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Published: 2013-06-20 06:04:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 20612; Favourites: 164; Downloads: 254
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Nearing release, my beta testers commented saying my Polaris Class had similarities to the USS Vengeance. To better prove this, I thought it would be fun to recreate the IMAX poster for ST: Into Darkness.Argonaut and Polaris meshes by
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You can find the mod on my website-Β michaelwileyart.com/gaming/briβ¦
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why was the Β vengence such a ugly Β ship it made no senseΒ
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so Ugly yet the Vengance was able to deal pounding shots the Abrams/Churchile Enterprise so much. Tough JJ's Enteprise as ive said would stand no chance against the Polaris.
Indeed as trekmodeler said the Vengance was made to look like a Section 31 ship with no glow from its buzzard collectors or its Warp Nacells and ofc in the movie was commanded by Admrial Marcus.
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The USS Vengeance was supposed to be the BIG DARK bad guy ship. It was unmarked, stealthy, and represented Section 31. The Vengeance was a war-time starship, and the design did not reflect the peaceful look of the USS Enterprise.
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I couldent agree more. Infact JJ Abrams himself and the designers ofthe Vengeance actualy did take some design traits that were inspired by the Polaris class with a few of JJ's own ideas.
Like for example the eerie dark Section 31 paint job and the unusual design of the saucer.
All those came from this
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Except when you look at the date I posted this picture- this image was created many months AFTER the release date of Into Darkness. I was designing the Polaris in a closed forum, and I never posted any images online. The coloring of the Polaris is very similar to the Galaxy Class, and when I was building the Polaris, people were noticing some similarities in the deflector to the Vengeance. So for fun, I recreated the Imax poster for Into Darkness using my ships and I deliberately darkened the Polaris's hull, parodying the look and crazy size of the Vengeance as seen on the poster.
It is purely coincidental of the design similarities to the USS Vengeance. The two ships are completely separate original designs.
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ofc :3.
What sets the two apart is their weapons arsenal and the design of their weapons and Β were their mounted.
The Vengeance's weapons ofc are quite unusual especial the two pulse phaser balls mounted side by side with the odd looking deflector dish.
Though the way u did ur Polaris model i bet u made the right idea not to include Mr Abrams's Pulse Phaser balls.
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This is some awesome work, Are you using trick perspective to make the Polaris look bigger than she is?
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It is not just trick perspective, I drastically reduced the size of the Argonaut to appear puny.Β
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Are you sure it was you and it wasn't Q?
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Not even close. I deliberately exaggerated the ship scaling so it reflected the scaling in the Into Darkness IMAX poster. The Polaris is actually slightly larger than the Sovereign Class.
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And yet amazingly, you designed and completed the original model of the Polaris way before we even got a glimpse of the USS Vengeance.
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this looks clever!
oh i have my own series star trek constellation!
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Nice!
The real Polaris would turn around and fight, though
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I believe you mean the Argonaut. There would be more of a fight than a chase. Plus, the proportions are off in the IMAX poster (deliberately in my poster), so the Argonaut is actually much larger than depicted.
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Nahh, I meant my Polaris, the NCC-782
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And get its butt kicked.
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Many adversaries have thought that... none lived to tell the tale
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oh wow I love your Photon Torpedo Effect
and I wonder how did you made that effect?
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It is the VideoCopilot Optical Flares plugin for After Effects.
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hmm...when I will need some Photon Torpedo effects, I know where to ask...if you are willing to do a few torps on Black Background
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