WIP Matt Jefferies Starship Concept

[Patrickivan]

Here is another of my interpretations of Matt's concept ships. It reminds me of Blake's 7 for some reason...

Anyway. I made this ship at about 60 metres long (excluding nacelles). I still have to add a wee bit. The main command cylinder is 30 metres long and 10 metres high.

I think that if I were to include this ship in the Star Trek universe, I would make it a small cargo ship maybe. Perhaps it would even be a civilian design.

 

[doctorwho 03]

I was thinking more Red Dwarf. It'd definately fit in with the 'Starbug' ships they had.

 

[Kaiser]

Looks nice so far

 

[BolianAuthor]

You work on this ship is very nice... but I can see why it was not used on-screen. It has a certain um... "look" to it that could probably be taken the wrong way...

 

[Trekker4747]

Ah. The USS Phallus.

 

[Sean_McCormick]

Oh, that one...

Anyway, I'm very interested to see, where you go with this.

 

[BolianAuthor]

Just don't show any pics of it entering a wormhole, docking port, or attacking from behind, and we'll be okay...

 

[The Axeman]

I think they were right to discard it at an early stage, its bizarre, ungainly and somewhat offensive. It looks like something Terry Gilliam would make for a Monty Python animation.

 

[Potemkin_Prod]

Suddenly the phrase ship's log takes on a new meaning...

 

[Maurice]

What sketch is this based off?

 

[erifah]

Woof!

 

[Patrickivan]

Heh- I expected some comments on that, and believe me, I made some too...

But there are some technical merits to the simplicity of the design. A sphere and cylinder offer some very strong design points.

As for it's background. This is a cargo ship CV 2001-1, currently under command of Captain Johnson Wang. This week's cargo consist primarily of hotdogs, mayo, and starship lubrication.




You pervs

 

[BolianAuthor]

^

A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.

 

[Sean_McCormick]

What sketch is this based off?

This one:

I never saw it in printed form and found it in the titlecard of a Gabe-Koerner-reimagined-Enterprise video.

 

[erifah]

What sketch is this based off?

This one:

I never saw it in printed form and found it in the titlecard of a Gabe-Koerner-reimagined-Enterprise video.

As we know, designs such as the beloved Big E evolve from such sketches - the artist draws tons of drawings, the director/producer points and says. "I like where this piece is going, develop this some more," and the cycle repeats.

Instead of modeling this schnozz ship faithfully, I wonder what we'd end up with if we pretend Roddenberry had pointed at IT instead of the sketch that ended up as the Big E?

 

[Wingsley]

^ Sisko's Defiant, perhaps?

 

[erifah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w_DqhpMuFY

 

[BolianAuthor]

^

If that design had been the basis for the Enterprise lineage, then Picard's ship would have had the biggest shaft and balls of all the Enterprise's...

 

[lennier1]

"These are the voyages of the starship Dildoprise. Exploring strange new ..."

Sorry but I never could warm up to that concept sketch.

 

[erifah]

Sorry but I never could warm up to that concept sketch.

Neither could I. It had a serious design flaw. When you hit warp 2, it starts to seriously vibrate.