Star Wars Venator Republic Star Destroyer WIP

Above is the most recent render. I’ve put a lot of effort into the materials and finishing UV unwrapping lately. I still need to finish modeling the hangar bay (I haven’t done any renders of the hangar bay yet).



This is a model of the Venator class Star Destroyer from Star Wars that I have been working on for the past couple of months. I think I’m getting close to being done with the modeling part of this project, but every time I look at references I see more detail I need to add.

I plan to have a completed model at the end of this with textures, materials, and rigged for the various hangar doors to open and close.

I’ve been posting time-lapse videos of my work on the model on youtube. Here is the playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ7uCbDzWnT4v1O54wqeKr1J3rWJtZszg

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Updates on this project. This week I worked on the bridge and engine details.

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More details added or adjusted. Some subtle, some a little more prominent.

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Details, details… and even more details. Maybe I ought to start working with materials and come back to adding details.

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wow that’s fantastic, I love it! Lots of details! :heart_eyes:
Are you thinking of making an animation or will it be for an image?
I am a beginner, I will also share a work in progress on star wars. :blush:
See you soon.

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I’m sure I’ll make several images with this model, but I would like to make animations as well.


Adding more greebles and a couple of pipes to the medium sized engine, so only a small update.

Very nice modeling. You have a great eye for details – as did the movie’s designers. When a ship is going to do a very-close flyby to the camera, “the more details, the merrier.” You can never have too much of them.

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Just about done adding details… except for the interior of the hangars… and some more bridge details… and some more details in the engine section (like where the engines attach to the back of the ship, which may be visible under different lighting conditions).




I started working on UV unwrapping and materials for this model. I haven’t finished all the modeling, but I want my renders to look more interesting as I continue work on this project.

Work still to go:

  1. Finish modeling details on the bridge
  2. Model the interior of hangar decks
  3. Model more details in the engine section
  4. Finish UV unwrapping all parts
  5. Improve textures and materials





Did a lot of work on the materials for this project recently. Still not quite done.

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Very nice. I’m also working on a similar type of ship, and after a few attempts at making the thruster flames I broke down and bought some pre-crafted thruster jet type flames.