[Spelljammer] Man-O-War, Approach

Silverblade The Ench · 18th May 2009, 07:23 AM

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MAN-O-WAR - APPROACH
A Man-O-War approaches a far-off planet, a sell-sword on the top deck looks back from whence they came...

made with pre-release version of Vue 7.5 (test version) so not as perfect as I'd have wanted, but...did let me do some fun tricks

galaxy effect i made with a brush in Photoshop, fyi!

showing the rear of the Man-O-War for a change.

Man-O-War, approach

Blackrat · 18th May 2009, 07:46 AM

The stars look a bit artificial I think. Too much red... At this distance, most of them should look white I think... I like the "galaxy" though and the planet is pretty.

Silverblade The Ench · 19th May 2009, 03:38 PM

I wanted a slightly different look with this one

Silversun · 20th May 2009, 05:14 AM

That's a lot of bi/trinary systems, it's an implication of an older galaxy. Nothing wrong with that.

Awesome pic.

Silverblade The Ench · 20th May 2009, 02:09 PM

Silversun,
cheers mate!

oh I should note, my work is NOT meant ot be very realistic, it's usually altered in Photoshop etc to give it a look that I like, ya know?

Photo-realism isn't my thing, for 3D, though my models are very detailed etc.

hanasays · 25th May 2009, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackrat

The stars look a bit artificial I think. Too much red... At this distance, most of them should look white I think... I like the "galaxy" though and the planet is pretty.

I'm inclined to agree with this.

Since you say you like the look, though, and aren't going for 'photorealism' I think part of the problem with the stars is that the stars on the left are very white, and the ones on the right are very red, without much fade between the two... it's like one side of the planet is all white, the other side all red. Maybe you could have a bit more fade between the two - either bring some of the red over into the left side, or some of the white over into the right side.