The Nadesico A

Bryan K · 24 May 2022, 03:09

Very rough scale and block-out of neck and upper decks.

I now see I have a main hull problem as well. It is too vertical. Damn glad I left that extra fore to aft hull line in. I can change the geometry without messing up the previous work... too much. sigh

So fix the hull first and then move back to the neck and upper decks.

Mike Amos · 24 May 2022, 10:33

Lots of progress on this, going really nicely mate.

Bryan K · 24 May 2022, 16:37

Thanks Mike!

Bryan K · 28 May 2022, 06:28

Minor tweaks. Trying to tighten things up a little. Refining the shapes. Double checking lines and positions for the future details before I start on the upper decks shapes.

Bryan K · 30 May 2022, 04:07

Tweaking the neck geometry.

Bryan K · 30 May 2022, 04:15

Upper deck was too long in the back.

Sloped the main hull a little bit more. Still needs a bit more slope on upper and lower hull. So, so glad I did not detail the main hull yet.

Bryan K · 30 May 2022, 04:18

Roughing the bridge. It's close, but not round enough.

Bryan K · 31 May 2022, 00:42

Other views. No progress today.

Bryan K · 5 Jun 2022, 01:51

Smoothed out the bridge. Had to completely rebuild. Used Curviloft skin countours. It's done, just needs detailing.

Added the bubble to the main hull. It's a group within the component. (it's too small and I've already enlarged it)

Fiddled with the overall shape of the upper decks. Smoothed out (Erase+Ctrl) and narrowed the front of the neck. Erase+Ctrl'd the remaining hull lines, except the very top.

Bryan K · 5 Jun 2022, 07:20

Blocking out the top decks. Same old issues. Odd angles and shapes. No decent references.

tuna1957 · 6 Jun 2022, 04:13

It looks like the finish line is in sight

Mike Amos · 6 Jun 2022, 10:57

^ It does indeed and a fine conclusion it will be.

Bryan K · 7 Jun 2022, 02:32

@tuna1957 said:

It looks like the finish line is in sight

For the block out, yes. The details? Maybe another month.

Bryan K · 7 Jun 2022, 02:41

@mike amos said:

^ It does indeed and a fine conclusion it will be.

Thanks Mike and tuna, but the level of detail is going to take a while. Here is a sample.

Bryan K · 9 Jun 2022, 03:17

Still working on the block out of the upper decks.

Bryan K · 10 Jun 2022, 03:39

Fiddle, fiddle. Closer and closer.

Bryan K · 10 Jun 2022, 05:15

I'll set up a better animation tomorrow.

Bryan K · 12 Jun 2022, 07:09

The animation will have to wait. Brain frazzled from working on the upper decks.

For the same reason I'm taking a break from figuring out the upper decks, so I just did some inner detailing. Inset the main beam muzzle and resized the inner front pylon nacelle mounts. Also added the black panels to the front nacelle struts. They will also get more detail in the future.

Bryan K · 12 Jun 2022, 07:29

I really do love the shape of this ship. 4 months (four?! damn) of working on it and I still like looking at it.

Bryan K · 15 Jun 2022, 21:58

Not a lot to see. Still pushing and pulling vectors and lines and even redrawing lines for the upper decks. It's getting there. A little more sleeker and smoother.

Took a stab at the upper deck rear pods. Meh. Better, but I'll have to remake them.