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3DLewis' Connie

lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
edited February 12 in Work in Progress #1
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Thought I might as well make a thread for this, even though every man and his wife has done a connie, here's mine anyway. I'm not going for a 100% perfect reproduction of the filming miniature so I'm allowing a little freedom and flexibility in details just to get what I think looks good.

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Plus a variant with glowing inner nacelles just for fun...

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  • Chris2005Chris2005675 Posts: 3,096Member
    From one exciting ship to another, and I'm living for it. :D
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  • Warp Propulsion LaboratoryWarp Propulsion Laboratory913 BrooklynPosts: 322Member
    Great work! I never get tired of looking at the Grand Old Lady.
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    It's a pleasure to build as well, much easier to make progress compared to the galaxy.

    I cooked up some basic interiors that I will render out as 2d textures to use on rooms behind the windows. Same technique as I did previously.

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  • scifiericscifieric1122 Posts: 1,497Member
    Wow! Very nice!
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  • ChiefBrexChiefBrex256 North CarolinaPosts: 110Member
    Looking good!
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  • halhal192 Posts: 157Member
    Looing great so far. I have to say, the lighting on the interior is on point!
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  • Chris2005Chris2005675 Posts: 3,096Member
    You know, incidentally, I actually love the TOS Enterprise when there's no weathering and stuff, like your model currently is... it looks so clean. lol
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    Chris2005 wrote: »
    You know, incidentally, I actually love the TOS Enterprise when there's no weathering and stuff, like your model currently is... it looks so clean. lol

    I was just saying exactly that in the discord. I'm tempted not to weather it tbh, probably just a very subtle dirt on the roughness map to give some variation but that's it.
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  • eagledocf15eagledocf15357 Houston Texas Posts: 46Member
    This is just excellent! Well done!
  • Chris2005Chris2005675 Posts: 3,096Member
    lewisniven wrote: »
    Chris2005 wrote: »
    You know, incidentally, I actually love the TOS Enterprise when there's no weathering and stuff, like your model currently is... it looks so clean. lol

    I was just saying exactly that in the discord. I'm tempted not to weather it tbh, probably just a very subtle dirt on the roughness map to give some variation but that's it.

    Ha! :P Yea, and those bussards are my biggest hurdle, I can never get them looking right. I'm hoping Daniel Broadway finishes his TOS Enterprise, I plan on redoing the Enterprise finale, but I can't seem to come across a very screen accurate TOS Enterprise.
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
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    Testing gridline depth yesterday. I've rebuilt the saucer since this so will re-cut them all.

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  • trekkitrekki939 Posts: 1,394Member
    Nice work
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    Interiors to go in next for lit windows.

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  • Chris2005Chris2005675 Posts: 3,096Member
    Absolutely amazing... shoot, minus the windows, that's wallpaper quality for me. :P
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  • ashleytingerashleytinger1998 Central OhioPosts: 1,232Member
    She looks outstanding. Love your light set-up
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    Chris2005 wrote: »
    Absolutely amazing... shoot, minus the windows, that's wallpaper quality for me. :P

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    Lit windows for you :)
    She looks outstanding. Love your light set-up

    Thanks!
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  • Chris2005Chris2005675 Posts: 3,096Member
    lewisniven wrote: »
    Chris2005 wrote: »
    Absolutely amazing... shoot, minus the windows, that's wallpaper quality for me. :P

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    Lit windows for you :)
    She looks outstanding. Love your light set-up

    Thanks!

    hehe :P Nice! :D
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  • Warp Propulsion LaboratoryWarp Propulsion Laboratory913 BrooklynPosts: 322Member
    So cool. Really ties it all together.
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    edited February 2021 #23
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    Tried something different to the usual space shot too;

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    The model is 99% complete I just need to re-do the grid lines as some are sat on geometry at the moment and it's causing shading issues.
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  • ChiefBrexChiefBrex256 North CarolinaPosts: 110Member
    Looks absolutely amazing. Top quality. Could be used in a 4k remaster of Star Trek.
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    Thanks for all the kind words. :)

    Re-built the saucer at a higher subd level to combat shading issues, cut grid lines;

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  • Chris2005Chris2005675 Posts: 3,096Member
    Although, the grid lines weren't physically there until that one dreadful "refurb" of the original model, they were essentially penciled on. :)
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  • publiusrpubliusr550 Posts: 1,746Member
    So very clean...wonderful
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    Chris2005 wrote: »
    Although, the grid lines weren't physically there until that one dreadful "refurb" of the original model, they were essentially penciled on. :)

    They were pencilled in to the filming model during production in an attempt to further accentuate scale, but unfortunately never resolved on screen. The '91 refurb just exaggerated them, on the underside anyway. Once we get to the refit model made with a much higher budget we have actual scored lines so I've if the opinion they were always 'meant' to be there.

    I know people have passionate views on the grid lines though so I'm doing 2 versions of the saucer; one with cut lines and one with 'pencilled' lines.
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  • mdtamdta390 Posts: 95Member
    lewisniven wrote: »
    Chris2005 wrote: »
    Although, the grid lines weren't physically there until that one dreadful "refurb" of the original model, they were essentially penciled on. :)

    They were pencilled in to the filming model during production in an attempt to further accentuate scale, but unfortunately never resolved on screen. The '91 refurb just exaggerated them, on the underside anyway. Once we get to the refit model made with a much higher budget we have actual scored lines so I've if the opinion they were always 'meant' to be there.

    I know people have passionate views on the grid lines though so I'm doing 2 versions of the saucer; one with cut lines and one with 'pencilled' lines.

    Working to scale, pencilled on grid lines, would be an extrude up, instead of an indentation in. so you could have subtle rounded panel lines on the surface, and have them be like a centimetre up from the surface.
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    I did think about that but I came to the conclusion that panels lines sitting proud would be so weird compared to what we're used to that its looks weird. Plus we've seen it nowhere else in trek. The fact that they were pencilled on the model is for time purposes, I'm taking it that the intention would be that they were scribed.
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  • lewisnivenlewisniven2491 UKPosts: 462Member
    edited February 2021 #31
    Download available in the 'Releases' section.
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