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Kalith — Surface to Orbit Freighter
Published: 2008-06-02 04:26:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 548; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 15
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Here is a short animation clip for a surface to orbit freighter. Basically its a small ship which carries a single Freight Crate(
) from the surface of the planet to a capital ship in orbit or a space station or other space construct. This is probably the most detailed thing I've ever done if only I could texture it properly. But that'll be a lesson for another day.Thanks for viewing.
Done in Google Sketchup over the course of around 5 hours... I think. I really need to learn real 3D modeling.
personally I'd have preferred to put this in 3d art as that's what it is, but apparently flash files aren't allowed there, I guess I could have done a GIF but this is smoother.
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Google sketchup? I worked with that once for a class, a long time ago and I found it hard to use. Pro-d is old, but it's good for basic 3d work. 3D Studio Max is really nice. 
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Really you found it hard to use? Hmm, I find stuff like 3ds max hard to use, but then again I started in Gmax(that's a lie actually, I started with pen and paper and used flash to 'ink' them before colouring them in). I make these ships pretty well for fun, I think each one gets a little more complicated as I go. I'm currently working on a capital ship which so far is pretty detailed. 3ds I guess is super powerful and sketch up not so much. I used Blender for a little bit but I seem to remember having a problem with it, or was that milk shape? Ahh well that doesn't matter. Most of the ships I make fit into my Spec/TerraVista/nightwatch stories.
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Wow! Which program are you using? Is not flash you say.
I try to make 3d effects with Flash but is very difficult.
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I'm actually using Google Sketchup (Free Version). You can't do much with it, but its good for simple 3d models. To get it in flash I just imported a video of my animation so i didn't actually do anything in flash with it. Yes 3d effects in flash are quite difficult, I know there are program available on the internet that let you edit flash files as 3d objects, but I don't know of any off hand that are free. Good luck and thanks for dropping by.
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