StarDestroyer.Net BBS

Just took a pretty good SSD model and put in my Dreadnought and Destroyer over a planet background.....What you think?

It's decent, but get those filthy rebel scum insignias off that beautiful warship.

Its a model of the Lusankya unfortunately.....

Kinda a boring angle. I would add a little more of an extreme perspective by tilting the bows more so they are angled at the planet and bring their asses closer to the viewer.

The Vortex Empire wrote:get those filthy rebel scum insignias off that beautiful warship.

............I need someone who can add in some cool engine lighting effects and such.

Good to see General Antillies' old bird is flying strong. Ignore the nay-sayers, it looks beautiful with the Alliance Starbird on it.

The little ship is really hard to see, might I suggest adding a few more of them (if your system can handle it) or moving the one that's there closer to the camera?

Also, make it 1600x900, 'cause I could use a new desktop image.

Anyway, if you're going to go all-out on this one, you should have patrols in the sky - X-Wing or A-Wing flights, maybe a few escorting MC30 frigates or CEC-90 Corvettes, and more of the destroyers. After all, who better than General Antillies (possibly excepting Luke Skywalker) knows that no matter how big the ship, one lunatic with a starfighter, a proton torpedo and the Force can bring it down?

Uhm, I think that the main problem is that the ships feel a bit tacked on the background, because the light on them comes from a different direction (one even projects a impossibile shadow on the other); you should try redoing the rendering after moving your lights to roughly match the star in the background.

Not sure how to make it post full size, but if you want one PM me and ill send it to you.

I think those are MC80 Star Cruisers. Scaling looks like it might be nearly right, though.

It's looking fairly good, though I must say that that dreadnought of yours must be huge if it compares reasonably to an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer.

Well, I scaled the SSD to 19000m and the Dreadnought is 13500m. The smaller destroyers are about 950m long.

Looks a bit too bright on the shaded side of the ships. Try increasing the contrast on the ships, or trying to replicate where the light source in the background image would be when rendering the ships. I assume this is a 3-pt light setup, with no global illumination on? If you can with your renderer, turn on GI, and try area shadows, which are awesome for space scenes.

P.S.
Did the guy who made the SSD really have to make those phoenix emblems a couple dozen meters thick? Fix that for him, please

The only illumination setup im aware with Sketchup is one were the sun is used for shading. You can change what time of day and what time of year and the darkness and lightness. The picture is just the vessels photoshopped onto the planet scene.

Grahf: Seeker Of Power wrote:Well, I scaled the SSD to 19000m and the Dreadnought is 13500m. The smaller destroyers are about 950m long.

Yeah, I figured it was reasonably comparable in size. That's okay - it looks like it has a lot more vertical bulk; anyway, the Imperial ship-builders certainly don't have a monopoly on fuckhuge vessels.

I agree with Fractalsponge that the Alliance Starbird is far, far too thick. It should be painted on, not welded.

As far as Sketchup and giving you trouble, you could try fudging the light - arrange the scene to put the sun roughly where the star in the image will be? That'll result in a very long shadow situation, but that can be dramatic.

Ah, I wasn't aware sketchup's rendering was that limited. There's always Kerkythea, which is a free raytracing-capable renderer. I've never used it, but I believe it does work with Sketchup: http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/

So, I have NO idea what i'm doing but I fumbled my way through some of it.

No using SU Podium for Sketchup which is a built-in simple rendering plug-in. Check it out:











Does any know why they wont post up full size?

Grahf, are your models on the Sketchup 3D warehouse? I cant find them anywhere, and I'd like to convert a couple and try them in pictures or animation.

Just let me know which ones you want.

The little fighter for starters. Dont you have a download section on the warehouse then? Seems a shame not to share your creations, I'm sure people would like to use them.