Star Trek for sale

well here is full video ,enjoyits a treat to see
if some slight misinformation no program last 40 years who is knocking on 50

Models and miniatures

It is a fine art and considerable creativity to work in film and telly and for me no more so than sci fi, you got nothing no bases no real world fall back, it is up to you, limits are your imagination
 for me these men woman and trans gender Alien species are nothing short of A craftsmen B artists and any gallery (exhibit) you go to there admired
I have indeed learned much from these Masters of there craft ,so as a nod to them

 a adjunct to previous post and needing a post of its own here is Star Trek models and miniatures This Lady has been on many features and videos very cool lady and job i WANT now 
see only in USA
Heck Supermarket sweep one hour i can die happy 
but if you listen to her she is very informative and knowledgeable on what she has and how it was put together making life for us makers simpler if we wished to recreate these objects for our shelves 
This for me is epitome of what makes a good show the thought the details 
I do like the different scale stuff so film at different ranges and close to micro etc and the fact it can be used for different scenes to add in and be added to CGI all making for a very rich high value believable scene along with the paintings and mattes


Star Trek The Next Generation 88/95 showed the shift the giant leap,the money and production values if you take Doctor Who in the 80s and see it best efforts of its ships and the  like, the Dalek shuttle,the awesome timelord space station  etc this was small fry,and production quality none existent,but oh so close if on a teeny tiny scale props to  like rani's gun ,
 you get to this TNG  it is akin to Star Wars it is leapt into small screen availability,especially in later seasons early ones 1/3 dated now lycra jump suits bad idea, it is time and talent and not necessarily money here that's key and as you can see from the video it is generally kit bashed home products used but it is the scale and scope used that's mind blowing and quality of the construction of sets and writing if only on dr who hey ,
there is a BIG deep space scene yet to be done finally off Earth on new Dr Who
one day I'm sure Who will impress as much but there way to over CGI currently, eg opening title use a model please its like opening to a warner cartoon

Rani's Blaster

This as i think she mentions took up about 7 warehouses in Paramount so what happened was inevitable and it was sold off well the majority and some very key pieces i personally think should never been sold EG Main Filming mi natures of Enterprise A /B/C/D/E The DS9 station Defiant ship and Voyager, these things should of been kept along with BOP (Bird of prey) there to important and cultural significant, ok yes range from 2 foot to 6 and 14 feet in length but surely could of been stored ,also we lost captains chairs like Kirks Picards etc

Enterprise E command chair Picard

Enterprise A command chair Kirk

Its a wrap and bonhams auctions very sad really gone forever 

Original set used Stargazer

Original principal movie shuttle

the Many Enterprises D

Such a shame there is no permanent exhibit that can be self generating (Ticket Sales) in money and billion pound industry like paramount can help it along
There is plenty of options un explored 

ST 24c Tricorder

Movie used rifle STTNG

Dolphin Phaser Movie used STTNG

Enterprise command chair Archer

Princapel photography main miniature for 7 years of Deep Space nine

So we make do with are models and things like this aid us in creating 
it is so cool this sort of thing i get a real buzz out of seeing these things as i suppose a lot of people who go to exhibits, i went to one many years ago Star Trek the exhibition in a local museum was brilliant  
Meanwhile

enjoy

 

HOW COOL IS THIS GUYS HOUSE !?

Red dwawrf X

It is back boys are back in town and it is back on form after return to earth rubbish 
It is old skool true original Dwarf no doubt it is a chuckle fest with good one liners it has a old skol charm a new style with the grungy look the models as well as cgi it is back and like no time has passed

THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE
i feel all vindicated ,this was a delight to watch and i look forward to the rest of the series why oh why can they not do this with all others god dosent even know no lets be contemporary lets make it now by adding modern drama rubbish just true red dwarf all that was missing was hollie sadly 
Kryten superb odd mask prosthetic's need to look into that 
And wow lister cat and the rimmer brilliant
the part he cat walked past map in hand i laughed in fact i LOL 
It is truly red dwarf 
i do hope people are taking notes on this
the sets are scrap heap grunge ala aliens judge dredd anything where the end of the world is nigh 
it is brilliant stuff i really liked the star trek style costumes tong firmly in cheek and the models look brilliant so real far better than any CGI

"The "in space" sequences across the entirety of the first six series were accomplished by filming beautifully detailed miniature models of Red Dwarf, Starbug and a vast array of guest ships. Constructed by Peter Wragg's visual effects team, these models (as seen above) helped give the series a look and feel far beyond its budget." 


What like Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor who did were successful and heavily praised and admired for ,for decades ?

from reddwarf.co.uk

Super Models

Update on Red Dwarf X visual effects.

3 February, 2012

You may have seen a fair amount of buzz about this on Twitter already this week, but we know that you won't believe anything's really true until you see it here on reddwarf.co.uk. So in an announcement that we suspect is going to make a lot of fans very happy, we can now confirm: Red Dwarf X will feature brand new model shots.

A bit of history, for those of you who aren't already automatically jumping for joy upon seeing those words in black and white. The "in space" sequences across the entirety of the first six series were accomplished by filming beautifully detailed miniature models of Red Dwarf, Starbug and a vast array of guest ships. Constructed by Peter Wragg's visual effects team, these models (as seen above) helped give the series a look and feel far beyond its budget.

In the seventh and eighth series, however, although model sequences were still present, they were only a supplement to the now-predominant CGI animation created by Chris Veale. A huge model of the redesigned Red Dwarf ship was built for the Remastered video release in 1997, but was rendered in CGI for its use both in those episodes and Series VIII rather than being directly shot on camera. In Back to Earth, meanwhile, time and budget considerations meant that it was impractical to use models for the brief establishing shot of the ship – and so a new CGI version of a now-shortened design was used.

For Series X, however, the decision has been made to take the visual effects back towards their roots – and so, as part of the final week of pickup shooting at Shepperton Studios, a special area has been given over to the second unit, in order that they can shoot space-bound sequences featuring actual, tangible ship miniatures. Other visual effects methods will of course be used in the series as and when appropriate – but the ships themselves will be models.

can i be first to say "Get in" 
The Actors look tad older but still have it and in grand scheme of things it truly does not matter they have gone back to there roots and it shows it is not trying to reinvent a wheel here just be what it is

I most enjoyed the dialog and the phyco android with usb slot this was witty original and well played 
The new costume is nice and listers i thought was a old one but its new i loved the sets and the car seats  ,is this really on a flat sound stage floor ? Looks epic so many levels has to be carefully used nice to see it done so on the flat and old skool 
Truly busting at seems of joy on this warms the cockles to se this done and done so well proving a lot of people very very wrong 
I remember this on TV series one when i was at school !!!, :) Starbug on shelf proudly 

Now someone link mr Moffett to this please so he can see it