Halo Fleet Profile Sheets

[liam887]

THIS THREAD HAS BEEN UPDATED AND MOVED TO THE 3DWIP'S SECTION, IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANY NEW UPDATES LOOK FOR IT IN THAT SECTION.

I was so impressed by the fighter profile sheets I decided to make my own from my Halo inspired models. I cannot match the illustration as well as others but I can model and my images are just renders of my models not illustrations. Below is an updated list of most of the ships I have done so far. Not all of them have profile sheets yet though im concentrating on the ship models first.

(EDIT) after a bit of practice ive abandoned all renders, most of the work you see in the latter parts of the thread is illustration over a simple untextured mesh.

Supercarrier 100%
Carrier 100%
Phoenix Class Colony Ship 100%
Marathon Class Cruiser 100%
Archangel Class Heavy Cruiser 100%
Halcyon Class Cruiser 100%
Overwatch Class 100%
Longsword 100%
Frigate 100%
Lance Class Frigate 100%
Sector Outpost 100%
Utility Tug 100%
Work Bee 100%
Mobile Repair Station (similar to cradle) 100%
Mars Sector Shipyards 100%
Drop Pod 100%
Deystroyer 100%
Pelican Dropship 100%
Heavy Pelican 100%
Insertion Pelican 100%
Mako Class Corvette 100%
Prowler 100%
Troop Transport 100%
Tanker 100%
Medical Corvette 100%
Search & Rescue Pelican 100%

Freighter 0%
Tactical Escape Vehicle 0%
Parabola Class Freighter 0%
If anybody knows any other Halo ships I should add to the list feel free to add!

[the phoenix]

its an awesome rendering. i hope to see more ships soon.

[liam887]

Unsc Carrier 'stalingrad'

[Tovette]

These are great, liam887. The layouts make me want to work on my ships for my universe. :)

[liam887]

lol i think those fighter profile sheets have got everyone on the bandwagon it was such a good idea i wish i had thought of doing it earlier its the bess way to present my models i think as i have so many!

[PQ]

I like these designs. Is it coincidence or did you use the Sulaco from Aliens as an inspiration. I think the "spikes" of the Sentry and the one end of the carrier reminded me of that great ship. Nice work! I always loved the designs of the Halo Universe and your ships fit very well

[liam887]

No its not coincidence lol everybody asks that question. I think the halo and aliens ships could fit together in the same universe i draw my inspiration from both artistic pools

[liam887]

Halcyon Class Cruiser, the famed 'Pillar of Autumn'

[B.J.]

I think your views, especially the wireframe ones of the Halcyon Class, would benefit from being an orthographic projection, rather than perspective. But nice work overall!

[liam887]

yer i know im going to go back and change all my sheets once ive made some standardized templates that will better but in the meantime im just doing these profile sheets to get all of my Halo ships out there. Once they are all done im going to put them all in some template profile sheets im designing in illustrator and in design.

[liam887]

Heavy Cruiser

[bbzwbbzw]

Really great stuff Liam! I like the layout and the write ups. Your work has really inspired me to learn sketchup. Look forward to seeing more.

[liam887]

Marathon Class

[liam887]

im currently working on the longsword, escape pod, ryes mc'lees shipyards, reach station gamma.

[liam887]

i never finished all of my halo models and now im doing this project I can finally go back to them! this model was originally reach station gamma but the design in the books is nothing like this so this is now just renamed 'mars sector shipyards'. These images are from months ago and im going back to re-work them now. The model is basically a giant scaffold construction and refit yard, sorry no AA so the details are missed out when i get 3dsmax8 up and running on my MAC you will see what i mean! the halcyon class is out of proportion I know i wil fix that soon, credit to warsock ive used his frigate model to get the scaling right.

[bbzwbbzw]

Thats incredible! How long did it take you to get to this level of expertise in sketchup?

[liam887]

not very long i just used it a lot when i first got it and practiced whenever i coulld. Ive been using it for about two years i think?

[liam887]

Ffg 307

[liam887]

well my shipyards need texturing but the model is pretty much done so I thought id post what its like so far. Its prob gonna take weeks to texture so ill update the images when its done and add my text. Ive finished the longsword, heavy pelican, black ops insertion pelican, search and rescue pelican, and drop drop pod. Just need to do the write ups then ill post em.

[liam887]

UNSC supercarrier Trafalger

[liam887]

Utility Tug

[liam887]

E-133 Sentry

[liam887]

Sector Outpost

[Tovette]

That orange tug in the top attachments looks alot like a ship in Homeworld 2...
http://shipyards.relicnews.com/hw2/images/concept_Freighter.jpg

[liam887]

yer it is basically. Its a tanker that didnt quite make it into homeworld 2 called the Kunde i decided to make it a civillian cargo hauler in the halo universe. That image isnt the one i used in refernces though there is another one floating about somewhere it doesnt have the hanger in the top and has a control spire at the rear. Im prob going to reuse all my old non-halo models as civillian ships and model the UNSC ships myself otherwise its gonna take ages.
Here is what I used for reference i think this is the concept of the one you where thinking of:http://shipyards.relicnews.com/hw2/images/display.htm?comp_Incomplete-RCtanker.jpg

If you go to this site you can get some great ideas for models:
Homeworld 2 Concept Art (http://shipyards.relicnews.com/hw2/concept.htm)

[Tovette]

Yeah I love HW2 ship designs. I've used them a bit for Project Cosmos. You can't go wrong being inspired by HW2. :D

[liam887]

Colony Class Refit

[rms8_347]

M O R E






please:D

[bbzwbbzw]

M O R E






please:D

Ditto

[liam887]

lol no worries im working on it, im not happy with my sheets im still working on the mother of all layouts but its still in its infrancy, im trying to make an interactive one on flash but having difficulties with stupid things, these sheets are sort of a preview. Im working on the actual models at the moment.
heres the list so far if anybody has something to add feel free
Supercarrier 100%
Carrier 100%
Phoenix Class Colony Ship 100%
Marathon Class Cruiser 100%
Archangel Class Heavy Cruiser 100%
Halcyon Class Cruiser 100%
Overwatch Class 100%
Frigate 100%
Sector Outpost 100%
Utility Tug 100%
Freighter 99%
Work Bee 99%
Mars Sector Shipyards 90%
Drop Pod 99%
Pelican Dropship 75%
Heavy Pelican 75%
Insertion Pelican 75%
Search & Rescue Pelican 75%
Longsword 50%
Corvette 0%
Prowler 0%
Tactical Escape Vehicle 0%
Cradle Repair Station 0%
Parabola Class Freighter 0%
Destroyer 0%

[Caeser4031]

Where is the destroyer?

[liam887]

yeah forgot bout that one! Just working on tactical escape vehicle at the moment

[Caeser4031]

Its all good, I was just curious what the Iroquois looked like all this time...I was thinkin it would be either a smaller version of the Marathon or a beefier Frigate, maybe without the fork and instead one big hull with the side engines.

[liam887]

yeah pretty spot on actually, just 7 meters longer than the frigate but much more armored and no central fork just one solid mass. Ive already made about half the model for that class of ship but ive been working on other models at the moment so havent had a chance to go back to it.

[Caeser4031]

well i will be waiting eagerly for it!!!

[liam887]

ive basically finished my mobile repair station just needs some extra scaffold, will post an image later today. Its essentially larger than 'cradle' station, and can accomodate more ships. It houses refinerys and small factory, machineshops so its able to produce and reapir on a large scale while out in space as long as it has access to the raw materials it needs.

[brad sevn]

all yours are ace man love hw2 and halo

[liam887]

well here is a pic of the repair station so far just need a little more scaffold and bulkier engines.

[liam887]

all yours are ace man love hw2 and halo
eh?

[liam887]

Where is the destroyer?
here!

[Caeser4031]

Nice!! Cant wait for details!

[liam887]

yer working on it now just re read fall of reach for some ideas

[liam887]

frigate / destroyer escorted by two mako-class corvettes

[bbzwbbzw]

Wow those are nice! I love the engine details.

[Caeser4031]

What are you going to name her?

[Caeser4031]

Also, while I like the extra armor and what not, I always imagined her with somewhat of a conning tower on her dorsal like the frigates have...something to make her just a bit taller but not stick out like a sail. Is she going to have droppods or pelican bays like the frigate or be more centered around the ships gun(s)?

[liam887]

UNSC Iroquois of course, complete with two sets of crimson warpaint,
no it wont have a conning tower like the frigate that would just be a sticking out target and this is supposed to be a heavily armed/armored ship, it will have the same pelican bay as the frigate on the underside however!

[Caeser4031]

Good to go! I think by far this one and the Frigate are my favorites. Marathon a close third :)

[liam887]

here are some views of the completed models so far

[liam887]

and some more...

[liam887]

some of the smaller ships...
( the supercarrier and tug seem to have got lost in the bottomless well of my hard drive, post them when foud!

[liam887]

foud them!

[Caeser4031]

Your destroyer and carrier are growing on me! I've always loved the frigate design. I gotta say, you have outdone urself on these. Look forward to more posts.

[liam887]

thanks its been a while coming but im fineally making some progress on the modelling. Ive started rendering the sketchup models in poser 7 it takes about 17 seconds to render as apposed to 40-50 mins in turbosketch! im going to start a 3dwip for the modeling of the fleet and keep this 2dwip for the profile sheets! yeah i love the deystroyer but my colony ship is my favourite!

[liam887]

mako class finished. This is a pretty detailed SU model took a while to get right, has changed a lot since my first design. You can see it in more detail over in the 3DWIP's

[liam887]

not quite finished but here goes so far: (image deleted see below for update )

[liam887]

yeah just noticed some spelling mistakes have to correct them in the morning!

[bbzwbbzw]

That looks great! Very well done and much better than the original layout.

[liam887]

Not quite happy with it still needs some m ore details on the template, especially the right hand side but here is an update:

[Dawn_Under_Heav]

great job liam

[japme]

Hi LIAM. Lovin your ships, and it just hit me, some of the capital ships have section that are identical/similar to the USS Sulaco( believe that is the right spelling; not sure what show it is from, if any).

examples:

the engines on the supercarrier
the nose on the spectre
the upper nose and engine on the regular carrier

[liam887]

yeah pretty much, ive lost count of how many times somebody has said "hey that looks like the sulaco "lol. As i had so many ships to make initially i made a pack of components engines, plating etc. That way i can make a new ship in a couple of hours rather than days. At first i thought the engine designs would be temp placeholders but after a while i liked the engines and the shapes so much i decided to just leave them. Maybe i will go back and change them once everything is done or maybe make another component pack for the engines to change each one slightly?, lol.

[Admiral of the UNSC]

Please more Ships . The Design is verry god

[liam887]

iVE CLOSED MY 3DWIP THREAD, ALL HALO SHIPS WILL NOW ONLY BE FEATURED IN THIS THREAD!.
Well here is my new ship. My universe has been moved to 10 years after the human covenant war. The humans are in a shakey alliance with the elites and certain factions of the old covenant but many breakaway factions and loyalists still pose a huge threat. The human military machine is only a shadow of what it once was but with the infusion of covenant technology new ships are coming into service as well as upgraded old hull designations. Some inner colonies are starting to flourish again with refugees returning to the few still habitable worlds. The flood although largely destroyed at the battle of the ark still poses a threat to the galaxy, although not space-bourne is still present in many forerunner containment facilities around the galaxy. The new alliance have taken it upon themselves to hunt down and eradicate what is left as well as waging a constant war against what is left of the covenant.

Here is a new line of Frigate the 'Lance Class'. Somewhat larger than the old FFG and with major upgrades. Most noteably the power systems upgraded to support shield technology and advanced weapons. Plasma and laser based weaponry does exist but only on specialized hybrid vessels.

The image on the left is the profile sheet and on the right some different views. Yep im still using SU to model but I dont really need anything else. Im using other programmes to render however but usually just painting over the SU models in CS3

[liam887]

updated profile sheet. The model on the right hand side is the hunter killer version complete with extra armour, more powerful weapons and war paint!

[liam887]

my computer was at apple getting fixed all week so havent done much Uni work as its on the hard drive so ive been doing some more of this. Here are some updates of this ship, when its done ill paint it up in photoshop the textures here are just placeholders until its finshed.
Ive added a bridge, hangers and point defences.

[B.J.]

Interesting looking paint job on that. Those are some big teeth!

Also, it's spelled "hangar", with two "a"s. A hanger is what you put your clothes on. :D

[Pheonix]

:eek!:wow! excellent job!

[Marian87]

GOOD work Liam like always, haven't seen you on msn lately (although neither was i on it :P)...hope your doing fine at university.
Good Luck

[Pheonix]

Here is a new line of Frigate the 'Lance Class'. Somewhat larger than the old FFG and with major upgrades. Most noteably the power systems upgraded to support shield technology and advanced weapons. Plasma and laser based weaponry does exist but only on specialized hybrid vessels.

of course you realize that UNSC Prowlers were equipped with at least two Pulse Lasers? UNSC Prowler - Halopedia, the Halo Wiki - The definitive source for Halo information (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/UNSC_Prowler)

[liam887]

yeah but the pule lasers are only small I was talking about the 'big guns' that are mounted on the larger capital ships. Ive already made a prowler with pulse lasers I think its a couple of pages back. Here are some pics of the final'ish deign. Ive added new archer type missle pods also.
The shark job has gone as im not texturing this im painting it up in photoshop when its finished, the model is just to get the basic shapes and colors.

[Tovette]

Thats pretty awesome. I love the all the different shapes.

[Pheonix]

yeah but the pule lasers are only small I was talking about the 'big guns' that are mounted on the larger capital ships. Ive already made a prowler with pulse lasers I think its a couple of pages back. Here are some pics of the final'ish deign. Ive added new archer type missle pods also.
The shark job has gone as im not texturing this im painting it up in photoshop when its finished, the model is just to get the basic shapes and colors.

if memory serves correctly, the pulse lasers were primarily for point defense with a secondary anti-shipping role. when you talk about the big guns, are you talking about the Plasma cannons?

btw, i looked and i can't find the Prowler. can you post it?

love the Lance class frigate. my favorite so far:thumb:

[liam887]

must have deleted it a while ago to make space. Its not finishd but heres what I had completed so far:

[SebastianP]

Wow. These all look great. When I try to make ships like this the results are usually mediocre at best, which is why I tend to stick to more "stealth-like" designs when I model. Yours look excellent, though...

Oh well, more modelling = more skills = better models. Hopefully I won't be stuck where I am skillwise forever.. :-)

Keep up the good work, and I'll go see if I can find the Halo novels to read... :-)

SP

[liam887]

dont worry youll be ok.Im not to bothered about using sketchup, i know its not as good as the other programs out there but it suits me, its easy and quick and i know it inside out. If i could go back it time id probably of learnt another program like lightwave. Ive only been using 3D for three years and its only this last year I have improved so dont despair the more you practice the better you will get.

[liam887]

here is a turret design from the post covenant war era. It will be mounted on most of the capital ships I have yet to create, for the moment it will have to do with the lance and mako class. Its not finished yet but I think im going to leave it as its already 20MB and if im adding 8 to my frigate model which hasnt even been greebeled itself yet! it prob wouldnt be a good idea for my machine :-(
Well im pretty happy with it anyway, basically its a directed energy weapon, very powerful and used in short two second bursts.The heat sinks are to dissapate the huge amounts of excess heat energy used in firing. The energy can also be stored in small cells located along the spine of each sink, this can then be stored for use at a later date. The system is also capeable of operating without power form the ship for small amounts of time (even longer if the energy cells are at full charge).

[Pheonix]

here is a turret design from the post covenant war era. It will be mounted on most of the capital ships I have yet to create, for the moment it will have to do with the lance and mako class. Its not finished yet but I think im going to leave it as its already 20MB and if im adding 8 to my frigate model which hasnt even been greebeled itself yet! it prob wouldnt be a good idea for my machine :-(
Well im pretty happy with it anyway, basically its a directed energy weapon, very powerful and used in short two second bursts.The heat sinks are to dissapate the huge amounts of excess heat energy used in firing. The energy can also be stored in small cells located along the spine of each sink, this can then be stored for use at a later date. The system is also capeable of operating without power form the ship for small amounts of time (even longer if the energy cells are at full charge).

nice. can it be used in an anti-ship mode?

[liam887]

its been a while since any updates. Ive finished the new frigate and have re-designed the supercarrier in the meantime. Here is a picture of the supercarrier with a colony ship and two frigates for size comparison. Its not finished yet its been difficult to paint with a mouse ill finish it with my tablet in the morning.

[bbzwbbzw]

Just amazing stuff Liam. I really dig the detail on the turret, I bet it would just kill my computer! look forward to more.

[liam887]

Well here is an update. The ships are all to scale ill add a chart as i progress further, I cant find the pen for my tablet doh! so itll be a while before I perfect them. However ive put most of the ships together, some are finished painting and some have quite a bit to go as you can see. The smaller ships are also on this sheet but ive had to make the image small so I can post it on here so i doubt you will be able to see them.
Shown on this sheet is:
HEV pod
PELICAN DROPSHIP
HEAVY SUPPORT PELICAN
SPECIAL OPS PELICAN
GUNSHIP
PROWLER CORVETTE
MAKO CLASS CORVETTE
MEDICAL CORVETTE
FRIGATE
DESTROYER (FILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
LANCE CLASS FRIGATE
EXPERIMENTAL LANCE CLASS FRIGATE
HALCYON CLASS CRUISER (fILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
MARATHON CLASS CRUISER (fILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
ARCHANGEL CLASS HEAVY CRUISER ( (fILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
BULK TANKER
PHOENIX CLASS COLONY SHIP (UPGRADED TO MILITARY STATUS)
CARRIER
SUPERCARRIER

bear in mind the quality has been turned down to 20% to make the image size smaller :-(

[Pheonix]

Well here is an update. The ships are all to scale ill add a chart as i progress further, I cant find the pen for my tablet doh! so itll be a while before I perfect them. However ive put most of the ships together, some are finished painting and some have quite a bit to go as you can see. The smaller ships are also on this sheet but ive had to make the image small so I can post it on here so i doubt you will be able to see them.
Shown on this sheet is:
HEV pod
PELICAN DROPSHIP
HEAVY SUPPORT PELICAN
SPECIAL OPS PELICAN
GUNSHIP
PROWLER CORVETTE
MAKO CLASS CORVETTE
MEDICAL CORVETTE
FRIGATE
DESTROYER (FILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
LANCE CLASS FRIGATE
EXPERIMENTAL LANCE CLASS FRIGATE
HALCYON CLASS CRUISER (fILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
MARATHON CLASS CRUISER (fILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
ARCHANGEL CLASS HEAVY CRUISER ( (fILLED IN BLACK WORK NOT STARTED YET ONLY MODEL COMPLETE)
BULK TANKER
PHOENIX CLASS COLONY SHIP (UPGRADED TO MILITARY STATUS)
CARRIER
SUPERCARRIER

bear in mind the quality has been turned down to 20% to make the image size smaller :-(

wow, nice job. is the Halcyon going to be the upgraded Pillar of Autumn?

[liam887]

no the pillar is a different ship because it was upgraded only minor details changed, ill get round to doing that too. Ive actually modeled both variants but they still need to be painted up!
Anyway here is the carrier sheet so far. Text an that a bit small due to having to compress the image for posting. The final one will be spread over two pages so you can see all the details and text>>>

[liam887]

Here is the super carrier profile sheet. Im trying to make an actual database animated in flash with mixed results so far, maybe ill get it sorted out over the holidays. Couple of mistakes ive spotted which ill fix at a later date, still cant find the pen for my tablet so still cant finish the ship painting so ill jusy have to do with a mouse at the moment :-(.
Also shown is another ship basically a civilian cruise ship, stripped down to its essential components and used as an assault transport for the marine core and its equipment

[liam887]

here is the fleet so far and ive labelled the ships to show what they are. The smaller ships such as dropships and fighters have been done away with as they where to small in scale to show on the same image as the bigger ships. They will have their own sheet later on.
All of these ships and stations where modeled in google sketchup pro and painted in photoshop. The images would be better done but the pen for my tablet is lost, oops, so ill just have to wait to make them better. The sketchup files are pretty detailed with some models pushing 100MB (such as the colony class or mobile refit yard while others are only 3 or 4MB such as the cruisers which i modeled years ago) which if you have used sketchup is a hell of a lot and causes immense slowdown, ive just got lightwave 9 however so hopefully with a little practice things will change for the better and the low end models will be re-done over time. With only five or six ships to go it wont be long before I begin modeling the covenant fleet, hopefully i will have mastered lightwave a little bit more so the fluid lines and curves of there ships will be a breeze as sketchup doesnt like curves which is what has stopped me from doing both fleets at the same time. Here is a preview of ships already modeled however they need smoothing out in lightwave before I can really use them. Covenant ships are much bigger than UNSC couterparts, a covenant frigate can be larger than a UNSC cruiser for example.

[liam887]

the pelican dropship and some different views

[DestroyedPanic]

You do amazing work. I love halo, your designs are so fitting for the Halo universe. Not what I imagined them as but, there perfect, so all good koodos to you for your amazing work! :thumb::thumb::thumb: Just one question wheres the Longsword interceptor??

I really like your ODST extraction Pelly.

[cavebear]

Wow liam887 have you ever been busy! Fantastic work as usual. I always like to look at your ship designs and all the detail you put in them :thumb:

[Admiral of the UNSC]

please give us more
The Sol Sector Command ist megacool

[Fiender]

Love Halo, and everything you've made would fit in great in the universe!

Question (this may have been answered already, sorry), are these ships based off of schematics or descriptions of the ships in the books or some other media source, or did you make them up yourself?

[liam887]

Well the ones in the games are copies of my own, and the ones that are mentioned in the books (well most of them) are based in some way form that. However the books are very vague and sometimes only will describe a ship in what it does not looks so ive made about 70% of the stuff up out of my head in what i think it would look like, sticking mostly to the design code of blocky angular ships. And ive had good feedback from other sites and halo fans about what the Halo universe ships would look like. I take a lot of inspiration form the film Aliens as well I think the Sulaco would fit right in with the Haloverse. Sometimes I ask around here and on other sites for ideas and people give me ideas and i build from there. As I have so many ships to design and model this helps a lot sometimes. Ive been looking for someone to join me in modelling/painting or layout/design or anything that helps but havent had any takers yet :-(

[liam887]

well ive finished another shipyards and also nearlly finished another frigate model. Ive got a new profile sheet for this ship not quite finished yet but ill post it up soon

[Admiral of the UNSC]

wow cool please give us more about the sol sector command .

[liam887]

here it is and also the ships ive finished drawing in photoshop. Im giving space a break now and concentrating on the ground units

[Admiral of the UNSC]

verry nice please give us more

[liam887]

Here are some updates. even though im doing ground unit stuff I thought id post my most recent ship profile sheet. Ive attached the sketchup orthos as well so you can see what the ship looks like. Ive also added a concept for a fast attack frigate im working on which will be the 'very' last ship profile sheet, for now anyway.

[bbzwbbzw]

I really dig the hybrid! The holographic projection is really well done and unique.

[Admiral of the UNSC]

Ground Units are cool . Thanks fpr the Update .

[Pheonix]

Here are some updates. even though im doing ground unit stuff I thought id post my most recent ship profile sheet. Ive attached the sketchup orthos as well so you can see what the ship looks like. Ive also added a concept for a fast attack frigate im working on which will be the 'very' last ship profile sheet, for now anyway.

very impressive! i especially love the hologram. :thumb:

[liam887]

thanks I thought as this is some sort of advanced secret prototype I would change the layout to differ from my normal profile sheets. Its also an ONI ship which is sort of the MI6 of the UNSC. The hologram is still very much a WIP it was just a spur of the moment thing but as a couple of people like it im working on developing it, maybe even animating it? If im going to be very adventurous, animating it in flash and allowing users to rotate the schematics themselves!

[Pheonix]

are you going to make a pic of the new stealth frigate from Halo: The Cole Protocol?

[liam887]

yeah im working on it at the moment, just figuring out its looks at the moment, and how it differs from the frigates ive already made. I started it but it ended up turning into the fast attack frigate you can see a couple of posts ago, so ive started again since then. Any ideas?
im also modelling the rubble done quite a bit on that already but I think thats one model thats going to take quite some time, i might post my progress at the weekend.

[fishrfine]

Liam, I think these models are amazing! is it possible for you to lower the polycount on a few and send me a couple copies? I'm working on a very bizarre project. I am actually trying to remake the battle of reach in ALICE. yes, ALICE. I'm 14, and would give you credit for any model I used, and you are by far the best of the best of the best.

Heres what I would love to try using:

All of the covenant ships
a repair station
A unsc destroyer
the trafalgar
The unsc carrier
The prowlers and corvettes

I totally understand if you would like to keep your work to yourself, but if you are willing to help, I'd be eternally grateful. if you can do it, try and get the models under 10MB, and in 3DS, OBJ, or ASE format. Thank you for your time.

[liam887]

The covenant ships are 2D sorry I havent modelled any of them yet. As for sending you my ships I dont mind sending you a couple but most of the models in this forum arent 3D, I make the basic shape in 3D and then paint on the details in photoshop, you might be disappointed with a few as they are basically just shapes with no details. Email me at liamk887@hotmail.com and we can sort something out. Some of the ships are full 3D models so I can give you a list and see what you want to do with them. I used to post my models on the google 3d warehouse for people to use but I kept finding people using them and saying they made them so you can understand why I am wary. However I dont mind people using them for what you asked for so im sure I can help!

On another note here is the frigate featured in the new book the cole protocol. Also a comparison sheet of all the frigate classes ive completed so far.

[Pheonix]

no offense, but i'm having a hard time reading your handwriting. but other than that, awesome job!

[liam887]

dont worry your not supposed to lol, those pics are just for me when im planning what im doing for my models. I just felt like posting it to show the development. I id a lot or trial and error making the new frigate fromt he cole protocol and how it should look so there was a lot of concept stuff and sketches, this was the neatest and the finalized idea so I thought id post it. If you think that is illegible you should see my sketches for the rubble lol.

[Pheonix]

dont worry your not supposed to lol, those pics are just for me when im planning what im doing for my models. I just felt like posting it to show the development. I id a lot or trial and error making the new frigate fromt he cole protocol and how it should look so there was a lot of concept stuff and sketches, this was the neatest and the finalized idea so I thought id post it. If you think that is illegible you should see my sketches for the rubble lol.

:lol:understood

[Admiral of the UNSC]

verry nice is cool

[fishrfine]

email sent, thanks m8 I really appreciate it

[fishrfine]

actually, I got an idea for another project. Might I suggest trying a halo installation or possibly the ark?

[fishrfine]

if youre just doing UNSC right now, might I suggest doing some archer missiles or MAC slugs? somethings gotta pwn the covenant, and it might as well look as kickass as the ships :D

[fishrfine]

here is the fleet so far and ive labelled the ships to show what they are. The smaller ships such as dropships and fighters have been done away with as they where to small in scale to show on the same image as the bigger ships. They will have their own sheet later on.
All of these ships and stations where modeled in google sketchup pro and painted in photoshop. The images would be better done but the pen for my tablet is lost, oops, so ill just have to wait to make them better. The sketchup files are pretty detailed with some models pushing 100MB (such as the colony class or mobile refit yard while others are only 3 or 4MB such as the cruisers which i modeled years ago) which if you have used sketchup is a hell of a lot and causes immense slowdown, ive just got lightwave 9 however so hopefully with a little practice things will change for the better and the low end models will be re-done over time. With only five or six ships to go it wont be long before I begin modeling the covenant fleet, hopefully i will have mastered lightwave a little bit more so the fluid lines and curves of there ships will be a breeze as sketchup doesnt like curves which is what has stopped me from doing both fleets at the same time. Here is a preview of ships already modeled however they need smoothing out in lightwave before I can really use them. Covenant ships are much bigger than UNSC couterparts, a covenant frigate can be larger than a UNSC cruiser for example.


Sorry, I just looked this over, and I wanted to point something out real quick. True, the big covenant ships are many times the size of the largest UNSC ships, but covenant frigates were a third the size of their UNSC counterparts. Just thought it was worth mentioning. they still look AWESOME though, definately the best covenant ships I've seen anywhere except the game.

[liam887]

oh yeah I no, but if you read the dates on the profile sheets this universe takes place 10-15 years after halo 3 game. It involves the struggle against the covenant remnant loyalists and the flood threat. Thats why the ships arnt cannon. BTW ive got 6 ships in 3ds format to send to you at the weekend been busy with RL stuff but ill get it done tomorrow dont worry. Ive also enclosed tech specs with each ship to explain whats what!

[Admiral of the UNSC]

You have more 2D Unsc Ships designs ?

[liam887]

bit of a break from ships. These two designs are from the ground units, the sort of 'royal engineers' of the UNSC. The first is an aliens type powerloader. i wouldn't have made this except a similar unit is shown in the new halo game, so i thought id make something similar. Since making this concept ive actually modeled the unit completely and it looks ten times better than my scrawny drawings so ill have that profile sheet soon. The next is still very much a WIP, its basically a truck used for transporting goods and also doubles as a combat worthy pickup truck. It can accommodate a squad of marines in the front section and the trailer is an 'add-on' which can carry various loads form the standard UNSC container 'shown' or vehicles or even more troops. There is a medivac version as well which im in the process of drawing.

[bbzwbbzw]

Nice stuff Liam! The power loader is well thought out. Look forward to seeing the finished product.

[Pheonix]

excellent, as always. i'm assuming that the game you are talking about is Halo Wars?

[Dedalous]

I would like to do something similar to fishrfine, creating the battle of Harvest, could I get some UNSC models in 3Ds format? i'll post later with what I might need.

[fishrfine]

Rawr im doing harvest too :P

I'm also doing battle of the Ark

[Arnie100]

Damn, this is hot stuff! Will you be doing more stuff for ground forces, as well, Liam? Thank you for your awesome work!!

[liam887]

Ive moved the continuation of this thread over to the 3DWIP section, when the modelling is done ill post the profile shwwts back here. Ive got loads of new stuff in the 3d wip thread so head over there if you are looking for updates dont post here anymore I dont check this one. Thanks.