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Messing around with chicken guts again.

Space Junk 3D behind the scenes

Hey guys..this is a quick behind the scenes of a science film production I contributed to (space station and space ship collector) starting at 2:25.

It should be out sometime in February

bugship 11 wip

Added some panel lines with a bump map, plus little details here and there.  Once I'm done texturing I think this version will be finished.  Next up is rebuilding this for mini scale 3d printing.

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Goodbye to another term.  The collector was definitely a project to remember for me.  I learned a lot about spaceships and their peculiarities and now I realize exactly how little I do know haha.  There's a lot more I wanted to do with this project that I hope I'll get around to in the future.

You can see the complete (for now) project here

Now to start practicing sketching cars and wait for paperwork from Mattel...they really are starting to worry me...

collector door open animation

Collector progress again

Added some decals, details, changed the nose a bunch...almost there.. 

Collector space test

Sikorski + greeble reference

Collector head/details

Collector top progress

Here is a stock modo courage model (slightly modified) for size comparison

Collector progress nose+bay details

Collector front model catchup

Adjusting proportions and adding new objects to match sketchover:

In photoshop I set the sketchover to 50% over the original model render.

In Modo/3DS/whatever, I have two viewports set up: one for modelling, one with the cameraview that I rendered and sketched over previously.  This way I can check the cameraview against the 50/50 reference image for consistency in real time.  Alot more accurate than eyeballing it and easier too.

Sketchover 50% over original model render

Revised model after matchup

Attitude adjuster

Collector turntable

More detail to go... I'm loving the render curves feature in modo...perfect for tubes/railings

collector sketchover

Collector rough details

Trying to get my details right.  I need to do alot more research on the VASIMR engines.  Trying to find the right balance between truthful to the technology and interesting to look at. 

Also working on the human scale issue, realized that this thing is way bigger than 15m I had originally thought. more like 25m.  For reference the space shuttle is 50m.  This is the airlock hatch + handrail detail.  Still needs more I think.

Some reference.