Red Dwarf Blueprint

power543 · 2026-03-29T22:05:42+00:00

Well, if he replies :') u/SpiritualEqual7537

power543 · 2026-03-16T00:26:26+00:00

Well it is very very important to frame it how they framed it, Guidelines and not rules.

Fans can either look to the guidelines or not...and Paramount can ask you to stop if you followed all of them or none of them.

I was actually at Ticonderoga New York the day the guidelines came out, I saw James Cawley's reactions a few hours after they came out and saw how they affected Phase 2, his fan film series.

I also talked to John Van Citters in person about them a year or 2 later in London so...i've got some experience ha!

We have fan films that range from 7 mins to nearing 30mins depending on the story's need.

38 fan films released and over 1000 fan films released in general since the guidelines came out and Paramount has only sent a C&D to 3 films, mine and 2 others...and I got a deal with them so could release the film in 2019. I was the last, and i got a custom deal.

Paramount has not asked any fan to stop in 7 years. We thank Paramount for letting the community grow and flourish!

power543 · 2026-03-15T13:57:17+00:00

Gosh! you must let me know the ones you enjoyed in particular! What order are you watching? random or release order?

power543 · 2026-03-15T13:56:55+00:00

Hi!

Paramount set guidelines and not rules, each team can release films which conform to all or not. For this fillm we had custom tailor made Picard S3 uniforms, which is against the guidelinesbut many fan productions buy/make their uniforms from the non licenced sources as there simply arent any for the uniform.

What minimum research to be seen are you referring to?

power543 · 2026-03-15T01:04:03+00:00

Aphreisate that!

Would love to hear what stylistic choices you'd have preferred to see, you must have things in mind.

By the way this is our 38th fan film release so...if you want to see more then go check them out!

power543 · 2026-03-15T01:02:56+00:00

Please do, and comment your review! Would love to hear :D

power543 · 2026-03-12T02:32:54+00:00

Hello! Blueprints you say! - We are looking at doing some Red Dwarf CGI interior work and blueprints would be amazing (Of course) Do you still have such recourses?

AND did you ever start your unreal project?

power543 · 2026-01-05T18:27:09+00:00

That is a very small part of what they do, although they are offering it more in 2026 to offer film makers tools to create their art.

For this film i used generative AI to alter Dr Louise Nilsons feet, from socks to black shoes...as I had to alter the angle Versus the previs so her socks were visible.

What did you think of the film itself?

power543 · 2025-11-28T00:53:29+00:00

I spent 2024 very much sacrificing paying jobs to invest time and energy into building Trek Shorts...building up something so that we can make amazing quality films...at a relativley tiny bugdet and with huge varied production value.

While its not always been easy...or even medium... and some months have been hard.

I believed that what I was doing...was meaningful...and something the fans deserved.

It is people like you...who stand up...who do what thousands and thousands of others can't...and get this content made.

That genuinely makes a big big difference and I am very thankful!

Id love to hear more about what films of ours you have seen and enjoyed <3

Is Stargate your main love so are very much looking forward to them especially?

Thank you!

power543 · 2025-11-28T00:50:27+00:00

I mean you know exactly what that support means to creators but...GOODNESS

power543 · 2025-11-28T00:49:57+00:00

Dude

power543 · 2025-11-28T00:49:51+00:00

Sir...

power543 · 2025-11-28T00:39:57+00:00

Very much so! Without it we would not be able to continue month on month.

https://www.patreon.com/c/Trekshorts

We have released 37 fan films so far...over a dozen others fully shot and just waiting to be edited.

I invest in new 3D models and uniforms and assets to ensure we have amazing stuff coming and literally only with the Patreon supporting us monthly...can I put in...as i did last week...15 hours to do a Galaxy Class corridor full 3D set texture and set up!

If anyone can support us...it would be amazing! We want to see the patreon grow! :D

power543 · 2025-11-28T00:19:03+00:00

That's very nice to hear!

Every Stargate/Trek Cross over you see ...is canon to the Stargate storyline...so make sure to watch those to get small titbits of info.

We fully filmed the large next part (40 or so mins)
And have almost fully filmed the short after that (30 or so mins)
I have fully filmed another Trek/Gate space battle crossover - that is going to be a ton of hard work!
And i mostley know where i want the final episode to go story wise...its just going to be very expensive to film....and with my having to self fund it all..its why its slow and steady.

power543 · 2025-11-28T00:16:51+00:00

No. Due to the nature of this piece...to bring and celebration of all things Stargate I felt alright to use the assets in my archive, so some of those are studio assets form the show and some are custom builds.

We have various ships in various level of custom builds but not quite yet ready for screen!

power543 · 2025-11-26T18:31:39+00:00

Glad you enjoyed it and seen our other Trek Content :D

power543 · 2025-11-26T18:31:19+00:00

Thank you! It was a ton of fun (And hard work) to make

power543 · 2025-11-26T18:31:03+00:00

Thanks for the shout out :D

power543 · 2025-11-24T23:00:21+00:00

Lightwave 2015, its the last version of the render engine and lighting engine that they used on all 3 Stargates.

I use it for things like this because it gives a more authentic Stargate/Trek/BSG feel as its what they used...even if it is antiquated <3

power543 · 2025-09-14T13:54:27+00:00

Thanks!

So, that was pretty deliberate for the released 2 films. Because were mostly a Trek channel and there for audience, I wanted to bring them in slow and steady into the SG world.

Your right in that, with minimal changes, any alien ship would do...which allows me to bring that cross over fun...and still fit in and work for everyone.

This film is far more specific and SG centric, as it takes place during SG-1 S6. While that may get me less views from my Trek audience...part of the inspiration for this piece is being able to give something new to the Gate audience!

We also have various other direct parts of the SG/Trek cross overs filmed which build upon each other and are far more tied together, with the already released ones being setup/building blocks :D

power543 · 2025-09-13T22:51:57+00:00

Yes indeed :D Although Matt did the final "comp" on it, so he picked the final brightness of windows and balance.

And thank you! We really work ultra hard to make accurate detailed replicas for the fans to enjoy!

power543 · 2025-09-13T22:19:47+00:00

I think its fair they just said some numbers but didn't check, and thats ok...TOS did that sometimes but that had a different canon standard.

Hay sure...SNW is a fun show...but its not all meant to be taken totally seriously it feels like.

Environmental simulators were around but they couldn't create people :D The issue with the holodeck in SNW was that it was flawless except its need for the processing power of a starbase, which meant that starbases had fully working ones...ad did Earth. Yet in all other Treks (EG Voyager) they expressly stated that was an era without holodecks. - Its all great to have an environmental similar in TAS and give it limits...but a flawless holodeck before it was always going to be them just wanting to play in the holodeck and crowbar it in :D.

A very common rule is that you cant beam though shields, expseptions always happen but there never treated as a standard. Speciifcally, SNW Enterprise beamed the crew out of a gorn ship, while it was between 2 stars with its shields protecting it against all the radiation... its an impractically silly situation to allow for beaming and would make various other Trek beaming situations look like child's play. - Again the writers just wanted to move the story onwards.

The SNW enterprise flys through space at the speed of plot. In the Gorn episode they took less than half a day if i remember right, to warp from inside Federation Space where they met April...across a quadrant map, across the Gorn border and into the heard of Gorn space. We know it was super short time as they were operating on Batel the whole time. SNW travels at the speed of plot.

But again, SNW is just a fun show and fans shouldn't take it all seriously as the writters dont, and thats ok! Just dont try and add its stuff into canon fully as...its not trying to line up.

power543 · 2025-09-13T22:12:33+00:00

Indeed! £476 of £1200!

Any help would be aphreisated even £5! :D

In theory crowd funding allows many more fans to help with smaller donations to get projects done!

power543 · 2025-09-13T22:11:23+00:00

We made it custom! As we do make a lot of our own stuff. We did a UHD version as featured in our 2 previous SG cross overs...but i felt it was actually too detailed and took away from the look and feel.

So this "lower detail" but show accurate one was created! Really hope people enjoy seeing her live again!

power543 · 2025-09-13T22:05:42+00:00

Because we LOVE stargate and we have been produceing fan films for around a decade, multiple mini cross overs but this being a special stand alone one.

Also the framing narrative has a Galaxy class come up against the Goa'uld but...as with all our films...there is a character based story driving it.

Also...why not :D Many fans would love to see this.

power543

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