AERO-SPACE DRAWING

ken28875

Very cool, Dolph.

On suggestion: you can turn on the shadows in Sketchup and orient the sun so it is behind the ship to match the lighting in your render and add some realism to it. Looks like the main source of light is that blue-ish white star or whatever it is.

Regards,

_KN

dolphus

Thanks for that Ken but these are not renders but just the model with a backround when i have completed the model i will try for some realistic looking shots, for now just showing off the detail

ken28875

Ok, cool. Will be looking forward to the final render then.

Nice detail. I like that "worm" think.

Best,

_KN

dolphus

@ken28875 said:

I like that "worm" think.

Worm thing is the Living quarters, Command Deck etc
Here is a shot off an Airlock on the Main Pseudo Grav cog

(As seen from the "worm thing")

dolphus

View of the Utility Module Shuttle port

liam887

wow this looks good dolphus cant wait for the render, hopefully ill have some free time soon to finish my solar explorer, http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=53230&mode=view

what are you going to use to render?

dolphus

Thanks Liam, but sorry to disappoint My old laptop just doesn't have the grunt to render anymore, so this is as good as it gets......more to come later

dolphus

View of "Elevator system" From Crew Quarters to Central Walkway

liam887

looks great it is very detailed, shame about the render times! You should try a range of software render trials you may get lucky and find one that runs a bit smoother on an older machine?

dolphus

My problem is with the memory of the laptop soon as it builds up a biggish file it "bombs out" something to do with a swopfile glitch, just need some know-how (not me)
Anyway here is a more detailed view of the elevator (at the command module end) showing the access gangway, airlock, elevator entrance ans elevator shaft (elevator driven by compressed air) re-cycled of course!

dolphus

Can you spot the Maintenance and service pod approaching the Utilities Module Spaceport?

dolphus

Utility Pod during a routine inspection

ken28875

You've been quite busy, Dolph. Cool stuff.

Keep it up.

_KN

Ben Ritter

Dolphus, everything looks great. On your first model, the airplane, along the lines of Eric's comments to remove the black line around the lettering, did you also eventually remove the black lines between the different paint colors?