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The model of the Klingon battlecruiser is based on the TMP version. Like the Enterprise, the Klingon ship got a major upgrade for its appearance in the first Star Trek movie, with new design work done by Richard Taylor and Andy Probert. This version has much more surface detail than its original series predecessor, but has a simpler, gunmetal paint scheme than the CG version that appeared in Deep Space Nine over 20 years later. The accompanying magazine provides an inside look at the design process, with some rare photographs of the studio model and a profile of the ship.
...the Excelsior, made its debut in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and was always intended to be an advanced vessel that made the Enterprise look old. The ship underwent some changes when it reappeared in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country under Captain Sulu’s command and this is the version that the model replicates. As well as the usual profile, the magazine takes a look at the rejected study models that ILM’s Bill George built as part of the design process.
The model in the collection is based on a combination of the VFX team’s CG model and the original studio model. The magazine provides a rundown of the ship’s history and takes a look at Jim Martin’s original concept drawings for a ship that started life as a Maquis raider.
...this batch of ships wraps up with the version of the Borg Sphere that appeared in Star Trek: Voyager. The complicated surface detailing provided a real change for the modelmakers and resulted in one of the most intricate models in the collection. The magazine takes an inside look at how the Borg assimilate their victims and the design process behind both the Borg Sphere and its mistress, the Borg Queen.
Captain Jane Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise fight for their lives in this concluding chapter of a 2-part story overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci! The Five Year Mission between blockbuster movies continues here, in this all-new mind-bending adventure!
It's the climactic chapter of the origin of STAR TREK’s greatest villain! But how did he come to be called "John Harrison"? How did his vendetta against Admiral Marcus and Section 31 begin? All is revealed in this all-new story overseen by STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS writer/producer Roberto Orci!
Star Trek: The Stardate Collection continues to collect the many comic-book iterations of Trek “as they happened”… by stardate! Helmed by Trek experts Scott and David Tipton, and featuring special commentary, creator interviews, and more, Volume 2 completes the early voyages of the Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, and wraps up with two lost adventures from Pike’s career! For new and old fans alike, there's never been a Star Trek collection like this!
...a multi-part documentary, In a Time of War, which “offers fans an inside look at the making of the series groundbreaking third season.” Writers and the Enterprise production staff discuss “the complexities of plotting the Xindi story arc along with the development of the key themes seen in the show’s pivotal third.
In another new featurette, Temporal Cold War: Declassified, the “creators, cast and production team reveal details about the original story arc that was never fully explored; in addition, the group discusses how the temporal cold war would have ended if the series had continued.”
The Enterprise and crewman are derived from the scene where Kirk and McCoy are attacked by the Mugato. This was one of the first three prints that I made and it inspired me to create the next 77.
What I like about this one is how the white of the Mugato and the white negative space creates a shape across the center of the page and how the Mugato appears to fade into the background. The Enterprise crewman forms within a beam that mimics the Mugato's horns.
I felt the design needed something along the top for some balance. In keeping with the episode, I went with a humorous tone. I think maybe that's why it was signed off on. It just fit the image well.
It wasn't until I added the hand that I felt I was able to convey that sense of lightheartedness.
I started with the mask. Since it's gray, I thought the whole piece should be in black and white. I think that's why it has a photo look to it. The mask is such a strong image that I didn't think it needed too much more.
At first, I wasn't sure that I could get away with this one. But since it was my first idea, it was hard to let it go without trying it. I was inspired by the old action figures from the 60's and 70's, like Mego and G.I. Joe. I knew that it had to look authentic, so my experience in consumer products and retail came in handy with the copy and legal verbiage. I would love to own one of these non-action figures, but based on the recommended age, I'm not old enough.
The continuation of the epic story begun in the New York Times bestselling Next Generation trilogy COLD EQUATIONS. A now-resurrected Data and his android "daughter" Lal must face off against the holographic entity James Moriarity, who is determined to acquire android bodies in order to live a "real-world" immortal life.They have also revealed some details about Scott Pearson's forthcoming ebook novella. It will be a TOS story, called The More Things Change, and will be out in early July.
Long story short, we were overruled on this by the publisher. I’ll spare you the book-industry technobabble, but the simple explanation is that we were told the automated, meta-tagged, keyword-driven sales system that connects publishers, wholesalers, and retailers, would have suffered some kind of cyber-seizure if we had denied it titles. So, the books will now have titles. Win some, lose some.Dayton Ward also noted on his blog, that despite the Amazon listing identifying these as TOS books, they wont be released under that banner.
...it was that combination of reflecting on post-war Europe, and reflecting on what's currently happening, particularly in places like Greece, and thinking, well let's think what these pressures are, let's think them through; and what kind of solutions people might try, somebody like Garak might try, to prevent Cardassia going nationalist again.Listen in to Literary Treks for much more. But make sure to read The Crimson Shadow first; they don't actually give away the biggest spoilers, but you wont have a clue what they're talking about! Plus it's a brilliant novel, so if you haven't read it, you must!
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| Promo image for the K't'inga, not quite the final look |
This is an interesting one, and it's something that's going to come again with other ships. There are two distinct paint schemes for the K'Tinga class. The original studio model, which appeared in STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE uses slightly different shades of silver or gunmetal grey. Years later, when the ship was recreated as a CG model for DEEP SPACE NINE, the VFX team took the decision to make it more colourful, giving it a green, brown colour scheme which was more in keeping with the Klingon Bird-of-Prey, which was first introduced in STAR TREK III. We seriously considered both colour schemes, but after we talked to CBS we agreed that the TMP colour scheme was the classic one so that's what we decided to go with. The picture above from the opening of TMP shows what we were trying to replicate.Finally, StarTrek.com has done a preview of a couple of forthcoming issues: The USS Reliant (issue eleven) and USS Thunderchild (issue twelve). They've posted previously released images, but these appear to have been colour corrected now, so they don't look nearly as blue as they've appeared before. They also detailed what to expect from each magazine:
There are only a limited number of pictures of the K'Tinga class and we always make extensive use of the CG model. So some of the pictures show the ship with the new DS9 paint scheme, while others use the classic paint scheme. We're just working on the Vor'cha class and there are similar issues: the original TNG version has a radically different paint scheme to the CG version. At this point, our intention is not to repeat a class of ship with different paint schemes unless there are physical differences, but we're open to persuasion…
The Reliant is based on the original studio model built by ILM and the CG version of the Miranda class that was built for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The accompanying magazine reveals how the Reliant started life the other way up and includes the original construction drawings and rare model photography.
The Akira class is the first-ever officially licensed model of this incredibly popular little ship. It is taken directly from the CG model made by ILM and the accompanying magazine includes designer Alex Jaeger’s original concept drawings and his insights into the ship’s layout.
