I plan on revisiting this if the lighting tutorials I have lined up are worth anything. Most of the tutorials I've looked at will show an almost photoreal image and say "we did this with AutoCAD" and tell the commands they used, but don't really explain how to get those kinds of results.
This one came out great. I really like the design and the details are fantastic.
As for tutorials, yeah, some can be a pill. Some show you the basics but it's up to you to take the next steps. Lighting is probably one of the trickiest things to do in any 3D program.
I might have gone with a name referencing the One Ring, but I already had one called Ash Nazg . And it does resemble a stylized ouroboros. I like the shape too. I would be rather proud of it - if I had been anything like what I intended to happen.
Sometimes, the computer knows best. I really like this one. It reminds me of a coiled snake. The stripes and belly "scales" are especially nice touches.
IF they are for different liquids/gasses... Time to color cod them? and place them on septet areas (The H2O Tanks are up at the front (Top) of the stack and the fule are the aft most)
I usually just assume a ships tanks are either water ice or metallic hydrogen held as a Bose-Einstein Condensate. This one's toward the lower end of the technological spectrum so it's water ice.
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Added a few things.
As I was sorting through some files just now, I realized I've posted around 107 ship designs here over the past three years.
Well said.
I'm wondering where I found the time. I've still got about 10 - 15 old, old concepts to fool with, and about 20 or so newer ones.
As for tutorials, yeah, some can be a pill. Some show you the basics but it's up to you to take the next steps. Lighting is probably one of the trickiest things to do in any 3D program.
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Tag: 0000 049811-2217640
Type: cargo hauler
Status: junked
Location: The Great Southern Bulwark
(Orion 102.67-67512.04)
Culture: Thoss Supernis
Est. Age: 437,000 years
Size: 1,147m
Nickname: Leatherback
Tag: 0000 032561-1887674
Type: explorer
Status: observing
Location: Obloquy 14, Outer Mist Rings
(Orion 000.87-64612.97)
Culture: Patron
Est. Age: 780 million years
Size: 1,125m
Nickname: Ouroboros
Seriously, I like it so far. It's got a great flow to it.
(Oh, the blue is temporary.)
I removed the blue, then added some of it back again.
Tag: 0000 040216-0542977
Type: fast courier
Status: retired
Location: Hamdinger Nebula
(Orion 000.31+71724.37)
Culture: Volition
Est. Age: 142,000 years
Size: 160m
Name: Tambourine Man