The original model was little more than a hull with windows-very little detail. There have been a lot of great physical models built over the years, the Enterprise D was never one of them.

Ooo a thread talking about Enterprise models. Most CG fails for me because it sacrifices on one end or the other, usually the highlight end, hence, 'cg shitty window light.') that looks like a real object because you've got photorealistic highlights as well as good detail down into the shadows. Most folks don't bother rendering different aspects on separate passes to extend dynamic range, but it is really worth it in terms of credibility (even now, a decade later, look at the docbot in MATRIX. Like the -e seen in warp and time travel shots in FC, that digital model, which was animated in Electric Image on macs, probably wasn't a be-all/end-all, nor was it intended as such.įor me, some of the windows on that TATV -d have got that 'cg shitty window light' look, so it looks like they'd need to render those elements on another pass to get the dynamic range right to sell the ship as credibly as a good miniature.

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