Spaceship (Collaborative Project)

Marian

Well, I'm good at modifying stuff better than coming up with something from scratch and you are great for bouncing off ideas and you come up with cool ideas too.
I often start with geometry I made for something else and then expand on it until nothing remains of the original. It's a conceptual limitation of mine, when I have to start from scratch I come up with various ideas but it's often frustrating because those ideas don't translate well into 3d, but having something cool already made, even simple shapes makes my brain go into overdrive.

I'm really curious what cool stuff you'll think of to add to the ship after the body is done, which won't be too long now.

iichiversii

oh i look forward to it

Marian

So...I think it's just about done. I'm uploading both the sds and low version. Please look over the SDS version and signal any areas in whihc the geometry should be improved, made sharper straighter etc.

Also, I think it's time to get a cheap bottle of champagne and think of a NAME for our ship.

HIGHERPOLY_STARSHIP_CONCEPT.skp

LOWERPOLY_STARSHIP_CONCEPT.skp

iichiversii

I said at the start, "lets make something beautiful" and thats what we did, and its still not finished, names??? ummmmm, we have to work on that

Marian

@iichiversii said:

I said at the start, "lets make something beautiful" and thats what we did, and its still not finished, names??? ummmmm, we have to work on that

Yeah still lots of tweaks to be made but the overall shape is done. I don't like how the engine block looks from the top, so I'll tweak that too.

About the name how does this one sound, wanderer in Latin: PEREGRINUS = STRANGER, ALIEN, FOREIGNER, PEREGRINE, PILGRIM, WANDERER

Maybe the name of an explorer

iichiversii

I love it, go with that

solo

Don't mind me jumping in to ask a few questions...

So this is a technology/explorer type vehicle right?

Will it be able to enter and exit the earths atmosphere or is it built in orbit and strictly space bound?

The reason I ask is it is very aerodynamic which is only a factor in atmosphere with resistance, has wings which is pointless in space.

Marian

@solo said:

So this is a technology/explorer type vehicle right?

Yup

@solo said:

Will it be able to enter and exit the earths atmosphere or is it built in orbit and strictly space bound?

I think it would be more feasible for a ship this big to be built in space.
I made it more aerodynamic because it generally makes for a more beautiful vehicle, but also that it might need to skim through the atmospeheres of various planets and it would need a minimum of control in that situation.

iichiversii

I ain't driving thu, skimming the atmosphere are you crazy, good luck to ya with that Marian

Marian

@iichiversii said:

I ain't driving thu, skimming the atmosphere are you crazy, good luck to ya with that Marian

Come ooonnn! It will be fun.
Be thankful that I scrapped the idea of skimming the atmospheres of stars. Now that would get you a nice tan pretty quick.

Well the, the wings also contain two secondary engines so they're practical.
In any case we're talking about a ship capable of crossing interplanetary space, for a civilization which reached that point, just about any shape would be feasible.

My motto is: If it looks cool, keep it!

Marian

Hey...another idea just slammed my noggin. How about we come up with a short story about the ship, we animate it and post the clip or clips on youtube? Of course after we completely finish it.

pbacot

Why don't you post something here? I'm gonna stop lurking otherwise...

iichiversii

lol, i can see it now, "Marians Log, star date 2012" ha ha, an animation, that i can do, so have you started on the textire, my texture skills on something like this would render useless

Marian

No texture for now. I;m just tweaking the mesh.I think we'll model in most of the details and use texture only here and there, I'm no expert either.

Don't worry Peter, we;ll post it here.

Hahaha, funny you should say that...I was thinking of starting more like this "This is the story of the Starship ******, sent on a mission of discovery and exploration where no man has yet set foot."

I do have some more serious ideas though, but I'll write something another time.

stefanq

Guys......stop having so much fun.....is depressing.

iichiversii

@stefanq said:

Guys......stop having so much fun.....is depressing.

it sure was fun so far, i liked the way we agreed to post our comments between eachother publicly instead of privately, i taught it was gonna get hairy there at one stage when Marian told me off