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    Very Large Colony Spaceship

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    • Bryan KB Offline
      Bryan K
      last edited by

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

      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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      • olisheaO Offline
        olishea
        last edited by

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

        oli

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        • Bryan KB Offline
          Bryan K
          last edited by

          @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.

          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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          • olisheaO Offline
            olishea
            last edited by

            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?

            http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/spacerace4copy.jpg

            http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/spaceracecopy-2.jpg

            COLOURED DISCS ARE OMNI LIGHTS:

            http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/Picture47.png

            http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/Picture48.png

            http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/Picture49.png

            WHITE OMNI LIGHTS BEHIND THE GLOBE:

            http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/Picture50.png

            oli

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            • Bryan KB Offline
              Bryan K
              last edited by

              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.

              cabinent stage cyc.jpg
              PoC Final wLander cyc.jpg
              PoC background final.jpg

              See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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              • Bryan KB Offline
                Bryan K
                last edited by

                Updated hanger details
                Added braces
                Removed bridge/tower (it wasn't working for me)
                Colony Ship 27.jpg
                Colony Ship 28.jpg

                Previous
                Colony Ship 25.jpg

                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                • Bryan KB Offline
                  Bryan K
                  last edited by

                  Brace updates
                  Hangers repositioned
                  Model internal alignment problems cleaned up
                  Colony Ship 30.jpg
                  Colony Ship 31.jpg
                  Colony Ship 32.jpg
                  Colony Ship 33.jpg
                  Colony Ship 34.jpg

                  See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                  • Bryan KB Offline
                    Bryan K
                    last edited by

                    First geeble panel tests
                    Colony Ship 35.jpg
                    Colony Ship 36.jpg
                    Colony Ship 37.jpg

                    See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                    • Bryan KB Offline
                      Bryan K
                      last edited by

                      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)Colony Ship 38.jpg
                      Colony Ship 39.jpg
                      Colony Ship 40.jpg
                      Colony Ship 41.jpg
                      Colony Ship 42.jpg

                      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                      • sh00ksS Offline
                        sh00ks
                        last edited by

                        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 πŸ˜„

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                        • Bryan KB Offline
                          Bryan K
                          last edited by

                          @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 πŸ˜„

                          Thanks. πŸ˜„

                          Your REX project is fantastic.

                          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                          • Bryan KB Offline
                            Bryan K
                            last edited by

                            Front greeble panels added.

                            They are the long range forward sensors.
                            Colony Ship 43.jpg
                            Colony Ship 44.jpg
                            Colony Ship 45.jpg

                            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                            • Bryan KB Offline
                              Bryan K
                              last edited by

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


                              Colony Ship 46.jpg


                              Colony Ship 47.jpg

                              See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                              • Bryan KB Offline
                                Bryan K
                                last edited by

                                Couldn't wait. First rough test render.
                                3 minutes to export. 1.2 million triangles. 5 minutes to render.
                                CS test render 2.jpg

                                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                • novenaN Offline
                                  novena
                                  last edited by

                                  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

                                  http://hdzarkitektur.wordpress.com/

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                                  • Bryan KB Offline
                                    Bryan K
                                    last edited by

                                    Long range com towers
                                    Side and dorsal sensor panels (the triangles)
                                    Paneling on mid archs
                                    Re-designed hangers
                                    Colony Ship 48.jpg
                                    Colony Ship 49.jpg
                                    Colony Ship 50.jpg

                                    From the beginning
                                    Colony Ship 4.jpg

                                    See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                    • iichiversiiI Offline
                                      iichiversii
                                      last edited by

                                      Keep it up, great ideas put into this 1 πŸ˜„

                                      Bring on the Rain...

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                                      • olisheaO Offline
                                        olishea
                                        last edited by

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

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

                                        oli

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                                        • Bryan KB Offline
                                          Bryan K
                                          last edited by

                                          @olishea said:

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

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

                                          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.

                                          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                          • Bryan KB Offline
                                            Bryan K
                                            last edited by

                                            Fore and aft hangers.
                                            Colony Ship 52.jpg
                                            Colony Ship 53.jpg
                                            Colony Ship 54.jpg

                                            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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