Dory implemented, was a good refresher, its been a long time since I have made content for vsng!

Now back to the mothership!

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.

@gus r said:

Great work!

I have a couple of questions:

1. What UV tool do you use? WrapR?

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

3. 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

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.

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?

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

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

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...

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

Thanks yes working on an existing vessel is always handy, especially a popular 100+ year old original! what becomes tricky is she has undergone so many changes to just about everything, the deck, fittings, rig to an engine fitted! im trying to show her as she was built for the day she was launched

Single and Twin mainsheet system complete :

Thanks guys, I dont know about belonging in that thread, theres some mighty impressive modeling there!
Progress feels slow when working on the rig, hours pass with little to show, but thats how it goes when working from reference images rather than the plan. Deadeyes are in, another pinrail and ive started adding details to the booms, also added the inner jib boom, which rotates on a bracket well off the sails rotation, should be interesting to get it to work correctly in vsng..

Thanks Bryan & Mike, glad this little old boat can still inspire, I cant take credit for her fine lines, that credit belongs to Arthur D. Story who designed and had her built.

Yea SU is like that on some days, I guess the biggest step back for me ( which happens continuously ) is that when replacing some wood materials the grain direction is vertical and I have used horizontal, and theres no simple rotate button anywhere like in other software, which results in you having to remap the entire material!

The rig is up and she is sporting her anchors, she still needs a smaller anchor to starboard, and im thinking that chain looks a tad to thick

Thanks guys, Im glad to say the hull and deck fittings are just about complete, items added today include ringbolts, bulwark steps, large flap scupper at the deck step, chain lockers, windlass fittings, chainplates, whisker booms and the bowsprit standing rig, excited to get working aloft

Yarr the one and only! although he would probably be around 150 years old at the point when this boats keel was laid

Completed the helm, Fife rail and pins, deck step profile, fairleads, hawsehole, Doryblock, gallow, main pinrail & finished the bow

Thanks guys, here are some more images of the progress:

Thanks guys, more details and textures added :

Nice! looking forward to the panels, will you be adding decals?

Looking good! this will look great in a render

Thanks Bryan, these 19th century hulls are fantastic!

More details added, heres a shot showing how each scupper cut had to be individually aligned
Also added a few figures for scale