That's great, Roberto.

Where did you get the little guys?

Best,

-KN

Very cool, Dolph.

On suggestion: you can turn on the shadows in Sketchup and orient the sun so it is behind the ship to match the lighting in your render and add some realism to it. Looks like the main source of light is that blue-ish white star or whatever it is.

Regards,

_KN

Very cool design, Oli. I like it a lot.

Looking forward to seeing the final renders.

Good luck!

_KN

Have a nice one!

_KN

Very cool Vihrogon. I like it.

Have you been to the Asgvis website (downloads section)? There are some really good materials. Check them out: http://software.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=439&Ctitle=Materials

Use the black rubber material for your tires. Right now your tires look so dark, that we don't see the details. There are also some nice metal materials.

Last but not least, I would suggest to use HDRI image. Your render will look better and more realistic.

Keep it up.

_KN

Wow, this is quite amazing.

How did you model it, Taff?

Have a nice day,

_KN

@ artysmedia/Roberto: Thank you. I used Vray and overlay with Sketchup lines.

@ Pilou:

@unknownuser said:

:shock:
There is a bolt missing!

LOL....but it's true...there is a missing bolt! Pilou has the eye of an eagle. I will ask the engineering crew on board of the ship to fix it.

@ Michalis: Thank you very much for your asteroid, but I will probably not use it this time as I won't have time to do a colored render. I might use it in the future though.

@ Escape artist/Jeff: Glad you like the details. Thanks.

@ Coen: Thanks for your comment. Hope all is well in Rotterdam.

Here are the latest WIP with more details added. One more week to go. Deadline for the contest is next Wednesday. I have the back (top and bottom) to finish.

I run into a problem when rendering with Vray. It worked when it's half of the ship. But when I mirrored the model to have a both sides, Sketchup and Vray crashed. Maybe they cannot handle such a big and intensive polycount.

Anyway, thanks for viewing. Have a terrific day!

_KN

@solo said:

Do not make the background 0.0.0 lighten it a tiny bit.

So first go back to white (so they turn black again) then make it 0.0.1 and the lines will stay black.

use RGB selection

Well, that was easy. I never thought of that.

Thanks, Pete.

Regards,

_KN

Hi there,

It is probably something unusual to ask, but I was wondering if anyone knows how to have a black background with black contour lines on the objects?

When I changed the background to black, all the lines turned white!!

How can I keep the lines black?

Thanks for your help. Much appreciated.

_KN

Original:

After changing the background color to black, the lines turned white!

Wonderful renders, Adam!

I love the ambiance and lighting of the club/lounge and the dinning room.

Could you please post some screenshots of the Sketchup models so we can see what is Sketchup and what is Photoshop postwork (trees, people, grass, etc.)?

Thank you,

_KN

Great job!

Keep it up.

_KN

Hi Marco,

Welcome to the forum.

This is a good start, but you can improve your render with better modeling, texturing, and lighting.

If you are more comfortable using poser, then do it. But I would suggest to try some rendering programs that are inside Sketchup such as Podium, Twilight, Light Up or Vray for Sketchup. Of course some of them are not free, but you might get better results. They have free trials for 30 days if you're interested. I like these rendering engines because they work within Sketchup, therefore not need for exporting/importing.

Best,

_KN

Wow!

You keep on amazing me with your plugins, Thomas! You're the man.

Thank you very much,

_KN

Pretty cool robot, Roberto. Love it.

I will need it onboard of my starship.

Have a nice day!

_KN

@liam887 said:

yeah I think a render overlaid in PS with some fancy blending might go down a treat however I am wary as they request line art only? still got two weeks before deadline so see what everybody else is doing first I know a lot of people wont post till the end also. Im sure it will look fine my plan is to do plain black and white line art and then do a digital paint of one of an orthographic view.

Hello Liam,

How is it going with your starship?

I think i will focus mainly on my high detailed model with the 6 views in black/white lines for the main submission. I will also submit another one with renders of different views and details like the ones below. I don't think I will have time to do a colored render. since it is just an option, I don't think it will be a big deal. There are many entries (most of the nice ones actually) that have great colored renders, but the 6 views are so simple and even lack the details. Since the judges will mainly look at the orthogonal views, I want to show some very nice detailed views.

Here are some more views of the WIP from last night or this morning since It's past 6am and I am still awake.

I added a lot more details, but still have to finish some parts that are still empty. But it's getting there.

Thanks for viewing and have a great friday and weekend!

_KN

You have to zoom in very closely to see these details:

Hi Eric,

Pretty nice renders.

I love the car one. Is the background a HDRI image?

Thanks for sharing,

-KN

wonderful renders, Landie. Love your style.

Best,

_KN

Wow, dep qua!

Really nice renders. I love them.

On suggestion: you might want to erase the contour lines of the polygons that contain the leaves in the first render.

Have a nice day!

_KN

@ Solidseal: I won't have any colored rendering as the contest does not require it (just option). Therefore i will mainly focus on the crazy details of the model. I will probably do a some colored illustrations when i have time after the contest is over.

I don't have a name yet. But it will be part of one of the races from the EVE universe. Maybe I should start a thread so people can give vote and suggest for a name for that starship. lol

@ Dale: Thanks, I am glad you've been enjoying this thread. Maybe they will build my starship to go to Planet "G" in the future.

@ Liam: Glad to know you will be able to do something for the contest. Best of luck!
Yes, I will turn off the hidden lines. What I meant to say was that the contest requires 6 views, but did not say these are my final entries. LOL Thanks for pointing that out though. honestly, I don't know how the final submission and presentation will look like. But something like this below or do some Vray renders with lines overlaid on top like the previous perspective renders might be the way to go.

@liam887 said:

I wish I had never told you now haha

That looks bloody amazing from all the entries I have seen you deserve to win by far I can see this in the game for sure the eve guys and fans will love it good luck hopefully ill get all my deadlines behind me and aim for second place!

Hi Liam,

Haha...too late now, I am in...j/k Thanks for your kind words and I wish you will finish yours and enter it on time.

@unknownuser said:

Amazing!
Any statistics about nbs faces? Components, Groups?

Salut Pilou,

Desole, I don't keep track of polycount, components and groups. But I can assure you that there are tons of them.

ok, so last night was not quite productive. My little princess was not able to sleep and cried due to teething. Then after I sooth her back to sleep, I went out to take a break on the sofa, but fell asleep. LOL

I guess my body was so tired from all the lack of sleep from the past week and needed to shut down. Well, it's good. I needed to recharge.

I woke up at 6am, just an hour before getting ready to go to work. I had time to only block the other part of the ship that could be another smaller ship on its own.

Below are the 6 views (front, back, left, right, top, and bottom) that are required for the submission.

So my plan is to enter them as well as have another entry with all the perspective and close up of the starship.

All of them are still WIP and I have lots to do (adding details, panels on the hulls, etc.). I will also have interior of some docks for little starfighters or something.

Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful day!

_KN