Recently named cruise ship: Olympic

[Meph]

Long time no thread-starting, especially since the forum crash but I decided to dust of some old WIP's and slowly try to finish them as my free time allows. It's been a while since I've had the time done some personal 3D work.

this one is first in the pipe line, it's a concept for space-opera style cruise ship, no weapons, no fighters or torpedo tubes but rest and relaxation for the wickedly rich

I changed the engine housings to be a bit more elegant and light compared to the original 'sketch' but I guess I have been staring at it too long so I could use some suggestions and thoughts to the general shape and layout of the ship.

It's roughly divided into 3 sections; The front bow section the passenger section, the black dome is to become an arboretum, the front black section will be an open promenade with multiple floors, and the black gothic window will hopefully be a big concert/opera hall.
the Middle section is the crew section as well as the bridge on top and the docking or landing bays.
The rear section is the engineering section with the engines standing apart from the hull and as rearward as possible for safety concerns (ejecteable engine pods perhaps?)

I'm pretty happy with the bow section but I'm a bit troubled with the bridge and rear sections. I'm pretty satisfied with the general layout and shape but something is bothering me and I can't put my finger on it.

So I'm throwing this WIP to the wolves

Any crits and comments are welcome but do take into account that is just a rough concept shape/sketch to get a good feel of the shape and look


[EDIT] I removed the oldest pics to be able to update the thumbnail

[SandmanNinja]

hi...

I like it. It has an almost organic feel to it, yet...not. I am not a fan of organic ships. I guess I'm a near-future kinda person.

I like the angles on the engines. Like how the Bridge comes up.

[Meph]

Cheers mate.

Well, the plan is to have it finished like it's a clean and streamlined cruiser. The organics is just a fluidity in shape, I intend to model plates so it's clearly identifiable as human-built. The idea is that it's a pretty big ship (500m+)

[Ozylot]

Cool! It almost looks like it could float.

Good start... looking forward to more.

[Beowulf]

hmmmmmmmm . looks like it would fit in the BG universe...

[Prime_8]

looks like a battle axe head .

nice

[Meph]

Progress! Woohoo!

I did some work on the bow section, flesjhing out the shape etc etc. the original plan was to refine the rough shape, progressively getting more detailed.
Somehow I started doing some rough detailing but then zoned out for a while.
Here's what I found after regaining consciousness.

The speaker-like array above the viewing deck are intended to be articulated floodlights for lighting while docking and investigating suspiscious derelict spacecraft :O

[Meph]

One more

[Meph]

Couldn't resist...

[Darth Malice]

Nice Meph, beautiful work...