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Title: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: sovereign001 on November 07, 2011, 04:57:48 PM

So guys,

After making a small movie using models (free) in lightwave layout and using AE etc. I'm finally learning in my school to use: 3DS max, lightwave, blender and within a few weeks Maya. But we are only learning the basic steps..

I have made a blade runner cyberpunk city but it only consists out of big cubes, cilinders,(extruding etc.) Texturing is something we are gonna learn later.

Do you guys know, which ship or shuttle is easy to begin with? Don't give me the typical joke like: "a borg cube..." I've heard this on other forums and in my class too..  :D

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: Jb06 on November 07, 2011, 05:30:57 PM

Borg Sphere :P

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: flarespire on November 07, 2011, 05:46:47 PM

jb that wasnt funny...
an easy shuttle to do would be the ones seen on enterprise D, as theyre mainly a coupld of hexgonic prisms stuck together.

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: WileyCoyote on November 07, 2011, 08:32:19 PM

If you wanted to go really basic- try building a TOS shuttlecraft.

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: sovereign001 on November 08, 2011, 02:24:23 PM

Mmh thanks for the advice flarespire and wiley!

Jb, you bastard!  :D

But i will try to build perhaps a type 6 shuttle! Any tips you guys have?

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: baz1701 on November 08, 2011, 04:55:14 PM

Very similar to the STV shuttle. When I built that I started with a plan with no segments from the top view and only half across the hull. Using that and your left (or right )plane view extrude the edges and move the verts to build up the shape.

There are some car tutorials on you tube that follow this methood.

hope this helps.

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: Jb06 on November 08, 2011, 05:49:22 PM

Quote from: sovereign001 on November 08, 2011, 02:24:23 PM

Jb, you bastard!  :D

Lol well I had to :P

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: sovereign001 on November 09, 2011, 02:36:14 PM

Thx baz for the help ( i didn't believe you would help me after my comment on your galaxy class..).

I'm watching wiley coyote old livestream for his constitution as wel.

Title: Re: 3Ds Max, building a ship (first time)
Post by: Vbeserk on December 09, 2011, 06:03:37 PM

Try making an Reman Scimitar or Voyager  :funny .
Really, try build something like the TOS Constitution i have already built one(and the people here on the forum knows well how i'm full of trouble when building ships) another basic scratches you can try doing is the Rhode Island or something like the Galaxy but with this one you must have pacience.

If you find this too complicated try making an Borg cylinder  :D (really it is hard to make on the right size) or a Transwarp Hub :P .  :thumbsup: