Just a little scaling aid

A Type 6 Shuttle.

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So I decided to re-model the whole thing...

I seem to have fallen in to re-modelling the Akira class from scratch. This is my first 'large' model in Blender so I'm learning a lot as I go but happy with the progress so far. Getting the shape of the catamarans right is by far the trickest part but I think they're about as close as I'm going to get.

Given how low poly the production mesh was I'm allowing myself a little bit of creative licence with some of the details, approaching at as I would were it a 'hero' ship in some cases.

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Compositing And Animation Test

I need to find a better way of doing that red flare but just a quick test...

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Shuttle Bays Re-Modelled...

Got the shuttle bays re-modelled completely, these look far better in my opinion. I may add a litttle more detail but nothing massive.

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PBR and Lighting

It quickly became apparent that I was going to have to UV unwrap the whole model and re-texture it, as well as producing a full set of PBR materials. It's a slow process but we're getting there.

I'm exercising a fair amout of creative licence with the panelling and such like but reffering back to the Akira CG model as well as the 1701-E model to get the look and feel right. I'll probably remodel a lot of the front shuttlebay entrance too as the lack of geometry in that area is letting things down quite a bit in my opinion.

[Update]

With the top of the saucer now given a full diffuse and roughness map, I'm starting to get closer to where I want to be;

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Fairway Title Sequence Test Render

So I'm looking to put a title sequence together for a bit of fun, here's the first test render of ship footage. Mesh by Kenny_Z.

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A rethink of the Epiosde 1 art

I went in a new direction for the first piece, I'll re-use the original one for a different episode I think. I also cooked up another EP2 piece and nailed a title down.

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Star Trek Adventures

Some title art I've been putting together for a Star Trek Adventures campaign I'll be running later in the year. I'll post more as I finish it, and possibly even the campaign once I'm done with that too. The theory here is that these will be displayed on the TV in the room, just for a bit of atmosphere. I can also pipe sound effects, music etc through the TV to help bring the episodes to life a bit.

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Radeon RX Vega Wallpaper

Something a little different today, a wallpaper to celebrate the release of AMD's new RX Vega graphics cards, full size images here: http://imgur.com/a/pQTa7

Thanks to Luis Peralta for the font: http://luis.peralta.pt/AMDRTG/

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Wallpapers

Here are some wallpapers based on the posters I did previously, multiple resolutions provided. Click Here to download the wallpapers pack with 1080P/1440P/4K options.

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