Romulan Warbird

This is the first in a series of three drawings I did one night after having realized I probably haven't seriously attempted to draw anything in months. Deciding to turn back to my old talents, I started with this D'deridex class Romulan Warbird from Star Trek. I drew it by looking at the electronic light-up toy model I've had since The Next Generation was still in production in the early 90's. The Warbird is probably my favorite alien ship in Star Trek and represents a ship even larger than the Galaxy Class Enterprise-D. It's a curious design, seeming to take up more room than it needs to with that massive hollow area within it's wing structures.

I decided to draw it and do some shading to give the ship a feeling of depth and make it seem as if it's engines are glowing in the cold darkness of space. I tried to capture that ominous, predatory look that I think Andrew Probert was going for when he designed the Warbird.

Star Trek (c) Paramount Pictures