Babylon 5 Starships

[Technobuilder]

Just curious if anyone here could direct me to a website or forum similar to this one where people have submitted their own creations or recreations of various B5 starships or other artwork.

I have lots of good Trek images, but not really that many high-res B5 images.

Thanks.

 

[Rÿcher]

you mean, like this?

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/b5/b5tech.htm

 

[Technobuilder]

Maybe I was looking in the wrong place, but a lot of those images weren't as big or as detailed as the one above on the starshipmodeler.com website.

Thanks for responding though. I've had trouble finding any decent fan-made stuff of decent quality and the Thunderbolt is the best I've see thus far.

Anybody else?

 

[David cgc]

The stuff on Starship Modeler is actually originals from the show.

There's plenty of B5 fan-CG. It was the biggest of the big back when the community was getting started. Here are just a few links to sites with expansive B5 galleries.

http://archive.firstones.com/eon3d/

http://archive.firstones.com/tp2b/

http://www.foundation3d.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/514

http://meshweaver.com/

http://gkane.de/home.html

http://www.caclark.net

http://www.ap3d.com/ws/

 

[Technobuilder]

^Thanks

I really appreciate it. I figured there would have to be stuff out there, but I've just never had much luck finding it.

 

[Nedersong]

You can buy miniatures for a game called Call To Arms from Mongoose publications:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/detail.php?qsID=1455&qsSeries=11

Their Gallery:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/gallery/player_series.php?qsSeries=28

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Is there anything particular you are looking for? I can render most ships from B5, tell me what your looking for.

 

[Technobuilder]

Oooh, now I feel like a kid at Christmas...

If you have the time, I'd love to see some high-res Whitestar-Type ships and maybe some Narn G'Quan or Bin'Tak crusiers. B4 and B5 too if you have them.

I guess I'm just looking for Beauty Shots. You know, the ones that just knock you over with the majesty of the ship or station in question.


Something like this: (I'm thinking about getting some Poster-Sized images made as I have a friend in the printing business but I'm in need of some really nice High-Res Images.)

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Okay, I will put a few together. However I won't be able to get to it till Friday. So if you can hang on for a few days, I will get them to you.

 

[Unicron]

You might also try the B5 Tech Manual.

 

[137th Gebirg]

http://www.shipschematics.net/b5/

 

[Technobuilder]

Okay, I will put a few together. However I won't be able to get to it till Friday. So if you can hang on for a few days, I will get them to you.

You're doing me the favor. Take as long as you need.

Thanks

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Okay, here is my first one. A nice beauty shot of an Omega Class Destroyer. I will get a nice shot of B5 to you on Friday.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Here is another I put together.

 

[Neroon]

Tom, your work is stunning!!! I may have no ability to create such things, but I have seen a great deal of this type of work. Yours is incredible!!!

 

[Danoz]

I'm really impressed by your texturing... I'd like to know the process you went through to "beat up" your metal. Also, did you use real NASA space images for your backgrounds?

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Here are two more...

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Danoz, I'm just doing some renderings for wallpaper. These are other peoples meshes. The background is not NASA but a Nebula I found and can change the color & shape.

I'm really impressed by your texturing... I'd like to know the process you went through to "beat up" your metal. Also, did you use real NASA space images for your backgrounds?

 

[David cgc]

I'm really impressed by your texturing... I'd like to know the process you went through to "beat up" your metal.

I would post the WIP thread of the artist who made that Omega but, it seems it was lost when the LWG3D forums crashed. In lieu of that, here are some showcase renderings from his site.

And here is the model itself, if you want to take a look at its textures up-close.

 

[Technobuilder]

Very Nice. Thank you Tom Hendricks. I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with in regards to the Whitestars or Narn Vessels.

I also appreciated that last link David cgc.

Thanks again.