The muscular man's down-turned arms influenced the look of the ship's wings in their attack position and his large, distinctive shoulders and trapezius muscles inspired George to add the wiry meshes on the ship's aft hull. Despite being somewhat surprised by Rodis' guideline of using this sketch as an influence, George was nevertheless inspired by the appearance of the pictured man while building the original prototype model. One of the sketches that Nilo Rodis gave Bill George, to help George in constructing the first prototype studio model of the ship, featured the image of a muscleman. Ultimately, aspects of different designs were mixed to create a hybrid of the various looks. It seems like Bill George, the model designer, took inspiration from both the muscleman sketch and the physique and equipment of a football player. 4 now features the "muscleman" sketch that inspired the ship's design. Of course, both stances would have a similar look to them, so it may have been a bit of both, depending on who happened to be interviewing him at the time. So, while I could swear I remembered him talking about football players, it could have been body-builders. I had never seen Star Trek before, I didn't know there was already a bird of prey. The Klingon Bird of Prey was inspired by body builders' shape when they flex their muscles like crab. In fact, you are credited as the inventor of the distinctive look of the Klingon Bird of Prey starship. (Photos aren't the greatest, but these are the best I could find.)Īctually, I just found a snippet from an interview with the designer here:īesides Star Wars, you were also involved with Star Trek. You can see this best from a head-on view, though you probably wouldn't live long enough to tell anyone about it. I can't find a source to cite this unfortunately, but I recall watching a "behind-the-scenes" show years ago where someone (presumably the designer) mentioned that its major inspiration was a football player, with his head down/forward and padded shoulders.
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