It's a reflection of some sort, there is nothing there really. If If I had to guess I would say that it is probably an point marker so ships wouldn't bang intot he bottom of the station. The station being as big as it is one would think something like that isn't needed. But just as sure as there are bonehead drivers on the roads today, I am sure there are bonehead pilots flying spacecraft in the DS9 universe . . .
My guess it's a station warning light . . . Blue at the bottom.
gp
Personally, I've always wanted to see what DS9 would have looked like if the Federation had given it a complete overhaul and kept the primary superstructure but replaced the rest of it with new Starfleet tech inside and out.
Thanks for the kuddo's gents . . . .
**update**
here is some wires of the progress so far, will do some wip renders in a day or so once I get more finished on the core section . . .
gp
Cool, though I would have added more radial segments, the closer you get, the more segmentation you could see
Dang . . ! How close do you plan on gettin'? If you get close enough to see segmentation you'd be framing a window ledge . . . This thing is like 100's of meters in diameter . . . you couldn't possibly want to get that close . . .
this is about as close as you need, and the segmentation is barely visible http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/36777-startrek-ds9-10.html#post287602
All the sections have different segmentation values, what you are referring to is the large sections with 80 segments in it, but as you can see from the link that is an awesome number. adding more segments would be . . just adding more for the sake of it . . . .
It IS Klingon; it was built during the First year of the Klingon Occupation of Bajor. The Cardassians came and defeated the Klingons and took over the station
But yeah, the color should be more of a beige-tan, with greenish highlights
I love you guys . . . group hug . . .
thanks glad you like this puppy . . . but just so you know, the color is not staying, it's just so I could have something to look at other than that dang grey . . the default color is so boring . . . I am just in a green cami kinda mood right now . . . This will be totally covered in image maps I am thinking Aztec or something, but in what color . . . I know beige is in a lot of shots but the model is like a mutt grey color. they actually used a few different models for the filming and non of them had the same color from what i can tell.
I will post up some images so you can see what I am looking at and also so you can see that the section below the Ops level is kinda long . . in a lot of the shots it looks short I agree, but in some that distance between the basr and Ops is rather far . . . it would take 3.2 seconds to fix the problem but I think it is great . . you all look at the images and tell me . . (some zooming may be required)
gp
This really isn't an update but I started the docking ring, this is just to let you know where I am getting my dimensions from . . . this plus overall dimensions on one of the ds9 blue-prints.
gp
Thanks all,
I was blocking in the outer docking ring today . . . . I stayed within my backdrops and parameters however it looks a bit chunky. I could shorten it height wise maybe that would thin it out, but I want to run it by some other eyes before I do so . . .
gp
:D:cool: look 7 posts up I posted one of those pic's already . . .
I think I have all the useable ds9 pics on the internet, I have done a lot of searches and I have run into some really cool people with some awesome contacts . . . but yep, I have those already . . .
**Update**
Sorry I have been out of it lately, my new job leaves me little to no time to spare anymore . . . sadly . . .
Anyway here are some wips of my wip . . . I'm just putting together the docking port right now . . . Can't get really good close up so I am going with my imagination. so far this is 70,00 polys which leads me to think that the outeer docking ring is going to sail right over 2 million polys,
my estimation will be 2.7 to 3 million . . . . lets see . . .
gp
Wow this looks absolutely stunning ! The details are really killer. Can't wait to see the whole model. BTW how long are you modelling the whole station ?
I have been at it for 5 months now . . . . hopefully I will be done before June . . . with luck.
** update**
I am coming close to finishing the smaller docking sections . . . truth is I may have to redo certain parts as the polycount here is way over budget. Right now this section alone has 140,000 poly's on it . . . . there are 9 of these stations on the outer ring . . .
My early estimate for the oter ring was 2 million p, however after today I am thinking the outer docking ring my ballon up to 4 million poly's :flippy:
Anyway that is the story . . . here are the images hope you enjoy.
gp
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gp
My guess it's a station warning light . . . Blue at the bottom.
gp
**update**
here is some wires of the progress so far, will do some wip renders in a day or so once I get more finished on the core section . . .
gp
Dang . . ! How close do you plan on gettin'? If you get close enough to see segmentation you'd be framing a window ledge . . . This thing is like 100's of meters in diameter . . . you couldn't possibly want to get that close . . .
this is about as close as you need, and the segmentation is barely visible
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/36777-startrek-ds9-10.html#post287602
All the sections have different segmentation values, what you are referring to is the large sections with 80 segments in it, but as you can see from the link that is an awesome number. adding more segments would be . . just adding more for the sake of it . . . .
gp
added some details to the core sections and tried to wrap it up . . .
Now I can start on the outer ring and pilons . . .
gp
WOW! The difference colour makes. It looks almost Klingon.
But yeah, the color should be more of a beige-tan, with greenish highlights
thanks glad you like this puppy . . . but just so you know, the color is not staying, it's just so I could have something to look at other than that dang grey . . the default color is so boring . . . I am just in a green cami kinda mood right now . . . This will be totally covered in image maps I am thinking Aztec or something, but in what color . . . I know beige is in a lot of shots but the model is like a mutt grey color. they actually used a few different models for the filming and non of them had the same color from what i can tell.
I will post up some images so you can see what I am looking at and also so you can see that the section below the Ops level is kinda long . . in a lot of the shots it looks short I agree, but in some that distance between the basr and Ops is rather far . . . it would take 3.2 seconds to fix the problem but I think it is great . . you all look at the images and tell me . . (some zooming may be required)
gp
gp
I was blocking in the outer docking ring today . . . . I stayed within my backdrops and parameters however it looks a bit chunky. I could shorten it height wise maybe that would thin it out, but I want to run it by some other eyes before I do so . . .
gp
Looks .. fancy.
http://www1.subether.net/props/albums/album09/CIMG1591.jpg
you seen those?
I think I have all the useable ds9 pics on the internet, I have done a lot of searches and I have run into some really cool people with some awesome contacts . . . but yep, I have those already . . .
**Update**
Sorry I have been out of it lately, my new job leaves me little to no time to spare anymore . . . sadly . . .
Anyway here are some wips of my wip . . . I'm just putting together the docking port right now . . . Can't get really good close up so I am going with my imagination. so far this is 70,00 polys which leads me to think that the outeer docking ring is going to sail right over 2 million polys,
my estimation will be 2.7 to 3 million . . . . lets see . . .
gp
Thanks glad you like it . . . this is a project I am definately going to finish and not leave on a shelf . . . (if I can help it)
I have been at it for 5 months now . . . . hopefully I will be done before June . . . with luck.
** update**
I am coming close to finishing the smaller docking sections . . . truth is I may have to redo certain parts as the polycount here is way over budget. Right now this section alone has 140,000 poly's on it . . . . there are 9 of these stations on the outer ring . . .
My early estimate for the oter ring was 2 million p, however after today I am thinking the outer docking ring my ballon up to 4 million poly's :flippy:
Anyway that is the story . . . here are the images hope you enjoy.
gp