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Resolute Class Starship October 9, 2021 This is a ship that's been in my mind since elementary school. It started as doodles in math class that were basically very rough sketches of the movie USS Enterprise. It later progressed to LEGO, complete with mismatched bricks, and then into my years modding the Starfleet Command PC Games. This latest iteration is a high detail CG model that will be the foundation point for a number of other projects I have planned. Here I will be documenting major milestones in the ship's development in addition to my thought process and general highlights. As she stands now, she is untextured (i.e. not painted), and these renders are meant to highlight the physical detailing and to help identify any last minute problems before I move on to slapping paint on her. At first glance the Resolute appears to be yet another Constitution class model, namesake of the legendary Enterprise. I've certainly built plenty of those in the past for Starfleet Command. The Resolute, before she was called that, actually started out as a modified Enterprise and there was a lot of back and forth between the various iterations throughout the years - parts built for one ended up being used to upgrade the other. With so many parts trading between models, it can get confusing mapping out where everything started. On the positive side, this gave me inspiration in the "real" backstory of the Resolute and her sister ships where components and overall design details carried over. This version is essentially a similar style of refit that the Enterprise underwent, with the baseline ship being the Resolute Class - an older sister to the Constitution. I took cues from the Motion Picture Enterprise, the cancelled "Phase II" model and designs, in addition to subtle nods to the Excelsior, Soyuz, and the "Kelvin-verse" Enterprise from the more recent movies. This particular ship represents a 'dead-end' in the Resolute Refit Program, as issues were discovered during her overhaul as well as new technology and advancements being developed by the time she was completed. Parts of the design were carried forward into the full production run of the program, and I plan to work up CG models of that version in the future. All that aside, even though she may be a one-off, she certainly has a colorful career ahead of her, and not necessarily in Starfleet service... |
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