Great renders, Thomas. Very photo-realistic.

Did you model the chairs? If not, where did you get them from? They are really nice.

Take care,

_KN

Very cool renders, Thomas. I really like the lines overlayed on top of the render. are these lines directly from Vray or postwork in PS?

Have a nice day,

_KN

Awesome model and renders, Kevin.

Best,

_KN

Haha very cool. Love them.

Best,

_KN

Very nice render, delineator.

That would be cool to add some fog for atmospheric perspective and mood.

Best,

_KN

Very nice model and cool renders.

Best,

_KN

EVE Online Contest

The 15 finalists were chosen and I am quite disappointed with the judging.

I did not even get in!

Lots of people commented and disagreed with the chosen ones.

You can see them here:

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Oh, well...it was not a waste of time for me as it was quite a great experience working on my starship and improving my Sketchup modeling skills.

Thanks for all your kind comments and support during the 3 weeks I was working on the Starship.

Regards,

_KN

@liam887 said:

I found a great competition to create a scfi ship for the eve online universe and ended up not having any time to do anything arghh although on a plus side I told Ken and watching his model build up was just as exciting as making my own, I hope he gets in the top three its great (if your reading I think you should donate me the intuos 4 I need an upgrade).

Hi Liam,

Sorry to hear about your laptop.

If I do win the intuos 4, I am afraid I have to keep it. My wacom tablet is 10 years old and need to be replaced too. It's broken, so I have to tape it to hold it together. lol

Anyway, if I do win some monetary prize, I will certainly consider to give you a donation through Paypal to help you for the purchase of a new intuos.

About your ship, it's looking great. Can't wait to see the finished model. It seems like yours and mine belong to 2 different races. We'll be shooting at each other.

Have a nice day,

_KN

Sharing some old student projects.

Modelled in Sketchup and exported into Studio Max for texturing and rendering.

Have a great day,

_KN

Sharing some old student projects.

The fortress was modeled in Sketchup, exported into Maya for texturing and rendering.

Have a nice day,

_KN

@liam887 said:

epic, my work is in today so ill celebrate not having time to enter the competition by making one for fun anyway, wish me luck!
looks great by the way, you far exceeded my expectations on this job!

Hi Liam,

Thanks for your kind words. Honestly, I wasn't sure where I was going and how the model would end up looking like. I just kept on working, adding details and figuring out at the same time how to model some parts of the starship. It's kind of a trial and error since it is the first time I did such a big detailed model.

Glad to hear you did finish yours. Which one was it by the way? Could you please send me the link?

Best,

_KN

@ Solidseal: Thanks for your kind words. Yes, there are many great submissions. It will be a tough decision for the judges.

@ Ghalko: Thanks for the feedback. I am not an Eve player and did not know much about the Eve universe till this contest. I just checked, and you were right, there is ship named Typhoon. Oh well...it's not a big deal...they can always rename my ship. LOL

@ Thank you for you support, Mr. Cochrane.

@ Thank you for your nice comment, Teo. I am glad my sketchup models are an inspiration to you. Your Vray renders really inspire me to learn and improve my Vray skills.

Have a nice day!

_KN

Wow, very nice renders,Macker. I like them very much.

Did you build the models in Sketchup and export them into Max? Was the textures done in Sketchup or Max?

Best,

_KN

@teofas said:

Contest is over, so i wanna share the model, someone may find it usefull, enjoy the books and magazines!

link for the skp file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2TUZJMYB

Thanks, Teo.

Again, congratulations on your Honorable Mention.

Best,

_KN

@ Shura: haha, that's the idea. Thank you.

@ Liam: Yes, I did carefully read the rules and was wondering how to break them without being disqualified. Rules are made to be broken, right? I browse all the other entries and most of them (the best ones) somehow broke the rules. Technically, we added more to the submission. Anyway, I think the most important parts are the 6 views as the colored render is optional. I believe this contest is not about who can have the best render but who can give them what they need to build a starship, which is the schematic line drawing . People at CCP have their own textures and set of colors for each race already. So this is my strategy, if I give them the best line drawing with details in real and accurate dimensions, I will have more chance to get a prize.

My other plan is actually to sell them the model if I win. They want the line drawing to build their model. But why do it when they can actually have the real model. I am guessing, it will take more than 3 weeks (working 4-5 hours a day) for a Maya or Max user to build this kind of detailed model. So they will save time and money if they buy mine. It's a win-win situation.

So I may not be able to give you the model, if assuming I win and they want to buy my model. Will see.

Take care,

_KN

@ Marcus and Michalis: Thanks for your feedback. Yes, the plan was to have the lines thinner so you can see the details.

@ Liam: I would not mind to give the file to you if you want to do a paintover. But it is huge...something like 40 MB. For those who love numbers, the model has over 100 components and it has almost 2 millions polygons.

All right, I finally finished it. It took me 3 weeks, working a few hours each night. I am like a zombie now, but I think these sleepless nights were worth it.

Here is the final submission:

You can see the DeviantArt submission here:

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What's next? I will go back to finish my 2 fantasy interiors that I was working on.

I hope you had enjoyed following this thread of the WIP of the Starship as much as I enjoyed working on it. I really appreciate everyone kind comments and support.

Thank you and have a good night (I will be sleeping for the next few days... )

All the Best,

_KN

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You've been quite busy, Dolph. Cool stuff.

Keep it up.

_KN

@ Roberto/Artysmedia: You're welcome. Anytime.

@ solidseal: honestly, I wasn't sure what to do about that second ship. I wanted to do something more interesting in shape and less symetrical. It is part of the main ship or it could be an escape ship.

@dolphus said:

Ken it was obvious when you posted the first views of the ship that this was going to be special....well you did not disappoint.....it is magnificent....a benchmark ...very well done... ......next???????

@ Dolphus: Thank you , Sir. What's next? Well, I still have to finish the starship. I will probably go back to finishing the fantasy interior renders after the EVE contest.
Thanks for the explanation of the "Worm thing". Very nice stuff.

@liam887 said:

Well I just got back from London late last night and have picked up more work while I was down there with only seven days before my deadline so no chance of free time to make a ship in time for the 13th deadline.
Im glad I told you about this, I think you can win you have the best entry I have seen so far and your flying the banner for all the sketchup users!
As for the render and crashing try deleting everything not in the camera shot to take the size down thats what I have done in the past for some larger models!
Looks great good luck ill be following the judging and results over on the eve competition website.

@ Liam: Thanks for your kind words and support. Hopefully, I will get one of the first 3 prizes. Sorry to hear that you will not be able to submit something. Yes, I thought about deleting things outside the camera for faster render, but this model is huge and it might be time consuming since I have many views.

By the way, pretty nice solar explorer. Can't wait to see some renders and more close-up details. Oh, you might want to change "Exolorer" to "Explorer". Actually "Solar Exolorer" is an interesting name though.

So the starship is pretty much done. I have to do some b/w renders and the presentation for submission. Hopefully everything should be done by monday. Then I can go sleep and hibernate for a week.

Thanks for viewing.

Have a nice one!

_KN

Wonderful renders, Alvis.

About the watches and some of objects in the first images, how did you texture them? I know that it's kind of impossible to nicely map textures onto Sketchup organic models.

Could you please share some of your techniques and post some images of the sketchup models.

Best,

_KN

Ok, cool. Will be looking forward to the final render then.

Nice detail. I like that "worm" think.

Best,

_KN