(Written by Jonathan Markiewitz)
This is Jon Markiewitz, director and animator of Batman: Revenge (a.k.a. The Batman LEGO Film produced in 2003), along with other LEGO films that have been popular with LEGO fans. Today I would like to share with you a project I have been working on; the LEGO Enterprise-D Bridge model, right out of Star Trek!
Currently the LEGO Enterprise-D Bridge is a LEGO Digital Designer (LDD) model, but I also hope to be able to build it from real LEGO elements.
Designing and constructing this digital LEGO model of the Enterprise-D Bridge from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was a labor of love, and it demonstrates what’s possible using the LEGO Digital Designer program (you can download LDD free on LEGO’s website here).
My inspiration for the development of the LEGO Enterprise-D Bridge came purely from being a Star Trek fan, and I was always admiring the design of the galaxy-class starship.
Due to the fact that I was developing a LEGO model based on the real movie-set, I looked at several reference photos and screenshots from episodes to ensure I got things as accurate as possible. Attention to detail in any LEGO model is an absolute must, and of course there will usually be some limitations anyway when using LEGO.
Because this is a digital LEGO model, you will notice a lack of computer-screens on the consoles. But I assured Michael Okuda (the graphic designer for Star Trek) that if it gets built I’ll give the bridge the “Okuda-touch”!
I hope you enjoyed this LEGO Star Trek model, and if you have any questions, comments, or feedback you are welcome to use the comment section below. Thanks for reading and checking out my model!
It looks good! Although I think the floor color scheme is a little off. I’m also using LDD to design possible sets for Lego.
I agree with the floor color needed some possible change, but yeah, otherwise awesome model! 😀
Okay, so I changed the reference pictures per Jon’s request. These show that his model’s color-sceme is in fact pretty close. 🙂
okay, I know this is way off subject but I found this video on youtube and its about TLM summer sets characters and more! its called the LEGO summer 2014 set pictures a look into the essential guide book. I don’t know how to make a link to that so sorry. so if you’re interested then, yeah. uh… TADA! 🙄
I’ve already seen all of those….
But, thanks!
Yeah, we talked about those the other day. See here: http://thebrickblogger.com/2014/01/the-lego-movie-summer-sets/
yeah, but I just found more pictures and thought somebody might want to see it. (its the thought that counts.)
BLProductions, with the previously posted reference pictures, I would completely agree. But the newly posted ones show the connection made between the striking red and blue coloring for which I was following. And thank you for the compliment. I appreciate it!
It certainly looks like Lego has jumped out of the box and into the fire, about time. I’m not a big fan of so many theme sets that have been produced, but if they venture into other areas such as perhaps Star Trek and other military themes, that would certainly cut the revenue from Mega Blok since the Lego brand is far more superior.
I don’t think this is an official product. To my knowledge, Kre-O owns the Star Trek license currently.
And don’t hold your breath for any military themes. If I remember correctly, the founder of the company has explicitly stated that he thought war wasn’t any playing matter.
I don’t see how Star Trek is any more military than for example Star Wars or Indiana Jones. Both of them long-standing LEGO-licenses.
Exactly my point, you don’t have to explain the art of war so to speak, but if was out of the question what do we call Ninjago, samurai assassins, lol ? Just saying Lego tried to expand too fast too quickly. Slow it up between new ideas
Ninjago would not be called war. It’s a sort of classic adventure story with ninja’s fighting the forces of evil. Not realistic modern combat.
Brickset classify those themes as “Action/Adventure”.
Oh just fyi, Star Trek is much more focused on peace than war…
Sometimes to an almost naive extent. No toe stomping here. 🙂
Nope. There won’t be LEGO war themes. Do you know that green bricks were added later than other colors so as to stop people from making LEGO tanks?
Oh and, nice MOC!!
Not entirely sure that’s the only reason, since classic Lego bricks only had primary colors, white, black, red, blue, yellow. (They had other weird colors even earlier. Read the articles at the Lego Colors section.) The first non-primary color commonly available should have been gray in the space and castle lines, and I believe green appeared as a brick color long before orange, purple and pink.
It was one of the reasons, though.
I believe the main reason was because green bricks were more expensive to produce when LEGO started making sets. So it really didn’t have anything to do with stopping people from making tanks.
I think that may be a myth. The standard LEGO green has been available since 1950. 😉
LEGO will not be making any MODERN war themes with actual guns and modern weaponry. Ninja do not use modern weaponry. I believe the only real war theme LEGO ever made was a Civil War theme a long time ago.
The recent Indiana Jones theme drew heavily on modern warfare equipment. See the set that had the German truck with the treasure for instance.
Btw did you know that its kinda incorrect to refer to any German soldier from WWII as a Nazi? Technically they were members of the Wermacht and not neccesarily part of the Nazi party. Just thought that was interesting. 🙂
I don’t know how many here who have seen the German “Das Boot” film or TV-series, but I remember there that only one of the submarine soldiers was an actual nazi, and he was often ridiculed by the rest of the staff.
Of course, the series was designed so the audience could symphatize with the characters, as well, so that aspect might have been toned down in the production.
Very interesting. I don’t know that that situation is entirely unrealistic, though criticism of the Nazi beliefs may be. I feel as if open criticism could have been more dangerous and unworthwhile than the average soldier would have wanted.
On the other hand though, I think the Kriegsmarine was less Nazi than other branches of the German military. Whether thats true or not I’m not sure… but I feel I’ve heard that before. lol
Hakan, this is a project created by Jon in LDD. 😉
Kinda funny how many people think this is an official Lego product.
Mabye I should start a series where I explain how to use LDD and how to use different connections.
A post on LDD would be nice. I have been planning to write on myself but haven’t gotten around to it. I love the software and use it all the time. It is an excellent tool for LEGO fans.
Aagh, I wanted to write about that too…
But anyways, According to their official rules and such, they only abstain from Modern Warfare-That means anything from before WWI, including the American Civil War, is fair game. As you can see, with the Revolutionary Soldier from S10.
Fikko, more than one article is perfectly fine on the subject. There are so many angles you can write! Good point about modern warfare being the only period off limits. I think the Sopwith Camel is the only set from that period, and it is a model, not a play-set.
Studless, I think that’s a great compliment that there are those who believe this was a design for an official LEGO® model. If they ever decided to do something like this, it would certainly be considered a UCS model with its piece-count of more than 2,200 bricks.
hey, that’s awesome! it seems ( in my opinion) to build a LEGO online then in real, I mean, sure, you have all the virtual pieces you want, but, does it seem the same as actually holding the LEGOs and your hands and “feeling the POWER” as I might say, so I think its better to stick to the real thing, (in my opinion) even though, you could get your ideas in faster by going on that website. hmm… 😕 does anyone else get what I’m taking about, or am I practically talking to myself?
I think I know what you mean….
LDD is very useful for large projects because it helps you figure out exactly what you will need to build it with real LEGO. I generally combine LLD with real building. I start on a concept with real LEGO elements, then work out the details in LDD, then buy what I need and build the project. Otherwise you would either need an unlimited LEGO collection, or waste hundreds of dollars on parts you end up not using. So yeah, LDD is a great tool for MOC-ers, but I agree; working with real LEGO bricks is the real thing. However if you are on a budget LDD can be very helpful to minimize your expenses. 😉
This was created using LDD; evidently the only way to be able to build this in real life would be if you worked for LEGO!
http://brickfanatics.co.uk/13-foot-ldd-super-star-destroyer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brickfanatics+%28Brick+Fanatics%29
Yeah, I saw that! Massive! That model brings up some important points though. A lot of people have been wondering if it can actually hold its own weight. Structural integrity cannot be tested in LDD, but is crucial in large models.
There should exist mathematical formulas to calculate the probability, though…
And now I recall that life-size X-Wing ship constructed for an event.
ninja of stealth, one thing to keep in mind about LDD is that it provides a great environment for those “visual learners” out there like myself who benefit from trial and error first before spending the amount of money needed to build a model such as this one. Sometimes it’s hard to visualize something first. With a design as complex as this one, to get things as accurate as possible I wanted to ensure I could design it first, and then progress to the building stage.
yeah, that’s a good point. thanks for commenting back guys! 😉
Yeah I get what you mean, ninja of stealth. It’s easier and more fun to do it with real bricks. But if you don’t have the parts, LDD is easier.
Also, thanks admin for changing the reference pics! 🙂
You are welcome! 😉
Hows pieces are there in this model? Are you planning to build the entire ship?
Also, I’ve get three hundred posts on my forum (http://starbricks.createaforum.com/) in seven days! Woot!
Admin, how can I add an avatar to my comments (like the one you have)?
Sorry, I’ve found out how to change my avatar..
Cool! If you have any further questions about it just let me know, but it is really easy to set it up. 🙂
No offense, but that is dumb.
LK901, there are currently over 2,200 bricks composing this design. As for building more locations, if I did, I would start with the adjacent rooms connecting to the main bridge such as the ready room and observation lounge. The nice thing is that with already having the doors build into the bridge model, it would be a matter of modular connection.
Admin…
Sorry if this is off topic, but have you seen the Simpsons house? Dispite the fact that i hate the show, i love the house! What do you think?
Yeah, wrote about it the other day, and I have a second post with the press-release scheduled for tomorrow. 😉
You directed and animated the Lego Batman movie! I’m automatically a huge fan of you! I make stopmotion brickfilms and I always dreamed of making a full length movie if I ever got the right materials. (I’ve seen some of the movie and it was really good.) Nice MOC too :).
Strider, thanks for the kind words!
Make sure you add Data,Picard,Riker,Troi,and Worf! I am hoping for this!
is there a download? because i’d really like to see this in my LDD
Charlie, not that I know of, but you can always contact the creator. 😉
does anyone have the ldd file i would love to make this.
Don, this was a custom project by the author.
Hey could i get the LDD file of the bridge please. I am not sure how to contact the creator
Just click on his name to get to his website. 😉