USS Grandeur - Final Version

[Vektor]

Originally Posted by JDR

Have to admit I've never been quite sold on this design, and there are a few things I'm still not keen on, but overall, I think its looking REALLY good. Now get some damned windows in it!

Windows will be just about the last things I do on this model since I won't be able to do much to the hull once they are cut into it. I might start adding them in a few places fairly soon but the vast majority of them will have to wait a while yet.

[Vektor]

Originally Posted by -MerlyN-

Truely a masters work! I am wondering, alls the smooth edges, are they modeled or are you using some plugins like f-edge or something to smooth them? I can hardly imagine them to be modeled at 220k faces...

Everything is modeled, no special plugins. Most of the secondary hull is a collection of Sub-D objects, almost none of which have been frozen or optimized yet, and the primary hull is a mix of lathed shapes, Sub-D's and other objects. The edges on the Sub-D's are pretty smooth but most everything else still needs work.

[Vektor]

Originally Posted by BorgMan

Vec... Are those grilles directly under the nacelles impulse engines?

No. They're mainly aesthetic, but I suppose you might rationalize them as flush vents for waste matter pulled in by the bussard collectors. At one point I though about making them impulse engines when I was struggling to find another place for them on the stardrive section, but I went with the single engine on the back of the neck section instead.

[kwallie]

what a wonderful vessel... I surely like it dude...!

[Vektor]

Originally Posted by Tallguy

Is it just me, or do some of you textures seem influenced by the work you're doing on the Kiaga? Great looking stuff.

There is some recent influence. It's basically the same material for both ships, but the plating pattern is smaller and denser on the Grandeur and the reflectivity is not as high. You have to remember, though, that these are still temporary textures, even though they don't look half bad as they are if I do say so. The final texturing will be similar but much more precise.

[EBOLII]

there used to be a website were you had all the work you done?......gone?

[Vektor]

My old website, www.vektorsdomain.com, has changed to Vektor Visual - Home. I recently rebuilt the site from scratch and I haven't gotten any farther than the basic framework, but I hope to have samplings of most of my past work up there within the next couple of months. For the moment, there are links to all of my current projects on forums like Scifi-Meshes.

[Lord_Trekie]

This ship looks amazing, keep up the awesome work.

[blacklion148]

not bad at all

[Starship]

Originally Posted by blacklion148

not bad at all

Not bad ? Are you crazy ? This is a kickass modelling job !