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Diogo Vincenzi @diogovincenzi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've been quiet lately, just been a bit burnt out on CG, but I'm hoping to get back to things soon. In the mean time, with the calendar finally out, I can post the work I did for the 2027 Ships of the Line calendar! www.artstation.com/artwork/xdDgor

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Star Trek - Ships of the Line 2027, Diogo Vincenzi

It was an absolute privilege to be invited to do an image for the Ships of the Line Star Trek calendar. I was given the option of rendering the Constitution Refit, which is my absolute favorite design...

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Howdy! Here's an update to the last video, longer, with better music, way more detail, and VO. I hope you like it. 4K in the 🧵!

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I haven't updated the Bird of Prey for a while... map work on the main hull is done, I am now on the forward section, but taking a little break for the moment to do some other things (and enjoy the summer!) 🖖 #StarTrek #Klingon

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Robert Wilde @misterwilde.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Check out my Patreon for a quick tutorial on how I make rocks fast using blender geometry nodes.

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Diogo Vincenzi @diogovincenzi.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Progress on my version 2.0 of the Connie Refit as well as some tech I developed for window interiors. #startrek #ussenterprise #enterprise #llap #interiors

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Current state of the texturing on the #Klingon #BirdofPrey. Still so much to do! Running into some serious problems with Substance Painter at the moment, where it now hangs when saving the project 😞so progress is halted until I can find a solution... 🖖🖖 #StarTrek

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Quite simply, the best version of the Akira class there has ever been. Will be amazing when finished 👌😍

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Okay, this is a massive re-render of this scene, with bespoke, actual voice work by Balwin Williams Jr - Tons of improvements and tweaks, and I really like how it ended up looking and sounding. I hope you like it!

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Back to the Barn - Penultimate Star Trek short shot! It's almost done - I just need to re-render the whole thing. :P Brand-new VO work by Baldwin Williams Jr. This shot was a monster to render. 4K in the 🧵! Enjoy!

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Misha Siegfried @mishasiegfried.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Trying my hand at doing new Trek style lighting and compositing. Made the hull materials much more metallic than I normally do and much more modern/vivid color palette. Rendered in Blender Cyles Composited in After Effects with Red Giant #startrek #blender3d #scifi #3dmodeling #adobe #aftereffects

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Here's just the preview part of the end of the shot, with temp VO and music, for those interested. :P

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Some texturing progress on the Bird of Prey... yeah, this is going to take a while! 🤣 🖖 #StarTrek #Klingon #SubstancePainter

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I think this counts as a project milestone... 😎 Now in Painter and ready for some Fun™️ 🖖 #Klingon #BirdofPrey

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Well, 2 months later and now it really is complete 🤣🙃 Everything is unwrapped, final modelling cleanup done, etc. Just packing now ready to move across into Painter, where the fun returns!

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Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Getting into Star Trek Enterprise again and hitting the heartbreak of there being nothing more after season 4 - are the books any good does anyone know? #startrekenterprise

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

1/n 2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭

$A wide view of the planet Mars fills the frame, shown as a curved, rust-colored world against black space. The bottom edge fades into darkness, marking the planet’s night side, while the upper portion is brightly lit by sunlight. Near the right side are three large, round volcanic mountains of the Tharsis region, each with a wide circular base and a darker central caldera, resembling shallow craters pressed into the surface. North of these volcanoes, stretching almost vertically across the upper right half of the planet, lies Noctis Labyrinthus and Valles Marineris: an immense system of deep canyons and fractured terrain that appears as pale, branching scars and cracks, partly softened by hazy, cloud-like atmospheric features. Near the center of the image, positioned between the volcanoes and the canyon system, a small dark oval appears against Mars’s surface. This is Phobos, one of Mars’s satellites. Its tiny size stands out sharply against the vast scale of the planet below.$

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Admire this fantastic pic, dominated by the diffuse blue light of the M78 nebula. Igor Chekalin, by processing the raw data for the original image uncovered in ESO's archives, claimed first prize in the ESO's Hidden Treasures 2010 contest with his final work. ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/... 🔭 🧪 1/9

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

And finally, at long last... Bird of Prey modelling is complete*! Last element to add was the rear ramp, roughly as seen at the end of The Search for Spock. As this was not part of the model, some minor changes were needed. Originally had it with 2 sections, but added a third to reduce the angle.

Bird of Prey with rear ramp extended - 2-section iteration

Closeup of the Bird of Prey's rear ramp - 2-section iteration

Tighter closeup of the Bird of Prey's rear ramp plus interior details - these are matched as close as I can to the live action set that was comped into the model footage at the end of The Search for Spock.

Bird of Prey's rear ramp extended - 3-section iteration. This is the final form, giving a more comfortable slope angle for the ramp.

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

An excellent #StarTrek Steamrunner class model and warp effect animation from Japetus Productions - I once did some renders with his Saber class, he is nailing these updates of First Contact ships www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXi...

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Star Trek: Steamrunner class- U.S.S. Appalachia responds to a distress call...

YouTube video by Japetus Productions

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So now the Klingon Bird of Prey's landing gear is fully complete. Working out the mechanism for the hatches turned out to be a lot harder than I expected! Very little room left to work with! Forward ramp also finished. This was included on the studio model, but never seen on screen. #StarTrek 🖖🖖

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey extending its landing gear. Viewed from underneath, the feet still folded up just emerging from the gear bays.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey, landed. View from ground level astern.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey's main access ramp, which opens facing forwards. This version of the ramp was included on the original studio model, but never seen on screen.

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Little bit more progress on the rear hull of the Miranda class. This is the total surface area that I need for my planned render- just have to detail the crap out of it (and do an equally detailed rollbar going overhead.

A 3D render of the rear top section of a Miranda class ship from Star Trek. Some parts are very detailed, with modeled panel lines. Other parts have no details at all. There are no textures yet, just solid colors.

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Lots of updates - Timing adjustments, Sparks and flame improvements, I added more debris, and debris/shield interactions, as well as adding Romulan Disruptor fire and SOUNDS! I'm quite happy with how this ended up looking.

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Bird of Prey feet detail is basically complete now... a few more elements of the landing gear structure to flesh out inside the gear bays... landing ramps to do as well yet. Getting there! Qa'pla! 🖖🖖 #StarTrek #Klingon #TNG #DS9 #Feet

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey's landing feet

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey landed

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Asking for a friend... anyone ever seen nice high res versions of any of these photos of the large Jem'hadar fighter studio model from Star Trek Deep Space 9? This image is from a ~20 year old auction, but presumably they were not the only copies. @portalrealm.bsky.social

A photo of an assortment of photographs of the large Jem'hadar fighter studio model from Deep Space 9

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Star Trek short shot Update: Tons of improvements on this one - added sparks, debris, flame, tuned the animation, and a bunch of other stuff. Making progress, my estimate is about 80% done with the visuals! (Low sample WIP)

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Render of my old realtime Zerg Hydralisk model from a few years ago, based mostly on the version from the original #StarCraft. #fanart #3d

A 3D render of the Zerg Hydralisk from StarCraft on a gradient background. The Hydralisk is an odd alien with a stance somewhat like a displaying cobra, with a long slug-like tail, large belly scales, an oddly low Gigeresque ribcage, a muscular humanoid torso with large arms ending in scythe-like single claws, and a long neck covered in brown stripey triangular overhanging carapace, with a somewhat human skull-like shiny brown face with inner and outer mandibles with sharp teeth.

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

With the main modelling basically finished on the Bird of Prey, I turned attention to the landing gear. Refs for this are few and of poor quality, but I decided in advance I would only do it if I could find a way to make it work and fit inside the ship. So... here is Iteration #10! 🖖🖖 #StarTrek

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

For a Bird of Prey to represent HMS Bounty from The Voyage Home, you have to add this stupid extra thing to the bottom of the hull. It blocks the hatches the landing gear and access ramps come out from... This was visible on every shot of the model in TVH. But thankfully never seen again! 🖖🖖

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from underneath, slightly forward. Looking at the stupid extra lump added to the bottom of the model for Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from underneath, slightly aft. Looking at the stupid extra lump added to the bottom of the model for Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home

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Thomas Marrone @thomasthecat.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Using AI for concept art is like: “I want to come up with something no-one has ever seen before, so I’m going to use this machine that can only regurgitate existing stuff after blending it into a lumpy paste.”

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Here are a few more renders of how the Bird of Prey is looking right now... Does anyone know when the extra panels were added to the top of the wing, between the 'pyramid' and the raised ridge? I'm thinking maybe for Generations, but maybe it was earlier, when they were removing the.. 1/2 🧵

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from above and behind. Wings in attack position

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from below and behind. Wings in cruise position.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from the starboard beam. Wings in attack position.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. Closeup view of the extra panels that were added to the studio model either for Star Trek 6 or Star Trek Generations, between the 'pyramid' and the raised ridge separating the main wing panels from the previously plain rear inboard area. The panels were added to the top surface only.

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#Klingon Bird of Prey progress! First detail pass modelling finally complete! Still some alternate version stuff to add, maybe try the landing gear too... Feels like a milestone has been reached! #StarTrek #BirdofPrey #LLAP #IDIC

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render, from port bow. Wings in Cruise configuration.

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render. View from ahead and below, wings in landing configuration.

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render. View from above starboard bow. Wings in cruise configuration.

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render. View from port wing. Wings in attack configuration. Closeup on port disruptor cannon.

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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Your daily dose of cosmic perspective… 🔭🧪

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Portalrealm @portalrealm.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Fan animation by Lewis Niven - a recreation of the opening shots of "The Return of The Archons" in CGI whilst keeping the look and feel of the original www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR8g...

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Modern CGI Meets Classic Star Trek TOS

YouTube video by Lewis Niven

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A 🧵 For centuries, Betelgeuse, the iconic red supergiant in Orion, has fascinated astronomers with its changing brightness. Why does its light vary over a ~6-year cycle? Thanks to the Gemini North telescope, we now have an answer: Betelgeuse has a companion star! 🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic

The image shows a vast star field with a faint yellow-orange star, Betelgeuse, at its center. Two white segments radiate from it, converging toward a black box at the upper left. In the box, Betelgeuse appears as a bright orange, almost circular disk, next to its companion, a smaller, less well-defined, dark blue star located slightly to the lower left of Betelgeuse. The companion, detected with the 'Alopeke instrument on the Gemini North telescope, is a hot, young star. This discovery explains Betelgeuse's brightness variability every six years.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Every so often, we get to go into the ship hall with our conservation team and get pictures from an unusual angle...

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Richard Moody 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @richardmoody.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Oh God no, not again! Have these people ever heard of chemistry or physics or do they just have a supply of magic wands? The only way this could possibly work is if the quicklime were produced in a furnace using larhe scale CCS. Which isn't a real thing.

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Misha Siegfried @mishasiegfried.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

"Leaving standard orbit" USS Jacoby model by me Rendered in Blender using Cycles Compositing in After Effects with Red Giant Suite #scifi #startrek #blender #aftereffects #3dmodeling

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

That's right, the two LIGO sites (Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington) are not independent instruments, but essential components of a single interferometer designed to detect gravitational waves. If one of the two sites were deactivated, 1/2 🔭🧪

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Paul Dobson @martocticvs.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Still making slow progress on the Klingon Bird of Prey. Onto the wing detailing now! 🖖🖖🖖 #StarTrek #TNG #DS9 #SearchForSpock #Klingon #B'rel

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey's upper starboard wing surface detail (incomplete)

WIP render of the current state of the Klingon Bird of Prey, view from above rear quarter

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 29/05/2025

The latest entry in the #Aerodex is the Vistalux 202 "Thunderhead," a light bomber design inspired by the Northrop flying wings and an obscure experimental plane called the "Horton Wingless." www.artstation.com/artwork/RKQZWW #skyfi #digitalart #blender #b3d

Digital art depicting a flying-wing aircraft painted azure blue, gliding high above a city full of skyscrapers built in shallow water. The plane has a trilobite insignia on the wings, and text reads "Sovereign Compact of Ebbtide" in English and the Ebbtide language.

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