[Mefustae]

Well... if an Orion, a Hippocrates, and a GTC Phobos (Inf) ever had a threesome, that is what i'd expect to result from it... 

...But, nonetheless, it's very, very good... uh... sir...




please don't ban me

[Grug]

I'm liking it so far, the second pic is easier to see too.
It does kind of remind me of a cross between an orion and a deimos kinda.


I would say that you have too many plain extrusions. El'classic box art, yeah.

Try and change the overall shape of sections rather than just extruding and beveling.
Cut corners off, warp the boxes to make 'em bent shapes etc.

If you get stuck, think of features that you've seen on other designs that you liked the idea of. Try and go with original ones too, mainstream stuff gets boring IMO.

Though its looking good so far for a first ship.

[Fineus]

Thankyou guys

I have to admit, while extruding/beveling is fine for making simple armor plates and whatnot - I have been finding it limiting - but since I'm still learning what Max can do, I've not really dabbled much. I hope to change that though.

[Unknown Target]

It looks pretty good, especially for a first effort at starship design...umm...right now the front actually reminds me of those big B5 destroyers, while the middle section reminds me of the Hippocrates from FS.
It's a nice design, but what is that thing sticking out of the front? And those turrets need some work

[karajorma]

Definitely looks like something I'd expect to see in Inferno. It's pretty good for a first effort. I agree with UT about the turrets though.

[Fineus]

Which ones? The beam (triangles) or "normal" turrets? And how would you change them?

[FireCrack]

THe triangle turrets look fine, but the normal turrets dont look so good. Personaly, i'd add some kind of detail to the lower part of the turret.

[Yogert]

For some reason the front part of the ship looks like the fore section of an Omega, the middle looks like a miniaturized Orion hangar (I like it though - not complaining) on top, the Hippocrates on bottom, and the rear looks like the aft section of a Nebulon-B. That's just what I see when I look at this ship.

[Ghostavo]

How long is the ship supposed to be exactly?

[BlackDove]

Should be easy to deduce from looking at the hangarbay, ne?

[Ghost]

Hey, I like it. Pretty good for an amateur model... wish I could do that much with a modelling program. Looking forward to updates 

[Fineus]

Cheers guys.

I've been advised that adding some windows would help to determin the scale - so that's what I'm going to go ahead and do. The model is supposed to be slightly larger than a Deimos class.

[supernova]

What program are you using for the modeling of your "starship?"

My advice is to not be so square...also it's too tall for it's length...again adds to that square look

do something wide and long maybe...who knows?

[Fineus]

I'm using 3DS Max 7. As for the shape... I actually rather like the shape of this thing. Although I agree that the majority of what I know is constricted to using squares. Here's the latest update featuring windows etc. I've not yet detailed the forward section though.

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[BlackDove]

Ooooooo.

Snazzy. I like.

Post FS2 science vessel for prototype fighters?

[Fineus]

It's a bit heavily armed for that right now But I suppose I could tweak the designs a little...

[supernova]

I'm using 3DS Max 7. Although I agree that the majority of what I know is constricted to using squares.

Well i guess you've gotta start somewhere...speaking of which, you should've seen the stuff I started off making

Anyways, here is a model i made also using just squares and box modeling in 3DS Max 5(no one has enough money to get a legal version of 8)

Again, basic box modeling on all surfaces except for a few cylinders and chamfer boxes, also used radiosity function a lot.   Me likes

[Airborne]

Not to take away Kalfireth's 15 minutes of fame or anything, but I must say... Supernova's ship ****in' beautiful! You've got to put that thing in a campaign or something.

[Nuclear1]

Kal's model: That thing looks like a Hippocrates that's ready to start giving some back. That's not bad, either; I always liked the Hippocrates design and loved to see it with additional armaments. Good work there.

Supernova: Great work on that. Are those Hades-esque engines at the back or missile tubes?

[bfobar]

Kalfireth: I think that if you lighten up a little on the turrets or maybe just replace 1 or 2 with a radar or a hubble looking tube thing, you'd have a first-class post capellan deep exploration vessel. It seems to me like the ship you'd send to an uncharted system, with the fighter bay and guns.