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3D interiors in Blender

Been having a hard time getting into 3D stuff outside of work lately for multiple reasons. I have worked on-and-off in like 4 different rooms but I can't seem to stick with any one of them for more a weekend. Posting this in the hopes that it pressures me into finishing it hahaha.

My backstory for Fontana Station is that it's a starbase built in orbit of Babel to host diplomatic conferences in the TOS movies era. To that end, I always envisioned it having very utilitarian looking Starfleet areas, and more comfortable looking civilian areas for all the diplomatic stuff. I started to built what would be one of its main conference rooms, with the style taken from the Enterprise-A lounge seen in The Final Frontier.

The table is obviously based on the TUC Starfleet HQ table, and will have similar details (like the Jazz table lights) added later. I might replace the chairs too for the TUC designs. At one end of the room right now I have a couple auxiliary tables alongside the UFP and Starfleet flags. I intend to have 6 or 7 flags on their own along the opposite wall representing various political entities, mostly taken from TUC's Khitomer Conference scene I'd imagine.

I'd likely also have a more decorative ceiling structure, and perhaps some retractable screens at the center of the room, I'm not sure yet.

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It would be awfully huge, so you'd probably want to add other elements to that central ceiling area, but I was thinking maybe you could do something inspired by the glass dome with the UFP logo they had on the roof of the turbolift of the Enterprise-B.

This is a great start, and I'm glad to see you working on your own stuff again. :techman:
 
@cardinal biggles: Oh, I have something in mind for that space, as you'll see below. Never was a big fan of that UFP logo dome. :p

@137th Gebirg: Thanks!

I decided to add a holographic projector on the floor at the center of the room, given that I had already included one in Ops. By default it shows a large planter to occupy that center space, but it can obviously remove said planter and show floating screens or comm-links if needed. I intend to refine the colors and light intensity of the projectors once the overall lighting of the room is more dialed in.

I also started with the central ceiling piece, based on the similar piece from the TUC Enterprise-A observation lounge set. It's still very early and I need to add a ton of details to it (and to the ceiling surrounding it), but it gives an idea of where I'm going.

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