Very Large Colony Spaceship

[Bryan K]

The scale is wrong for the ship size. I will rework the greeble.

[olishea]

hey bryan, keep us updated! looking good so far. How are you going to render this scene? Any thoughts with the setup?

[Bryan K]

@olishea said:

hey bryan, keep us updated! looking good so far. How are you going to render this scene? Any thoughts with the setup?

Standard orbit around planet, scene.

Still weeks away.

[olishea]

There is a sneaky way to fake stars, I did an experimental scene in Podium when I first started rendering...you can use a perforated globe with lights behind to create a galaxy. It's probably a daft way of doing things but it works!

http://supodiumforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Podium-in-Outer-Space-UPDATED-23rd-July-3583367?

COLOURED DISCS ARE OMNI LIGHTS:

WHITE OMNI LIGHTS BEHIND THE GLOBE:

[Bryan K]

Thanks for the suggestion and quick tut.

What I really need is a good way to make believable near orbit planets.

What I usually use for backgrounds are just photo images on an SU cyclorama or flat plane with photo.

[Bryan K]

Updated hanger details
Added braces
Removed bridge/tower (it wasn't working for me)

Previous

[Bryan K]

Brace updates
Hangers repositioned
Model internal alignment problems cleaned up

[Bryan K]

First geeble panel tests

[Bryan K]

Port and starboard vertical greeble panels complete.
Astronaut added for scale. See if you can find him in the first pic. (astronaut by MAX GRUETER from the warehouse)

[sh00ks]

WOW!

What a progress you already made!
It's realy coming along nice

Love to see the progressions you're posting.

Made me a follower

[Bryan K]

@sh00ks said:

WOW!

What a progress you already made!
It's realy coming along nice

Love to see the progressions you're posting.

Made me a follower

Thanks.

Your REX project is fantastic.

[Bryan K]

Front greeble panels added.

They are the long range forward sensors.

[Bryan K]

Forward public observation decks. (top center modules)
Lower deck is a public plaza, upper deck is restaurant/club/ballroom.
The windows are 10ft sq.

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[Bryan K]

Couldn't wait. First rough test render.
3 minutes to export. 1.2 million triangles. 5 minutes to render.

[novena]

wow Bryan!!! it is just getting better and better...
this is the kind of work that I want to grab a comfortable lounge, my favorite drink and popcorns, sit and relax and watch it growing!!!
congrats
V

[Bryan K]

Long range com towers
Side and dorsal sensor panels (the triangles)
Paneling on mid archs
Re-designed hangers

From the beginning

[iichiversii]

Keep it up, great ideas put into this 1

[olishea]

wow great work bryan! the outer hull needs some death star detail now!

Why not try and model the planet too? TOS and artisan would help greatly

[Bryan K]

@olishea said:

wow great work bryan! the outer hull needs some death star detail now!

Why not try and model the planet too? TOS and artisan would help greatly

Thanks!

I won't be greebling the main hull. I'm going for the John Berkey style. His style has large expanses of smooth surface broken up by areas of intense detailing. There are many examples on google.

I doubt I'll make a planet. I'm limited to what I have or free and I'm pretty sure I can make a picture work. Photo matching is good practice for me. Massimo has shown me how to make my own HDRI with Kerky.

I still have a few more weeks worth of work on this one just to finish the exterior. Bow and stern still need hangers and I'm still not happy with the center arch details. Then there is the final scene set up.

[Bryan K]

Fore and aft hangers.