Hmm. I dunno if that flatness is accurate. There's definitely a curve towards the forward end, although I could see how someone does think it's flat because it does appear to flatten out towards the aft end from some angles.
Hmm. I dunno if that flatness is accurate. There's definitely a curve towards the forward end, although I could see how someone does think it's flat because it does appear to flatten out towards the aft end from some angles.
However, I would say the slits of the inner nacelle grille do appear they need to be wider on Viper's model, unless he was purposefully departing from the studio model
This is a nitpick and something I ran into myself with my interior sets, but the font you're using for the non-outlined text looks a little too "thin". What font are you using? Are you using the outlined registry font (Starfleet Bold Extended) but just subtracting the outline? If so that could explain why it looks a little thin. I'd tried the same thing with my corridor set decals and abandoned this method once I realized it didn't look right.
The font used on the filming model for the non-outlined font was Eurostile Bold, but with an adjusted "1" to match Starfleet Bold Extended.
Sure about that? Obviously the "1" and hypens need to be adjusted, but looks like a match to me.
That's completely different from the previews on Adobe's website. I'll check it out in Photoshop later.
Also, quick tip, instead of typing -, try Alt + 0150: –
That was a feature of the closeup model, and I think even then only on the Enterprise A. Most models leave it out since it's usually not there.
I still have a few things to do on the ship to be able to call the exterior done, but I couldn't resist trying my hand at a more finished render. Low resolution for now as it's just a test. Eventually I'll render some 8k versions. For now, let me know if you think this is a good style and look.
If I didn't know better... if I hadn't been watching you put this together... I'd swear that was a photo of the actual model. It looks solid.
The panel lines are an interesting subject. I started to work on this ship a year ago, and hit a wall when it came to the panels. I didn't want to boolean them in as that's all sorts of nightmares. On the other hand, if you do it via textures, you loose a lot in terms of resolution and definition as you said. So the project got shelved for quite a while until this year. I decided to re do it, but I still didn't know how to approach it. The solution came from taking a look at Blender. It has a tool called shrinkwrap. With it, I can make each individual panel in a 2d plane and wrap it to a base mesh. The other thing is that my panels are actual panels. They are separated completely and they have a thickness instead of doing a small dip. It creates other problems of course, but I the results are much better. For my goal, which is to have a VFX ready model, it was also a better workflow. It means I can do things like exposing the interior or damage much easier than if I had an airtight model.
