3DDeath Star Turbo Laser

Breech Block

Hi all. First ever post on this forum. Gotta say mighty impressed by the work on display here. Just a humble trueSpace user myself but hoping one day to get modo. Anyways, I'm making a model of a Death Star Turbo Laser Tower and thought it would be a good way to start over here at SFM. As with any future posts, C&C are most welcome.

Pagrin

Well you're off to a good start as far as I can see. :-)

jedi44

Welcome to the forum,a really nice render,well done,thanks for posting.

Breech Block

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

This latest image shows how the model is progressing. It's been quite time cosuming to date as I don't have any blueprints and figuring out the scale/dimensions from just reference photos has been quite tricky. But I think most of the hard work is behind me now and I can just concentrate on getting the detailing right.

harry33

Very good work for a start here!I see,someone treasures the old Star Wars Movies too!!!!You are welcome!

SebastianP

Very nice! Now, I'm only wondering one thing - will you continue and do the rest of the death star as well? :-)

Cheers,

SP

Chanur

SebastianP wrote: »

Very nice! Now, I'm only wondering one thing - will you continue and do the rest of the death star as well? :-)

Cheers, SP

Hehe, don't make him run from this forum right away

Hey Breech Block, welcome to the forum!
Great work so far, heat the laser and shoot some rebels

Breech Block

Thanks for the kind words all.

harry33 wrote: »

...I see someone treasures the old Star Wars Movies too!!!!

I guess anyone who saw the original film back in 1977, as I did, and witnessed the impact it had at that moment in time is not going to be overawed by any of the prequels.

SebastionP wrote: »

...I'm only wondering one thing - will you continue and do the rest of the death star as well?

Yeah, if only. However, now you have mentioned it, I might just do a small portion of the trench as a kind of diorama thing.

Chanur wrote: »

...Great work so far, heat the laser and shoot some rebels.

Guess that means I'm gonna have to do an X-Wing next in order for this thing to have a decent target.

Anyhows, here is the latest update.

Glazy

I'd say about 20 guns. Some on the surface, some on the tower.

Very nice work, alsways loved these gun towers !!!!

jedi44

Very impressive,the force is strong in this one!

Breech Block

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Well, at long last, the modelling phase of this particular item has drawn to a close. Next up is creating some custom UV and texture maps. I'm hoping these will add a whole new level of detail as the model's looking kinda sparse in places.

JimCrafton

Very cool indeed! I actually based parts of some of the weapons for my current model off of this. If you have access to ZBrush or Mudbox it would be interesting to see someone use those to add some really ridiculous amounts of details using displacement.

Breech Block

Thanks Jim. And yes, that would be really cool indeed.

Here is another small update. Mainly the barrels to do now and a bit more work on the door/hatch you can see. Not too sure if I really want to "weather" the whole thing down or not.

Breech Block

Finished at long last. Always did hate the texture part as it is definately not one my strong points.
Time to move on to making an X-Wing now methinks and see if I can put the two together in a short animation.

gpdesigner

Nice work, keep it going

Sanderlee

While I recognize this is blueprint and canon accurate ... does anyone else notice the Form vs. Function problem with the gearing? At it stands, the mantles on the guns can't clear the top corners of the gun turret ... which means that this putative anti-aircraft and anti-ship gun cannot recess much higher than it's already aimed.

Still, GREAT work on this piece! Love it!! I can just hear that booming-echo of its firing now!

homerpalooza67

this is an awesome turbo laser! (i dont think its possible for anyone to like the prequels....)
and Welcome to SFM!