Here's my latest WIP. Been months since i posted anything so i figured i should.
This is the beginnings of a starship bridge. To get my scale down, I'm starting with the pilot's station.
The cylinder at the back of the arm is going to be the level of the floor.
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Is the pilot gonna sit in a glass dome?
He/She will have a set of displays set up for navigation data surrounding the chair. I'm currently leaning toward a combination of transparent display "windows" and holographically projected interface elements.
Next up is a headrest and armrests. I'm thinking i'll put a status display on the back of the headrest so the officer on deck can check up on the helmsman at a glance.
The area around where the pilot's feet will rest will have multiple foot pedals for when manual control is needed.
Nice work anyway.
Here's a quick mockup of a bridge layout using this station. The bridge is situated inside a 100 meter sphere at the center of mass of the ship. The interior surface of the entire sphere will be an active display showing a composite image from cameras distributed across the exterior.
Cranked up the render settings on this to see how the lighting works out. I'm fairly happy with that, but not so much with the console around the rim of the station. May redo that from scratch, possibly in inventor for better precision.
Reminds me of the Seaquest bridge but her pilot seats were enclosed vertically instead of horizontally.
Controls need to be close at hand. Al the more so on a warship where even a second delay could mean you're all toast.