[Spelljammer] Man-O-War, Approach

[Silverblade The Ench]

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.

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[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.

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

I wanted a slightly different look with this one

 

[Silversun]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Rhun]

I'm not a big fan of Spelljammer stuff, but that is a cool pic.

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

Hanasays
the galaxy/nebula on left hand side is what coloured them...it's unavoidable

Rhun,
cheers!

 

[jaerdaph]

Nice work - brings back great memories of Spelljammer!

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

jaerdaph,
brilliant, exactly what I want to do!