Challenge #6 – Ronin – Navigation & Control

[Ronin]

hi,

my first try on a Challenge

This one is desired to be a Navigation & Control Chair of Ancient Starships of the Universe i call Alveon.

Those Ships are navigated half by brain, half by visible and touch-interface.
The Navigator can display charts / diagramms / sensors as hologramms. All Hologramms are interactive and recognize "touch".

ok, so far about the story/background, back to the Challenge:i want to create a bit of sourrounding floor in Stargate Style...maybe ?! - testing that on the first render.

It should be 'usable' for quite some time without break and without hurting oneself / needing a pain-blocker medication ^^ .... so it will have cushions.

I'm not good enough to do any sketch/draw by hand, so i went to 3d/render directly.

With luck, there will be a bit of a holographic /transparent starchart around / in front of the Chair...for now i don't know how to archieve this...but i'll try.

[Ronin]

decided for a more round look for the surrounding floor, but actually don't know to get a more deeper, a bit deepwater-look into that blue-areas.

Added fixed displays to the second ring. There will be one on each side, maybe a second pair coming down.

All displays are planed to be textured later.

Next step:
- testing / adding more solid parts, making it bigger, more massive.
- testing modes / which parts will be able to move / rotate

[BEMEUP]

Nice looking, very techy.

[Ozylot]

Its alot like a trek command chair, but the holographics are a nice touch

[Zabiegly]

Just to remind you - for this challenge a design sketch is required.

Good start! Keep it up

[Ronin]

Zabiegly, thanks for reminding. but just re-read the rules, what do you mean with 'sketch'. My Startup/Concept is attached to the First Post.
This is my first Challenge, so i might have not completly understood some of the rules ?!?!


added three renders,

this is my first try on transparent textures. so i added alpha and some color-test. I Removed a third Ring of Holographics for a better view on the Chair itself.

The sphere in front of it, is the basic holographic projector for Starcharts.

Currenty i'm thinking of modifying the Concept ..maybe a bit to a more tank / anti-gravity Chair. But in an anti-gravity environment, why adding a chair at all ?

[Melak]

Looks like a really nice chair, I like the small solar system hologram!

[Zabiegly]

Nice environment - the darker lighting on the background brings the chair out nicely. Some Ambient Occlusion and maybe global illumination / final gathering will make for an even cooler render

This is the section I was refering to:

To this end, a requirement of this challenge is that at the very least we want to see one concept sketch that you've made that has set you on your final path. Remember however, that we are looking for a concept sketch - no matter how rough - and not a work of art in itself.

As concept sketch we'd like to see a bit of scribbling on a paper using pen or pencil. It doesn't have to be elaborate. As it says in the rules this is just so that you engange with your project on paper as the Sensei think this is something quite usefull to do in terms of designing something. You don't need super drawing skills. Even using stick-figures and very rough outlining of a chair would be OK. It's just that we want to steer you more towards sketching something to aid the design process.

As you already started your chair without sketching maybe you could make a sketch of a detail you want to add? Maybe sketch a controll panel before you model it?

[Ronin]

ah, thanks.
There is already a rough sketch from the beginning, i just didn't know it would be required.

Question:
is it alowed to make a second attempt ?, i want to make a test placing the Chair into a antigrav-tank and than decide which one will be used further.

How about a basic-Human figure in the Chair ?, transparent maybe
i got some kind of implant in mind, which will be connected with the chair by cables...

thanks

Edit:
just added my sketch, had to make a picture with a camera, so it's not the best view.
i'll upload my scetch of the tank as well, as soon the 3d-Concept of this is done.

[Ronin]

so, i tested the Antigrav-Concept...now i don't know which one i like more.

The Chair has a bit of gravity-pull, so the navigator is not floating around all the time. The Controls at the Arm-Parts can be moved up and down to fit however the Nav wants to have it.

i added my sketch of this as well. Normally i don't make sketches, but this time they are very useful for the Shape of the Chair / pose of the user and the basic skale.

i'll continue with texturing the displays, those are equal in both concepts.

Related to the Challenge, the AG-Concept is a bit more uncommon.

What do you think of it ?