3DFirst Maya Spaceship

Rick27

heey guys, finally doing an spaceship again, this time for an school assignement (3D Visual Arts) i'm getting pretty comfortable with Maya, so here is my first spaceship.

Rick.

Ashkael

Looks really nice, love the design! It kinda reminds me of EVE. What ship class should it be?

Rick27

thanks!,

Well it is definitely a warship, in the example below I have an top view, where the two red lines represent the ships main weapons (rail guns) and the blue panels are magnetic which accelerate the projectiles shot from the backside of the ship. so the ship is actually 1 massive gun.

the ship is approximately 150-200 meters in length.

evil_genius_180

That's really cool so far. Nice work.

Rick27

thanks evil!,

Another render from the opposite angle, still need to add some final details, i'm going to add paneling after that with textures.

spacefighter

given this is a ship built mostly around a gun are the wing like structures all going to be heat radiators?

Rick27

@spacefighter, yes there are some heat radiators in the wings but also cargo, defence batteries and the engines.

Some updates:

spacefighter

now i can see engine nozzles it suddenly looks a lot more like a ship as opposed to just a platform. nice detailing on those nozzles and some of the other parts.

Rick27

well my ship is probably finished, maybe some finishing touches but im happy with it, also made a first (good) render of it, still struggling with maya's (mental ray) render settings though.

Rick27

new render:

spacefighter

that thing survived re-entry? model looks considerably better now it's textured, you have finished it off rather well.

McC

That looks really slick!

Sanderlee

The composition works quite well! A lot of time, the ship (or model) looks sort of pasted onto the background--the lighting, the shading, the weight of it, something doesn't work.

THIS works!

:thumb:

Rick27

thanks for the positive reactions guys! really appreciate it!