Here’s an animatic test of the phaser fire effect I whipped up for Decker’s attack on the planet killer.
And you thought I wasn’t working on this project. Tsk tsk tsk.
Decker's Revenge
Posts Tagged Star Trek
I’m sure everyone visiting this blog has seen this image before, but it’s new to me and in my considered opinion you can never have too many images of the Enterprise lying around.
Starship Enterprise 1960s studio model at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
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I’ve been a little motivationally-challenged for a few days now, so I’m taking a little break to work on something that’s going to have to be tackled anyway when I get to act III. Here’s an amuse bouche for you.
Unmodified hangar and shuttle models from Summer 2007
I haven’t touched the Jefferies or the hangar deck models since I finished them way back in the Summer of 2007, and they still need texture and lighting tweaks (especially the lighting—there are some bad radiosity artifacts right now). This is a raw image with no modifications to the models or the 2007 lighting setup, so consider this a starting point.
Act II Scene 2 complete!
Dec 29
Ah, that’s better! I fixed the angle that the planet killer flies past the camera so that the viewer can now more clearly see the four component lances of the antiproton beam coalescing together, and I composited in the missing asteroid field and volumetric space dust layers that were missing from the previous test video.
This will not end well
I probably could spend another week or two endlessly tweaking this 66-frame sequence, but I think this is the best it’s going to get. It’s a shame, because there are a few things that have always bothered me about this particular sequence… more after the jump.
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Pill or Star Trek Character?
Dec 29
Happy holidays everyone! I hope your winter holiday (or summer for my friends south of the equator) has been as enjoyable and stress-free as mine. So! While waiting for scene #2 in Act II to finish rendering I took the Star Trek Character or Erectile Dysfunction Pill Quiz at mentalfloss.com. (How’s that for a seamless segue?)
Oh well, at least I beat the average of 52%, but 70% is a poor showing for a Trekkie. :(
