Competition #13 - Z-trooper

[Nielsen]

Saddened to hear that, I thought it was quite an interesting design.
Good luck with your next design.

[nikuskwas]

Ok... I'll wait for those new concepts!!! -- Just one thing: I like very very much that front part of the second ship you did.

Nick

[Tom]

Originally Posted by nikuskwas

Ok... I'll wait for those new concepts!!! -- Just one thing: I like very very much that front part of the second ship you did.

Nick

The truth is that I liked it in my head - but when I played around with it on a model I hated it.

[nistrum]

i would however reccomend keeping that style for the engines.. its really nice... im sure you can fudge it into whatever else you do..

[Tom]

Originally Posted by nistrum

i would however reccomend keeping that style for the engines.. its really nice... im sure you can fudge it into whatever else you do..

Haha, funny you should recommend that. They are at the core of my design especially the back/engine part will be pretty dominant.

Expect curves.

Anyways I just thought I'd pay my tribute to this outdated warship by posting some renders so people can get a feel for it (wireframe style - yea that are a lot of edges that could have been removed)
And since I was going for a totally different direction I thought they could maybe serve as inspiration to some of the other designers that was going for a similar style.



And here I have made a render of the development process if that is any inspiration.



Speaking of inspiration; you can always check out my posts here:

http://www.game-artist.net/forums/ge...paceships.html

There is A LOT of different styles and helpful sizes and such.

Have fun, until next update .

[Fleshen]

http://www.eve-files.com/media/12/eve_chart-rmr.jpg

If you need some inspiration take a look at that link. Its a chart of all the ships in EVE until the realeas of trinity where some new ships where added.

[retardedmonkey]

Originally Posted by Z-trooper

By stepping out of my comfort zone (industrial-ish design) I have to make other stuff work that I dont usually like so I'll be spending more time designing it - which I hope will show off in the end.

I like the ship that you had originally, but I think you're right. Also it is very good that you decided to step out of your zone and try something new. Pushing yourself with something you don't usually make is a very good idea. You'll learn plenty from trying new styles.

Designing it is the fun part dude, so I'm glad your goin to be spending more time on that. It's hard to beat a well thought out model, and it removes alot of annoyance in the modeling stage as you can enter into it with a clear idea of how it will be. Thus making for a solid end product!

I'm looking forward to the concepts

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Fleshen

http://www.eve-files.com/media/12/eve_chart-rmr.jpg

If you need some inspiration take a look at that link. Its a chart of all the ships in EVE until the realeas of trinity where some new ships where added.

Thanks, but its also in the post I mentioned in the post above

Originally Posted by retardedmonkey

I like the ship that you had originally, but I think you're right. Also it is very good that you decided to step out of your zone and try something new. Pushing yourself with something you don't usually make is a very good idea. You'll learn plenty from trying new styles.

Designing it is the fun part dude, so I'm glad your goin to be spending more time on that. It's hard to beat a well thought out model, and it removes alot of annoyance in the modeling stage as you can enter into it with a clear idea of how it will be. Thus making for a solid end product!

I'm looking forward to the concepts

I know. I have thought a lot about the concept I had, but stepping outside the comfort zone makes me think about stuff I usually take for granted.

I know it often seems like I'm rushing ahead when I start posting models but to quote myself:

Originally Posted by Z-trooper

Yea, I've already send one concept to the trash can, so a lot of stuff can still happen. I know that people like to draw, but they must understand that not everyone can draw as a pro artist. And besides I think much more in "3D", so I like to explore concepts there - sure it takes longer than drawing, but then again we have a long time.

The time I spend on modeling is used pretty much the same way as people draw. I just better know how stuff looks in 3D, and the ability to adjust it right away in stead of drawing 30 curved lines to get it right on paper (and then I would have erased the paper to shreds)


I am not done with the initial drawings yet but I can reveal that my inspirations are:

- Star Wars (Slave 1 - Boba Fetts ship)
- Homeworld 2 (pride of hiigara)
- Warhammer 40K, Eldar style (especially helmets and vehicles - flacon grav tanks)
- Minority Report (Police helicopter)

For the mothership I have a idea that havent been used that much yet - the "fighters" are a part of the mothership, and they power it too.

More updates soon.

[Fleshen]

Haha ok my error. Im not the most therall forum surfer.

[requiem2d]

I'm not sure why but someone I think it'd be really unique if you went with a single large wing on one side as opposed to identical smaller ones on both sides.