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Tony Gardner… Still Alive…Stuff I found interesting, hope you do too… |
So I’ve spent the last few weeks converting this beast over to LightWave 11 native instances and as you can see my humble little PC is now able to throw them around with far more success than before. This project might even get finished.
I don’t really like the rotator now, I may scrap it and go for a more traditional B5 look.
I’ve made a start on the engines for this beast…
I guess it’s about time I showed an update on my model here, blue bits are blocked out bits that I haven’t modelled yet…
A test render of the OCD.
A test render of the OCD.
A test render of the OCD.
A test render of the OCD.
A test render of the OCD.
A test render of the OCD.
A test render of the OCD.
I’ve more or less completed the blocking out phase now, and am going to move on to work on some of the detailed bits.
Here is how she looks at the moment…
A test render of the OCD.
A test render of the OCD.
In a true spin habitat the decks should be curved so that at all points ‘up’ is straight towards the rotational centre. With flat decks it would feel like walking up or down hill inside and the further you got from the centre of the deck the ‘steeper’ it would feel.
However, in order to not deviate too much from the established design I have opted for the compromise seen in these renders.
The Earth Alliance Omega Class Destroyer from the TV show Babylon 5 is one of my all time favourite sci-fi ship designs. After using Rhys Salcombe’s fantastic Omega model for my Foundation 3D Resource Appreciation entry this month and since I am currently stalled on all of my other ‘Work In Progress’ models I decided I’d have a go at modelling one myself.
As with Rhys’s version mine won’t be accurate to the original, but rather my own take on the design. More of a ‘what if’.
A test render of the front section of the OCD. The ‘armour’ panels on either side of the ‘head’ are more or less complete. The rest of the model is just blocked out for now.
A test render of the front section of the OCD. The ‘armour’ panels on either side of the ‘head’ are more or less complete. The rest of the model is just blocked out for now.
As always I’m modelling this in LightWave 3D.
