Author Topic: USS Raven bridge WIP - my first bridge also. (Read 8337 times)

Excal_Luke · « **on:** September 05, 2007, 04:59:32 PM »

ok, so for a while ive wanted to create a bridge, its only till now ive decided to actually get 3ds max and get moddeling.

I can see why not many people do bridge modding - it was a daunting task for me just to get used to the whole aspect of 3d moddeling,

Ive never moddel'd anything before, what-so-ever, so as you will see, the mesh may not be quite right. Basically be nice with your feedback, its my first attempt.

As you will also see, my texturing leaves something to be desired.
Constructive critisism welcome.

EDIT : PICS REMOVED SEE BELOW

shocking, isnt it.

Billz · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2007, 05:09:04 PM »

Not bad for starters.

Try to keep the poly count under 20,000 though. Apart from that, best of luck to you.

Excal_Luke · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2007, 05:17:05 PM »

thanks,?

lol, as i stated above, im brand new to this, lol,what im saying is i dont know how to find out the poly count. :oops:

Legacy · « **Reply #3 on:** September 06, 2007, 08:20:36 AM »

Quote from: intercepter on September 05, 2007, 05:17:05 PM

thanks,
lol, as i stated above, im brand new to this, lol,what im saying is i dont know how to find out the poly count. :oops:

Which max version?

Excal_Luke · « **Reply #4 on:** September 06, 2007, 10:37:54 AM »

max 9.

Legacy · « **Reply #5 on:** September 06, 2007, 11:10:20 AM »

Press the "7" key.
Then go to the viewport configuration (in customize menu i think) and set it to display triangles instead of polies.

Excal_Luke · « **Reply #6 on:** September 06, 2007, 12:34:55 PM »

super, thankyou, im currently at 12 000 pollies,
now i just need to learn how to texture :?

Legacy · « **Reply #7 on:** September 06, 2007, 03:36:37 PM »

Search for mapping coordinates, UVW map and UVW unwrapp.

Before learn to draw textures, you need to learn how to use them.

Excal_Luke · « **Reply #8 on:** September 08, 2007, 05:39:06 PM »

Ok, after getting used to mapping ive created some displays/ LCARS and put them in the model.
Now with legacy just mentioning ''UVW map'' he basically told me where to go. - so thanks

Im extremley proud of the following pics, to say ive only been moddeling (and texturing) for a short while.
Enjoy.

EDIT : pics removed see below.

as you can see, its still not right, if anyone can give me any tips on mapping better, it'd be much appriciated.

Teh 1337 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2007, 11:49:05 PM »

Pardon me for asking, but what ship is this bridge for. I am assumung that the bridge is for the USS Raven from Voyager?

startrekw_george · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2007, 12:01:43 AM »

thing looks wicked!, cant what to try it out!!

Adonis · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2007, 02:32:51 AM »

Dude, one small thing...nuke'em polies you don't need (like the sides of the pillars that won't be visible from the inside). The bridge looks cool for a first.

cpthooker · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2007, 03:23:29 AM »

looks good so far

startrekw_george · « **Reply #13 on:** September 09, 2007, 05:26:53 PM »

my advice though is to have some more gray in there. more of a mettle look to some of it. and make sure that during red alert that the bridge gets really dark. that always looks cool

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Excal_Luke · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2007, 03:59:57 PM »

Ok, so now ive just about gotten the hang of texturing, ive wipped together some displays, ,
Any advice/ critisism would be appriciated.

Pics removed
enjoy, and pardon my poorly-made displays

Legacy · « **Reply #15 on:** September 10, 2007, 05:55:26 PM »

AS for the displays, i recommend tunning the color down (desaturate then), or they risk looking a bit cartoonish.

newman · « **Reply #16 on:** September 11, 2007, 11:18:32 AM »

For a first model - great job. As for the displays, you might want to browse the net for lcars panels and use real ones as reference. You could also photoshop together the panels using parts of the existing ones.

cpthooker · « **Reply #17 on:** September 11, 2007, 04:46:01 PM »

look at the episode when you actually see the raven bridge and see what lcars they used and try to recreate the colour scheme as well

killeen21 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2007, 06:31:29 AM »

Great work so far!
These might help a bit;

cpthooker · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:41:38 AM »

what are you using for the textures by the way?

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