Most impressive SketchUp modelling

orgelf

aaah Giantmonster... the artist that made me love Sketchup ...

I really enjoy his works

jgb

I just took a quick romp through this post, and all I can say is they are all FAKES. Photographs, pure and simple.

SU cannot be that goodfor such a simple to use app.

And if there was ever to be a "Photo" contest, there would have to be a few dozen First Prizes.

boofredlay

Justin's work is super slick for sure. I had the pleasure of meeting him in Boulder at the last Basecamp, he is a class act all the way.

bupaje

From this thread http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=173014&page=1 which is what actually made me download SketchUp.

jgb

I am not critiquing the quality of the SU art in any way, but, the mechanical concept of the Heavy Lifter is a somewhat backwards. The large dual wheels under the engine/counterweight should be as close to the lift forks as possible, as that is where the load will be. The 2 smaller tires in front are seemingly way too small for the load the lifter seems designed for. Plus the steering mechanism cannot take such a load, which is one of the main reasons almost all lift trucks have the steerables in the back. The load end is usually a solid axle.
Very nicely done model and render though.

bupaje

That's really interesting - I would never have guessed but makes sense.

Cyberdactyl

Friends seemed to like these two. The dragonfly I have posted before.

aditee

Very Nice work.

appage21

@pixero said:

I read a post at the Unity3d's forum where a guy wrote: "I'm tired of using Google sketchup pro 8 cause that can't make anything good."
I wrote an answer and posted a few great model images I found here, but I started thinking...
What if we posted the most impressive SketchUp models we've seen. All in this thread. Could be our own or others.
(With the modelling in focus, not rendering.)

A collection of the best of the best that would impress most on people that are not aware of SketchUps capabilities.

I'll start off with the images I posted in my reply to him:

Axeonalias Beam Trawler "Sea Lady"

Silver shadows HMS Snowberry

Silver shadows The river runs through it.

That second picture is particularly impressive. Whoever made that is incredible talented, I wish my sketches came out like that.

SketchUpNoobie

Numbthumb's "Acht-achter" cannon definitely deserves to be mentioned here.

Acht-achter cannon clay render.

Acht-achter cannon clay render 2.

Acht-achter render.

PSStein

@marian said:

Too bad he's using the wrong arms.

urgen

...Engineering sketchup from redfox11
http://no-fire.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17

COSEDIMARCO

Thanks Marian for reporting my sites:

@marian said:

Getting back on track, here are the models of COSEDIMARCO.
He's a member here though he hasn't been active in a long time.
http://cosedimarco.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=1647755737780017857929040&scoring=m

@ PSStein
Model Reference for the macross SDF-1 is the "1/3000 SDF-1 Yamato model"
http://www.toyshunter.it/store/1-3000-sdf-1-web-shop-exclusive-pr-1421.html

thomthom

An inspiring thread!

Marian

@cosedimarco said:

Thanks Marian for reporting my sites:

Haven't seen this thread in a while. You're welcome Marco.

@psstein said:

Too bad he's using the wrong arms.

That is the version used in the Macross:Do you remember love? movie from 1984. The movie is considered canon as a movie inside the original Macross universe...so yeah it's not acurate with the TV series but it is an actual version used in Macross. It is probably more popular because it's a more detailed version than the one in the series. The movie is renowned for it's high quality animation and detailing.