Fanfilm ship WIP

WIP

I posted this in the Sci-Fi 3d forum as well but you know how long it takes to get a response out of that forum...

Anyways, let me know what you think. The front half is not detailed yet so I'd say it's about half done and of course not even textured yet.

 

Sweet!

Now I shall steal it and call it my own for my Spaceport scene...

NOBODY shall know twas yours to begin with...

MUAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!

 

I must apologize for my friend here. We've been up way too late.
By the way, looks awesome.

 

Just a suggestion.

(keep in mind this is of course hypothetical)

When designing a ship idealy you would only include whats needed to make it practicle. IE You wouldnt add useless protrusions that dont have a reason to be there. What im mainly refering to is the squared off slightly angled "wings" for lack of a better word. The ship looks cool but those wings, in my mind, couldnt possibly serve any use. They arnt aero dynamic so they certainly wouldnt help the craft in atmosphere, actually they would probably hinder it. There doesnt seem to be any kind of engines attached to them.

I understand its a WIP, but those are just some thought on it, otherwise looks good.

 

Maybe the wings carry hazardous fuel and as a safety measure, the fuel is stored away from the hull

The ship looks cool.

Have fun.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I understand what you are saying about the wings doing nothing. However, I think they look cool . I will probably add some guns on the end, that way they will serve a very important purpose. Besides, just look at the X-Wing. The s-foils opening and closing should make no difference in space.

 

Anyone else?

 

nope >: )

heh looking good .. u've added ALOT more since u showed me last.. maybe u can find some way to have the wings make a more gradual extrusion from the side of the ship .. insted of the box like structure they are now

Darned limiter not letting me post more than once in a minute

 

Okay so clearly the wings are what need the most tweaking. I'll see what I can do, but I remember when I originally built the basic shape, whatever I tried to do to the wings ended up looking stupid. So I left them like they are now. I could perhaps thin them out a little bit, but the picture is a bit deceiving. If you look at the wings straight from behind or front they look more aerodynamic.

 

Update: Most of the detail has now been added. The wings have been changed to be more "aerodynamic" and gun turrets have been added to them as well.

Updated Ship

 

Hmmm. Well adding fins is an idea for aero dynamic but i dont think the way you did it fits into the general style of the model very well. And to clarify by aero dynamic I mean the shape of a planes wing, The problem with your wings is they fave a flat face, if they are actually intended as wings. If they serve some other purpose than wings IE places to mount large storage containers or shield generators then they would be fine it seems, though a little long.

In the end this is your model and you should do what you want. Im just giving you my not so humle opinions which you can take or leave as you wish. But again good work.

 

I think it looks cool.

 

Yeah I knew what you meant, Shawn, about how they have a flat face. I was hoping to sort of balance that out by adding those fins. I also understand what you're saying about them not fitting the style of the rest of the ship. I kept the old wings, so I may just go back to that. Another option would be to add more gun turrets on the wings. If I added two more to each side, then it would definitely be serving a purpose.

EagleI, thanks.

 

What size do you have in mind? I didn't notice an obvious cockpit. To me, it looks like this design would be a great capital ship, star destroyer size. Then you have the added benefit of not needing it to be aerodynamic.

Just a thought.

 

but... but no ships are really all that aerodynamic anyways... starships don't rely on lift, so it doesn't matter

 

Well I envisioned something closer to the size of a Corellian Corvette, probably smaller. The cockpit is that one window at the front (up close it's several windows). However, I'm not completely settled on the size. It has to be believable that my two characters own the ship but it has tons of storage room and stuff. It's a very big ship but not SD size.

I'd really like to hear any ideas you guys might have for the cockpit.

 

That would work, too. My point was it didn't look starfighter sized, that's all.

I like it.

 

Thanks. Yeah it's not really starfighter size. I wouldn't envision it getting into a dogfight or something. It's more of a small freighter I think.

 

It looks pretty, nice detail. I think it looks more like a starship bridge console, but still.. great job!

 

It looks pretty, nice detail. I think it looks more like a starship bridge console, but still.. great job!

Thanks...yeah I guess it does kinda look like a console, lol. Never really thought about that before. I'm sure that will change once texturing is done though.

 

the command bridge window shouldn't be a rectangle... they're going to want to have as large a field of view as possible, plus rectangles are lame.

 

Yeah I know the cockpit is lame, so what is your suggestion? I'm stumped as to what I should do to improve that part.

 

no idea... see the bridge is exposed to a flat wall, so that poses a problem... maybe if you extrude that and make the bridge a jutting formation with like a 180* view, that might be cool.

 

That could work, thanks for the idea!

 

"Besides, just look at the X-Wing. The s-foils opening and closing should make no difference in space."


Just for firing weapons