Spelljammer - Rebuilding the Tradesman, WorkInProgress

Silverblade The Ench · Oct 28, 2012

Rebuilding the Tradesman for about the third time

going into great detail with it this time, including interior stuff like sand ballast in bottom deck etc
using Rhino3D

updating it slowly on my own site,
http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/rhino/rhino3d_2012.htm#rhino_tradesman2012

and bit more dynamically on my Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100004459771639

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frankthedm · Oct 29, 2012

Post smaller pics please, those illos just borked my screen format.

Still it is great to see your work without those 3D modeled humaniods / bipeds. I don't like those at all. It is like they trigger uncanny valley for me. Loved your landscapes and this ship is shaping up real nice.

sabrinathecat · Oct 29, 2012

What program are you using to make this? the ribs look like they could use some UV mapping (same problem I have with my ships).

Silverblade The Ench · Oct 29, 2012

Sabrina
Rhnio3D, and UVmapping and proper texturing gets done last

Silverblade The Ench · Oct 30, 2012

Frankthedm
hey, not all my people are bad!

problem is, to make fine person/critter would take me months, not gonna happen, so I use poser...which is far from perfect but does let me get the poses/items/armour etc I want without hassle of bulding all from scratch
and, Rome wasn't built in a night, I get better over time

just health issues etc been getting in way for long time

link at top of page shows more work, this is single shot from them

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Silverblade The Ench · Nov 5, 2012

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mechanism to secure removable rail section to let passangers/cargo off

Reinforced door to rear section

magicial lights around entrances, I think these would have Invisibility Purge or similar useful functions for the captian who cna afford them

Close up of the "eye"

Current extent of what I've built and some preliminary texturing

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and quick, small preview

sabrinathecat · Nov 5, 2012

Wow. That's pretty amazing work. Well Done!

Silverblade The Ench · Nov 7, 2012

Sabrinathecat
thank you!

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Hand of Evil · Nov 7, 2012

frankthedm · Nov 8, 2012

Silverblade The Ench said:
Frankthedm
hey, not all my people are bad!

True, they are tolerable when the people are dots on the landscape.

I feel it was truly a shame you didn't have a character / creature free copy of Pyramid {Blue version]. That human shaped water balloon ruins the picture, especially with his action figure pose and the critter isn't that helpful to the image. Without them, that picture would definitely be something I'd hang in the living room.