Fan of colourful Star Trek and sleek starships, on assignment in the Blue Sky sector
Oct 11, 2024 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The DS9 model is up for auction, so we all get to enjoy some great reference photographs! 🧵
…Or if you have a spare $50-70k you could always place a bid I suppose! Many more Star Trek items too. bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/in…
Sep 18, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I deleted this post because, embarrassingly, it turns out to be a fake. 😐 Not that something like this matters in the big scheme of things, but without any history it's just a rather naff logo that I'd rather not leave up without context. Thanks to @GeekFilter for the heads-up.
IMO, the best Star Trek uniforms are the simple ones. No need to overdo things.
My personal favourite uniforms might be the standard ones from Beyond. And you might assume that I hate the field jacket as it features so many of the design tropes I parodied in my picture, but oddly enough I quite like it! I contain multitudes. 😅
Jun 3, 2024 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Happy belated 25th Anniversary to #StarTrek
1991 gave us The Undiscovered Country and TNG seasons 4 and 5. What a great vintage.
Those are my vector recreations of the 1991 logo. I also made this trading card packaging version. #AffinityDesigner
Here's some of the ref material I used. I also tracked down the bevelled font likely used for the '25th Anniversary' text.
Apr 13, 2024 • 15 tweets • 11 min read
A thread of #SaveLowerDecks avatars for anyone who wants to use them. Starting with the main cast.
The senior staff #SaveLowerDecks
May 25, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
I adjusted the Lower Decks SNW uniforms to better match the proportions of the originals.
More images for comparison, including a typical cosplay example. The SNW version looks good, I just think a closer match could have been better still. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
May 8, 2023 • 30 tweets • 21 min read
WEIRD STARFLEET SHIPS, a thread. 🧵
These are mostly fan designs, but a few canon ones might creep in too. Feel free to share your own space oddities in the replies… [1/?]
Starting with probably my personal favourite, Atolm's Chariot-class. [Image 2 model and render by Alexander Klemm]
Feb 25, 2023 • 29 tweets • 14 min read
I've been compiling some notes on #StarTrek fonts with an eye to maybe putting together a definitive list on a webpage or something. IDK.
Then I thought, in the meantime why not make it into a thread? So that's the fascinating backstory to this thread! 🧵 [001/???]
The classic STAR TREK lettering was designed by the legendary Richard Edlund and was later digitised by Bitstream for a Star Trek font pack released in 1992. Originally the font was simply titled ‘Star Trek’, it has since been renamed to HORIZON.
Mar 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Something I've been working on for a little while – a ‘missing page’ from the classic Franz Joseph technical manual detailing the new TOS-era Stargazer made for #StarTrekPicard by @BuckAdmiral
One deficiency of my page is that the font I used wasn't a great match to the original Joseph drawings. Thanks to @DewlineO for pointing out this font based on the exact stencil used! It has some kerning issues but is still a huge improvement. dafont.com/schnaubelt.fon…
Feb 9, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Back in 2005-2007 there was an animated #StarTrek show in development called 'Final Frontier'. I'm sure this is old news to many fans, but I only knew vague details. It's a fascinating read – ESPECIALLY now! 🧵 startrekff.com/overview/
…The series was going to be set 150 years after TNG, in the wake of a vicious attack that has made warp travel impossible throughout much of the galaxy. Sound familiar? Consequently the Federation has withdrawn and become more isolationist. Hmm… 🤔