Original Starship Design Thread

[Alx]

Well this is just part of the outer superstructure and the engine's exhaust vent thingy so it isn't anywhere near a finished design.

The whole idea was to make it look like something that could be built in the next year or so, I mean do you seriously think that we would build a 304 if we suddenly figured out FTL travel? No we would most likely integrate the StarDrive system into a spaceship design that we already knew would work. Because of that, and the fact that I have wanted to make a design like this for a while now, I decided to go with the 'primitive' and jaggy design you saw.

of course we wouldnt build a 304 first and i def agree it would be something similar to what you have made there and what i meant with jaggy was the "render" not the ship.

ok update on atlantis.



so ive redesigned and gotten rid of alot of polys on this thing so im sitting at 1.2mil polys (triangles) which leaves me alittle more then a million for the central city and potential stardrive

[Daryl Froggy]

of course we wouldnt build a 304 first and i def agree it would be something similar to what you have made there and what i meant with jaggy was the "render" not the ship.

Okay so by jaggy you meant that it looked too pointy? If so I currently intended virtually every pointy and jagged piece that is there, as such it has very little to do with the render.

ok update on atlantis.



so ive redesigned and gotten rid of alot of polys on this thing so im sitting at 1.2mil polys (triangles) which leaves me alittle more then a million for the central city and potential stardrive

I haven't commented on this yet... very very good if I tried I may be able to do about half as good in the amount of time you have taken.

[Alx]

thanks im glad you like it

but still what i meant by "jaggy" is the quality of the render it has this pixlated look like it was made in MS paint instead of a smooth clean render.

[Daryl Froggy]

Oh, well that is the best I can do with SketchUp on my computer right now.

[Einherjar]

new renders of my ship

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[Daryl Froggy]

I like the engine designs on that.

[Einherjar]

I like the engine designs on that.

thanks

[immhotep]

Its certainly got potential, i like the overall body shape and the engines are very nice. Any ideas of spec/class, those long wing would make nice external fixing points to some other craft like fighters or dropships.

[the-alguroan]

i got a question where do you guys get ur textures, is there a site or do you make them.

Einherjar- like the overall design.

[colbmista]

u make em or buy em fromt exture sites

[the-alguroan]

u make em or buy em fromt exture sites

ah thx

also i was going to enter this in the modeling challenge but i realized the deadlines tomorrow and i don't have the time to finish it, tell me what do you think of it so far.

The Humming Bird sub-class warship.

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the hummingbird class warship, using a particle beam from the main cannon this hip takes its place at the front lines and from a distance. able to snipe ships from a far this ship is very vesicle.

The main cannon

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The engine

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side 1

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side 2

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[thekillman]

darryl- i've generated an interest for realistic ships. i'm not sure HOW realistic you want it.

anyway, what are the "arms", does it have to be manned, and what function will it have?

[Saquist]

well first of all everything you see in the last two renders i posted is a separate file/object
the problem is if i put them all toghether in a scene and try to render all i get is "unsufficient memory for render" and the software lags horribly and for that reason im not gonna add the drive yet, instead ill wait and see how the polycount looks when i have the main city made and if i then have some polys to spare i wil most likely add the drive

That would be great.
I'm hopeful to see your completed work.

[Daryl Froggy]

Okay, Killman, first it does not have to be manned but it is intended primarily as a manned science science starship. Secondly the arms have a few functions, the vertical 'arm' is actually going to be a reactor tower where the fission reactors are going to be placed and the two diagonal arms are your basic docking arms/cargo attacher thingies. Thirdly, other than no artificial gravity course plotting by star charting and using modern maneuvering thrusters, it is not realistic at all. The StarDrive is purely fantastical and as far as I am aware has no contemporary in modern scientific theory. And the Fission reactors convert heat and other forms of radiation directly into usable energy without the use of water, I may change the reactors later but that is my current idea.

Also the primary function is that of a scientific explorer and interstellar tug for large bits and pieces of space stations that are desired to be set up in a distant star system. So it is an explorer/cargo ship.

[Einherjar]

I am unsure as to what size to make my ship, can't decide on either a small frigate type 300m long or something bigger like 800+ what do people suggest?