About myself
I was born in 1963 and so lucky to have parents (i think my dad was the first trekkie in the family) allowing me to watch Star TREK when it first aired in germany. eversince, I was fascinated by this tv show (my favourite, however, is deep space nine) that inspired me to build my first lego spaceships and draw pen&paper deckplans of Ships and spacestations. once i had my first atari computer, i played around with 3d software creating 3d spaceships. over the many decades (and different versions of autodesk 3d studio still running under dos), I found my preferred tool in Wings3d, (a free subdivision modeler).
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All Spaceships shown in the TGC SHipYARD SECTION WERE CREATED IN WINGS3D; AS this tool has a build-in smooth option, i also used it to create aliens and spaceships with a more organic look&feel.
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As a render tool, I initially used Bryce, creating first the landscape and afterwards loading the exported obj 3d mesh into the scene; i also gave mojoworld 3 a shot, however, both applications for my taste simply lack rendering speed (Although the final results are quite amazing).The spaceship 9 views in the tgc-shipyard section were all created in cinema 4d R10 (sure this is not the state of the art release but it does the trick fast und with the right quality for my purposes).
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hull textures/markings as well as the dorsal blueprints have been created in corel draw R10. Corel draw was also used to create the different lcars and alien screens seen on the various star trek shows (maybe not a 100% correct - consider this artistic freedom).
i hold a ph.d. in chemistry and after Working in corporate it for almost 25 years, I took advantage of an early retirement in 2024 allowing me to henceforth focus on my passion.
do you share your files ?
no ! I do not intend to share/sell any of my 2D/3d ORiginal files. it took me around 30 years to create all the content shown on this website and while still recovering from two strokes in 2024, i hope to create even more and as long as i can. you may download all images for your own personal enjoyment, however, without modification please (except for rescaling). in particular, you must not remove the barcode if present in the image (it contains a direct link to this website).
do you create personalized files ?
I did receive some feedback ... I really like your ships but can you rename her To uss XYZ... . in fact, i can !
I decided to Do it based on the principle of DO ut DES (which is latin for: i give that you might give). in plain words: you are expected to first make a donation. mInd you: Not to me !!!
there are countless charitable organizations depening on public funding while taking care of humans, animals or mother earth. donation-wise, i do have a preference, nonetheless, i let you make the call. And i do not need to see a donation receipt. I may not know if you actually made the donation but your katra always will...and you'll never know where and when the next mindmeld will happen.
and what do you get ?
for a minimum donation of 10$ (10€ or the equivalent in your local currency) you are entitled to receive the xindi-package containing the following items:
Full size Blueprint (dorsal view) in 300 dpi resolution
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90 x 60 cm
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35.43 x 23.62"
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10630 x 7087 px
uhd lcars dorsal view in 300 dpi resolution
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32.5 x 21.7 cm
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12.8 x 8.53"
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3840 x 2560 px
uhd 9 view render in 300 dpi resolution
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32.5 x 21.7 cm
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12.8 x 8.53"
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3840 x 2560 px
what i need from you for the xindi package:
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you need to pick a vessel from the TGC-shipyard section (make sure your selection shows the name nicely)
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yOUR FULL NAME FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Your Name (the name you want me to put on the saucer section)
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your ncc-number to be displayed on the saucer section and (if already displayed on the selected tgc-vessel) on the warp nacelles, too.
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a little patience to create your personalized files. As you will receive those via email, you need to check that you mail provider allows to receive a ~7mb zip-file.
How to get even more ?
for a minimum donation of 25$ (25€ or the equivalent in your local currency) you will receive the xindi package plus two additional goodies (dyson package).
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a personalized certificate of appointment as captain; as a template, i used a version originaly created by CMDR. Dietrich Kerner in 2014. I applied some changes and created different versions of the certificate to account for different time-periodes in the star trek universe.
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a personalized diploma from one of the great vulcan organizations (academy of engineering, intelligence academy, science academy); the main text uses the free modern vulcan 1.1 font, for the surrounding calligraphic border, i have created my own font based on information found here.
what i need from you for the dyson package:
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All information required for the xindi-package.
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Your full name for both, captains certificate and vulcan diploma.
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select a template for the appointment certificate.
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pick a date of appointment (the year is fix, though)
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choose: with or without blue chairman signature
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select the vulcan institute, you graduated from.
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a little patience to create your personalized files. As you will receive those via email, you need to check that you mail provider allows to receive an~11mb zip-file.
Full size certificate in 300 dpi resolution
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30 x 40 cm
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11.81 x 15.75"
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3543 x 4724 px
Full size diploma in 300 dpi resolution
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40 x 30 cm
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15.75 x 11.81"
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4724 x 3543 px
Acknowledgements
everyone who donated will be acknowledged accordingly:
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Xindi-packaGE holders WIll BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS.
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lIEUTENANT jUNIOR grADE yOUR FULL nAME - USS yOUR nAME (ncc-your number)
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dyson-package holders will be acknowledged as:
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captain your full name - comanding officer uSS Your ships name (ncc-your ships number)
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Acknowledgements
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ltd. junior grade ... USS ... (NCC-....)
Acknowledgements
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captain martin hintzen - commanding officer USS EDIUS (NCC-1211)
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captain Christian hanke - Commanding officer USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
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captain karl Stoppek-Langner - commanding officer USS Sandberg (ncc-1609)
Live long and prosper
Karl (karlsl@gmx.net)