Looks how I would build my ships out of Lego. I really like the bridge layout.
I do too. I looked at some submarine control rooms and military aircraft that have crews sitting at various stations. I wanted that look and i think it works here. I draw the lines of the ship at a scale of 20 pixels per meter on Gimp. Then populate it with furniture, often taken from available stock drawings from people like Owen Oulton. Then I take that flat image, import into SketchUp to make three dimensional model. There I have to make some of the furniture myself. Like the chairs I designed for the bridge.Looks how I would build my ships out of Lego. I really like the bridge layout.
Thanks for sharing your process. I really like how it translates in to 3d and having the fixtures in without the walls gives a good sense of scale within the space.I do too. I looked at some submarine control rooms and military aircraft that have crews sitting at various stations. I wanted that look and i think it works here. I draw the lines of the ship at a scale of 20 pixels per meter on Gimp. Then populate it with furniture, often taken from available stock drawings from people like Owen Oulton. Then I take that flat image, import into SketchUp to make three dimensional model. There I have to make some of the furniture myself. Like the chairs I designed for the bridge.![]()
I started doing it that way to avoid the problem you see on screen sometimes where scaling errors will happen, sometimes due to sets looking like they couldnt fit inside the ship. I had that with early models, so I use the 2D versions to do the lay outs and then use that to create the 3D.Thanks for sharing your process. I really like how it translates in to 3d and having the fixtures in without the walls gives a good sense of scale within the space.