The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi

dolphus · 23 Sept 2010, 04:56

Awesome.. great guns dying to see completed project...go Ken..go...

ken28875 · 23 Sept 2010, 16:15

@dolphus said:

Awesome.. great guns dying to see completed project...go Ken..go...

Thanks, Dolph.

So here are some more WIP I did last night. I will try to post some each day till it's finished.

Thanks for visiting,

_KN

The little dots you see here are the human scales (1.8m). Yep, that space ship is huge. This will be my biggest model. The length is 1km.

liam887 · 23 Sept 2010, 19:56

I haven't had any time do model I think its going to be a last min job for me, looking good tho good luck!

ken28875 · 24 Sept 2010, 15:11

Liam: Hope you can make it. Would love to see what you can come up with.

Here are some more images.

Have a nice one,

_KN

ken28875 · 26 Sept 2010, 03:49

WIP from Friday night.

Thanks for viewing.

_KN

liam887 · 26 Sept 2010, 04:10

looking smart, keep it up!

dolphus · 26 Sept 2010, 05:26

Fantastic keep it up......

pilou · 26 Sept 2010, 10:15

Nice space ship

Solidseal · 26 Sept 2010, 12:09

Please make a video when you are going to model some parts .. I still cannot believe it

and damn .. 1KM .
nice one

liam887 · 27 Sept 2010, 00:22

well I did a mock up by mostly kit-bashing older models but luckily I know exactly in my head what I want to make so when I finish this freelance project taking up most of my time I reckon I make it and paint it in a week fingers crossed? but yours is sure looking good make sure you stick to the rules i have seen a lot of peeps with great models but entering them wrong so they void the application haha!

ken28875 · 27 Sept 2010, 03:29

Hi guys,

Hope you had a great weekend.

@ Dolphus: Thank you, Sir. How is it going with your aerospace designs?

@ Pilou: Merci beaucoup. Bonne journee!

@ Solidseal: Thanks for you comment. Sorry, I don't have any videos. Maybe I will make some video tutorials of modeling high detailed models in Skechup in the future. Any free software I can use to make videos?

@ Liam: Wonderful, looking forward to seeing what you have. Yes, I have noticed that lots of people did not follow the rules. Too bad for them, but good for us...less competition. By the way, you mentioned you would paint it. Don't forget you have to submit uncolored line drawings or illustrations. If time allows I will include a colored perspective view of the starship, but that won't be my main focus. I will try to finish 6 really nice detailed views of the model first, before thinking about any colored illustration.

Here's the latest WIP from Saturday night (fever...)

Have a great week!

_KN

liam887 · 27 Sept 2010, 07:38

looking good ken im going to have my work cut out to better you haha!

ken28875 · 27 Sept 2010, 16:36

@liam887 said:

looking good ken im going to have my work cut out to better you haha!

LOL

Hope you can do something, Liam. Prizes are too good to miss out on.

Here's the latest WIP from last night (Sunday).

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful week, everyone.

_KN

liam887 · 27 Sept 2010, 16:52

I think you have done enough you have worked really hard why not take a week off ken haha (so I can catch up)
Looks really good, its nice that it actually fits within one of the races in the eve universe I have looked at a few entries and they dont seem to fit in, it wasnt strict about how close your design had to fit in but I bet all the winners and runners up will have game-worthy designs! What size is your ship anyway mine comes in at around 300M (Length) 890M (width) 200M (height)

stonebreaker · 27 Sept 2010, 20:19

What an awesome work! How do you make the engines? The details are incredible.

I hope you win one of the prizes at the da contest.

ken28875 · 28 Sept 2010, 16:04

@ Liam: Yeah, maybe I should take a week off; go to bed and sleep. I look like a zombie.

Thanks for noticing that my starship fits within one of the races. Some entries are very nice but they seem like they belong to another universe but EVE. The rule says it clearly: "Entries must depict a starship suitable for integration into EVE Online".

Your ship's length is longer than the width? 300M (Length) 890M (width) 200M (height).....lol

My dimensions are: 1000M (length) - 450M (width - it will be larger as I still have to add something on one side) - 450M (height).

@ stonebreaker: Thank you for your kind comment. I made the engines with basic tools like drawing a profile using lines, circle, curves, etc., then I used "follow me" around a circle.

Here's stuff from last night. I added details to the engines/exhaust and more stuff in the back of the ship. I will have to do the same thing with the rest of the ship. I will go back and add details later.

Thank you for viewing. Take care,

_KN

Solidseal · 28 Sept 2010, 19:58

@ken28875 said:

@ Solidseal: Thanks for you comment. Sorry, I don't have any videos. Maybe I will make some video tutorials of modeling high detailed models in Skechup in the future. Any free software I can use to make videos?

Fraps will do I guess

Love the detail .. with every picture I learn stuff .. even if nothing changed :d