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Star Trek Model Kits: Concept Artist Ryan Church and the New Enterprise
For those who follow the behind the scenes work that goes into the creation of some of our favorite modern sci-fi films, the name Ryan Church should be quite familiar. Ryan was one of the concept artists on the new Star Trek film, and had the special privilege (and huge responsibility) of redesigning the Enterprise. Ryan has contributed to some very noteworthy sci-fi flicks of the past decade or so, including two of the Star Wars prequels, both Transformers films and Steven Speilberg’s War of the Worlds, among others.
Ryan was kind enough to take the time for an interview, and reveals some interesting behind-the-scenes details regarding the development of the new Enterprise, as well as the creation of Spock’s “Jellyfish” ship and the U.S.S. Kelvin.
Click on over to round2models.com for the complete interview, and then hop on back over here to share your thoughts!
2 Responses to “Star Trek Model Kits: Concept Artist Ryan Church and the New Enterprise”
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After seeing Ryan’s final approved concept art of the new
U.S.S. Enterprise I think if the Enterprise in the movie looked like this concept art it would have been more widely accepted.
The deflector dish, amber Bussard collectors and the lack of surface detail gave it a connection to the orginal series ship much more then the final design we see in the movie. I would like to build a version of this concept design when I get my new movie Enterprise kit(s).
I want to see real practical pictures of the U.S.S. Enterprise model kit assembled avaiable as desktop wallpapers.
But I also have to agree with Crowe-T comment. Ryan Church’s concept art version of the New Enterprise would be an awesome model kit too.