Shooting miniatures for Supernova - Scifi-Meshes.com

minieffects · 03-23-2008, 05:01 PM

Here are a few pics of the miniatures from Supernova. I supervised the construction of all the shooting miniatures for the film. The film itself was a big disappointment but I felt the design of the ship and the miniatures we built were some of the best on film. Its too bad they were overlooked but thats hollywood.

Enjoy.

Nightingale_1

Nightingale_2

Nightingale_3

Nightingale_4

Nightingale_5

Nightingale_6

Nightingale_7

Titan Tug

Nightingale Shuttle

**Safe@2nd** · 03-23-2008, 11:28 PM

Whoa... these are AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing!

I agree, the movie was... well I'll just leave it at that. And yes, for the record, I did buy it on DVD. I liked the ships and some of the concepts (except for the ending and the rock thingy).

I've been looking for some good references for these, the Nightingale in particular. Mainly dimensions and a true side ortho.

minieffects · 03-24-2008, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Safe@2nd

Whoa... these are AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing!

I agree, the movie was... well I'll just leave it at that. And yes, for the record, I did buy it on DVD. I liked the ships and some of the concepts (except for the ending and the rock thingy).

I've been looking for some good references for these, the Nightingale in particular. Mainly dimensions and a true side ortho.

I dont have any over all drawings but the miniature was 1:24th scale and measured about 20 feet in length. I posted some side views of it on my blog.

Link to my blog

biotech · 03-24-2008, 10:21 PM

Excellent work, it looks all scratch built too, I cant see any obvious kit parts in there.

minieffects · 03-25-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by biotech

Excellent work, it looks all scratch built too, I cant see any obvious kit parts in there.

It was built using a combination of laser cutting, water jet cutting and hand fabrication. 99% of it was custom fabricated with the use of some modified kit parts on the main bridge section but you wont recognize them because they were changed a lot.

PixelMagic · 03-25-2008, 07:25 PM

That is phenomenal work. Just breathtaking. I haven't seen the movie, but I might check it out just to see the miniature work. I love CG, but I also miss miniatures being used for starships in movies. Hopefully one day someone will use a miniature starship again, but I doubt it.

03-23-2008, 05:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
minieffects SFM Nugget Realname: Scott Schneider Join Date: May 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 18	Shooting miniatures for Supernova Here are a few pics of the miniatures from Supernova. I supervised the construction of all the shooting miniatures for the film. The film itself was a big disappointment but I felt the design of the ship and the miniatures we built were some of the best on film. Its too bad they were overlooked but thats hollywood. Enjoy. Nightingale_1 Nightingale_2 Nightingale_3 Nightingale_4 Nightingale_5 Nightingale_6 Nightingale_7 Titan Tug Nightingale Shuttle
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03-23-2008, 11:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Safe@2nd The Scribbler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Age: 41 Posts: 374	Whoa... these are AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing! I agree, the movie was... well I'll just leave it at that. And yes, for the record, I did buy it on DVD. I liked the ships and some of the concepts (except for the ending and the rock thingy). I've been looking for some good references for these, the Nightingale in particular. Mainly dimensions and a true side ortho.
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biotech SFM Oracle Realname: Rich Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England Age: 38 Posts: 3,604 Blog Entries: 2	Excellent work, it looks all scratch built too, I cant see any obvious kit parts in there.
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03-25-2008, 07:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
PixelMagic SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 281	That is phenomenal work. Just breathtaking. I haven't seen the movie, but I might check it out just to see the miniature work. I love CG, but I also miss miniatures being used for starships in movies. Hopefully one day someone will use a miniature starship again, but I doubt it.
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