mclea1mm - Ambassador Class

[sojournaut]

Howdy all,

I modeled the Ambassador class starship a couple of years ago, but I decided to challenge myself and see how quickly I could re-do it with some of the new techniques I've learned.

As with my Intrepid class, this will be a model optimized for games, so it won't hold up to extreme close-ups. I like to be as accurate as I can, but I try not to sweat the details if they start to eat up a lot of time.

Anyways, I don't have as many early renders as I would normally share, since I've been moving so fast on this one. In fact, this should just need a little more detailing before I move on to texturing. But I thought I'd share it anyways.

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Thanks in advance for watching!

 

[Bernard Guignard]

Very nice work there

 

[sojournaut]

Hello, making some progress on textures. These are being applied to the final low-poly model (approx 9000 polys)

http://bit.ly/18c17yG

http://bit.ly/17t7sJT

 

[Bernard Guignard]

Very nicely done

 

[sojournaut]

Posted up some orthos and angles from the in-software viewport shader... Next I'll work on a few beauty shots!

(Just gonna link the album cuz I added a bunch)

 

[Mario de Monti]

To be honest, I´m not a fan of that particular class of Starship at all. That being said, I think you did a great job modelling it. Very well done indeed

 

[sojournaut]

Thanks! Yeah, I think it took some time for the design to grow on me. I appreciate how it seems to slot in nicely between the Excelsior and Galaxy glasses, but I have to admit it lacks the iconic-ness of either of those designs. I particularly like the shape of the engineering hull, streamlined but muscular like a dolphin or a whale.

 

[Horizon]

Wow. I, too, am not a particular fan of this design but you did a GREAT job modeling her and some of the angles you chose to render are far superior than we got on the TV.
Thank you for sharing your work!

 

[sojournaut]

Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it.