My Massive Shield Ship Project with 2 Million Vertices

Artwork Works in Progress
1

Hi all,

This has been a ongoing project for a while and I wanted to start this thread to make sure I try to finish it! The concept is from a obscure star wars comic in which these special ships transport goods around these super hot suns, thus they need these huge shield like structures to cool the metal. I have been using the discombobulater add-on extensively and adding tiny details throughout hence the polycount. :slight_smile: Click for more detail! :wink: I will post some close ups soon… :smiley:

1.jpg1512×1080 326 KB

2.jpg1349×1080 108 KB

3.jpg1349×1080 396 KB

2

Looks amazing so far, loving the detail! If I had more experience in blender I would offer some sort of guidance or advice but I really don’t; looks great to me!

3

I think for what your are doing it might be bunch more efficient to do the “sculpting with UV’s” technique. You can read about it here: http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?273033-Sculpting-with-UVs-and-displacements

Great start though!

4

Good work, reminds me of the icarus ships from the movie Sunshine
http://gallery.2753productions.com/newgallery/albums/userpics/10001/Icarus_2_Redux_WIP24.jpg

5

Thanks guys! I actually like the discombulator script a lot, but I will look into that method @LiquidApe. @DDD that’s really weird!

Here is the original reference image-


6

Here are some close ups! :smiley:

4.jpg1349×1080 451 KB

5.jpg1348×1079 186 KB

7

Here are some cool wire frames using the edge detect feature in the BI.

11.jpg1920×1080 752 KB

7.jpg1920×1080 1.05 MB

9.jpg1919×1079 417 KB

8

Puuuurty, and tron like

9

Thanks! Yea, I love that feature!