The Doomsday Machine - Scene1

The opening of the episode.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• star
• trek
• doomsday
• machine
• 3D
• computer
• animation
• effects

[Fooblestheclown]

So Desilu studios actually used a AMT model with lighting? You put up a blue neon light next to my computer desk model...and you would think it's the real thing....

[scifieric]

They used an 11 foot model, a 3 foot model, an AMT model (for a couple of shots) and a VERY small model of wood and cardboard for different scenes.

[starsiegeplayer]

@madcapromanian Yes the lack of paint really killed it. I could build that kit without paint in a couple of hours (essentially the amount of time it took for the glue to dry). Even a minimal amount of paint would have helped and could have been done in one day.

[Fooblestheclown]

Oh yeah....don't worry about the animation...Foobles tries to be as original as possible....I am the first on the internet to actually show my affection towards the structure of the Enterprise model.

[madcapromanian]

@Fooblestheclown

I think they did, actually, and built 99% of it without paint. That's another reason why it looks so odd. But from what I heard about the show back then, the stories would come in at the begining of the week, props and revisions would come out, and filming was wrapped up by week's end.

I think the Constillation fell into this "Hurry up and build it" pattern. That's why it doesn't look that good.

The best ST film to date for effects is The Motion Picture.

[Fooblestheclown]

Yeah that scene where the AMT Consellation model driving into the planet killer looked very fake. I could have made a more detail model than that....it looks like they used a lighter to the plastic.

[Fooblestheclown]

Far out!

[madcapromanian]

@Fooblestheclown @scifieric

The AMT models used on the show included The Constellation, the Excalibur, and one used in a "Through the window" shot at one of the space stations.

Also, the Klingon D-7 was built exclusivly by AMT from Matt Jeffries design sketches.

[madcapromanian]

The AMT model, which is the Constellation, was built "Fast and Dirty" by Desilu. If they had spent more time on it, painting parts of it to better match the production model, I bet it wouldn't look so "plastic", pardon the pun.

[Fooblestheclown]

Do you know any links where I can see where they used the AMT model during the Trek scenes? Oh wait...that scene where the Consellation is driving into the planet killer has to be a AMT....we have come a long way since then.