This is loosely based of a designI saw and figured that it would, with some modification, make interesting looking Bird of Prey.
What direction do you think I should take it in?
Hey that is pretty impressive for something low poly. Once you start to texture/material it, I think it’s going to turn out awesome!
A few… and not just on your design.
- Your renders look a little amateur - this can be attributed to the background colour and the standard material on the ship. A minor detail, but can make or break a wip render.
- The ship, to me, looks like it’s going to suffer from a lot of drag while in the atmosphere due to it’s non-streamlined shape. I would sweep it back a bit, but it’s up to you.
- More details would be good - I’m sure they’re on the to do list.
- Don’t forget to bevel edges to add realism, things always have a form of bevel in real life.
If you want an awesome looking render find Kroni’s Audi R8 thread. He posted a really good lighting, AO and nodes setup there which I’m sure you could use.
On a positive note, it’s good to see you’ve got everything smoothed correctly and a nice clean render free of accidentally smoothed edges and normal errors. Well done so far.
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Well it isn’t the final version. I have yet to decide on what the texturing should look like. I suppose it would look better with a more metallic sheen.
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It’s intended to travel in space, so drag isn’t really an issue (except when moving through a super-dense nebula).
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Adding more details is a good idea, I just need to figure out where to put them.
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Now that you mention it, I probably should add bevel edges.
Thanks for your advice.
