Monday, April 17, 2006

USS Enterprise, Phase II

Early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for the series that never was.


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Posted by Jeff Rients at 12:33 PM

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  1. Intruder_W12:42 AM

    I'm thinking of both how well that design would
    translate to slabs of plastic, and a couple of plastruct tubes, and the SpaceHack comic, where the
    ship was an Enterprise with the saucer replaced
    with a star destoyer.

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  2. Jeff Rients8:48 AM

    "I'm thinking of both how well that design would translate to slabs of plastic,"

    You know, I've been thinking about spaceships and sci-fi campaigns. Even if you don't have a ton of miniatures it might be worth the time and money to have a decent painted 3-D representation of the PC's vessel(s). Maybe it would contribute to the ongoing fetishization of spacecraft in sci-fi roleplaying, but it would also serve as good jumping off point for the players' imaginations.

    "and a couple of plastruct tubes, and the SpaceHack comic, where the
    ship was an Enterprise with the saucer replaced with a star destoyer."

    It's crude parody when some comic guy marries the Enterprise to a star destroyer. When Ralph McQuarrie does it, then it's a work of genius. :)

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