Indeed, STO's newer models are approaching mid-to-late '90s TV CG standards. I suppose the heavily-optimized texturing would also make them a lot easier to convert to being screen-ready than the more-detailed Eaglemoss CG library.
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Indeed, STO's newer models are approaching mid-to-late '90s TV CG standards. I suppose the heavily-optimized texturing would also make them a lot easier to convert to being screen-ready than the more-detailed Eaglemoss CG library.
I for one am glad they are using the Odyssey Class from STO. Its well-designed (a lot better than the awful Inquiry Class IMHO) and actually looks modern and advanced in comparison with the modified FASA designs on show.
Heck their models are better quality than the Sabre/Steamrunner/Norway models from First Contact and DS9.
But that's not saying much... They weren't meant to be seen up close.
For 1995/6 CG I think they all look fantastic!
The Steamrunner is the cool one though...
The Steamrunner is the cool one though...
Fits with Voyager being a spoon.
Imagine Graduating SF Academy and being posted to battered old Norway Class 
I guess it beats an Oberth-class.
Come on. Those things are Starfleet's VW Beetle. You know there are still some puttering around in deep space.
Come on. Those things are Starfleet's VW Beetle. You know there are still some puttering around in deep space.
Driven by aging Space Hippies.I guess it beats an Oberth-class.
Come on. Those things are Starfleet's VW Beetle. You know there are still some puttering around in deep space.
Isn't that based on Diogo Vincenzi's Kusanagi-class? (An incredibly pretty starship in my opinion.)
The Oberth loses out to the D-7/K'Tinga class lasting from an episode of ENT to the end of DS9. The BiCentennial Battlecrusier takes first place!
What's the design logic behind that one? A TOS Movie Era version of the Akira or the old NX-class? I like it.
This design is Trip Approved
TMP-era version of the Akira. The name comes from Ghost in the Shell, as a deliberate nod to the origin of the Akira's name coming from the eponymous manga and anime.
From the artist himself: "It started as an exercise to see if I could take an existing Star Trek design, in this case the Akira Class, designed originally by Alex Yeager, to a different era in Star Trek, in this case the Movie era design language established in The Motion Picture and the following movies."
That ship's got swag.
Stored in the pontoons.
Stored in the pontoons.
Looks like an interseries era Akira...its basically a direct copy.
No. It’s just a TMP era inspired Akira. They were very careful not directly take elements from the Kusanagi And do their own take on it.
Even the nacelles are very slightly redesigned, not even copy and pasted from the Connie, as this is roughly the same size as an actual Akira.
They mentioned on their livestream this version too. The reason for doing their own TMP-era version is that they'd already had two 25th century designs, and this timeframe was the only one they didn't have one from. The name of the class 'Matsumoto' was for Leiji Matsumoto; the creator of 'Space Battleship Yamato', who died not long ago.Isn't that based on Diogo Vincenzi's Kusanagi-class? (An incredibly pretty starship in my opinion.)
