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Kudos to all the creative work here, but no-one ever seems to post 3D work, I know there are other 3D'ers amongst us, so where's all your 3D stuff? I only rarely see any at Flare, but I want to see some more 3D art here. So here's a Jupiter Station scene:
Is there anyone that cares to see this stuff?
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It looks really good. I like it. The Nebula really looks good from this angle. I really like the reflection of the light from the sun on the Nebula's saucer and Jupiter Station's upper saucer and antenna relay. The Norway looks really awesome. I like that you've softened the lines on her. The Excelsior looks really good, but I'm having a problem seeing it in perspective. Sometimes when I look at her, I think it's sitting behind Jupiter Station instead in front of it. But, it looks really good. What else do you got?
I'd post my own 3-D stuff, but I don't for two reasons. First, I don't know how to do 3-D stuff, and, second, I don't know how to do 3-D stuff. Anyway, yeah, there are other people here who do this kind of art and, yeah, I'd like to see more of it, too.
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Well, I've grown accustomed to using 3D studio release 2 (i know its not 1994 anymore, but its what i got..) while listening to music. when i got my new computer i put all my music as mp3s and stored my CDs.. to run 3D studio i have to restart in DOS mode and cant listen to music.. i find modeling in silence to be agonizing. so i havent modeled in about 7 months.
Its an awful reason, i know...
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That's super-great, RA. Really impressive. I see you're playing with DOF. Nice.
All my 3D stuff is original sci-fi (i.e. non-Trek/SW/B5 etc.). Anyway, the canon nazis here tend to spurn anything that they haven't seen on TV.
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Sieg: The Excelsior is kind of above and behind the station, and I see how the perspective is confusing. What else have I got..? Gee, tons and tons. I've just finished my Nebula Class project, where I built three different models of the major Nebbie variants. This one, the Phoenix-type, and the Proto-Nebula. But Trek-wise I've got models of nearly all the canon ones, save some of the most recent, such as Sabre, Sov, Intrepid etc. erm..
Daedalus, Constellation, Excelsior, Oberth, Soyuz, Miranda, Niagara, Challenger (the Galaxy variant), Curry, Springfield, Norway, Nebula variants, New Orleans, Freedom, Ambassador, Cheyenne, Phase II, and a stack of non-canon/semi canon/non-Trek etc.
I got into 3D because more than anything else I wanted to build, and design starships, I have in one shape or another since a kid. And anyone can do it 3D-wise, with practise.
Heh Balaam, let's see some of your pics...
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Looks really cool. My only nit is that if the Excelsior is supposed to be behind the station, it might be a tad on the large side. However, the lighting and shadows look great.
(edit) You know I say that, but I guess I really have no idea how big Jupiter Station is. I guess I just imagined it would be bigger than a starship, but I could be wrong.
You know...I have almost no reference photos of the Curry....might you be able to post a few of your renders for me. They might come in handy to use as a guide until I can actually find the ERTL models I need to build one
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Looks great, save for the orientation of the Excelsior. Right now it is on plane somewhat parallel to JS... can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something 'unnatural' about the composition of those two elements (this coming from a guy who can barely model a cube).
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Well, the nature of space implies that objects are possibly quite rarely on the same plane. But in this case the pitch values of the Excelsior are the same as the station. It could just be that the camera's perspective is throwing it off a bit.
The station is modelled in accordance with a number of good reliable pictures, and so are the other models, and taking the window sizes into account, the Excelsior saucer is slightly larger than the saucer sections on the station. But with relative scaling one must occasionally make a rough guess.
Mojo, yeh, them cubes can be a bugger to model... lol
Aban, the Curry you say? Hmm, I'll do some digging, and possibly some new renders if you want pics. I've done nothing with that nasty ship for some time...
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Yuck!! I opened up this Curry mesh and fell in hate with it all over again. Aban, you really want this?? Not only is it a horrible model (I gnarled up various chunks of my Excelsior and Miranda), it's a pig ugly ship design anyway. And this comes from a guy who's from the school of thought that considers form and function over aesthetics in many cases.
It's so bad it's not worth doing any decent renders of, primarily because it's not a quality model, and probabaly isn't very accurate. I've only used it a couple of times in various fleet formation renders, way off in the background somewhere.
If you, or anyone else wants to use these anywhere, I only ask that credit is given where credit is due, and that a link back to my site (www.trekmania.net) is inserted. Cheers.
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Aw, c'mon. The nacelle is the only thing that bugs. A little re-modeling there, and maybe some new maps and they'd be fine. These are nothing to be ashamed of.
Speaking of things to be ashamed of, you did ask for it:
Main hangar of an Alliance Heavy Cruiser Exterior of a Heavy Cruiser
And if you are feeling particularly low (and have QuickTime):
These are some early graphics for my show Our Place In The Shadows. Not to make excuses for my inadequacies, but these graphics and animations were generated with the free and underwhelming Strata 3D 3.0. I am working on new (and, one would hope, improved) versions using Animation Master, but I'm getting frustrated at the multifarious interface problems the program has with mechanical modeling (and other things). These newer images are not ready for primetime.
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Thanks Red Admiral. See...I actually kind of liked that ship...at least when I saw it in the opening of whatever ep it was. Of course, I hadn't seen a new ship in so long, my ecitment may have clouded my judgement a litte
I liked it on screen...I don't like it in the DS9 Tech Manual. I'd really like to get some good quality shots of the actual studio model they used to see some of the detailing they did.
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Baluum, the Curry was only 'bad' in my book because I kitbashed it in the same way the production designers did on the show, but some of the ship components aren't right on my model, as you said, that's because I didn't pay much attention to detail, for such a beastly ship this is.
Aban, the Curry was seen only in 'A Time to Stand' (DS9). I like all ships really, but this one bugs me like no others have. It's just a lazy kitbash, for me it is even more annoying than Akiraprise. But heh, that's just me.
Your work is impressive Baluum from what i can see from the small images you have, Anything bigger? they look interesting man.
Wicked anims too, it's not something I've ever got heavily involved in. One day I hope to do some neat anims with my ships. The Avatar one BTW has some pretty creepy music. Cool.
This is what I've worked on most recently, the Nebula Variants project, 3 of them:
I've also slightly altered the Jupiter Station scene a bit. The lighting had some attention, the atmosphere of Jupiter also, and a few other details. I think it's better.
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I don't know that I've seen the Yeager kitbash.
RA: Wow. Nice. I definitely prefer the new version. That isn't to say that the older version was bad. The lighting is more dramatic and makes it seems as though it's coming from the lens flare which was a little strange with the older version. Jupiter looks fantastic. Looks like a little horiz motion blur or maybe some crazy turbulence Lightwave thing. Anyway, yes. Great job. Dude, I seriously think you could go pro if you wanted to.
The tiny top nacelles on the Nebula are so... cute!
I wanted to ask you about your texture maps. Are you working from Photoshop and then maping onto the objects, or is there some way that Lightwave lets you do those amazing radial specularity maps. They really add a lot. Very impressive work, sir. I salute you (and not just because you outrank me).
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