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Pundus
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aka Keene! Ship Artist on STO @ DECA Games.

Opinions my own and do not reflect my employers'.

Work: Star Trek Picard S3 Titan Dock Concept (and more!), Spacedock's STO Ex Astris

Studied Animation, 3D modelling, VFX.
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speaking of Stargate i built a ZPM (zed-pee-emm, of course) a week ago. no idea what was the deal with Atlantis having so much trouble with these to start 🙄

i love bluebrixx btw
A ZPM (zero-point module) as seen in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, built out of legoesque bricks (BlueBrixx, in this case). If you haven't seen a ZPM before, it sorta resembles one of those salt lamps, but way more orange, and made out of stained glass. You can see red and green bits of stained glass made outta bricks on this guy. It's on a black brick-built stand with a miniature eponymous Stargate and a lil placard. All of that is balanced on a makeshift plinth out of two plastic cartons because the USB cable powering the lights in the brick ZPM was kinda short, and the base of the ZPM itself was too fragile for it to stand on. It's pretty cool. I miss when BlueBrixx had the Star Trek license. Four hundred United States Dollars for an Enterprise-D? With stickers? BlueBrixx would never. You can barely see it, but there's a BlueBrixx made Type 3 Phaser Rifle from Star Trek: First Contact behind the ZPM, just out of frame. That had no stickers, and you could open the power cell, flip the foregrip, remove the sight, open the innards, all that good stuff. I worry Lego ain't gonna make anything besides the -D and the original 1701 before leaving the license to dry, honestly, and I doubt they'd ever have the range BlueBrixx did. Doubt they would've made a life-sized phaser or disruptor replica, for instance, or a functioning d'k tahg. I don't think Lego "does guns" or whatever. Also BlueBrixx's big-ass ships barely had stickers. I think the Defiant and minifig-scale runabout did out of necessity (decals across multiple parts), but that was about it. There's also a little gold model of the original 1701 behind the ZPM. That's an Eaglemoss model, it's in a plastic case for its own protection. Speaking of which, I could go on a whole goddamn rant about Fanhome and their abysmal lack of international availability, especially compared to MasterReplicas, but I'm running out of space in this alt text. At least it's entirely descriptive of the image. And also my emotions.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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this survived so all is well
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Coming soon to #StarTrekOnline , the Gladius-Class has been remastered to our current visual standard, and as usual, this will be free for any owners of the Gladius Escort Refit and usable on any ship in the Escort (Saber-Class family)!
Overhead view of the USS Gladius orbiting Jupiter. Underside view of the USS Gladius orbiting Jupiter. Overhead view of the USS Gladius - with alternate nacelles - flying over a brown planet.
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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At the top of the hour (in ~30 minutes), I'll be going live with @counselor-sunna.bsky.social and guests @galgaming96220.bsky.social and @casualsab.bsky.social for a #StarTrekOnline ship build stream, featuring the remastered Negh'Tev and the Ushaan (da Vinci)!

www.twitch.tv/decagameslive
Underside view of the IKS Negh'Tev orbiting Qu'Vat. The USS Ushaan hangs in orbit of Qu'Vat.
October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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there we go! eleos and duderstadt added to my star trek picard starship sprites collection.
Checkerboard grid of pixel art starships, 3 rows 5 columns. Row 1: Inquiry-Class (season 1, thin nacelles), Inquiry-Class (season 1, thick nacelles), Inquiry-Class (season 2 and 3), Dhailkhina-Class (Nedar's warbird), Wallenberg-Class Row 2: Sagan-Class, Echelon-Class, Excelsior-II-Class, Dia Vectau-Class, Sampson-Class Row 3: Kaplan F17 Speed Freighter, Constitution-III-Class, Duderstadt-Class, Martian Defense Ship, SS Eleos XII
October 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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googled jaresh-inyo. why is there a censor bar. did he get cancelled or something
Google search page for Jaresh-Inyo (the President of the Federation from Deep Space Nine). The main image of him on the sidebar has a censor-bar over his eyes.
September 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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hadn't drawn starship pixel art in over a year and I wanted to relax so I did three of the Inquiry-Class variants from star trek picard
Three pieces of pixel art of the Inquiry-Class starship from Star Trek: Picard. They are laid on an alternating pastel background. 1) The Inquiry-Class from Season 1, angular nacelles. 2) The Inquiry-Class from Season 1, bulbous nacelles 3) The Inquiry-Class from Seasons 2 and 3.
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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i'm probably in the minority but i really love how crazy VFX shots in Disco S1 looked. it has unmatched personality and direction while future shows all felt "standard", so to speak.
The USS Discovery hangs in space. Everything is tinted an odd yellow - like that of unhealthy urine. Mysterious lens effects and a coating of chromatic abberation gives undefined points of interests across the frame. The lighting on the ship itself glares brightly, emphasizing the metallicity of the hull. A Vulcan Solkar-Class cruiser tumbles away into space. It's full of nebula in R, G and B, with repeated patterns as if done by digital brush strokes. It feels both saturated and desaturated. The USS Discovery is silhouetted by a blindingly bright sun. The saturation of the star has drowned out all detail on the Discovery as heat distortion blurs it - only the blue-turned-purple warp grilles stand out, as well as a few windows. The USS Discovery hangs in space. A dense starfield behind it. Mysterious light sources illuminate the hull, ranging from brownish-bronze to light bronze. The nacelles glare so intensely that the warp grilles have extreme bloom. Almost no details can be seen on the underside of the saucer besides illuminating lights on stark metal hull, and the ship's name.
September 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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As with all remasters, this update is free for owners of the Negh'Tev Heavy Battlecruiser variant. Simply ready a ship in the Klingon Heavy Battlecruiser family and apply the Negh'Tev template in the ship customization interface to see the changes (once the servers are live)!
Underside view of the IKS Negh'Tev orbiting Qu'Vat.
September 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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As some players in the community may recognize, this remaster was done by @andydpurromann.bsky.social ! Thanks to @thomasthecat.bsky.social and other DECA leads for making this inclusion possible :)
The IKS Negh'Tev flies past the camera, orbiting Qu'Vat.
September 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Surprise, Captains! The Negh'Tev remaster will be landing in Star Trek Online on PC today, with the Unleashed update, and at a later date on Consoles :)
The IKS Negh'Tev flies past the camera, orbiting Qu'Vat.
September 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Post a random Star Trek image
The USS Trieste, an unused background kitbash model meant for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is on a workbench next to a stack of model kit boxes. An Excelsior-Class is on the bottom left, out of frame. The Trieste contains of a Miranda-Class saucer with extra greebles added, as well as an assortment of windows. It has two Galaxy-Class style warp nacelles, at a much smaller scale, for propulsion. An observatory/cannon implement is located on the impulse deflection crystal and on the bridge.
September 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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looking through my old @drehmal.net screenshots. what a beautiful game Drehmal can be.
A massive airship hangs over a body of water. The sun shines from behind, the foggy atmosphere casting godrays through its sails. Conifers can be seen at the water's bank near the camera, with more autumnal looking trees in the distance. A carpeted hallway in a building made of wood. The end of the hall has a window made of stained glass. Fencing on the sides allow godrays to peek through, tinted green by the environment outside, and carried by the dusty air inside. Intense sunlight shines through a dark tunnel. A pathway is illuminated at the bottom of the image. A dark hallway with stuff scattered about - barely visible. At the end of the hallway, illuminated by candlelight, is a strange skull-shaped figure.
August 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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saying hi to oomfs through their art hiii @rjb-mallacore.bsky.social hello @herda.me hiiiii @thomasthecat.bsky.social
The back of the calendar showing snippets of artwork.
August 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Go Fast! I hope you all enjoy the #StarTrek Ships of the Line Calendar 2026! It is an absolute honor to have become a published artist!
The June spread of the Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar 2026: it features the Protostar zooming through an almost Murf-colored nebula.
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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As usual, this remaster is free to anyone who owns Saber Escort variant ships. That family of ships can also now use the Type 0a ship hull material.

Have fun kitbashing, Captains!
The USS Ushaan hangs in orbit of Qu'Vat. The USS Ushaan flies through space. The USS Ushaan flies away from Saturn. The USS Ushaan hangs in space.
August 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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One of the obvious changes was suggested by @thomasthecat.bsky.social and had a hand by @scorpiondesign.bsky.social - the front of the two pontoon-esque areas has gotten more detailing! Some refinement was done to the sides of the deflector dish as well :)
The USS Ushaan flies in orbit of Jupiter. The USS Ushaan hangs in orbit of Qu'Vat. The USS Ushaan flies overhead Io. The USS Ushaan hangs in orbit of Qu'Vat.
August 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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In addition to the bug fixes, this patch will also make the Ushaan remaster available to Captains to fly! Here are some views of the coming remaster, which has gotten touched up since the stream where I showcased it!
Perspective views of the Ushaan remaster against a monochrome starry nebula background. Before and After orthographic views of the Ushaan remaster against a monochrome starry nebula background. Before and After perspective views of the Ushaan remaster against a monochrome starry nebula background.
August 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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An earlier patch fixed up the Shangri-La's nacelles to work better with other materials - but it did not fix the Beta variant nacelles. The saucer dome was also missed. All of the Shang should now look good in any starship hull material! :)

I hope Captains flying the Shangri-La enjoy!
In-game tailor view of the Shangri-La class in Star Trek online. There is odd texture mapping on the nacelles and ventral saucer dome. Closeup of the dome with the same material - it is now cleanly brown. Closeup of the Shangri-La beta nacelle, now with a solid color on the grilles.
August 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Howdy #StarTrekOnline Captains! While the servers are being maintained, I can provide some details about the bug fixes that will be included in the coming patch!

First off, I know Captains have been asking - I've improved the spotlights across the hull of the Kelvin Constitution II :)

Current/New
A screenshot of the Kelvin Constitution II over Earth. The illuminating spotlights on the ship's hull are quite bright. A screenshot of the Kelvin Constitution II in space. The hull lights are dimmer, now.
August 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Happy birthday to @goodaaron.bsky.social ! Have a ship, in your honor!
A Protostar-Class ship, the USS Waltke, flies through fireworks in space!
August 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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yeah once mirrored it looks exactly how i would expect it to look? it's a really low quality image but all of the letters are fine and so are the pieces
Mirrored close-up of the saucer of a leaked/rumoured Enterprise-D made of legos.
August 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I hope you're enjoying the customization between the three variants of the Proxima - that was by far the biggest challenge. I've been ecstatic to see my work out in the wild, and all of the cursed kitbash combinations you all have come up with :)
In game screenshots of the Proxima-Class, orthographic views. In game screenshots of the Proxima-Class, perspective views.
July 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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As the other variants had customizable rollbars - one was needed for the TOS Proxima as well, for it to both work in the ship customization system and for the required visual effects (torpedoes) to launch from. While not true to the original Proxima I grew up with - I like Scorp's rollbar!
In game screenshot of the Proxima-Class. It is viewed from the back, soaring to the top right. Earth's moon is visible in the negative space. In game screenshot of the Proxima-Class. Bottom view of the ship banked and zooming to the right, towards the sun. The Milky Way stretches diagonally from top left to bottom right. In game screenshot of the Proxima-Class. From the fore and dorsal, slightly to starboard. The Proxima zooms towards the right, backed by an asteroid belt. In game screenshot of the Proxima-Class. Belly view of the ship, Io and another of Jupiter's moons in the background.
July 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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You may also have noticed the addition of the torpedo pod and the rollbar. This was not present in the original design from Star Trek: Legacy, it was only on the Proxima-Class Refit - the Proxima II. This was an intentional addition designed by Scorp due to the requirements of the game engine.
Monochromatic starfield and nebula background. The Proxima-Class ship viewed from an orthographic fore view. Wireframe view of the previous image. Monochromatic starfield and nebula background. The Proxima-Class ship viewed from an orthographic ventral view. Wireframe view of the previous image.
July 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM