. i have no problem with diversity in the klingon's designs, in fact i praise discovery's designers for trying to make them feel a little less monolithic. the problem with that is they didn't give us anything in season 1 that really felt quite klingon, so nothing made sense. in the revised form, with the more classic D7, i can really get into some unique klingon ships. they just didn't do the leg work in season 1 to make these ships feel klingon enough to justify diversity.

All they had to do was drop in 1 line that talks about how these generation of KIingon ships were all derived from Hur'q vessels, while the more familiar ships we are used to are truly original Klingon designs. Then more people would've been somewhat understanding about the drastic design change.

 

[Rahul]

I think one other problem of the Klingon ships from DIS season 1 were that they didn't share any comparable technology with Starfleet.

Traditionally they have been an antagonist, that is technologically a peer. Their ships have shields, use photon torpedos, have a bridge, impulse engines, warp nacelles, shuttlebays, and even glowing deflector dishes. And windows. Lots of windows. And hatches, and stuff like that. Basically, if you knew the design language of Star Trek, you could immediately identify all relevant parts of the ship. (Same for Romulan ships)

All these new design - they look completely alien. Like in a Borg way. Completely un-decipherable technology. No familiar elements whatsoever. In fact, they look like intricate artwork. Not a piece of technology.

Now, for an alien race - that actually can work really well! But more for a completely unfamiliar, well, alien race. Not something as intimately as one of the best known and most beloved and well-defined species in pop-culture.

 

[The Old Mixer]

If that's Klingon, shouldn't it be the kleave ship?

 

[pst]

If that's Klingon, shouldn't it be the kleave ship?

quick somebody photoshop a kleave ship and kleavage mashup.

 

[drt]

...from the House of Duras?

 

[Dukhat]

All they had to do was drop in 1 line that talks about how these generation of KIingon ships were all derived from Hur'q vessels, while the more familiar ships we are used to are truly original Klingon designs. Then more people would've been somewhat understanding about the drastic design change.

That's only if the people watching DSC were aware of the single episode of Deep Space Nine where the Hur'q were mentioned, or if they even would have cared had they known.

Never mind the fact that 100 years earlier the Klingons were using ships that looked not much different than the ships they used in the late 23rd century and the 24th century. Why they had a hodgepodge of gigantic unfamiliar designs only ten years before TOS would have had nothing to do with the Hur'q.

 

[Rahul]

If that's Klingon, shouldn't it be the kleave ship?

Ket outta' here!

 

[t_smitts]

got the cleave ship too and i'm surprised by how much i like this thing:

except the stand isn't particularly secure and the ship wobbles.

Actually, it kind of reminds me of Yondu's Ravager ship from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.

 

[Markonian]

Got the cleave ship the other day. They seemed to have skipped the Discoprise weirdly.

According to the Facebook fan group, the Discoprise is out of stock, including for subscribers and some web shops.

 

[BillJ]

According to the Facebook fan group, the Discoprise is out of stock, including for subscribers and some web shops.

That is shitty that they do that to their subscribers.