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~n (nblr@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jan-2026 08:09:48 JST ~n
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Now that I got the book “The Artistry of Dan Curry” in my hands, I can share this picture of him with the actual ST:TNG forcefield pompom:
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1. A man holding silver pompoms. Text: We used the pom-pom for a variety of energy patterns. The force field protecting the Enterprise and Deep Space 9 was the pom-pom wrapped around a transparent virtual sphere. The pom-pom's sizzling quality made it useful for phaser hit points on spaceships, combined with an animated phaser beam. In the final episode of The Next Generation's Season 1, we used a blurred single frame of the pom-pom composited into a star field as a nebula. For a small energy creature I attached a smaller pom-pom to a long rod covered with black velvet. ABOVE: Dan showing pom pom used as Enterprise and DS9 force fields, phaser hits, and other elements.
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  ~n (nblr@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Jan-2026 08:09:50 JST ~n
  
  TIL: The force fields in ST:TNG? Mylar pompoms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3r2EGlsaYY
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  1. The VFX History of Star Trek: The Next Generation
    
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    A look at the visual effects team behind the iconic television show and how they used practical effects, model photography and artistry.This was the TV show ...
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