Star Wars: Republic Cruiser
 

Hi

I'm modelling this Republic Cruiser for a Star Wars fan film I'm doing some sfx for

It isn't going to be an exact copy of the one used in the film, the director wants it to be slightly altered so it looks a bit modified
Plus as it only appeared in the film for a very short time there aren't that many reference picture of it

http://www.btinternet.com/~scorpy/Re...ser_wip_11.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~scorpy/Re...ser_wip_12.jpg

Very nice detail;) everything is beveled nice work

Nice one Jimbo! And welcome aboard!

Welcome to SM Tolerate.. :p
i like the level of detail this has..

Mmmmmm... :)

Talk about detail! This is looking great. I cant wait to see it fully textured. How did you know to put all that stuff there? Did you make it all up?

I was given this link

Republic Cruiser

I made a lot of the little detail up to fit around the general geometry I've seen in these images on that site coz some of the pictures seem quite fuzzy

nice link man.. damn, i'm startin' to think of makin' one of my own too..
yea, the pics where kinda fuzzy.. nice work you've done so far.. how about an update... :p

very nice looking model ur doing there, im sure all that bevel makes your scene really heavy doesnt it ? :) but thats life...
send us some progress pics
ho and welcome to sm man

It does make it pretty heavy yeah, but then I am looking at making this ones of the most detailed versions of this ship this side of ILM :)

that would be nice wouldnt it ? :D

As you asked so nicely for an update, here you go

It's not much of an update but I have the day off work tomorrow so I plan to do quite a bit more

http://www.btinternet.com/~scorpy/Re...ser_wip_13.jpg

Just incase you were wondering, that is mayas default renderer too :)

Wow, so much detail! Do you model after a blueprint, or are you such a star wars freak, that you know inside out where every nut is placed?:D

Regards

Markuz

ermm, pretty much a star wars freak

i listen to the soundtracks when i model, it helps me concentrate

Well, when I would listen to these great soundtracks while modeling, I would have to concentrate on the superb music;).

Done some more today, started on the mid section

http://www.btinternet.com/~scorpy/Re...ser_wip_14.jpg

Now that I have done some more, I'm off to the pub :D

Gotta love the amount of detail!
Great Job! keep on it!

how heavy is it?

I wonder, is this a 100% poly-model Tolerate?

it's about 95% poly, i decided to make it poly coz it has the best texturing tools

nice details man.. :p

Wowee, you are really good. Looks alot like the "real" (I wish) thing. Keep going!

I think one of the most tricky things for this model will be the animatable landing gear

nice man
how long u been @ maya ?
:D congrtas :beer:

been using it for about 3 years, since version 2.5

Looks GREAT man!

Can't wait to see it shaded, lit and rendered:)

Whoohoo!

Using RAT? Looks good! Really looking forward to seeing this progress :)

Darkon

Nah, all those images are from Maya native renderer, but I am experimenting with MR at the moment

I would love to use RAT but I can't program the shaders and RAT5 doesn't work with Maya 4.5 :(

Here is a final gathering render of it using MR 1.5 beta

http://www.btinternet.com/~scorpy/Re...ser_wip_15.jpg

Looking very nice m8

David :)

This picture is now copied to my HDD :)

Great Render! :D

I have a question though, when you render Final Gathering, does your object lose its shaders? or can you use Final Gathering with a textured object?

lookin' really nice man.. :p

your render will still keep the textures when you render with final gathering, I just haven't done any textures for it yet

Not a lot of detail but maybe this pic will help...

RADIANT VII - REPUBLIC CRUISER

Posted this link on undseths post as well, but in case you dont see it, here it is for you. Maybe it will help.
GILSO SCHEMATICS

:beer:

thanks a lot

i'll use them a bit, but i'm not a big fan of star wars schematics as there aren't any made of the ships made in the movies

there are the oficial ones but they are different from the ones used in the movies, at least thats what i noticed

Hhhey... nice...

one question :banana:

those test renders.. how did U do them?
did U use fakeGI plugins or ambient lights? or some other way maybe?

have tryed to do renders like those... but NO! :D

The first ones were done with the default renderer, 1 ambient light and 1 ray-traced diectional light

this one and the last ones were done with mental ray using final gathering

the main difference between the last 2 is the asdded detail on the midsection and the top part the joins the mid section to the rear section has had some bits added

http://www.btinternet.com/~scorpy/Re...ser_wip_16.jpg

i'll do a close up of the mid section while i'm at work and post it when i get home

man i wish i could retire and i'm only 21

here is that other render i promised

http://www.btinternet.com/~scorpy/Re...ser_wip_17.jpg

i know that it is a bit difficult to see all the detail, but that it because of the final gathering quality

very nicely detailed! you have put in a lot of effort and it shows!

nice WIP

i took a bit of a break from doing this for a bit but i spent some time this weekend doing some textures for it