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Published: 2004-01-20 00:20:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 13835; Favourites: 138; Downloads: 912
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A model of a huge starship I've begun modelling in 3D Studio MAX.
For people who know MAX: All hail Greeble!
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Time spent so far: Around 5 hours
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Comments: 91
Okay this is where I usually get stuck on modeling starships is the outside haul. How did you get all of those pipes and other features on the outside of the haul without it being to high a poly count? I see this all the time on tv shows like BSG and it drives me crazy. You think you wouldn't mind showing me some tricks?
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Dude i've been waiting for you to do more with this for like a year :S hurry up, keep the good work goin
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Hahah, I'd like to dude, but sadly the original model's been lost. Sowwy. :/
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Bummer, sucks doesn't it lol..
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Echo of '
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I must say it's impressive even if I know greeble, you did a great job!
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Wow, those are some sick details!
And 5 hours for this model seems nothing to me. Keep up that work!
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Blargh, I would, if I hadn't tragically lost the model in a HD crash some years ago. 
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Looks like a ship straight out of the Alien Quadrilogy!
I love it!
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It would look better without all the greeble covering up your actuall model.
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5 hours?!?!?!?!?!?!! TEACH ME!!!![link]
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Wow!
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It's beautiful. As a fellow spaceship designer (by no means do I intend to place myself anywhere near your level; I lack the patience and creativity to come anywhere close to even touching this), this is really humbling. I am all kinds of crazy-impressed.
It's inspiring too, which is in direct conflict with its ability to make me feel totally inadequate as a designer, which really has more to do with the fact that I know I never would have thought of some of the engineering concepts here. There are aspects to this design which both blow my mind, as well as simultaneously make me say, "Of course! How could that have escaped me?"
I'm attempting to keep the self-deprecation to a minimum, because I know it can be obnoxious. I only mean to adequately express my admiration of your creativity, without sounding leaving it at "taht R teh aw3s0me!!1"
Know what I mean? What I'm trying to say is; "Holy freaking sweet that's cool."
Don't think I'm exaggerrating. I mean every word. (Your other art all rocks too, but this is the one I had to comment on, because it's the one that slapped me in the face and said, "OWNED."
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Thanks alot, dude. Much appreciated.
It saddens me that I never got to finish this one. But time constraints forced me off it (I was just doing the ship for myself, no particular reason in mind), and I never really felt like returning to it. I don't even know if I have the original file anymore.
Your comment has inpspired me though...think I'm gonna see if I can dig this one out when I get back out in a couple of days.
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lol i agree with 1337noRenkinjutsushi, this beats my ships to a pulp. It is amazing.
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Do it, man. Do it.
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He he he, awesome ship - I am too taking the greeble shortcut with mine....just need more RAM for all the details... my computer has a bad case of "swapfilius humongus"...
Constructive critique of what is:
I love the unsimetrical simetry of the ship
Constructive critique for improvements:
If it is a heavy cruiser it would be a good idea to add some manouvering trusters in the front and middle, seeing as it is a heavy shipp with a high mass/velocity ratio - a cruiser that is slow in orienting itself against its enemy is a dead cruiser. Think about it like this; in a navy battle or a space battle, a "ship" of the line will always have pointable small and medium guns for protection and for taking out those pesty/irritating figters/pirates and "broadside" or "front" with one or more BIG FRIGGIN' GUNS
Keep the color, it fits nicely, at least in those areas where there is "heavy armor".
I look forward to seeing more of your work on this concept.
Oh yeah, and I like the much of your other stuff too - keep up the good work.
Hygge fra Γ
rhus,
-Jon
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...hele pointen med dette community er at vi kan fΓ₯ feedback og udvikle os - plus at se en masse kick-ass fed grafik
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Now THAT'S what I call constructive critcism. Actually, this model has been discontinued for quite some time, but your crits made me want to take it up again. Thanks alot man, really appreciate it.
Og hygge fra KΓΈbenhavn til dig selv!
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Now THAT'S what I call constructive critcism. Actually, this model has been discontinued for quite some time, but your crits made me want to take it up again. Thanks alot man, really appreciate it.
Og hygge fra KΓΈbenhavn til dig selv!
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Wow, just 5 hours for all that detail. The texture it gives is delicious, unf
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well well....so, because i have greeble now and have played around with it for several hours, i can say that what jou have done has nothing to do with cheating. i still have no idea how you get that modifier working that cool
my results are totally looking like cheating
but i will keep tying it
hm...why nobody said something about the lighting? in my opinion its really supporting the imression of the huge scale.
berhaps you can loose a few words about the light-rendering-whatever-setup?
thx man
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Heheh, glad to hear it. Greeble CAN be a bitch, but once you get the hang of it, you can get some spectacular results. The thing to keep in mind is to make your model with Greeble in mind...meaning constructing it from quadrangles and triangles only, and positioning those correctly. Keep it at, Rome wasn't built in a day.
And yes, light should never be underestimated. The setup I used here was a combination of global illumination to make those wonderful shadows, and a some harsh backlighting provided by a single directional light set to around 2.0. or soemthing. Global illumination paired with a couple of regualr lights can really work wonders...the first few times I saw it, I was totally flabbergasted.
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Hey thats pretty damm cool. I have to get that greeble.
The design reminds me of theese giant spaceships in starship troopers...especially the engines.
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MAX without Greeble is like...uhm...softice without sprinkles. That's right. Get Greeble, my man, get Greeble. It's free on the net, just do a search.
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Wowwwwww... you sure do make big projects, don't ya
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holy cheese cakes!!! this ship rocks!! awesome dude!!! i love it!! the booster part looks like from starship troopers am i right?
i been busting my brains trying to design flag ships class. and so far all of them sucks!! fighters class are easyer to design do u agree?
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Hehe...let's just say that I consider the Rodger Young to be one the coolest capital ship designs ever!
Fighters easier? Not for me, that's for sure. I don't think I've ever designed a fighter class spaceship I really liked.
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hehe. rodger young is a pretty cool ship. my favs are the star destyorers series!! super star destryorer "Executor" is me dream ship!!!
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ah yes! i love all the designs in aliens!!
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Mmmmmm...The Executor...ok, that's #1, I'll grant you that. The Sulaco of Aliens is pretty high on the lidt too, in my opinion.
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wow, how can you model so many details in only 5 hours???
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damnit. I miss 3dsMax. neat ship cant wait to see it in battle or something
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Lol, working on it!
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holy shit... 
awesome Max wrk d00d. youre getting right into my watch.
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Nice model.
Great nurnie work.
I am sure the textured version will have bump maps on the smooth parts.
Can't wait to see it.
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Oh, it will, don't you worry.
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I'd fav it, but y'know... I don't wanna be unoriginal.
So I'll just say it looks inhumanly cool.
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Looking great! Cant wait for the finished project!
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damn this looks really promising! so now I want to know, what is "greeble"? I'm a c4d-user
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Well, as a C4D user, you're really gonna miss Greeble, heheh.
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Wow!! When you said detail, you really meant it eh?! That is great!! What are you color plans if any?! Are you going to include this in an animation soon?! Great work!!
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I've a couple of ideas for colours, but I'm thinking of starting with one of those really bright ones they used in Homeworld. If pulled off correctly, it can look incredibly cool.
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