I’ve been working on the hull plating of the ship, here are three new pics (from above, below, and a close up so you can see what I’m doing here) to show what progress was made. I still need to take care of the hull plating on the sides of the hull, and the sidepods, that'll be next.

Thank God for Fredo6 tools, here I used two of his tools:
The Offset from Tools on surface http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11212 and his Joint Push Pull http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6708.

Wow! The Metal Gear Rex looks awesome, and the Hangar's looking good as well. Keep 'em coming.

@sh00ks said:

Looking good! Nice geometry.

Going all the way (texturing, rendering) with this ?

Thanks!

Yes I will eventually start texturing it, I just want to make sure I have all the geometry taken car of first, and I always render my stuff in Kerkythea.

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

Here are a couple of pics for the greeble on the rear section of the sidepods. There wasn't as much room to work with so I tried to keep it simple.

Well here are a couple new pics. I’ve been working on some of the greeble for the ship. I also modified the sidepods in order to have a place to put the greeble.

Thank You, and I will.

I decided to to draw a couple new boosters for spaceships, and then I drew a ship to attach them to. The aim was to try and draw a more detailed booster, than what I normally have, the ship is definately a WIP as it isn't even textured at all. Hope you like it.

Thank you.

It's not 100% complete, as of now it doesn't have any doors (Headlights, taillights, side markers, blinkers, Etc.) on it, and the grill is a bit odd, it's my first attempt at a material that cuts through the surface, so your eyes are fine.

@unknownuser said:

Is the rendering done in cinema4D for any chance?

Nice car concept!

No I rendered it in Kerkythea, and thank you.

Cool house, though it would be roofer's nightmare.

I posted this yesterday in the newbies section. I was told that it should be placed in the Gallery, so here it is.

@gaieus said:

@pbacot said:

Git thee to the gallery! (show-off)

Yeah, definitely. And don't you ever dare to post in the newbie forum again!

Never again!

@nickchun said:

Nice van.
Have you seen this guy before? Tutorial on making cars without using plugins
http://ixlrlxi.livejournal.com/113673.html

Thanks, glad you liked it.

As for ixlrlxi, I just watched some of his videos on You Tube. Not only are they good for seeing a car tut, but it's also good for anyone interested in seeing Fredo's plug-ins in action (search for 600v to see the videos on you tube).

@pbacot said:

Git thee to the gallery! (show-off)

Wasn't sure if I should post it again in the gallery, but I will.

Good to know, I'll use the gallery next time.

Well after looking around through some of the tutorials I've found, none seemed to suit me, I did however start messing around with the Curviloft and found it really useful in making car like forms. Here is my first car drawn on sketchUp, it's nothing major but it is a start.

I have a larger pic @ Devinat Art (Need to figure out how links work here).

BTW: If there is a more appropriate place to post this type of content, please let me know.

Thanks Eric, I'll be sure to check it out.

Thanks Tim, I have been looking around aimlessly so far, but that will most likely change soon.

I have been using Sketchup for a little while now (about a year and a half). I mainly use it for my Woodworking plans, but I also use it to model houses, spaceships (Sci-Fi fan). I've been drawing cars since I was a kid, but I am having difficulty figuring out how to draw a car on Sketchup.

I really only have a couple plug-ins on sketchup (Soap Bubble, and Kerkythea to Sketchup) I am hoping to learn more about those in the future.

Now I'm just going to look around here and see what I can learn from all of you.