TAS made real....

[publiusr]

Now I’m thinking that it is a ship of Elder Things

 

[Warped9]

Okay, getting there. Actually this is now a matter of pondering what sort of extra detail I might add. As is this is one truly wierd looking dog.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

^ I would (maybe) give it some sort of texture on the hull to both take off the shine and give it (an even) more organic (grown) look, and call her done.

Looks awesome, regardless...
Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Santaman]

Looking strange, yet also great, very organic and indeed plant like.

 

[Warped9]

We might think it organic, almost like some sort of bird or aquatic creature. But maybe it’s simply meant to evoke an alien life form much like Romulan designs are meant to evoke predatory birds.

 

[Maurice]

If you want to imagine it's a Phylosian ship you could take some color/texturing cues from Agmar and apply it verrrry lightly so you'd only perceive it up close.

 

[8of5]

Oh I like how this one is shaping up, looks like a dancing dinosaur!

Love this whole project btw, so cool seeing all these ships brought to life!

 

[Markonian]

Oh I like how this one is shaping up, looks like a dancing dinosaur!

Love this whole project btw, so cool seeing all these ships brought to life!

When this project is finished, perhaps @Warped9 and you could get together for an interview and show-case article on your site.

 

[trynda1701]

If you want to imagine it's a Phylosian ship you could take some color/texturing cues from Agmar and apply it verrrry lightly so you'd only perceive it up close.

That might be one way to go for it.

Oh I like how this one is shaping up, looks like a dancing dinosaur!

Or, for the dinosaur look, what about a subtle mottling, hinting at a skin-like appearance, as seen on large dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park movies, or maybe like elephant skin?

 

[Warped9]

I think we need to be mindful of the intent here. Yes, I could go full blown detail on this, however, the intent of this is to create a miniature that would be relegated pretty much to the background of the collection of ships seen in “Time Trap” if had been a live-action episode. To that end, even under the best of 1960’s conditions, how much detailing would such a miniature have gotten on TOS given it wasn’t a ship meant to be featured up close? Indeed, how likely is it that something as elaborate as this design would even have been constructed?

Yes, some of TOS’ miniatures were decently detailed even though it didn’t really show onscreen. But those were feature ships so they got more attention.

 

[FormerLurker]

Okay, getting there. Actually this is now a matter of pondering what sort of extra detail I might add. As is this is one truly wierd looking dog.

This is very well rendered, and follows the original art faithfully, but this design looks like a plesiosaur that swam through the Great Plastic Sargasso and came out mired in junk.

 

[8of5]

When this project is finished, perhaps @Warped9 and you could get together for an interview and show-case article on your site.

Would be delighted to if Warped9 was up for it

Think it might be some time coming, lots of ships ahead I'm hoping

Hope the Eaglemoss peeps are keeping an eye on this too; I'm dreaming of TAS ships in the Starships Collection!

 

[Warped9]

This thing looks like it has its legs trussed—all three of them.

 

[sintesi]

Indeed, pre-WWII, Americans saw pink as a strong, masculine color because it was a shade of red, while blue was seen as a gentle, feminine color. For some strange reason, after the war, marketers of baby clothes and products inverted the color associations and promoted them heavily in marketing.

I haven't done a lot of looking into that phenomenon, but I always wondered if that happened because so many of the military uniforms during WW2, obviously worn primarily by men, were based in blue.

 

[Warped9]

I haven’t forgotten about this project, folks. Real life intervened and diverted me for a bit. Hoping to get back into this soon.

 

[sintesi]

TAS and "Beyond the Farthest Star" were my introduction to the Trek universe. Even when I was eleven years old, I could see that this new cartoon was head-and-shoulders smarter than the rest of what showed up on Saturday morning, and I was hooked. I'm definitely looking forward to what else appears here.

 

[Maurice]

I haven't done a lot of looking into that phenomenon, but I always wondered if that happened because so many of the military uniforms during WW2, obviously worn primarily by men, were based in blue.

That's replying to a pretty wayback post, but the subject of pink and blue by gender is discussed here: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/every-little-thing/wbhabn

Episode description:

Through the 1800s, babies in the U.S. were dressed in gender neutral clothing — you couldn’t tell the girls from the boys based on their outfits. So why did parents start color-coding their kids in pink and blue? Plus, ELT’s long quest to get a sports team to have a flamingo as their mascot is finally over… or is it?

Guests: textiles and clothing historian Jo Paoletti; cultural historian of medicine, gender, and the body Hanne Blank; Kuba Krzyzostaniak, Director of Fan Engagement for Forward Madison FC.

Thanks to callers Elle Ve and Paige — and to scholars Elizabeth Sweet, Katherine Parkin, and Valerie Steele.​

 

[sintesi]

Thanks for the reply and link. I've literally only been reading through these threads for about two weeks, and am probably not paying as much attention to their age as I ought to.

 

[StarCruiser]

Hey - at least it isn't one of the 5-10 year old threads!

This isn't THAT dead...

 

[Colonel Midnight]

^ Sorry, couldn’t resist:

Miracle Max the Wizard: He's only mostly dead. If he were all dead, there's only one thing you can do.
Inigo Montoya: And what's that?
Miracle Max the Wizard: Go through his pockets and look for loose change.

Cheers,
-CM-