Flying Dolphin Tug

axeonalias · 19 Apr 2011, 07:25

Heres a Little Lady I have been itching To model since I aquired the plans for her a few weeks ago, Not the biggest or newest Tug around,well infact If you would like to have a look at the real one shes somewhere on the sea bed ,sadly while as Bow tug on a oil Tanker ,she capsized and sank.

Order N0 : 301393
Tonnage: 109 gross
LOA: 87ft 7.25ins
LBP: 77ft 5ins
Breadth Moulded : 21ft 2ins
Breadth maximum: 22ft l lins
Max. draft: 11ft
Engine: Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz
Type: 8 Cyl. S.C.SA 320 cyl. dia. x stroke
coupling, reduction, and reverse gear
Max speed: 11.7 knots
450mm 1,000 BHP with flexible
Built in 1959

Crankston Shnord · 20 Apr 2011, 04:05

Nice work!! I'm afraid that I'm no good with boats!

Cheers,

axeonalias · 22 Apr 2011, 19:38

Thanks Crankston,
Here is an update in Wireframe Renders,having fun with them and getting max to behave as it should eventually using little tricks

Crankston Shnord · 22 Apr 2011, 20:31

Excellent!! I really like how you have used a Low-Poly body, while using more polygons in the detailed area. That is a sign of a great modeler.

Cheers,

axeonalias · 25 Apr 2011, 11:47

Thanks Crankston,at least someone noticed All that reading on modeling was not for nothing after all.
Shes reaching completion stages,Just need to add the storm rails and the Name on the sides.

And the interior is about 90% complete as well, Rather sparse but this baby will be great for Fps ,shes a total of 37000 polys.

tadema · 25 Apr 2011, 12:19

Another beauty Marius
John

Crankston Shnord · 25 Apr 2011, 13:43

Well even if no-one else cares, believe me, I am very impressed.

Cheers,

axeonalias · 25 Apr 2011, 22:52

Thanks Tadema & Crankston , I hope you guys have a copy of the sim
Exterior is Baked and in game,She loads instantly as I had hoped with 5 1024x1024 textures and 1 256x256 for the lights,Ive found that grouping the lights into 1 texture also saves fpss and loading time. Not having it in 1 texture would cost (on this particular mesh) 4 draw calls instead of 1,and with the directional light + specular lighting in game that is x3 ,so a saving of 9 draw calls on the lights alone,now if you are getting low fpss with your boat in game,now you know why

Crankston Shnord · 25 Apr 2011, 22:57

Wait, which game is this?

Cheers,

Bryan K · 26 Apr 2011, 02:08

My chin really hurts and I think there's a dent in the floor now. When will I learn to stop looking at your posts?

Bob James · 26 Apr 2011, 02:25

Blimey! There's no one at the helm

Men overboard!!!

Seriously, veryimpressive.

designerstuart · 27 Apr 2011, 13:33

brilliant, as always. note to self: low poly body, high poly detail = good modelling

JuanV.Soler · 12 May 2011, 18:16

now this is the boat I would love to ride by his side. beauty.
dolphin said.
salud ¡

david_h · 12 May 2011, 22:53

okay. . .you really need to stop now. I am so tired of picking myself off of the floor. . .

Hepf · 5 Nov 2011, 10:10

Beautiful model. I have a fixation on the Paraguay war (1865/70) and have been playing with the idea of modeling some of the ships and ironclads that fought in it. But I don't have your skills, and I don't have the complete plans either. I enclose some images of one of the ironclads, before and after entering in battle. The "Brazil" was built in France. It was ballasted for battle so that it offered less of a target, and the masts were also removed before entering the fray.
Advice welcome.

pbacot · 5 Nov 2011, 16:46

Another beautiful boat. Thanks for showing the wire-frame. I love seeing the start to finish renderings.

"All that reading on modeling"... What did you read?

If I may, do you get on the water yourself? You seem to know so much about boats.

Regards and thank you for the posts. It's always inspiring, though I can do nothing of this sort.