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Submitted: March 10, 2012
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Star Trek 3by ~dragonpyper

Digital Art / 3-Dimensional Art / Scenes / Futuristic & Sci-Fi

Number 3 of 8
Beauty Shot.
NCC-1701 USS Enterprise. The First Lady of the Stars.
Without her, the others would never have been.

The opening lines of Star Trek and the words that Gene Roddenberry wrote to the Theme by Alexander Courage.

Constitution 1.5 Mesh by Myself from The Design by Walter "Matt" Jeffries
Background by the Creator of All Things.

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~DashMcCool Mar 14, 2012

Well done. The Enterprise is so iconic and familiar, but it really is an odd-looking craft. It's brilliant in that it's clearly designed for use in space without being constrained by gravity, but I've always wondered what weird alchemy went on in Jeffries' brain to say, "Yes, this is the final shape. Make a model."

~dragonpyper Mar 14, 2012

Matt Jeffries went through a process of designs. He deliberately kept away from proposed real life designs as well as "Buck Rogers" types of designs (rocketships). He decided that the "Warp Drive" must be very powerful and should be kept separate from the crewed areas.
Ultimately the final say on the design was Gene Roddenberry's. He would look at Jeffries sketches comment on what he liked and Jeffries would work with those elements. Finally this design was chosen and a small test model was made for Gene's final approval, it was hung upside-down from its final orientation.

~karanua Mar 11, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Just out of interest John, why the decision to use hull marker lights as they weren't used until TMP?
Excellent modelling and a pleasure to see it from all angles this way.

~dragonpyper Mar 11, 2012

Thanks David.

As to the marker lights and self illumination, simply because I like them. They make sense for certain things, such as "showing the flag" when in orbit.