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Published: 2012-07-20 17:26:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 5263; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 158
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This is the secondary weapon system on the battlecruiser Cressida. Here we see the final stage of deployment. This Turret system also has the ability to deploy as starfighters.The Gun cradle also doubles as a launch system, and the battlecruiser carry 42 of these fighters/turrets.
The whole concept here was to design and build a flying cannon. The system is actually a manned tactical battery that can be depoyed independently from the battlecruiser, as well as being part of the ship structure.
In this image we see the four fold away sensor booms fully extended. The drum at the rear contain it's fusion reactor and four secondary engines. It swivels to provide directional thrust and forward fire for braking. The main engines are at either side of this, and there are several smaller thrusters at each corner.
It doesn't sow very clearly here, but the cockpit also doubles as an escape pod with it's own set of engines.
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One word, AWESOME! Perfect for a game and a TV/Movie!
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Wow, thanks! That would be my dream in a nutshell. I try and design all of this with this goal in mind. That one day someone will think that they can use some of my stuff (and pay me to do so, he he he.
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really seems to be coming along. looks like it has some great animation aspect to it. thats always a great thing to think about if it ever ends up on screen as they say. very cool. has a really great industrial logic to it. one question, the tiling texture thats doing pannels, it looks great but seems blurry. why is that? is that on purpose? bab5 did alot of tiling that also looked great. i think its definitley the way to go btw.
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Wow, thanks Mike! I have gone to great lengths to ensure it all works if ever animated. Though I don't keep my hopes up too much, he he..
The tiling is supposed to be blurry I guess. I wanted to see if I could make the ship look dirty and used, like the Tac Bat you painted. I (still) haven't tried out any post pro work on my images, so I'm left to what ever effects I can find through textures and rendering.
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im making a tile now that you might be interested in. when im done i'll post it so you can use it if you want. i bet sketch up will do anims soon or something. maybe it already does. i dont know though.
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Hi Mike, this sound s very interesting! There is a plugin for SU called Sketch Physics but I haven't tried it. From what I've seen i doubt it will be able to animate my models thoug, as they are quite high in polys.
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just found this after a quick google search...
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hope you can some time. woild be pretty cool.
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Thanks Mike! You're a gem!
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np. love what your doing.
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When i saw the other deployment views i suspected that it serves as a fighter as well.
Exactly what i expect from your work.
And another NICE
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Thank you very very much! He he, It was pretty difficult to hide the fighter aspect of it. I had some serious fun cooking it up, trying to figure out how it all would work.
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That's the other fun part of your work.
You always seem to be able to place a fitting explanation to the thing you make.
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Thanks! I actually try and come up with a set of requirements before I start designing. Then when I know what I need I ask myself what would a (in this case) fighter/turret look like. There will be some more images after I'm done with the sumer holiday. Then I will be showing details of the battlecruiser, because it has some cool features too, reverse thrusters, hidden sensors etc.
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Hmm looking forward to that.
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a turret that can also serve as a figther: an imaginiative concept!
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