Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Michael Wilson

#81

That planet is really shaping up nicely! You could try having a volumetric light within the structure so that light radiates through the cracks. Also, black hole looks awesome :thumbsup:

#82

Woohoo! That looks so cool :thumbsup:

#83

Awesome planet ā€¦ the visit to your thread is in my daily todo list ā€¦ looking forward for more

Bye, Riccardo

#84

I really like how this is going, the planet effect is stunning!

#85

WOW ! amazing texture, did you use BodyPaintā€¦ ?
Wonderful results :applause:
jdd

#86

Nope, no Bodypaint. Just Photoshop and Cinema 4D. :cool:

#87

Wow, for now, your work rocks guy ! Good luck in this challenge !

#88

Wow! powerful visual :eek: , verry cool work. :thumbsup:

I keep an eye on this thread. :lightbulb

#89

This is looking awesome. Should the planet have some bump to it (eg. mountains)? It looks very smooth. Canā€™t wait to see how this progresses.

#90

Begining the ship.

#91

it looks awsome ā€¦ but perhaps too intact kinda gloopyā€¦ for the violent action thats going onā€¦ but no doubt very amazing work man keep it up

#92

Wow, Miketche really nice work so far!

#93

@ vrhead - Not sure what you mean. :shrug:

@ soapy - Thanks man. Iā€™ll check out your thread soon. :smiley:

@ artemesia66 - The planet does use a bump map. But very small. I donā€™t think mountains would be very visible from that far away. More the impression of mountains.

#94

Hey miketche

your ship model is really nice, looking forward to see it textured (after seeing your planet and black hole I expect high level also for the ship :)) ā€¦ are you using Cinema4D also for modelling? What version? Just curious ā€¦

Nice work, see you soon

Riccardo :slight_smile:

#95

Well, Iā€™ve done a little more work on the ship, but Iā€™m just not feeling it with this current design. :banghead: It just doesnā€™t seem to have the epic look Iā€™m trying to achieve with this image. Back to the drawing board I guess. :arteest:

#96

ā€¦ ok try simply to do another space shipā€¦ different style, different sketchesā€¦ but donā€™t trash waht you did until now manā€¦ eventually you can recover somethingā€¦

I wait for the up-date !

jdd

#97

I think that maybe the ship doesnā€™t achieve a great sense of scale because of the high curvature - if the arc of its edges didnā€™t reach a full right angle, had less depth to it, it might be more believable - less Y depth and less resolved arcs!
The very large dorsal fin also brings it into the realms of a smaller craft! - just my 2c! - I am sure youā€™ll resolve it soon though, and it will knock our socks off! :thumbsup:

#98

really nice render of the planet !very impressive great work!:thumbsup:

#99

Thanks for the input guys. Iā€™ll definitly keep working on it. :wip:

#100

I agree with kromekat about the curvature and fin. It all indicates a much smaller vessel. Think of it this way: If this is supposed to be a huge space ship then why does it have a fin at all? Fins are used to control movement in matter like air or water, but this ship is traveling in areas where thereā€™s no matter at all - space. In space thereā€™s only vacuum. So by adding a fin you instead plant the notion of a ship made for atmospheric travels, not space. And besides, if the space ship is supposed to be huge then imagine the scale of that fin :slight_smile:

Otherwise itā€™s looking good and the black hole is wonderful!

/Anders