Schooner "Lettie G. Howard" 1893

axeonalias

Slowly but surely the rig takes shape, current furled sail is just a place marker, im going to do some cloth simulation on that as soon as the sails are drawn

ntxdave

The detail of this just blows me away.

majid

Speechless! I can not believe my eyes

Mike Amos

You are doing this grand old lady proud mate. Magic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettie_G._Howard

pilou

Remember the rebuilding of the Tally Ho!
(half size of the Lettie G. Howard

Mike Amos

Bloody brilliant.

axeonalias

axeonalias

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments! Yes I need to catch up on Tally Ho, have seen them all except for the last 3 or 4 months!

Got much done today, foremast running rig is just about done, the bowsprit lines added, gaskets added, stack removed ( since she has no engine ) Temp dory`s in place and all kinds of fittings and details added

Sorry about the double post, site was giving me a hard time for some reason with errors, so I had to split it...

Mike Amos

That there Bosun must be a stickler, never seen sails furled so neatly, extra tot of rum or standard grog?

A sight for sore eyes.

axeonalias

Aye you knows how these schooner captains can be!

Completed the dory this evening, still need to cover them in tarp and tie them down, add their sailing gear and fittings, they will be separate functioning vessels in game

Mike Amos

This thread is a proper education, thank you.

axeonalias

Always glad to serve!

Spent some time messing about with materials, managed to find a quick way to correct the wood grain in the UV mapping so that it follows the bend as naturally would

ntxdave

This whole thing is just unbelievable!

axeonalias

Thanks nxtdave, after adding details the best part is doing these renders and seeing how its growing.

Dory almost done, just a few more odds and ends, a bucket or two and maybe a fresh Halibut?

Bryan K

axeonalias

And the Dory is done, its a single 4k material, ive shown the wireframe and UV map, was trying to achieve a dirty old well used grand banks dory.

Gus R

Great work!

I have a couple of questions:

What UV tool do you use? WrapR?
Do you eyeball the modeling, use plans or a combination of the two?
In general, how do you integrate Blender and SU with your work at Artstation?

Thanks.

Mike Amos

I have to learn that, looks very effective.

axeonalias

@gus r said:

Great work!

I have a couple of questions:

What UV tool do you use? WrapR?

Do you eyeball the modeling, use plans or a combination of the two?

In general, how do you integrate Blender and SU with your work at Artstation?

Thanks.

Hi Gus R, I use Blender for UV mapping, and no eyeballing here! all to plan, and if I cant find plans I carefully study photos using perspective matching to get measurements ( like the mast for the Dory )
Export from SU into blender and bobs your uncle

Mike that stage is the pudding

axeonalias

Dory done and dusted. The mast, oars, sail and rudder are all separate models so that they can be removed depending on what task you are doing in game, some models that would be used together share the same material.