rosalindavenue said:
Is that Deep Space Station K7?
Well, I call it the
K9 (just in case anyone thinks that my model is a dog
). While there are plenty of references for the K7, when it came to doing the windows on it, I wanted the
feel of the station as I recall seeing it originally in the early 70's rather than a perfectly accurate recreation.
Here are some more shots of the station...
In the end what I've found so surprising is that if I (a complete naivest) can produce this type of stuff with circa 1995 technology, why is it that people weren't actually producing models of the Enterprise to this level back then? For example
this image was featured in a July of 1999 Star Trek Magazine. Before I started this stuff in December of last year, I figured that (using 1994 software on a 1997 PowerBook) that I would be lucky to get anywhere close to that. Now I sorta wonder how that was passable for use in a 1999 official Paramount Trek magazine.
I mean, really, I'm completely new at this and using software that was available 12 to 14 years ago, yet I don't seem to find really nice starship models popping up until 2000-2001. The only thing that I can think of is no one was motivated enough to put the time into it. But the tools were absolutely there... my images can attest to that fact. Anything I've done could have been done by someone with the same tools in 1995.
Even today I'm amazed that people have spent hundreds (or thousands) to do this type of modeling based on the assumption that only the newest hardware and software is up to the task.
dpaanlka said:
Honestly I'm amazed that people insist that they don't "get" why so many of us like to do this. Maybe it's not for you, but you can't say you don't understand it.
Yeah, I've always been one to point out that people were doing quality work on old systems with old software back when they were high priced new systems running high priced new software. There shouldn't be any surprise when people are able to produce at least equal quality work with those exact same tools today.
Beyond the need for native versions of Adobe software for Intel Macs, is there really anything so incredible in the Creative Suite 3 that justifies Adobe's new monopolistic prices?
At some point people have to snap out of the consumer mindset that has them buying new stuff simply because it is new and what they have is now old. Wake up people! Upgrade when you have a real need. Stop buying stuff just because a corporation as basically told you to!
