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Kirk vs. Kor
Posted by Jason Politte (Conway, AR, United States) on 9 August 2011 in Art & Design and Portfolio.
[Star Trek]
A couple of my models here represent Kirk's Enterprise as seen from the original series facing off against Kor's Klingon D7-class battlecruiser near the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070).
Public domain background image courtesy of NASA.
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@jani: Thank you, Jani. There's not much to it really - just a large LCD monitor with one of the public domain Hubble Telescope images on it, two starship models placed in front of the monitor, and a bit of Photoshop.
@CElliottUK: Thanks Chris! Neither of these models actually have lit windows. I had to perform a bit of Photoshop magic for the windows. However, the navigational dome on the bottom of the saucer and the navigational beacon (these two are seen here) are actually lit on the model along with the bussard collectors on the front of the nacelles and the top of the bridge.
With the other Enterprise model that I showed in the past, everything that's lit on that model is actually lit. The way it works is it has clear diffusers that the lights fit into. These diffusers spread the light from those bulbs throughout the entire model. There are six "grain of rice" bulbs that when combined with the diffusers make up all of the lighting. Hope that makes sense. :-)
@grouser: Yes, one would hope . . . however, given the nature of humanity, I doubt we will ever be rid of war in some form or fashion. Thanks!
@Mariana M.: It's the Enterprise from Star Trek, Mariana. :-) More specifically my model of the Enterprise posed with a model of a Klingon ship. Thanks!
@Steven: Ha, and who said there's not strange, new life out there! :-))
