kaden

Thanks for the tips, I will take a look at real fighters for ideas.

Here is the latest, getting some more details in so it is starting to look like the original.

Thanks guys.

Shield grids on the top of the saucer and the start of the edge armour panels.

Thanks, I have started setting up the UVs so it is getting there, I am working on the display still, and finally decided on a layout I liked.
This is it so far. Left to right will be engine, weapons, sensors, targets, shields. Then in the gaps at the top will be main hud details that will mainly be on the holographics.. similar to a planes glass cockpit backup dials.

Added more panels, piping and small details. I don't think I will add any more major things, I want to try finalise everything and get it done. I have been working on the cockpit but nothing to show so far. Then the next big thing is textures, which I have little experience with... hopefully it will turn out ok.

Panel lines on the nacelles and bits and pieces added. Some little add on parts I might remove.

Getting a lot done and refining in a lot of places.

Taking a break from trying to UV the fighter so I started the Ivalice.
Only base shapes right now. It will be slightly different from the older schematics, mainly the nacelles at the moment.

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Hello, long time no see.
Recently I have been getting back into 3d and I decided my first major project would be to remake my fighter. I originally made it for the graduation project of the 3d course I was on.
The original was made in Lightwave, the new one is being made in blender.
I'm using it to learn blender as well, so it has been a little slow to start, getting used to everything.

I am now working on the Ivalice class as well. It is a smaller patrol type ship.

I also hope to made some of these ship in the future.

I haven't been working on this for a while, last week I injured my left shoulder and I wasn't able to move it at all. Finally after xrays and a mri, and a bunch of pain killers, it has healed enough that I can use my computer.

So today I added some random details and also rebuilt the whole canopy, I made it a bit more bulky and set it up so I can build the interior properly. I should be able to show it opened eventually too.

I changed the name to Orcus a while back when I changed the design to be part of an original universe. The Gryphon name was moved to a runabout type.
I put the name on the engineering LCARS. I could still change it, although I haven't thought of any new ones yet.

This is how far it's come by the way, from far right, original, to low poly version, to now. (The original was made on a deadline so it isn't as refined as I would have liked, it also had textures but I don't know what happened to them.)