Scifi Sketchup Modeling

stonebreaker · 8 Feb 2011, 21:12

Really nice work. How do you make the organic shape of the model?

Krisidious · 8 Feb 2011, 21:26

this should be inserted into Microsoft Flight, Lock-on Flaming Cliffs 2 or X-Plane... would love to fly it.

liam887 · 8 Feb 2011, 21:34

Really nice work. How do you make the organic shape of the model?

Making orthos in Photoshop and then making the rough shape using them in either sketchup with a few plugins or in 3ds max and import into SU to be worked on.
This shape is much smoother than usual luckily I have been able to use the new Artisan plugin for subdivision and smoothing.

@krisidious said:

this should be inserted into Microsoft Flight, Lock-on Flaming Cliffs 2 or X-Plane... would love to fly it.

Already on it, have somebody working on it for me, or me for them? anyway hopefully have a fully working model within the year for FSX.

stonebreaker · 8 Feb 2011, 21:48

@liam887 said:

Making orthos in Photoshop and then making the rough shape using them in either sketchup with a few plugins or in 3ds max and import into SU to be worked on.
This shape is much smoother than usual luckily I have been able to use the new Artisan plugin for subdivision and smoothing.

Thanks! I want it too

liam887 · 8 Feb 2011, 22:13

Well keep your eyes and ears about the forum I am sure more details will be released soon.

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 18:42

Have to take a break from personal projects for a few weeks now have to many live briefs to finish. Here is one I need to get boxed off asap, its a city for a video game so far I just have the plans and will have to build upon that.

SketchUpNoobie · 9 Feb 2011, 19:40

Ooh. Looking forward to seeing this one.

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 20:01

So am I, cant wait for it to be in the game and blow it up! Just edited a space elevator I made for fun a few years ago and started working on the city blocks skyscrapers etc. They dont look detailed and they are not but its going in a game so it cant be too huge, the textures will make short work of it im sure and make it look great! Plus the model wil be absolutely huge!

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 22:03

Ah sick of the push pull tool and still so many city blocks to do! If only I had a plugin for this!!

Rich O Brien · 9 Feb 2011, 22:08

There is.....

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 22:12

If its the city generator or the other one I tired them already didnt work, although it looks random its not the buildings slowly get higher towards the centre, although I guess im missing a real obvious one so please share before I try to attempt to do the other three blocks manually

Rich O Brien · 9 Feb 2011, 22:52

Have you tried....

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=16599

liam887 · 9 Feb 2011, 23:52

Thanks Pilou and Rich I have got all of these except compo spray ill check it out. I had forgotten about greeble actually haven't used it in a ling time I found it very fiddly and trial and error ill have a look into it tomorrow. Maybe no need to use a plugin after all as the building district is nearly complete.

pilou · 10 Feb 2011, 00:27

You can't use Compo Spray by Didier Bur?
That's allow you 8 modules and no supperposition, and some parameters so making a town is a game boy
And you can use it as a fractal process
Make 8 little towns with it and take these 8 little towns as module
etc
in a minute you have a new universe !

Also Protrude by Jim Foltz but more randomly result

dyl · 10 Feb 2011, 01:13

Still a bit of a sketchup newbie but here are some of the sets I'm building for my next comic.

dyl · 10 Feb 2011, 02:10

Oops , sorry Liam just realised this seems more like a section for your stuff thought it was just a place for sci fi models. Do you want me to move it?

liam887 · 10 Feb 2011, 10:10

No please keep them im hapy for anybody to post anything scifi in here, in truth I wish more people would but I think they are put off by the unwritten rule of thread hi=jacking.
im sure I have seen your work before that last image is familiar in my mind, have i seen another version painted over?

EDIT:
Now I know where I have seen you before http://dylansdrawingboard.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-11-22T02;20;00-08;00 your work is truly awesome! Cintiq is next on my list how do you find it to your digital drawing, im using a Intuos3 A5 wide (I find the smaller working space easier and more accurate than the A4) but am looking to upgrade. With a student discount I can get one for £1000 still pricey tho.

artysmedia · 10 Feb 2011, 11:28

You are starting with a city and maybe you can finish with a planet!

A work worthy of Atlas!

liam887 · 10 Feb 2011, 11:40

@artysmedia said:

You are starting with a city and maybe you can finish with a planet!

A work worthy of Atlas!

Planets already done you can see it in the background here>

dyl · 10 Feb 2011, 12:21

Thanks Liam. Love your models, really inspiring me as to what is possible in sketchup.

I've got the 12 inch Cintiq. I really like it though it's not quite the jump in quality from the intuos you might expect. You lose a bit of accuracy especially round the edges. It is great for drawing on though. I used to use the Intuos(I had and A4 Intuos 3) for colouring and it was brilliant I could never quite draw with it though. On the Cintiq drawing is much easier I tend to do most of my rough work on it using Manga Studio. I still prefer to do my finished work by hand.