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07-09-2008, 01:02 PM
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| SFM Nugget  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Age: 27
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| Dyson-Yoyodine Intra-System Transport Do you get what it is from the title yet? I'm a big fan of the dark ages of space exploration, the unwritten lost history of scifi. Things like the DY-100 interest me. The dangerous and heroic days of early interstellar exploration. Remember, it's the first dangerous voyages of exploration that are written about in epic and song, not the family trip on a jumbo jet centuries later. I was roaming through some rocket webpages when I stubbled upon these awesome images. They are not mine but they greatly inspired me. http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ay_image-1.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ay_image-1.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...otany_bay2.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...supadetail.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tanyBay159.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...anyBay161b.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tanyBay162.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tanyBay163.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tanyBay165.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tanyBay166.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...anyBay195b.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...anyBay202b.jpg I thought the submarine look of the original was not practical.. so I took a mesh I got from Trekmeshes and just took it apart. About the only thing that remains from it is the general hexagonal shape of the main hull and part of the bow. I added some much needed attitude control trusters, and mated a Space Shuttle body on top for a more realistic crew compartment. The rest is almost random and organic. Here are the WIP pics.   The DY-300 model I just tried to make it the same tech level as my huge explorer and Anti-matter ship.  |
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07-09-2008, 01:15 PM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: Adam Kopala Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Poland Age: 19
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| Those are some really nice ships  I think the DY300 is the best of the bunch. It looks very beliveable and different from the other ships. However, if you're using parts from downloaded models, I think you will have to credit the original creators  |
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07-09-2008, 01:40 PM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: Marian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Romania Age: 21
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 | Cool reimagined DY ships. |
| "For I dipt in to the future, far as human eye could see; Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be..." - Alfred Tennyson (U.S.S. Voyager dedication plaque) | |
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07-09-2008, 02:39 PM
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| SFM Obsessed  | Quote:
 Interesting takes on the design there The biggest one (on the right in the all versions image) is the one that looks the best to me | |
| unofficial speed modelling challenge #1 - Communication devices My random WIP thread which includes some hints and tips on modelling which _may_ be useful for the link above...! | ||
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07-15-2008, 10:13 AM
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| SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Age: 27
Posts: 46
| I've been tossing and turning and couldn't sleep with a brainstorm. At the moment my comp is rendering a 3 second animation that is taking sofar 8 hours to do 7 frames of 45.. so all I have is time. The original DY-100 was shaped so that it was possible to 'complete' the octagon shape of the cargo pods behind the conning tower. Should I do the same? It would mean cutting in half the top crew compartment or moving it forward and lengthening the hull as well. Only problem with this is that it would complicate things in getting the damn thing into orbit. <=== Why? How? well this is the animation I am working on at the moment. I like to be comprehensive in my designs. Not only do make a model, I'm obsessive enough to try and building a whole infrastructure around it too. YouTube - blastoff |
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07-15-2008, 04:49 PM
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| SFM Guru  Join Date: May 2006 Location: the praeternatural tower Age: 50
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|  The original blueprints are from Paul Davies, who used to be a member here at SciFi-Meshes. With his permission, I created a model of his blueprints, using Blender. Mine are the images you found inspiring. Leif Ericson: Submarines in Space Botany Bay Gallery 01 Botany Bay Gallery 02 Botany Bay Gallery 03 |
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