MAX: Spaceship Detailing

[jedilaw]

Hello all,

I am currently working on a new set of video tutorials, walking the viewer through the creation of a very basic spaceship hull, then detailing that hull with appropriate panels, greebles/nurnies, etc. to make it an effective high-detail model. The two attached images show my progress so far on the ship. Yes, everything you see is modeled, no textures, and no bloody scripts or plugins used.

I am posting this WIP thread so that I can get feedback regarding what kind of detailing-related issues people would like to see addressed in these vids.

Incidentally, this video set is likely to be a Sponsor Member tutorial.

[jedilaw]

These images do not come from the video set itself, but I will be covering how to model greebles very similar to these:

[martinr1000]

looks great as usual, how is the imperator coming along?

[jedilaw]

Originally Posted by martinr1000

looks great as usual, how is the imperator coming along?

Fine. I'm taking a break to work on these tutorials. Any comments/requests/suggestions concerning this vid set, as opposed to my other un-related WIP threads?

[martinr1000]

ah, fair enough didn't mean to cause offence.

anyway in terms of detail i particularly would like to see well i guess it would have to be engine detail/complex pipework arrangements etc my lack of imagination in this area is shocking.

cheers

[jackobeast]

Beautiful. It's what I've been hoping for.

I'd like to see some various designs on, say, cannon/weapon battery emplacements. What makes a good one, proportions, that sort of thing. And just seeing the creation of greebles will be all I needed.

Much anticipation of this one.
-j

[jedilaw]

Okay, we have a request for engines with pipework, which is in the plan already, and a request for different types of gun emplacements, which has been under consideration for a while.

Any other requests? Keep 'em coming. After all, these videos are for the benefit of the members. The better we know what you want, the better we can deliver it.

[Spectre_X]

Maybe some rigging? like the landing gear to put them in various stands( in/ out / half way )
Or is it only modeling?

[martinr1000]

good point about the landing gear Spectre which makes me wonder Jedi have you decided what kind of size/class of ship you are planning to model? i.e. are you planning a big capital ship with landing bays, a bridge, radar/communication arrays etc? or are you thinking of something more along the size of a cruiser? (or maybe something smaller again)

great work already by the way, i love this kind of thing.

[jedilaw]

This is a smaller ship, like cruiser size or less. Hadn't really intended to do landing gear, but may have to think about doing so now. It's not a bad idea.