Abram's Enterprise, Version 4

[MadMan1701A]

Ok, I went OCD, and decided to fix that undercut. There is not not a defined edge in that area. I'm going to have to re-cut the inset, though, also. I had made it too deep, anyway.

And, I tweaked those overhanging "sensors" or whatever they are.

Hopefully more progress later...

 

[Praetor]

Looks better to me. Still stunningly good.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Looks better to me. Still stunningly good.

Thanks.

Some progress on the back...

And I started modeling the dish.

My goal is to get all these existing parts detailed out before I start the engines, or the pylons.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Damn, that deflector dish looks pretty flippin' sweet.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Damn, that deflector dish looks pretty flippin' sweet.

Thanks.

I did some more detailing around the deflector area...

I'm going to have light sources coming from all those glowing blue spots, when I get the lighting set up. I think that will get me that blue on the outside, copper on the inside effect that the real thing looks to have. I used Tobias' dish as a model, for this.

 

[sojourner]

Wow, have fun with the render times when you do that!

 

[MadMan1701A]

Wow, have fun with the render times when you do that!

It shouldn't hurt it too bad. Blenders default lights on the internal renderer aren't that sophisticated.

Some more progress... An impulse engine!

Now the ship can move...

 

[Praetor]

Spiffy!

 

[MadMan1701A]

Well, I made a little progress... This is it for today.

All the main parts are there... Just details left.

I bought my "Toy" ship today, and thought that I had to at least get all the parts together.

 

[Praetor]

Wow! Looking good, Madman!

 

[MadMan1701A]

Thanks.

 

[ltcmmanderdata]

like it more compact than all federation ships we've seen over the years

 

[MadMan1701A]

like it more compact than all federation ships we've seen over the years

I agree... The nacelles being close together makes it feel "long"

Not much progress tonight...

but I figured out how to make "decals"! I start off by duplicating part of the model I want, and separating it out to another object. I then put a texture on it, with transparent parts, and tell blender to render only the visible part (I know, most of you guys probably already know this. ) and it looks pretty good, I think. Much better than the way I used to do it. I got the idea from taking apart TobiasRichter's Kelvin mesh.

Hopefully I'll get some more work done tomorrow.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Another small update tonight... Thanks to Animaniac over at SFM, I have fan blades for the insides of my engine domes. He build these as he was converting my previous mesh over to cinema4d...

I think it looks pretty good. I might make those internal lights brighter, but it looks ok as it is, too.

 

[MadMan1701A]

One minor tweak...

The domes are brighter...

 

[Praetor]

Looking good, Madman.

 

[ncc-1017-e]

Great work! Nasty design!

 

[SalvorHardin]

Amazing work Madman on this great ship...it's also amazing how much your skills have advanced

 

[MadMan1701A]

Thanks guys.

I tweaked the domes a little more, but I don't have a screenshot yet. I tried to match how TobiasRichter's looked in his animation... I think it's pretty close, now.

 

[Kaiser]

Makes me want to this supposed spawn of Q movie NOW!!!!