Start of Space Scene - Pod Finished Aug. 14/03

Yep, the smoke thingy seems to be more appropiate, this is an escape pod, not a long distance ship. Smoke thingy eats less fuel than jet thingy:)

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the kind words.

Well, it’s actually a plasma engine. So the sort of smokey look fits I think. I appreciate your suggestion, but I have to agree with the others. Also, I did not render this with the Unified Renderer, so they particle system did not come out the best either. I will render with UR on finel render. Should help it there. I have the explsion done and it looks very good. Now just to model a large ship and get some debris flying around.

BgDM

I like this pod. It reminds me of a diving bell a bit. Looks very sturdy, especially with the graduated support structures around the ‘windows’. Nice bump mapping on the metalic surfaces.

hi

i agree with modron. i feel it more under water than in space (would also fit the “slow” style of the engines). great work i any case.