Author Topic: SciFi Renders (Read 103834 times)

Vortex · « **Reply #1620 on:** January 14, 2014, 11:51:15 AM »

Quote from: mckinneyc on January 14, 2014, 11:35:07 AM

Be kind! My first proper render, and I still have no clue as to what I did to get it

A balloon, camera and very long piece of string? :p

Looks great.

mckinneyc · « **Reply #1621 on:** January 14, 2014, 01:25:52 PM »

Thanks Vortex. Still finding getting the lighting right and I am sure I am doing a million other things wrong

mckinneyc · « **Reply #1622 on:** January 15, 2014, 08:11:34 AM »

Sorry for the double post. Was working on this today:

Archer's Legacy

007bashir · « **Reply #1623 on:** January 18, 2014, 05:55:45 PM »

nice one, Mc

Homecoming

mckinneyc · « **Reply #1624 on:** January 19, 2014, 07:16:12 AM »

Very nice 007!

These are my latest works:

nxadam1701 · « **Reply #1625 on:** January 19, 2014, 09:38:42 AM »

Mck, that's a nice Connie shot, what's her name please? I must DL that ship. Thanks.

mckinneyc · « **Reply #1626 on:** January 19, 2014, 09:58:06 AM »

Quote from: nxadam1701 on January 19, 2014, 09:38:42 AM

Mck, that's a nice Connie shot, what's her name please? I must DL that ship. Thanks.

To which picture are you referring?

AllotoniFan · « **Reply #1627 on:** January 19, 2014, 07:46:52 PM »

Pre-Photoshop

Post-Photoshop

Saquist · « **Reply #1628 on:** January 20, 2014, 06:57:13 AM »

These sort of pic are always difficult to judge. There is no ambient light in space and so things in shadow are almost always completely black. (Not like on the moon where the lunar regolith is super reflective giving the Apollo Astronauts a nice soft appearance like on earth.)

Literally starships should always be harsh bright and shadowed objects but it doesn't make for good shots in BC most of the time. In this case I like the darker tones because we're seeing mostly lighter and brighter reflective surfaces anyway.

In photography the rule is "your eye follows the brightest object" (generally called over-exposed) If we were seeing the Dark side of the constitution I'd take points away (unless done very uniquely allowing the visual focus to on the background, becoming artistic and well thought out). In this case the darker version seems more real.

nxadam1701 · « **Reply #1629 on:** January 20, 2014, 10:53:19 AM »

Quote from: mckinneyc on January 19, 2014, 09:58:06 AM

To which picture are you referring?

The TOS Connie look a like with dual cannons on the front saucer section...
Most recent post second picture. Thanks:)

Adam

mckinneyc · « **Reply #1630 on:** January 20, 2014, 11:25:30 AM »

Oh that is the Lancaster. GMunoz has made one for BC but hasn't released it yet. A more detailed one is available to download on deviantart. Just search Lancaster class

andyp · « **Reply #1631 on:** January 20, 2014, 06:47:57 PM »

Posted my two ships and bridge to sketchfab. Its a nifty tool. Not happy with it not reading the alpha channels of TGA files tho, i needed to convert my emission maps to jpeg, and then it took the color channel from those images as well. was annoying.

anyways here they are.

Uss Envoy (click to view in 3D)

Star Trek Tug (click to view in 3D)

Star Trek: Sutherland Bridge (click to view in 3D)

nxadam1701 · « **Reply #1632 on:** January 20, 2014, 10:33:47 PM »

Quote from: mckinneyc on January 20, 2014, 11:25:30 AM

Oh that is the Lancaster. GMunoz has made one for BC but hasn't released it yet. A more detailed one is available to download on deviantart. Just search Lancaster class

Oh, awesome. Is GM planning on releasing it in the future. Hope so. It's awesome.

As for you AndyP, I love the Tug, it's so good to have a TNG tug concept brought to life.
I feel like TNG, bc of budget constraints really didn't show us more TNG ships.
Thanks bro. Beautifully executed.
And the bridge is phenomenal.

Adam

Killallewoks · « **Reply #1633 on:** January 23, 2014, 02:51:38 PM »

The Battle of Bennay

007bashir · « **Reply #1634 on:** January 23, 2014, 06:24:07 PM »

That is a nice one killa, cookie

My latest:

Aggressive Negotiations

Saquist · « **Reply #1635 on:** January 26, 2014, 09:51:27 AM »

The cardassian textures take away from the realism of the shot.
It may also be the ambient lighting...no shadows (or difference in lighting) really flattens an image.

007bashir · « **Reply #1636 on:** January 26, 2014, 03:45:21 PM »

Yes, i know what you mean. It seemed indeed there was wrong with the shadows and also with the ambient light. Here is the result from another try:

I'm just not sure about the phaser...

Vortex · « **Reply #1637 on:** January 26, 2014, 05:07:28 PM »

That phaser definitely needs some glow. The composition is nice, though.

mckinneyc · « **Reply #1638 on:** January 26, 2014, 07:07:59 PM »

My latest effort

Training Cruise

Eloi · « **Reply #1639 on:** January 26, 2014, 07:44:21 PM »

Really nice. I like the dull blue glow around the deflector.

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