Challenge #9 - ronin - Tetrahedron

[Ronin]

couldn't miss this Challenge

First i tried around which shape, Sphere and Box seamed somehow usual.. teardrop maybe, but those would require some kind of shell or "form-helper", otherwise they would end as Spheres or something like that - and i noticed iosys had a nice concept for that, should not be too similar to another one in here.

After that my decision went to pyramid, specially the tetrahedron.

First step: Basic shape... took some time to figure out how to get a 'correct' tetrahedron.

As shown on my concept, i went on to the surface-structure ... and still i have not decided how it will look like, a triangle rounded inside or outside .. maybe two layers ...

each edge will be opened a bit and fit out with greebles and weapons, a bit like a star wars stardestroyer.

Story:
this could be some kind of battlestar, warstar, maybe space-station ... since a tetrahedron is a simplyfied 'star',
i'm considering a size of 1000m each edge.

"When we left hyperspace, the sun was blocked out by a huge, triangular shadow, which turned to be a giant, pyramid-Ship after we passed along the edge. Smaller ships hurled around the Hangars and we soon where targeted by It's Point-Defence-System...."

(hopyfully my english isn't that bad)

... pyramid because i don't think someone actually uses "tetrahedron" in common talk. (German)

C&C Welcome ....

[CrimsonLine]

Very pretty! I'm not getting a sense of its scale, though...

[psycho]

reminds me of one of the ZAON ships... still looking very different though... nice work so far!

[Ozylot]

At first glance I thought we might be seeing a holocron. Looking forward to seeing more detail.

[Ronin]

Some working pics, for now, all sides look the same, to be exact, each 'half of a third' looks the same.
Considering production of those ships, the Basic shape of each part will remain equal. But no ship required 6 Hangars on 4 sides so those blue openings probably will be hangars only at the bottom and will get more greebles on the other sides.

those litte red-dotted thingies are Point Defence Lasers, 12 each side.

After testing with a average human shape 2x1m ^^, i decided to size it up to 1.500m for now.

Next step: Customizing each side, possibly UV-Mapping and a texture draft for the main-hull.

[Ronin]

some work done, a bit of texturing, greebles, and put it in scene (stars) for a test.

Continuing on everything actually, the main hull and inner part needs panels, textures maybe...as well as weapons and turrets.

C&C ?

[Tinukedaya]

Looking great so far.

[CrimsonLine]

I'm still not feeling the sense of scale. How big is it?

[Ronin]

it's approx. 1700m edge-length. Checked with a human sized block.
Those windows in the edged are nearly correct in size.

Any idea how i could get it better ?

i'm currently working on the greebles, added some turrets already and i'm experimenting with textures.

[Ronin]

added weapons, greebles and added those Point-Defense Lasers.

Those blue-things are a gravimetric propulsion system, can be used as weapon as well, combined with sourrounding particle emitters, each works like a beam-cannon.

How about 'sense of scale' now ?