The J.J. Abrams Star Trekfilms have deeply divided the Trek fan community for being both familiar and completely different than the original film.

In Star Trek Into Darkness, Abrams brought back The Klingons, the most popular villains ever created for the franchise.

Created by screenwriter Gene L. Coon, they first appeared in the 1967 episode "Errand of Mercy". Because of budget constraints, it wasn't until season three that designer Matt Jeffries created the first Klingon ship.

One of the illustrators given the task of redesigning the iconic spaceship was Harald Belker.

Harald Belker is a professional concept artist and has worked on major films like Transformers (2007), TRON: Legacy (2010) and Iron Man (2008). Ramsey Avery, one of the Art Directors, knew Harald really well and invited him to join the team. Harald said it had many of his "top comrades working on it."

I interviewed him about designing some truly inspiring ships and the unintended consequences of the cost of Espresso. Check out the rest of the pictures after the jump and click to enlarge.

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Tony Stark had some amazing gadgets in Iron Man (2008), but there are a few that didn't make it to the screen. Thanks to concept illustrator Harald Belker (Transformers, Spider-Man, TRON: Legacy) we get a peek at some of them.

Check them out after the jump along with comments from his site. Click to enlarge.

"This could have been my last big-time movie car, since the trend is taking over of having car companies place their product in films. Inspired by the mask part of the suit costume, Tony Stark had to build his own super car. We were ready to build when the plug was pulled and Audi gave the money the producers needed to write it out of the script. Too bad - it would have been a b****ing toy."

"Finished with the car, I jumped over to the suit. Phil Saunders had been working on it for a while, and I was handed some little pieces that needed exploring - mostly things that were under the suit and popping out of it. Here's a sample of a how small rocket launcher can be activated out of the thigh of the suit."

"The mask, probably inspired by Darth Vader's, needed lots of little electronic gadgets and cameras behind the shield. I was bummed to see that it didn't make it into the movies."

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See more of Harald Belker's portfolio at http://www.haraldbelker.com/entertainment.php

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