OMG! Design the next USS ENTERPRISE (Offical Contest)

alchemist said:
I've been silently watching this thread for a while, because I didn't have much to offer in the way of advice. I just have to say, however, FM, that I'm seriously impressed with your design skills. Good luck with the competition!
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Thanks :) I'm still learning to model in Maya, having used Rhino much longer, but it's starting to click :)
 
sloweye said:
If it involves anything more than felt tips i'm lost, so hats off to you :D
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As you can see, my hand drawing ability is rather poor, and hasn't really evolved since after high school, when I effectively switched mediums to the computer.

I have tablet now though, so hopefully I can improve seamlessly.
 
Thats pretty cool, don't think we get those over here.

I went to stay with a mate a few months ago and he has the ipad, i'd always been anti Apple untill he let me have a play with it. Really really good. Now my back is messed up i'm gonna have to sell my motorbike, i'm thinking of investing in one. He says its a good tool for musicians, so i'm going to investigate that claim :D
 
Practicing targeted smoothing. This is just a dry run. You'll notice some deformed polys.

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I ended up just reworking the bussard collectors. These new ones are a bit vanilla.

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From what i remember the red covers slide back, kind of like a crash helmet visor, when collecting (i think they were scooping some kind of nebula gas to blow back at someone) so i think that the 'caps' may get in the way of that operation (unless you have an idea on that front :) )
 
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