[Warlock]

This is the last render I got out before 3dmax went unstable again.



Most I've been playing around with some new render effects to get nebula-like stellar "anomolies" (sp?)

What do you all think so far?

[KillMeNow]

argh that a crime you've made the sovy ugly and bulky

other than that not bad =) can i bow your cloud map for earth miens abit dogy at best taht ones look better

[Warlock]

Ummm that's not a Sovy It's an concept model of the Excalibur class.

As for the cloud map.... www.theforce.net/scifi3d

Just down load Endor, Naboo, or Dagobah,...those are the three with atmosphere and cloud layers. Each is three spheres to get the correct effect.

[KillMeNow]

cool thanks man my cloud layer for my earth model(also three sphere's) is ****ty

and i know its not a sovy - but its clearly based on one and i dont like it the sov is a sleek sporty powerful looking ship this one looks well bulky - replace the ship witha sov =) that s acool ship =)

[Warlock]

Originally posted by KillMeNow

and i know its not a sovy - but its clearly based on one and i dont like it the sov is a sleek sporty powerful looking ship this one looks well bulky - replace the ship witha sov =) that s acool ship =)

heh ,....I'm trying to get out of the 'norm' a bit....nearly everyone that renders a Trek shot does Sovies right and left.

This one is actually a "V3" of the Excal design...though I've yet to see a V2  lol  The first and common versions I've seen have the hull nearly completely linear with no portion of the ship going higher or lower than the main saucer section.....which to me is part of the "trek" look to the designs ,... since day 1 of  TOS Trek the main hull at least had PART of it below the fore sections.

In a few I'll slap up some profile shots just so you can see the ship itself from a better angle

[Warlock]

another view of the excal


and a closer look at the effect in the background above

[Starfury]

Nice Green Warp Nacelles... Transwarp maybe?  

Love the class name, although the current Excalibur is Galaxy Class... (ST:NF)

Sorry... I love reading about Mackenzie Calhoun.

[Warlock]

Suppossedly it's transwarp/slipstream

Gotta love non-cannon designs eh ?

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Warlock
Suppossedly it's transwarp/slipstream

Gotta love non-cannon designs eh ?

You want non-canon? Have you seen the Karthago?

[Warlock]

Originally posted by mikhael


You want non-canon? Have you seen the Karthago?

I'll answer that with ........the who  ?

[mikhael]

The Karthago.

[Warlock]

weird

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Warlock
weird

My first thought was "Rotting Corpse Ugly". my second was "weird".

You reminded me of it when you said "non-canon ships".

[Warlock]

Course your first two thoughts were correct on that thing

[an0n]

Looks more like a liner or ambassadorial ship than a Federation Starship.

[Ulundel]

That thing is...BIG

[Warlock]

Sun I was working on



Completely done in 3dmax

[mikhael]

I'd like to see that in a scene. It looks pretty decent by itself, but the real measure of its worth will come when it has to work with the other objects in your 3d space.

[Warlock]

Originally posted by mikhael
I'd like to see that in a scene. It looks pretty decent by itself, but the real measure of its worth will come when it has to work with the other objects in your 3d space.

The tough part is that the sun isn't a light...it's just an object with a few effects worked into it.

The only post work in this pic is adding an Axion Lens flare over the sun.

[Warlock]

And something else I was working on while my GF had the net