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Dennis Bailey407
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Every time I near the end of one of these projects I think of that cliche aphorism about art being "abandoned, but never finished."
Well, after adding a couple more textures and tweaking the lights some more, sometime in the next 24 hours I hope to abandon this guy.
Until then I guess it remains a work in progress.
Well, after adding a couple more textures and tweaking the lights some more, sometime in the next 24 hours I hope to abandon this guy.
Until then I guess it remains a work in progress.
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But i love what youve done - aweseom job, dennis!
I'm most fond of the TOS ship, but like the proportions of the TMP ship somewhat better - the saucer's a bit wider, engineering hull a little heavier...and of course the detailing is great. But I've always liked the cylindrical engines with the globes on the end the best.
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I haven't figured out yet how to shrink these things down/post thumbnails so I don't want to stretch the table here.
I'm thinking about putting together an update kit for the second version I did of that TMP ship - not a lot to it, but there are a couple of major mesh errors that I wince at when I see it used in certain close-up scenes.
Yeah, I did the Concord...sometimes I think I should go back and remodel things like that and the Dawnstar, because I was very new at this when I did them. Probably never will, though.
1. Find a way to submit this design to JJ Abrams and the present "Trek" torch-bearers immediately! There are aspects of Ryan Church's 2009 Enterprise that I liked, but overall I think it looked unbalanced and a bit overblown. You took the best aspects of his version, as well as the TOS and TMP versions, scaled them and put them together perfectly. This ship just screams "Star Trek." Those guys NEED to see this.
2. When you finally "abandon" the model, please upload it to the Downloads section here in as many formats as possible so everyone here can play with it. Why should you get to have all the fun?
This looks great, Dennis. As usual, fantastic work.
Buckaroohawk, I'm flattered but I'm a big fan of the new ship myself - I don't think they can learn anything from me. My version does give me comfort, though, because I tried to play up the aspects of the JJPrise that most resemble the TOS ship; if other people like it for that reason as well, I'm gratified.
Now I have to move on to doing some work for the Starship Intrepid folks and - oh yeah - some work on Polaris.
There are aspects of the Trek '09 Enterprise I like, too, but the more I look at it the more "off" it seems somehow. Its sudden "growth spurt" that occurred within the movie bothered the hell out of me as well. I'm not knocking Ryan Church's work, I just think you've got a better handle on the aesthetics of what a modern Trek ship could (or should) look like. To put it in a nutshell, I like your stuff better.