Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Todd W. Amos

#5

Drive system mechanics. Pods rotate at tops of lift pillars. Secondary drive pods are 5/8 to 3/4 the size of Primary drive pods. Each set rotate in opposite directions.

#6

Haven’t yet decided wheather it will be a home comming celebration (complete with fireworks and streamers) or an assault on the planet.

#7

Started working on the models for some of the armorments for the Acropolis.
Will try to get some screen caps and base renders up this week.

#8

Here is the model for the Ion Canon Turrets. There will 12 to 16 of them on the ship.
Will get some in progress images up of the next batch of weapon systems soon(MegaCanon, Heavy Laser Turret, Point Defense Guns, and Missle systems)

#9

Just some basic surfacing applied for a better feel for it.

#10

The back side.
What do you all think?

#11

Really nice modeling on the cannon! Good details and such. The acropolis idea is also very interesting, will look very cool indeed i think.

BIGGER weapons you say?? Very good.

he he

Dave.

#12

Thanks Dave.
:smiley:
And yes there are BIGGER weapons on the way
Just a little info. This canon is 25 meters in length (not counting the base)
The model is 15,000+ polys (actually suprised myself with that #:eek: )

#13

Whoa! Nice modeling! Love the details on the Ion Cannon. Are you going to have a pilot visible through the canopy looking areas?

#14

Thanks for the little ego boost Arsyn.
And no there won’t be a pilot in the canon. That is a target sensor/ video relay dome. The whole thing is automated/remote controlled.

#15

The cannon is looking great , nice design and the details are cool . You have a nice progress for your entry , Keep the good work :bounce:

#16

Had some computer trouble this past week and lost the work on the ship.
So here is the big gun for the ship. Again just some base materials applied.
What do you all think?
I’ll post a pic with all the armorments together for scale soon.

#17

i like that cannon youer working on i wanna see it when its scaled with the ship it goes on looks pretty sweet keep it up

#18

your cannon is great detail , want to see it in the space ship , keep going man!

#19

Finally started on the ship. This is only the begining of the left front side of forward hull. I put in a set of placeholder objects for the Ion Canon and Mega Particle Canon for scale and placement.(They’re the outlines in the top image.)

#20

And that is what I call a mega cannon:buttrock: It’s great! I can’t wait to see it textured!

good luck:thumbsup:

#21

Thanks for the props Arturro.:smiley:
I’m going to start texturing after I get closer to having the ship modeling done.
All the weapon systems are pretty much done (except for texturing and maybe a few tweaks to the models). Figured I let the weapons have a rest before I get back at them.

#22

Detailing SUCKS!!!
90% modeled hull detail done on this section. Going to add stub versions of turret weapons for placement in layout.

#23

Here is the scale comparison of the Weapons systems. I’m going to add a new canon inbetween the size of the Ion and Mega canons.
Also added some detail to inner surface of the forward section of the ship. I’ll post an image of it tomarrow need sleep now.

#24

Sorry for the Long wait between posts people but work was a pain the last 2 weeks.
Back in the saddle.
Here is a pass at the textures for the weapons systems. Added the new big quad gun.
Will be tackleing the hull tomarrow (Modeling and Texturing).
Wish me luck.