So I decided last night to make a tower from scratch. Blend of devastator/avenger styles. Think it turned out well, and faster than I thought. Not quite as much nurnie as my ISDv2 but better integrated into this style now, and all the edges are rounded at least .
making you look bad ? thats impossible! Your the Master Of Greebles!
Nah, I can't claim that title with some of the cats we have around here. At most, I am one among many who have an eye for mechanical detail. And whatever degree of skill I have with greebles was largely learned by taking Ansel's ISD v1 apart piece-by-piece and stealing ideas from him whole-cloth. That, and looking at tons of model-kit scans and pictures of real-life machinery.
@Fractalsponge: given the size of your ship, you might want to incorporate some of the details from the Executor bridge model. Granted, I know you aren't 100% in love with that model, but there are a lot of interesting pieces you can copy from it.
Incidentally, given the scale and poly-count on some of these greebles, am I correct in assuming that you aren't intending this model for usage in close-up shots?
^Indeed. The top shot is as close as I would expect to ever have to get. Much past that distance and a higher resolution detail model will probably be necessary, though I am always surprised by how well things can scale in a still image or animation.
Hey, I love the design of the details, but the more I look at these shots I just can't help thinking that those bevels are so thick they're throwing off the sense of scale. If you look at the HI-DEF version of ROTJ you can actually see a similar problem with the Executor tower: in the close-up shots during Tyderium's fly-by, the rounded edges on the greebles make it apparent that this is a plastic model.
How much hassle would it be to try smaller bevels on these greebs?
Well, not impossible, but just not happening; too many to drill into the modifier stacks for. I tend to make them a little bigger to catch the light better at distance. I find if you do really sharp rounding it's like you might as well have never bothered...
Hey didnt expect that...............is the front of the surounding (wall) going to be paneled up- for some reason it appears too thick- but then again youre not done so I will have to wait to see.
Once again you're doing a terrific job, but I think the number of guns is just ridiculous, looks like it caught the mine-is-bigger-than-yours syndrome and it kind ruins all the hard work your putting into it to make it believable. I understand it's a different class from the victory that could be heavier armed, but still, all those turrets at the back is overkill
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@Tovette: this is my own interpretation of precisely 1 reference:
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/comics/de/cruiser5.jpg
With many modifications, so that won't be quite exactly how it will turn out.
As for modeling, I've been streamlining my greebling for a long time now, and plus, when the inspiration hits, it burns
Don't you have some germs that require your attention?
Making you look bad? He's making some of us want to just curl up and die...
making you look bad ? thats impossible!
anyway ... this new ship is rockin' ! :thumb:
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Chris
Nah, I can't claim that title with some of the cats we have around here. At most, I am one among many who have an eye for mechanical detail. And whatever degree of skill I have with greebles was largely learned by taking Ansel's ISD v1 apart piece-by-piece and stealing ideas from him whole-cloth. That, and looking at tons of model-kit scans and pictures of real-life machinery.
@Fractalsponge: given the size of your ship, you might want to incorporate some of the details from the Executor bridge model. Granted, I know you aren't 100% in love with that model, but there are a lot of interesting pieces you can copy from it.
Incidentally, given the scale and poly-count on some of these greebles, am I correct in assuming that you aren't intending this model for usage in close-up shots?
ohhhhhh....... wwwwwoooooooooowwwwww.......
:thumb::thumb::thumb::o:o:o:thumb::thumb::thumb:
How much hassle would it be to try smaller bevels on these greebs?
:thumb:
Great stuff for sure!
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Chris
hell lot of turrets
beside a name...already some ideas what you plan with it?