Big Scene Proj.

Thomas P · February 25th, 2003, 02:07 PM

Okay, I saw a magazine cover the other day that gave me an idea for a rather ambitious project (well, for me). It is going to require a number of objects and all of them high poly. Here is one of the first objects and, no, it is not a new NASA design idea and is not supposed to be any that may be out there.

It's just something I threw together:

As soon I get it detailed I'll move on to the next item.

skyhawk223 · February 26th, 2003, 05:22 AM

Looks interesting so far, although the wings might be a bit to wide if this is for Earth re-entry. If for Mars however, looks fine.
Waiting for more....

February 26th, 2003, 11:52 AM

Prety cool. Some sort of light cargo transport? I like the idea of the booster on the back, it certain looks different to everything else out there, and very interesting.

Thomas P · February 26th, 2003, 03:26 PM

Yeah, small inter-system transport thingy. Can land on a planet if need be. The booster drops off but not into the atmosphere - it is attached for range and power to get distance. It picks it up from a station or ship.

However, she might go away and get a entire remake as I was afraid it might just get seen as a shuttle - or Earth / Terran design. I'll have to think about it.

Anywho - here is ship 2 of ? (maybe 3 more) that will go into the finished scene. It has a long way to go and you can see the shuttle in there for scale. This ship can 'jump' to other star systems - small scout / transport. Everything aft of the dome section is engine / star-drive.

skyhawk223 · February 27th, 2003, 05:29 AM

I like the original design for the second ship. Keep it up!

Thomas P · March 2nd, 2003, 10:46 AM

Update on the transport - added the windows on the dome side. A few minor details in the engine area.

seanr · March 2nd, 2003, 03:46 PM

The ship look dramatically more avanced than the shuttle (200+ years). You might want to try redesigning the shuttle to make it look as advanced as the ship is.

Thomas P · March 2nd, 2003, 04:28 PM

I've actually decided to scrap the shuttle in favor of a different design. It will still be a very small ship but more in line with the other designs that will be seen. I've already 'sketched' out the follow-on design to this ship and 'concepted' the object that follows that one.

Thomas P · March 3rd, 2003, 02:22 PM

A little more work done on the engine section -

Thomas P · March 5th, 2003, 03:19 PM

The beginnings of texture. I still need to add some widgets and other details, the textures help figure out where I want things.

March 5th, 2003, 06:06 PM

How the heck did I miss this thread? The textures are real tasty. And I like the shuttle, don't scrap it!

Thomas P · March 6th, 2003, 09:48 AM

More detail. I have added docking ports that are along the flat side of the main section. There are eight and they have receiveing pads and lights set up. Also added more widgets / greebles.

General Phoenix · March 6th, 2003, 10:39 PM

Looking better all the time...

skyhawk223 · March 10th, 2003, 06:03 AM

AWesome ship! I really like the added detail.

Thomas P · March 11th, 2003, 05:35 PM

Update -

More work on some added but not very visible details. Also, tweaking and finalizing the textures.

March 12th, 2003, 12:53 PM

Oh, it's looking cool, Thomas. The last view of the big ship is great.