Scifi Sketchup Modeling

liam887 · 19 Nov 2009, 10:28

Nice!
Thanks for that link, its got some pretty good designs and in bryce too, I though bryce was pants, I was obviously wrong!
I find lots of help at scifi meshes forums, there are always people willing to help as I posted previously somebody helped me work out how to achieve gravity that will be comfortable, the amount of fuel it will need for the range it has, how much consumables how the air recycling works etc etc.

Im pretty pleased so far and in keeping the design as real as possible its actually looking better then the more far off scifi designs I have done before!

As for 'Check out this site for some in depth technical info for developing realistic spaceships.' the guy whose site it is, is a member of scifi meshes and is giving me advice, actually he was the one who worked out the gravity for me!

And I look forward to seeing your models dolphus when you have finished your trains! After this model is complete I might make a pack of ship parts, each module etc etc. Then can put them together in different arrangements sort of like spaceship lego lol!\

There will be updates later today I just wanted to do a lot more work before I posted an image again!

EDIT: New pic

Simon B · 19 Nov 2009, 16:35

Wow, the internet is getting smaller and smaller all the time.

Glad to be of help.

olishea · 19 Nov 2009, 17:08

great work mate, so much detail it makes me dizzy!

liam887 · 20 Nov 2009, 01:21

Thanks for the comments everybody! It feels strange sometimes to post this type of work here as most of the stuff is architectural but its SU after all and everybody is great over here and gives lots of good advice and help!

Well finished the rotating section at last! The outer modules provide a comfortable 1G at 1RPM. The inner modules I havent measured yet byt they are the exact same diameter as the other 4 large modules ive already created so should give the same gravity. As they are spinning at the same rate as the outer modules however ill have to do a load of working out, too late to think of maths now!
Ill post some better pics but when I try to render it keeps on crashing ill have to assign more RAM to windows tomorrow.
Anyway here is the rotating section, it also marks the midway point of the ship so halfway there, then go back to add the details and panels and radiators! So far the real worldy approach is making it look so much cooler than things I would usually just make up!

@sepo said:

Yes of course. have a look here. http://www.suplugins.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=materials

sorry missed that you had wrote back, thanks for the link when ive got it running again ill give it a go, having some RAM trouble at the moment so just exporting the images you see here as jpegs straight from SU.

dolphus · 20 Nov 2009, 04:27

Very impressive keep it up

liam887 · 20 Nov 2009, 17:33

Having trouble rendering the whole ship so did it in different parts so its easier to see. Also created a low poly truss for long shot renders.

dolphus · 21 Nov 2009, 03:56

Looking very realistic (my opinion drop the shadow on the "floor) very good

liam887 · 21 Nov 2009, 15:46

Oh dont worry I will, these are only quick half renders to show the model, the ship isn't even textured yet for proper rendering.

liam887 · 22 Nov 2009, 17:21

Seem to have fixed my Memory issues so decided to try it on this beast, there was a lot of movement between SU and max for this so the geometry is tripled to what the SU file was. Anyway if I manage to render this then all should be well and I can carry on with the model. As for this shipyards model its been on the backburner for quite a while maybe ill get round to finishing it one day.

dolphus · 23 Nov 2009, 03:41

My mind boggles at the thought of my nemesis "Polly Count" galloping rampant around your shipyard...fantastic it is fun watching it grow may the force.....

liam887 · 25 Nov 2009, 13:27

Thanks dolphus,
anyway getting rid of all the windows and having a big one at the front under the airlock. Added a little bryce man for a scale comparison. It will have metal shutters that go over it but I havent modelled them yet trying to work out a mechanism that will work, maybe a camera like iris on the inside or some metal blades on the outside?!?
Getting snow leopard OS tomorrow a big strp up from tiger so ill be able to install windows xp or 7 on bootcamp and finally get 3dsmax2010 up and running for some sweet texturing and renders! Watch this space (...)

Note: green bryce should actually be upside down as the cylinder spins the roof is actually the floor (in space anyway) but thought andbody looking at the image would think it was confusing, hes only for scale anyway!

ENG. YASEEN · 27 Nov 2009, 22:12

@liam887 said:

Seem to have fixed my Memory issues so decided to try it on this beast, there was a lot of movement between SU and max for this so the geometry is tripled to what the SU file was. Anyway if I manage to render this then all should be well and I can carry on with the model. As for this shipyards model its been on the backburner for quite a while maybe ill get round to finishing it one day.

u have a v good render here

well done

liam887 · 27 Nov 2009, 23:27

Thanks!
I have to laugh tho, when the render was done I looked it over and noticed all the buildings in the shipyard where floating many meters off the ground! Dont know how I managed that, they are all grouped together you see still a shame tho, oh well!

liam887 · 30 Nov 2009, 00:06

Doh!managed to delete some of my work when I upgraded to OSX 10.6 from tiger .
Anyway the first image is what I had deleted a few days ago but since then ive rebuilt it slightly smaller but more detailed. Used marians shuttle for the basis of the second ships hull and little spaceman is by max grueter.
Working on the windows atm making them have depth and defining the frames to make them look more than just simple transparent geometry

dolphus · 30 Nov 2009, 04:21

Nice ....very nice clean crisp lines and brilliant rendering ( I like the reflection of the Astronaut )
nice concept for a shuttle (show the launch vehicle too......)great stuff keep going

liam887 · 30 Nov 2009, 12:37

Thanks, there wont be a launch vehicle its a SSTO (single stage to orbit) using the aerospike engine. Its based off the NASA/Lockheed X-33 that got cancelled. However have added some solid rocket boosters for extra lift.

liam887 · 8 Dec 2009, 04:57

!Work In Progress!

liam887 · 8 Dec 2009, 09:44

work in progress

dolphus · 8 Dec 2009, 11:46

Way cool Liam i like the Cockpit concept i can see myself piloting this craft int battle.......dream on

olishea · 8 Dec 2009, 12:03

Liam i saw your screenshot, how come you are still using podium 1.5? is it cos ur on tiger? black UI looks sweet! took me a minute to work out which OS you are using!

some great work here, keep it up