[Sandwich]

I got the urge to make a big imposing installation yesterday, originally a slowly-spinning disc/cylinder something with lots of very tiny lights for scale. But as I modeled, the main design feature jumped out at me and sort of negated the whole slowly turning idea. Oh well.

Anyway, here's what I have so far. The limited audience that has already seen it says it looks small and like an excercise machine. What do you think, and how should I improve it?

~1200 polies.

[Bobboau]

lots of long thin pointy thingys, comething out of the bottom, that's what I always do

[Setekh]

Throw in those lights, dude, I think they might help. Also, the perspective you've got (several kilometres away, I gather) doesn't help - makes it look a lot smaller. I personally think the design is fine, long thin pointy things would work well, maybe add a few more concentric ridges on the top side.

[Bobboau]

put in some greebles in the inside of some of the geometry, don't wory about the poly count

[Nico]

That would be a landmine?
I suppose it may be cool, but I don't like those slick startrek-like designs like that, so you don't wanna ask me

[diamondgeezer]

Highest poly countermeasure ever

[Sandwich]

Ok, ok - some good tips (and good laughs, too) - I'll post an update in a bit.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Venom
I don't like those slick startrek-like designs like that

Me neither... But this kind is cool:



I always wanted to see Vasudan ships with big thin bands like on the back of this ship on them. Tastefully, of course.

[Nico]

yeah, but that is alien ( or at least looks like it ). StarTrek ships look like they come from planet Bandai©

[StratComm]

Bah, forget scale.  Textures make scale.  As for the design, add some non-symetrical elements on the top, like some towers of some kind.  As for the design itself, I give it

[WMCoolmon]

Looks like a spaceship terminal (Aside from having no way for ships to dock. )

[Knight Templar]

well I like it.. but it needs more stationy things, like towers and such.

[Galemp]

Belt buckle.

[Hellbender]

I kinda like it - not too cluttered.  All it's missing are turrets, fighter bays, and c3 shrubbery.  The textures can fill in a lot of detail.

[TopAce]

The top view is like a symbol.

[magatsu1]

Leviathan right ? Forget the name of the tv show though...

[Taristin]

Dunno, it's ashrak's pic not mine...

[Flaser]

If you had long "horizontal" platforms pointing outwards from the side of the station that would break it's roundness somewhat.

I think of smg. like the Arcadia's big platform.
That was an ideal place to pack cargo and dock several crafts at once without the need for difficult manuevers to enter a bay.

[Bobboau]

farscape, not going to even try spelling the name of the ship though I do know it

maybe some docking strustures would make it look better

[Liberator]

Bring the "butresses" that support the outer structure on out past the outer structure.

How big is it supposed to be?
If it's for in-game, it ok.
If it's for render work always try to have something like an Orion or something near it for scale.