"A Massive Galaxy Class!" - Lightwave 2020 CG animation

Playing with the new BoP model from Chris Kuhn. Enterprise model by Alex Klemm. Rendered in LW 2020.
Color graded in shotcut with a Panasonic v-log LUT.

[@ProvVFX]

The BoP is tiny compared to the gigantic Enterprise. Both ships scaled to their respective sizes. Music from "The Shadow" - This track has a lot of "Trek" similarities to it, since after all was composed by Jerry Goldsmith!

[@DelcoRanz93]

Do you recall which particular track it was that you used?

[@ProvVFX]

@@DelcoRanz93 It was track 30: Prisoner of the Phurba

[@radagastaddams3703]

The Shadow is a fantastic film - as is the excellent music 💖

[@ProvVFX]

@@radagastaddams3703 Indeed. The music made for a lot for the film's attraction, but most movies from the 90s had that special touch.

[@jayenglish6631]

Imagine if this was the music that played as Reliant Approached Enterprise. Oh God!

[@alharron2145]

"Here, we see the Klingon Bird of Prey closing in on the vulnerable newborn Federation vessel - an easy meal, no doubt. But where there is an infant, there is a mothership never far from her young..."

[@ProvVFX]

Sounds like a comentary from National Geograpic! lol :D

[@DelcoRanz93]

@@ProvVFX I even read it in David Attenborough's (The nature Documentary narrator) voice.

[@ProvVFX]

@@DelcoRanz93 lol

[@csabapajer9544]

Narrator: Sir David Attenborough

[@davecrupel2817]

Read this in David Attenborough's voice!

[@rex290]

Klingon Captain: "Free shuttle!" Galaxy Class: "no."

[@BlueSideUp77]

"That is a Galaxy class starship, we are no match for them!"

[@adcraziness1501]

I heard this in my head as it played. Still can't believe they took down the D, they were not worthy of such a trophy. Garbage sisters. I cross my arms and turn my back to them.

[@Orca19904]

Love how the Galaxy class came up behind the Klingons like; "And just what do you think you're doing, petaQ?!"

[@DavidKnowles0]

Just responding to a distress signal!

[@Orca19904]

@@DavidKnowles0 "Your willingness to assist is admirable and will be noted, however I believe we can take it from here."

[@Paramour1701]

Duuude this is EPIC. I wish scifi shows/movies were more creative with their shots like this

[@ProvVFX]

Appreciated!

[@VinzKlortho]

The BoP tactical officer: “ohhhh sh*t!!”

[@DelcoRanz93]

This honestly goes to show you that absolutely NO Bird of Prey should have been a match for the Enterprise-D Shields or otherwise.

[@ProvVFX]

I agree, they could have easily rammed it or something.

[@WhiteScarsEmo]

In "Generations", they never got to show the scale of the Enterprise-D verses the BoP. And they never did anything like... remodulating the shields.

[@DelcoRanz93]

@@WhiteScarsEmo Generations was poorly written all around, If I had the chance I would definitely make an "Elseworlds" type of Star Trek fan series in the same vein as Marvel's "What If..?" show starting with a rewritten version of Generations.

[@zshock6833]

As far as I remember, I could be wrong but it's what I remember, there were different types of the BoP, there were the smaller ones we were always used to but apparently there are bigger and more heavily armed ones that were made as the series progressed, but really I have a feeling part of that was just studio models scaling being off and explained away in some obscure part of the canon

[@ProvVFX]

@@zshock6833 Interesting! I didn't know they had different verions of the bop.

[@edwardianed]

"Yeah, I'm gonna suck that bird of prey into the main deflector, but it's gonna look so cool for six seconds before that happens" - Galaxy Class Conn Officer

[@DancingRasputin]

Sounds like something Mariner from Lower Decks would say 😂

[@HeKnowsNowForever]

@@DancingRasputin I was thinking this exactly!!

[@RobertJene]

The Enterprise is much further away than you think.

[@michaelanderson3813]

Lol

[@robertf3479]

Holy crap! This rendering of the Enterprise D is stunning. Comparing the BOP to the 'D' is like comparing a rowboat to CVN-65 Enterprise. Very well done!

[@ProvVFX]

Appreciated!

[@robertf3479]

@@ts757arse Agreed. This is how I would have pictured her in a movie on the big screen.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

More like U-Boat to Big-E

[@trence5]

I remember when it was said Lightwave had one of the best stand alone renderings. Great job.

[@aiosquadron]

Well, more like a Corvette, but yea.

[@EvanG529]

There's always a bigger ship

[@Orca19904]

Just imagine how big a Borg cube would look; that thing is utterly MASSIVE.

[@AshuraH]

"Why do I hear boss music?" "PetaQ! That is not boss music! It's HERO MUSIC!"

[@jarosawkorczynski4746]

You Sir, work wonders with scale!

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks for the comment Jaroslaw

[@malieberg1]

That sure brought back memories of that ride from Las Vegas before it closed down T.T So glad my parents took me when I was a kid. Must have been the year before the Borg 4D opened.

[@notaclerk1]

Loved that👍👍👍

[@kamieaston3016]

*"There's always a bigger fish."*

[@eliabraham6918]

It's nice seeing the actual scale size of the bird of prey and Galaxy class star ship. We never got to see this in TNG

[@richardched6085]

It's implied that the Bird of Prey came in various sizes. And was even called a Battlecruiser in It's largest scale. This would be the scale for the smallest version.

[@JGG1701]

Why are these always so short? Encore! Encore! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ProvVFX]

haha! sometimes due to trying to fit the animation to a specific theme lenght of time. Other times it's just the slow renders.

[@Lorem_ipsum_dolor_sit_amet]

There's always a bigger fish

[@benives254]

Holy dog crap that's amazing! Finally, some proper scale to those poxy birds of prey! Scale is always a problem. Especially with star wars. Tie fighters squeezing into a space the falcon was just in.

[@ProvVFX]

It's abit harder to tell sizes in SW ships. I find them amazing still. Trek (not the new stuff) has had several instances of showing how big their ships are though.

[@benives254]

@@ProvVFX oh my God! I just had a great idea! Do a scale vid of DS9 with a galaxy and defiant class starship docked! The defiant always looked far too big in the docking ring....

[@ProvVFX]

@@benives254 Not a fan of ds9's station, but you give me an idea to do a scale version between the Defiant and the Enterprise hmmm :D Might work on something

[@benives254]

@@ProvVFX yessssss!

[@WhiteScarsEmo]

I thought the first two in the Original Trilogy did scaling well (enough). ANH, going from the blockade runner to the Star Destroyer. Then The SD to the Death Star, then showing the sheer size of DS compared to the puny X-wings. Same for Empire. Then came ROTJ, which I thought did a poor job. Not sure if it was the director’s fault or something else. Example, that exciting last-second “All craft, pull up” where all the starfighters fell back and it looked like they were still quite a distance away from DS2.

[@fiestameisterse5868]

"Captain we need to stop at the shipwash, we seem to have a collection of BoP guts on the hull" "Make it so" Captian Picard and Enterprise D Helms officer

[@samsonguy10k]

I like the flickering light on the Bird of Prey. Makes me think that ship has had a hell of a day chasing down that shuttle and the captain is likely very pissed off. Kind of thing that adds to the tension.

[@drockjr]

Wow. This is what we should have seen....sometime ever...in the trek universe. What a great shot with use of scale

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@thenextmrsbrownful]

I needed the full reveal with a scratch. The detail and scale is beautiful. If you squint you can see Guinan serving in 10 forward.

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks! lol at the Guinan. Might have to put her somewhere on the windows next time

[@LouTufillaro]

I really wish there were more scenes like this in Trek!

[@raven4k998]

you thought the bird of prey was large you thought wrong🤣🤣🤣

[@sid2112]

Yeah if the Enterprise shows up I'll whip it! ..... It's standing right behind me isn't it?

[@ProfezorSnayp]

"Don't hail me or my shuttle ever again!"

[@Hardcover_Pilot]

There's always a bigger fish.

[@Deadeye313]

The klingons experiencing the age old "there's always a bigger fish" sqying.

[@superginrai8036]

Make way for the Big E!

[@Samtheman85844]

Very cool.

[@kiselbri]

Que bonito ! te quedas con la ilusión de que siga y ver que pasa jejejejeje. Hacía mucho que no veía uno que me encantara como éste. La música genial.

[@adsta5]

That is soooo cool. The galaxy class will forever be my favourite ship, and this gave me chills. Thank you

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks Adsta!

[@itzhaktzvishohat7490]

This is too awesome for a simple thumbs up icon!

[@Moowiewagon]

THAT is a Galaxy class starship, we are no match for them!

[@CaneMcKeyton]

Galaxy class: "Excuse me, I don't belive that belongs to you."

[@Kelvari7882]

I think this would be good with the Jaws theme.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Wonderful job on the models Chris Kuhn and Alex Klemm. This was a great rendering ProvidenceFX.

[@ProvVFX]

Appreciated! Without these models the animations would look bland. :)

[@gicking3898]

More!!!!! Make it Longer!!!!

[@AllknowingUnknown]

THAT IS A GALAXY CLASS STARSHIP. WE ARE NO MATCH FOR THEM!

[@pathfinderdiscovery9395]

More please!!!!!! MORE PLEASE !!!! AN CAN I ASK for a lil more pleassssse! 😁🤗 Nice work but so short

[@ProvVFX]

haha! More coming soon. Check my other vids if you haven't.

[@pathfinderdiscovery9395]

@@ProvVFX , man yea , I looked threw several last night an planning some more today , I'll hit the like button as well , all of your works great man , cbs / Paramount are to hire you , we need to make that happen for you somehow for real dude

[@ProvVFX]

@@pathfinderdiscovery9395 Appreciated!

[@evabin]

Great use of Jerry Goldsmith's score for "The Shadow!"

[@ProvVFX]

It sounds very Trekkie. Can't beat Jerry at soundtracks :D

[@brianrogers7360]

The Galaxy class is like, "I'm gonna suck him into my Bussard collectors and blow him out my space return matrix

[@Synthmilk]

A shame Generations gave the Duras BoP super shields, it was supposed to be an old ship, and so the Enterprise firing full power phasers should have made quick work of it.

[@defies4626]

Missed the chance to do a slight warp flash to show big momma showing up to give the B'rel something more pressing to think about.

[@Timberwolf69]

I had the suspicion that big momma was in the vincinity and snuck up on the BoP, using thrusters only... 😁

[@The_Irish_Fox]

Galaxy class says surprise mother $&!)er

[@charliedontsurf334]

And yet it only carries 250 casket size photon torpedoes!

[@farazq]

Gorgeous

[@lefr33man]

Galaxy: heard you were talking shit

[@Revenant_Knight]

Captain, we seem to have a Bird of Prey lodged in the deflector dish...again.

[@Taz.B]

Oh so wanted to see more!!

[@fangthewarrior]

Here comes mom!

[@jaqenhghar2970]

oh look -- there's my quarters right over there!

[@jasonknapp8488]

This looks awesome.

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks!

[@JediTev]

What was cut out was the Super Star Destroyer coming in and dwarfing all of them.

[@itsmyireland]

Love this, I feel like ducking 🤣🤣🤣

[@DblOSmith]

very nice.

[@farazq]

I had to come back to this and say this is FUCKING amazing.

[@raenfox]

0:11 - "It was at this moment that he knew, he fucked up."

[@SpaceMadman]

Hey !! That's the soundtrack from the Shadow !

[@ProvVFX]

:D

[@Kingthin]

wow just beautiful!!

[@ProvVFX]

Glad you liked it!

[@JeanLucCaptain]

There’s always a bigger fish LOL.

[@Palmerrip]

There's always a bigger starship...

[@slipsream47]

Absolutely excellent!!

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks!

[@user-ch5zj2uf4v]

We need more!! Much much more!!!!!! Please? 😁🖖

[@stevekelley5635]

That was SWEET !

[@itsmyireland]

Would like to see more of this

[@csabapajer9544]

Wow, amazing cinematic quality!

[@ProvVFX]

Appreciated!

[@Incogneato]

This is when a war hardened Klingon shits himself

[@SaturnMist09]

That was AWESOME!!!!

[@Driver0378]

MORE! Want to see more!

[@mattboesch8907]

"There's always a bigger starship (fish)."

[@Anarchist86ed]

I used to do shots like this using bridge commander. It was for someone's fan film that never got made. I pulled off a shot just like this once and the guy was all WOW! HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO DO THAT!? Well, rendering: 0 seconds. Not getting the fracking ships to bump into each other: Forever. Come to think of it, I made some amazing shots with that game. I think I might go buy it again now it's on GOG. See if I can do stuff like this again.

[@ProvVFX]

lol Bridge Commander. I remember that game, it had top notch visual effects at the time and physics, and it still looks good. With some color grading it should look pretty close to a movie. Had great soundtrack too.

[@Anarchist86ed]

@@ProvVFX There were some amazing mods. I also used a green screen space to composite models. Sad that movie never got made. I lost all the videos I made for it. Oh well. Even filming battle scenes with creative camera use was fun. Could get some really Amazing shots.

[@ProvVFX]

@@Anarchist86ed Makes me want to play it again haha

[@ShadowThrall]

Oh my god I wanna see more! That was awesome!

[@marcusalexander7088]

"We are KLINGONS! Kai Kassai KlIN..oh KHEST!"

[@j.chappel1160]

I would love to see where this story is going!

[@BVCStudios]

So cool

[@adepic7927]

"right behind you."

[@NightRunner417]

Nice work! Always good to see Lightwave getting some respect. :-)

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks mate. LW is nowadays the underdog tool, and I like seeing what other artists are still producing with it. Are you a LW user too? Cheers

[@NightRunner417]

@@ProvVFX Yes. I'm heavily into 3d printing for a broad array of household and hobby needs and I use Lightwave to do all my modeling. I've been using it forever and a day so it's simpler for me to just keep using it rather than climb another program's learning ladder.

[@ProvVFX]

@@NightRunner417 Lightwaves is perfect for this. I learned modeling in 3dsmax, but I prefer LW's robust rendering capabilities and it's a program with an excellent intuitive interface that doesn't get in the way of the artist.

[@NightRunner417]

@@ProvVFX I did try 3dsmax like a zillion years ago but didn't like it a bit. Hard to really remember but my feeling was like everything about it was difficult. I was trying out LW around the same time and ended up just sticking with LW rather than trying to handle two steep learning curves at the same time. I never did much with it, just some misc primitive efforts with animation and art. Then came 3d printing and I suddenly realized that if I could convert my lwo objects to obj or stl, then I could be unstoppable with real world design. Unstoppable may be a bit of a stretch but really, there are far less limits than there are possibilities. I used to buy radio shack project enclosures for electronic design, like $5 and up per simple plastic box. Now I manufacture my own design for any size pcb or breadboard with lid and any custom cutouts for a bit less than $2 each even for big ones. Even managed to have it print my nickname into the inside, lol. Coil formers, turbine parts, hangers, containers, tools, brackets, many microscope and camera parts, directional microphone parts, even designed a plastic rocket parts set for Estes engines. All thanks to LW3D. I adore that program. :-)

[@ProvVFX]

@@NightRunner417 cool! I used to built multicopters and wanted to try a 3d printer, but went with a cnc router to create my own parts. Max has a steep learning curve, it took me almost a year to just feel more or less at home with it, and I still haven't navigated all the options it has nowadays. LW is like a good camera that doesn't get in the way of the photographer.

[@stankythecat6735]

Very good work!!😊

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks Stanky! :D

[@djkomic]

GEEEEEZ THATS CLOSE!!

[@jinron24]

The scale and perspective is excellent A+++.

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks Jason!

[@jocax188723]

“It was a calculated risk, but boy am I bad at math”

[@fromaggio7654]

This looks better than blockbuster cgi

[@ProvVFX]

Appreciated my friend

[@Boomer2Galactica]

Paramount needs to hire you to remaster DS9 and Voyager

[@ProvVFX]

Thanks Shawn for the kind words. I'm still not quite there, but also if they would hire me they'd force me to do animations I'd hate to do lol. Cheers

[@ServantOfOdin]

And seconds later, the BoP bumped into the defelector array because both helms were not taking proper caution. Drive/fly safely out there, people.

[@RyanSellman1]

Enterprise-D to Bird of Prey:. "Prepare your anus"

[@TKDMaze92]

Qui-Gon Jin: There is always a bigger fish.

[@jeremiahlong9938]

thats it more please

[@YdnarLah37]

And then the Romulan D'Deridex fly's up behind the Enterprise.

[@RobertJene]

Could be a few seconds longer, but the angles are perfect

[@justinmickatavage7838]

Nobody knows how big the Bird of Prey is. Some of them can hold wales.. some of them cannot...

[@karlpurvis5242]

That was way too short and we only got to see a small portion of the galaxy class. Needed a shot that panned out after to show the true scale difference.

[@DanGoodchild]

Pardon me… I believe that shuttle belongs to *us*.

[@ivandiaz8892]

Starfleet never looked so menacing

[@tommyeastwood]

Star trek excalibur coming summer 3022.

[@pepperVenge]

Seriously my guy.. If I were in charge of Star Trek productions, I'd hire you into the CGI team right now.. :O

[@ProvVFX]

Appreciated man!

[@sulljoh1]

The Whalers Strike Back

[@dandare6865]

very good

[@Inesia4618]

👍

[@Laeadern]

BoP to Shuttle...I'm gonna eat ya...Enterprise D to BoP...actually I am in fact going to eat you.