3DIt's been a long time

floodcasso2

Hey everyone, it's been a LOOONG time.

Figured I'd pop in and say hello with something new I've been working on.

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gerb200

Wow, very cool. I really like the deflector area.

Schimpfy

gerb200 wrote: »

Wow, very cool. I really like the deflector area.

I agree. It really sells the idea as something between the ENT and TOS eras. :thumb:

floodcasso2

Thanks! I'm glad you guys like it, and that the era I'm going for comes through. I tend to shy away from the sexy, hot rod style ships, or the big bad ass destroyers. I like to build small ships with character haha. Like little science ships or scout ships.

evil_genius_180

It's looking great so far. I like small ships too. In my opinion, it's easier to see the details due to the smaller scale.

floodcasso2

Not much time for work on this today but i finished detailing the neck and started on the sec hull.

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BlueNeumann

Lookin' good. And I love your presentation style.

floodcasso2

making progress. Tough with a small crying infant lol

scifieric

Wow, this is beautiful to see!

floodcasso2

Nacelle Pylons!

evil_genius_180

Great looking bits so far.

Hunter G

Great detailing. I love the look of this!

Vortex5972

I agree with all of the other replies.

floodcasso2

Thanks guys!

I went a little crazy on the detailing of the pylons, but hey its fun, so why not!?

evil_genius_180

As long as it's fun, that's all that matters. Plus, it looks great.

Helot

Outstanding work! I really like the level of detail.

floodcasso2

coming along nicely.

publiusr

For such an austere ship--it has a great 3/4 view.

floodcasso2

Thank you! It's all about the proportions, I spent quite a while roughing it out with simple primitives first just to get the proportions the way I wanted them. For today, I did some detailing work on the underside.


and a close up after a bit more progress... (forgot how much I hate shapemerging)

Starship

Long time no see you here Justin, welcome back !!:cool:

evil_genius_180

Looking fantastic.

TALON_UK

Cracking level of detail there. Loving it.

:thumb:

floodcasso2

Hey Starship!! It's been a long time. Hope all is well with you.

Nevets

Nice interpretation of the classic Daedalus. VERY NICE.

psCargile

The interpretation is great. The only thing that bothers me is where the cylinders meet. Considering the framework underneath, you would have smaller panels closing in the intersections. Some panel lines running along the intersections would give it some idea of its construction, unless you have another justifiable alternative idea.

A good anolgy is where wings meet the fuselage of any aircraft.

floodcasso2

I could totally see that. Though going back and fixing that now would be a pretty serious undertaking, and considering im just doing this for the hell of it, it's probably not worth it. But I'll keep that in mind for next time.

For today I've been detailing the underside of the secondary hull.

evil_genius_180

Nice work so far on the underside.

TALON_UK

Once again, lovely detailing there fella.

:thumb:

Vortex5972

Looking awesome.

SAMSABER_2012

floodcasso2 wrote: »

I could totally see that. Though going back and fixing that now would be a pretty serious undertaking, and considering im just doing this for the hell of it, it's probably not worth it. But I'll keep that in mind for next time.

For today I've been detailing the underside of the secondary hull.

I like the shading and the detail. Just curious is there some film-grain in this render?

floodcasso2

Not intentionally, more the effect of having the settings for photon mapping quality turned down on mental ray, and then adding a bit of contrast to the finished image. Looks cool though!