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Published: 2015-05-18 18:20:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 19517; Favourites: 301; Downloads: 331
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This is a concept for a carrier for an unreleased game I helped work on last year. The basic feel of the game was a look along the lines of Alien, Battlestar Galactica, and other 80's sci-fi with "ugly" shapes. It comes from a suitably 80's era universe with mega-corporations duking it out for control, but thats all I can say about that so far
.I built this guy in sketch-up after some sketches and discussion with the client, lit the .obj in 3DS max and used a mix of photo and paint to render it out. I was pretty heavily referencing Battlestar Galactica and the Nostromo for shapes as I wanted the ship to be easily recognizable and have a strong connection to style of those ships. That said I definitely wanted it to be unique and so I tried to focus on the function of the ship as a carrier, I considered the balance of the ship in 0G (until it became burdensome), defense, and the components related to launch and retrieval of the fighting ships. Speaking of which, I will be showing in some future posts, so stay tuned!
Overall I'm pretty pleased with the result, and I had a blast working on it, it was a dream project.
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Comments: 15
Love this design, mind if I use it for a story I'm writing?
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Nice! Would you be open to letting me use one in a short film I'm producing?
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This really pops. Those old uglies are the basis for my ship designing philosophy. Something about them I love. This one puts me in the mind of Wing Commander....which kinda makes me hope it's for Star Citizen.
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This is a cool ship, well done job. It certainly fits BSG-verse. Not only the gray and red coloring but also the three pilars that connects the ship.
Also noted how the stripes are used to orient incoming vessels.
Check if this figher could be suitable to operate in the carrier: sketchfab.com/models/ab3919bc4…
(I'm not an artist, so gotta have patience). Gaudr is the name of the race in HW universe.
Also, you should have a try in Sketchfab if you have done a texture for your carrier.
In anyways, excellent work.
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Hey, it's actually mostly 2D work that your seeing, the 3D model is pretty basic, but that ship certainly looks like it'd be at home in this carrier! Nice eye on the stripes I was wondering if that idea was clear!
Thanks for the nice words!
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I'm aware. The model is 3D, then you take like a screenshot in the desired perspective and cover it with a perspective painting, right?
It's not "that" simple, but it's something like that.
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Nice. I just love the gritty old industrial design from those movies.
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Oh yeah, nothing comes close! Hate to admit but I actually only recently saw alien in its entirety. So much detail in that movie!
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Nothing beats the goog old model and practical set.
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