3DDark Saber Jumps into the 3D World

Dark Saber

I am self teaching myself blender and here are some of my first attempts.

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Another concept

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Here is a first WIP shot of a Pre-TOS era hallway that I started as practice since I am learning Blender.
This may be a hallway in the U.S.S.Tucker that I am creating.

Sean P. Tourangeau
3-19-15

BorgMan

Might I suggest to make the hallway a bit narrower? Especially for a warship, this takes up way too much space. Keep in mind that the broader the walkways, the less space you have for other stuff, like all the machinery for phaser turrets (to give an example). In that light, you might want to cut down on the size of that lower diagonal part. If you go narrower, people might trip over it and it gives you less available space to let people walk in particular. A tube here and there might be a good idea as well, especially considering that this is pre-TOS Have a look at this Hell's Gate HVAC cut through; I'm not saying your corridor should have that many (and obvious) piping, but it does bring it to life

JWWright

You're off to a great start, 3D modeling is an intensely frustrating and satisfying creative outlet... and there is always more to learn.

Dark Saber

updated narrower and the lower pylons don't go as far out into the walkway

evil_genius_180

Looking good so far. Have you followed any Blender tutorials, or are you just figuring it out on your own?

Vortex5972

Looking good so far.

Dark Saber

Still working on my first Trek Hallway from my Pre-TOS ship the U.S.S.Tucker. I am teaching myself Blender so this is a real learning experience.

Sean P. Tourangeau
3-22-15
Blender

evil_genius_180

That's looking really good so far. You're making good and fast progress.

Dark Saber

That and no textures yet all color and lights

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A little more

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While the hall is not totally complete I wanted to add some of the Tucker's crew.

Dark Saber

Here is another scene further down the hallway.

Dark Saber

You all knew I would eventually slap a Terran Empire Logo on the doors...lol

Sean P. Tourangeau
3-23-15

evil_genius_180

It's looking good. Did you actually texture the doors or just slap the TE logo on in post?

Dark Saber

evil_genius_180 wrote: »

It's looking good. Did you actually texture the doors or just slap the TE logo on in post?

just slapped it on in photoshop

evil_genius_180

Dark Saber wrote: »

just slapped it on in photoshop

Nice. I had a feeling you may have done that. It's hard to say for certain by looking at it, though, so nice work.

Dark Saber

Playing with nurbs in Blender and I came up with this. Question how can I now close the top and bottom holes on this saucer. I am not sure if I will go further but I will see.

Dark Saber

I converted it to a mesh and started modeling

Dark Saber

Start of with a Nurb saucer shape and started to create from there. Not the prettiest but having fun learning.

Sean P. Tourangeau
3-24-15
Blender

Dark Saber

Didn't like how the secondary hull was shaping out so I deleted it and I am starting over by cleaning up the neck.

Dark Saber

Still working on my first Blender created starship. Deleted the original secondary hull and created this new one tonight.
Sean P. Tourangeau
3-25-15
Blender

Dark Saber

I decided to see what she would look like with a double saucer. I am still working on the original ship, but here is a second in my new fleet of misfits.

Sean P. Tourangeau
3-26-15
Blender

evil_genius_180

This being your first 3D ship, it's coming along very nicely. In my opinion, this is the best way to learn the software: just get in there and build stuff. Though, as you get more comfortable with it, you may want to look at some tutorials that will help you refine your skills. Just a thought.

Dark Saber

evil_genius_180 wrote: »

This being your first 3D ship, it's coming along very nicely. In my opinion, this is the best way to learn the software: just get in there and build stuff. Though, as you get more comfortable with it, you may want to look at some tutorials that will help you refine your skills. Just a thought.

Thanks. I do have tutorials on lynda.com and a few other places that I am watching. I get to a point where I want to play.

evil_genius_180

Dark Saber wrote: »

I get to a point where I want to play.

I know exactly what you mean.

Ygg

also think it looks promising, nice start, keep experimenting like this, you can try and find new concepts along the way, thats one of the joys of modeling

Dark Saber

Secondary hull added. Thinking one Nacelle to each saucer.

evil_genius_180

I'm personally not fond of the dual saucers, but that's just me. Though, I do agree that one nacelle per saucer sounds good for balance.

Ygg

two bridges, two captains, oh the arguments, then again makes for good tv ^^, i dont think dual saucers are viable but its nice for a design exercise, would suggest it as a design challenge for the pros here, i think its near impossible, maybe atolm could make it work