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3DOmega Class Destroyer

tonygardnertonygardner339 Posts: 15Member
edited July 2011 in Work in Progress #1
I've recently started building my own take on the Earth Alliance Omega Class Destroyer from the Babylon 5 TV show. I'm sure building a Babylon 5 ship is a right of passage for LightWave users :p

Anyway, so far I've been working on the ships bow...

[URL="http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss256/TonyGardner23/Babylon 5 - Earth Alliance Omega Class Destroyer/262.jpg?]th_262.jpg Image showing the luminosity maps on the armour working[/URL]

th_263.jpg Progress to the ships Bow.

th_264.jpg View of the bow from behind.

th_265.jpg View of the whole ship, the blue areas are just roughly blocked out.

th_266.jpg View of the main weapons, many people think these are retro thrusters but the ships designer intended for them to be a main weapon so that's how I'm building them.

th_267.jpg View of the bow from below.

th_268.jpg View of the back of the bow from below, showing the modelled in detail in this area and the lighting.

th_270.jpg View of the landing bay with the doors half open (Starfury model is not mine).

th_280.jpg View of one of the main turrets, each has a large particle beam weapon and a smaller cannon.

th_281.jpg Another view of the landing bay, this time with the doors closed and the main turrets in place.

th_282.jpg Slight revision to the main turret.
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  • gusdorfgusdorf175 Posts: 51Member
    #2
    Looking pretty good so far!
  • tonygardnertonygardner339 Posts: 15Member
    #3
    Thanks gusdorf
  • SchimpfySchimpfy396 Posts: 1,632Member
    #4
    Awesome work so far. Looks to be straight out of the show. :thumb:
  • homerpalooza67homerpalooza67228 Posts: 1,891Member
    #5
    of all scifi, the B5 Earth-Force ships are my absolute favorite! nice job!! :shiner:
  • MarkyDMarkyD0 Posts: 0Member
    #6
    Nice work, lots of detail too. Always found the front of these ships to look slightly evil and menacing.. think its the big red mouth, your model captures this very well. I think you should replace the textured lighting with physical lighting to help it look a little more realistic.

    Great job, look forward to seeing more.
  • AresiusAresius359 Posts: 4,171Member
    #7
    Nice work. A fine level of detail you put in there. :)
  • tonygardnertonygardner339 Posts: 15Member
    #8
    Juvat wrote: »
    Awesome work so far. Looks to be straight out of the show. :thumb:
    homerpalooza67 wrote: »
    of all scifi, the B5 Earth-Force ships are my absolute favorite! nice job!! :shiner:
    MarkyD wrote: »
    Nice work, lots of detail too. Always found the front of these ships to look slightly evil and menacing.. think its the big red mouth, your model captures this very well. I think you should replace the textured lighting with physical lighting to help it look a little more realistic.

    Great job, look forward to seeing more.
    Aresius wrote: »
    Nice work. A fine level of detail you put in there. :)

    Thanks everyone.
  • IRMLIRML253 Posts: 1,993Member
    #9
    alright tony, not seen much of you since 3drabbithole went down, hope you post here more often :)
  • BolianAdmiralBolianAdmiral1115 Torrance, CaliforniaPosts: 2,567Member
    #10
    Awesome! Never enough of the Omega-Class around... one of my all-time favorite sci-fi ships.
  • tonygardnertonygardner339 Posts: 15Member
    #11
    IRML wrote: »
    alright tony, not seen much of you since 3drabbithole went down, hope you post here more often :)
    BolianAdmiral wrote: »
    Awesome! Never enough of the Omega-Class around... one of my all-time favorite sci-fi ships.

    Thanks guys, hey IRML yeah I usually just post over at F3D but I'm trying to add SFM and Spinquad into my web browsing routine as well.

    I can't believe it's really been that long since I posted an update

    Since my last update the F3D B5 Tribute contest has been launched and so I will be entering this beast in it. It should be fun to see what everyone comes up with.

    I have started to 'nurnie' up the 'trays' around the top of the 'head' of the ship but have found it really hard going and have started and restarted many times over but then I saw Ozylot's thread here at SFM and I was struck by what a good idea it was.

    Anyway I've been experimenting with his techniques and building my own versions of nurnies and this is the first set of renders showing what it could look like...

    th_308.jpg th_309.jpg th_312.jpg

    I quite like the almost industrial look of it but I will need to make a few more nurnies and poly cull the ones I've already made if I'm going to use them extensively on the ship.

    What do you guys think? As always c&c welcome.
  • viper01870viper018700 Posts: 0Member
    #12
    omega class is just fun in general but always a ship to respect and run from lol
  • Kmpr´rakKmpr´rak171 Posts: 12Member
    #13
    The EA symbol is not pink as I remember. But aside, it is great work!
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