Bridge Commander Universe

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

hey guys. finaly got some inspiration to model again after months of modelers block, and started on a small ship. not got too much to post yet but its a start hope you enjoy it.

M@DM@X

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

well. seen as anyone hasnt made a reply ill have to post another pic

DJ Curtis · Admiral Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 2381 Location: Canada

neato! I like the "tail light" impulse engines. When I model impulse engines, I often do that style directly behind a large pane of glass. I know what you're saying about modellers block too, heh, happens to the best of us.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 03-28-2006 09:09 AM

Yep, definitely very good engines.

TopGun · **Posted**: 03-28-2006 10:14 AM

Looking good so far. Keep it up

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

havnt modeled anything today. im almost dying from a bad cold i got. i will have updates as soon as i get better

Legacy · Ensign Age: 39 Zodiac: Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 185

Muscle ship.. i like it.

LC

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

well. thxs to lc for muscle referance every time he sees this ship and txs to armondikov for pointing me to the latin word for muscler i have decided to call this ship the lacertosus class

edit: havnt changed anything but i did decide to do somthing to improve on the look alittle and thats to make a clay render. might not mean much to some of you but from my time learning to model cars a clay render can help to show up defects in a mesh and it makes the render look pretty hot too

Phaser · **Posted**: 03-28-2006 11:19 PM

Very nice!

Treleth · **Posted**: 03-28-2006 11:46 PM

from the second pic, kinda looks like a defiant-type design...

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

meh second pic is meaningless because now there is a 4th pic Twisted Evil

copyed as much of the defiants inset as i can with my differant impulse and nacelle placements. but i hope its to your guys liking again i did a clay render so you can see everything

DaAan Designs · **Posted**: 03-29-2006 08:34 AM

whats the current poly count?? looks nice and smooth. pretty good since you're basically re-learning max after a long absence

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

not done much since i got up. i enlarged the nacelles a little bit and i fixed a couple of errors that i found

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 03-29-2006 05:50 PM

Good progress, keep it coming.

Pegasus · **Posted**: 03-29-2006 07:36 PM

Very reminiscant of the defiant class.
Excellent work man Thumbs Up

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

cheers peg i was hoping you would pop along some time
i have been using a turbosmooth modifier but i am going to ditch that and work more on poly placment that was i will be able to add more detail and it dont look half bad under a normal smooth modifier

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 03-30-2006 01:22 PM

You could use a mix of both in different areas as the nacelles could definitely be done with a smoother edge while the engine inserts look fine as they are in normal smoothing.

blaXXer · **Posted**: 03-30-2006 02:48 PM

agreed.

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

hey guys. got another update. just spent like 2 hours stripping the mesh of most the polys i dont need in it. but i have created a couple of miner errors so they are next on my list before i start making them nacelles more round.

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

ive started on the top today after sorting how where i need polys placing to get thins round. its only simple but i think it suits the design.

DJ Curtis · Admiral Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 2381 Location: Canada

Cool. I like the way you've integrated the impulse and warp engines into a single wrap around cowling.

Phaser · **Posted**: 03-31-2006 10:19 PM

Whoa. If that circle represents the bridge, those are either HUGE nacelles, or this is a very, very tiny ship. Wink

Great modelling work, though.

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

if you noticed the nacelles where oversized on the proper defiant so im not doing that much differant with them apart from making the impulse engines in the same area and with better looks than those on the original defiant. myby i could increase the size of the bridge alittle i dunno. its not as small as it looks its mainly because of the angle of the pic

Edit; only got a small update. just a quick little thing after gettingi n from work. i added a couple of phaser strips but i need to find where i have a problam on the mesh cause shapemerge has stop working properly. im guessing i have an opan vert somewhere

p.s anyone here want to see how this started out life. if you remember my older ships before i vanished into the nothingness that is cg-cars then you will hate this but laugh at it also

Pegasus · **Posted**: 04-01-2006 11:19 AM

I think I can remember you sending me a few renders of cars before.... God only knows, they were something else as is Wink

M@DM@X · Commander Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 797

sorry there have been no updates on this, there will be soon. i was upgrading my pc over the weekend to an intel pentium 4 d but it exploded and in the process destyed my psu. i havnt lost the mesh tho as i used a new hdd with the p4 d system and kept my other 2 seperated for my athlon 64 system

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-03-2006 07:32 PM

Excellent work on blowing up your computer! Clap

.

**Nebula** · **Posted**: 04-03-2006 07:42 PM

LOL nice.... (or not)

blaXXer · **Posted**: 04-03-2006 08:12 PM

ouch, that srsly blows...

Phaser · **Posted**: 04-04-2006 12:53 AM

You blew up your computer? Your making me nuts!

blaXXer · **Posted**: 04-04-2006 09:50 AM

seems so, eh?