The Art of SketchUp - part 2: Sci-Fi
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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!
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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
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looking good ken im going to have my work cut out to better you haha!
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@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
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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) -
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.
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@ 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
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@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
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@solidseal said:
Fraps will do I guess
Love the detail .. with every picture I learn stuff .. even if nothing changed :d
Thank you Solidseal.
More WIP from last night. I added more details (panels on the hull, exhaust engines, etc.).
Have a nice day!
-KN
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DUUUDE!!!..... -
Exactly
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Fantastic, Ken. Just fantastic
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I wish I had never told you now haha
That looks bloody amazing from all the entries I have seen you deserve to win by far I can see this in the game for sure the eve guys and fans will love it good luck hopefully ill get all my deadlines behind me and aim for second place!
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Amazing!
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Render it
Amazing work .
Maybe I missed it but do you have a name for it ? -
Been really enjoying this thread. Thought I would post this as an inspiration for you to keep visualizing, as we may need them sooner than we think.
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@liam887 said:
I wish I had never told you now haha
That looks bloody amazing from all the entries I have seen you deserve to win by far I can see this in the game for sure the eve guys and fans will love it good luck hopefully ill get all my deadlines behind me and aim for second place!
Hi Liam,
Haha...too late now, I am in...j/k
Thanks for your kind words and I wish you will finish yours and enter it on time.@unknownuser said:
Amazing!
Any statistics about nbs faces? Components, Groups?Salut Pilou,
Desole, I don't keep track of polycount, components and groups. But I can assure you that there are tons of them.
ok, so last night was not quite productive. My little princess was not able to sleep and cried due to teething. Then after I sooth her back to sleep, I went out to take a break on the sofa, but fell asleep. LOL
I guess my body was so tired from all the lack of sleep from the past week and needed to shut down. Well, it's good. I needed to recharge.
I woke up at 6am, just an hour before getting ready to go to work. I had time to only block the other part of the ship that could be another smaller ship on its own.
Below are the 6 views (front, back, left, right, top, and bottom) that are required for the submission.
So my plan is to enter them as well as have another entry with all the perspective and close up of the starship.
All of them are still WIP and I have lots to do (adding details, panels on the hulls, etc.). I will also have interior of some docks for little starfighters or something.
Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful day!
_KN
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yeah your going to have to think of a good name now! Well my deadline just in so time to start on this beast over the weekend, looking really good. For the 6 views have you tried to turn edges and hidden geo off and do a view in monochrome with profiles on or edges?
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yeah I think a render overlaid in PS with some fancy blending might go down a treat however I am wary as they request line art only? still got two weeks before deadline so see what everybody else is doing first I know a lot of people wont post till the end also. Im sure it will look fine my plan is to do plain black and white line art and then do a digital paint of one of an orthographic view.
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@ Solidseal: I won't have any colored rendering as the contest does not require it (just option). Therefore i will mainly focus on the crazy details of the model. I will probably do a some colored illustrations when i have time after the contest is over.
I don't have a name yet. But it will be part of one of the races from the EVE universe. Maybe I should start a thread so people can give vote and suggest for a name for that starship. lol
@ Dale: Thanks, I am glad you've been enjoying this thread. Maybe they will build my starship to go to Planet "G" in the future.
@ Liam: Glad to know you will be able to do something for the contest. Best of luck!
Yes, I will turn off the hidden lines. What I meant to say was that the contest requires 6 views, but did not say these are my final entries. LOL Thanks for pointing that out though. honestly, I don't know how the final submission and presentation will look like. But something like this below or do some Vray renders with lines overlaid on top like the previous perspective renders might be the way to go.
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