Original Starship Design Thread

[lordofseas]

Well... here's one that is definitely not a joke

Re-jigged the Gatejumper design a bit mostly at the rear, making the rear access hatch wider and slimming down the thrusters

Question: Does that platform at the back retract inside the Gatejumper, or does it fold upwards to cover the doors?

[Dr Lee]

it rotates and retracts into the ship

[Alx]

4.0 modo401

Spoiler:

[thekillman]

let me guess. you like the destiny?

[Alx]

let me guess. you like the destiny?

Indeed i admit i am partial to the design of destiny,
but the main reason im redoing it yet again is that i cant stand my old SU models as they still have that nasty blocky SU look about em and they are pretty much useless in animations scenery etc as they export as tri's which makes the model sketchy to play with and limits my details to half of what i can do with modo.

an added perk is that the original Show model is made with Modo401
but its a tad out of my polygon capabilities im limited to a little less then3 million but the show version is something like 3.8 million.. so if i layer the detail depending on what area is showing at certain times i should be able to make it close to the original.

[thekillman]

please, please do make a seeder ship once you're done

[Alx]

please, please do make a seeder ship once you're done

A seeder eh?
well tbh i have thought about one but all i keep getting when i try and visualize it is some huge bug like thing (kinda sorta like a beetle) that poops stargates and i wouldnt know how to make such a thing pretty

wait i might have gotten an idea for a seeder by taking some inspiration from the matrix Design style.... ill get back to ya on that... **scribbles in note book******

[Alx]

worked on the drive..

Spoiler:

[thekillman]

my god....


i pity your computer

[locutes]

my god....


i pity your computer

kinda yea

[lord groovy]

Hi folks! I'm looking for some ideas to improve my arkship design (could be about the modelling, the texturing or the lighting)

Spoiler:

Just for information, so far I've used sketchup and plan to move to blender. worth it?

[Experiment 442]

If your using podium to render.

Spoiler:

Go to the settings in the podium window and put anti-aliasing to half, makes edges cleaner.

Its looking good. SU is a very good software, but crashes make it bad. Blender has a big learning curve, but practise would make it worth while. I've tried blender, I didn't like it, so I stayed with SU.

[Pharaoh Hamenthotep]

If your using podium to render.

Spoiler:

Go to the settings in the podium window and put anti-aliasing to half, makes edges cleaner.

Its looking good. SU is a very good software, but crashes make it bad. Blender has a big learning curve, but practise would make it worth while. I've tried blender, I didn't like it, so I stayed with SU.

Did you try any tutorials? Once you get used to the controls it's quite simple to use... I find it easier to use than Sketchup Plus it has an internal renderer And there are several more that can be added

[colbmista]

A seeder eh?
well tbh i have thought about one but all i keep getting when i try and visualize it is some huge bug like thing (kinda sorta like a beetle) that poops stargates and i wouldnt know how to make such a thing pretty

wait i might have gotten an idea for a seeder by taking some inspiration from the matrix Design style.... ill get back to ya on that... **scribbles in note book******

i always thought the seeder ship would look similer to the startrek halogram ship but the seeder ship would have twice the amount of greebles on it and like cranes and stuff lol

[Alx]

my god....


i pity your computer

kinda yea

its only 855k polys atm so it isnt to bad..

Hi folks! I'm looking for some ideas to improve my arkship design (could be about the modelling, the texturing or the lighting)

Spoiler:

Just for information, so far I've used sketchup and plan to move to blender. worth it?

Turn up the AA settings to get rid of all those nasty pixly lines.

also yes switching to blender is something id recomend if you want to take your 3d further in the future and learn the real way of doing it.
also if you want better and more realistic looking models its a def trade up from SU.

If your using podium to render.

Spoiler:

Go to the settings in the podium window and put anti-aliasing to half, makes edges cleaner.

Its looking good. SU is a very good software, but crashes make it bad. Blender has a big learning curve, but practise would make it worth while. I've tried blender, I didn't like it, so I stayed with SU.

Chrashes isnt what makes su bad those are just a irritating small issue in the long run. what makes su bad is the lack of so many lil features other softwares have that make your modeling faster and more accurate which in turn gives you a better more realistic look in half the time it would take to first find a work around in SU then implement that technique in an effective way.

if you tried blender again and you gave it your all im sure youd find the fetures and tools more usefull then any of the SU ones.