I’ve just finished watching season 1 of The Next Generation, and I’ve been inspired to get back into LightWave 3D to produce a quick homage (or two).

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This is a faithful reproduction of one of the most widely-used promo shots of the Enterprise D (see below for the originals).

As my favourite starship I’ve produced images of the Enterprise D before. The model is by Dave Clark. I am a pretty good CG modeller, but the Big-D is a hell of a shape. I’m still in awe of how good this model is.