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Star Trek TOS Low-Poly Set

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Olias:
Oh yes, definately used reference images.  I found some very good ones, very high resolution, after searching around with Google for awhile.  I've found with modelling stuff like this it's best to have extremely good high-resolution blueprints and some pictures of the real-life prop or model - there's just some places you can't quite get a feel for even with the best blueprints.

I used a vertical cylinder to start off with in front view, messed around with the dimesions until I got it right with the blueprints for the "sides" of the saucer section, then converted it to a mesh.  From there I selected the top and bottom faces, inset them several times until I was close to the middle.

From there, I would select one of the loops and raise it on the Y axis to get the desired shape of the top and bottom.

The textures I made from scratch with Paint Shop Pro 8.

kahlua17:
Those look great.  For the saucers, did you convert them to subdivided once you had the proper shape, or did you leave them as a mesh?

Blank Studios:
Just some constructive criticism...coming from a Star Trek fan... Your loknar class looks pretty good, but the boom section doesn't look like it's in scale with the engineering section... it looks too small in your renders. Very nice 'fat man' (I think that's right, I have a book somewhere) class klingon cruiser! May I say that while the textures for your Federation ships are quite nice, especially where the nacelles are concerned, your klingon textures could use some work... If you see any of the original series where they had a klingon ship, it was actually a smooth, light grey, almost plastic look. The next version had a rusty steel look, and seemed to always look like it was missing some hull plates... Hopefully these comments will help you. Very nice work in any case!

EcoTyler:
Oh,I thought the texture would be darker(I don't watch Star Trek much)

Olias:
Kahlua17: I left them as meshes.

Blank Studios: Regarding the Loknar, I think it's just the camera perspective, but I'll recheck it to the schematic.  Regarding the Klingon textures, I totally agree with you.  The textures on those ships are just placeholders at the moment - it's just the plain Federation texture set darker.  Because those ships are a lot more "irregular" than the Federation ships, I think I'm going to have to do an unwrap on those.

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