Final Render and Composite

Rendering the final shot now!  Things are shaping up.

Now I am passing most of the shots through the make-look-good-erator, which is basically a node setup that adds bloom effects and other nifty, sneaky techniques to make the video look more... uh, more... more good! =D

 As you can see, the images are very similar to each other, but the lower one has passed through the make-look-good-erator and therefore looks more good. =)

Rendering final shot, will be done by Sunday.  Final composite and uploading Part One probably Sunday or Monday! =D

Yay!

Dan

Ice Base Finished

So I'm calling it done. =)

Render Time: 89 hours. =O

Passes: ~6000

Resolution: 3840 x 2160



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The Ice Base Almost Done

I've since added a railing for the hole in the ground, as someone wisely pointed out it needed that.  Safety first on our imaginary ice planet. =D

Huge render over the weekend.  Hopefully I'm almost done. =)

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Ice Base Still Going

Still going on with the ice base.  I'm getting closer to completion, but there's still a lot to do.

Not happy with the lights around the access hole in the floor.  So I'm planning on using one of my nice pre-made lamp models to replace the look.  They come in a variety of shapes. =)



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Ice Base Again

Still needs work on the turrets and fleshing out the minor details.  But we are getting there!

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Gunship Work Continues

I don't know why...

I don't know why, but for some reason I like this render.

Sci-fi Corridor Walk-through and Gunship

A little more work done on the gunship.

A little more work done on the corridor set.

   

Altogether, a little more work. =)

Dockyard Finished!

Another work finished.  This one is goin' on my backdrop.  Feel free to do the same with it if you want.  I won't mind. =)

The Dockyard

Hope you're all doing awesome!

Dan

Minutiae

Starting to fix some details, such as the ground, the antennas and the various details.  Still working on this thing.  Don't know if I'll ever be done this picture! =D

Details, Details, Details...

4K RENDER

Docking Bay 95

Nearly done the docking bay picture. =)

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Space Freighter Finished

The unnamed freighter is finally done! =)  You can buy it here.

And some pictures. =)

Hope you're all doing awesome!

Dan

Unnamed Freighter Continuing Work

Well, more work done on the unnamed freighter.  Almost ready to post on the storefronts.  Rendering one final turntable showing the ship in its pretty much completed state.


I've started work on a picture to showcase the freighter. =)

Getting close to finished, now. =)

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Working on Textures in Blender 2.61

An idea into nodes in the new Cycles renderer in Blender 2.61.  It's a bit cumbersome at first, but I'm sure it'll get easier with time.

Needing to add some specularity maps to the hull so it doesn't look so flat.  But we're nearing the end of exterior texturing, now.  Preparing to upload to storefronts.

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Unnamed Freighter Textures 2

So working on textures some more.  I was able to figure out how to fade out the textures a bit to let the geometry show through more.  Now we're getting somewhere!  I'm starting to like the direction this is going in.  Still have to add some decals and whatnot.  I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to do that, but we'll figure something out. =)

I'm not thrilled with the doors inside the hatches.  I've got to fix those up, now.  Otherwise, she's really starting to come together!

Dan

Unnamed Freighter Textures

I struggle with texturing.  It's not as easy as modeling for me, for some reason.  So far, we've got the general texture.  Still have to add the detail textures, like arrows and warnings and text.  Unfortunately, as seems to be the case with my textures, I'm not thrilled with how the model looks with the textures applied.

Hopefully it'll work.

Dan

Unnamed Freighter Update

Exterior is pretty much finished!  Unless I add more details...which I don't think I will.  I still need to texture it, but I'm not thrilled with the idea of doing that.

Next up: getting it ready for the Internet sales, and then working on the interior, should I still have enough creative juices! I'm really happy with how it's turned out. =)

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Unnamed Freighter Turntable

The unnamed freighter.

Click for higher resolution.

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Getting Pretty Close

Getting pretty close to completing the exterior modeling on the unnamed freighter.

Still have to add the aft hatchway and build the interior.  I'm uncertain how I'm going to do the aft hatch, to be perfectly honest.

Dan