Would it be illegal if I made models for my game out of standard office supplies but they resembled famous ships like the starship enterprise, or the X wing?

Would it be illegal if I made models for my game out of standard office supplies but they resembled famous ships like the starship enterprise, or the X wing

Using recognizable objects from other media in a commercial project would risk infringing the copyrights associated with those images and objects. Best to create original stuff.

Okay but how about if we gave everyone goatees too. Obviously this won’t work for Star Trek.

To expand on this: is being evil substantially different from being good?