Rob TurpinWeird Field spaceship progress. I quite like the plastic look of the model without any texture added. Just makes me want to build a kit of it, or make it out of Lego.
Nick Stevens GraphicsThis sounds like a good excuse to buy yourself a 3d printer!
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1/72 model kit look & feel. The teenager inside me goes 'wanna'.
1/72 model kit look & feel. The teenager inside me goes 'wanna'.
@hittitezombie Pretty sure my aesthetic is 30% Airfix and 40% Star Wars and 30% Alien.
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀To my eye, the plastic look very much captures the feel of the original artwork.
@nyrath Thanks Winchell. When I was designing these ships, they very quickly went from a grungy mess of mechanical parts, to something odder, and less mechanical. I think being able to capture a bit of that in 3D is key.
Hi Rob - a recommendation if I may...
Over the years I've built a library of ship elements, thrusters, nozzles, antennae, greebles and nurnies...
I generally only keep geometry, textures vary too much.
I really wish I'd been more organised from the start.
So maybe consider saving out elements you think you might re-use. As the library builds up, it's REALLY handy for building things fast!
@Nick_Stevens_graphics Thanks Nick. This is definitely something I want to do. I've got a whole field of 'space kit' to one side in Blender. Don't really know the best way to manage that. Can you save things to a library?
In blender, I don't know.
(For Lightwave I have folders with OBJ or LWO files, and thumbnail illustrations).