Drone tanks

Finally some new stuff. Been sat on this for ages trying to find time to finish it.

I took a sketch I liked from my #20sevINKteen series and had previously mentioned in a tweet I was going to take it further so I did.

This was the result of some SketchUp and Photoshop

New vehicle for Project XPL0R3

Introducing the APC 'The Slug'

Further work on Project XPL0R3

Final pic

Build up

Development process

So I originally really liked one of my Inktober doodles of a jeep type vehicle. Here it is below as a reminder...

First stop was to convert this vehicle into a 3D model. Dragged out some approximate lines to follow in SketchUp and started to knock the body together. Kept it at a relative scale incase detailing went as far as correct texture placement but ultimately (at this point in time) it hasn't gone that far.

On previous models (X-Wing and Shirase Explorer) I used the opportunity to take my time and develop a model that was detailed further than it necessarily needed to be. It's been good practice in the past and helps me feel I could comfortably work on high end projects with this low-poly program. On this occasion the model only went as far as interior seats and hinged doors. The rest of the exterior was enough to work on top of post render. And as a bog standard output from Keyshot here is what it produced...

Now I could have, and still may do, take that rendered sheet and really work on it to a point that shows the finished concept but from here I wanted to throw it straight into an active scene so I set up a shot with other vehicles and rendered that out. Note the mid-air cars and bike. Something had to produce a smashy attack but until the last minute I really wasn't sure what it would be...

So I took that image which I rendered out with transparancy 'on' so that I could easily place buildings and sky in behind it and got to this final image. I always felt it was some form of military or police jeep but thought I'd put them up against something unusual.

oh and another thing

Post #Inktober Ive put up all my sketches along with a big sketch dump of previously unseen stuff on my website. Designated to a 'sketch' page.
Enjoy them all HERE

Model making 1.0

Well this might be my biggest post in a while...

So as some may know, Im a big fan of Nolan's Interstellar. Being a fan in this day and age usually leads to being able to display your fandom via merchandise but it is sadly lacking for this title (something I'm slightly surprised by given it's a WB/Paramount property. Batman/Star Trek anyone...).

And so through searching sites and general 'googling' of typical words I found a company by the name of Moebius Models that had managed to produce a scaled model of the Interstellar Ranger. A ship I happened to have been hoping would be on the merchandise list, it was great to see a company had taken on the creation of this vehicle at an affordable price and ideal scale for the average consumer to stick on a shelf somewhere.

It comes in at around 10 inches long at a 1:72 scale of what would be the real vehicle. I won't get in to the nitty gritty of the build (unless someone wants to read about it) but it was my first ever go at miniature model making and I have to say I loved the whole experience. I can totally get behind people who enjoy building airfix kits. The hidden movie maker inside me saw this as an experiment to build a mniature that could also be used to film with also so maybe I'll do something down the line short of blowing it up...

Here are a bunch of photos that show off some of the stages of the build. I took my sweet time with it as it could probably be built in a day but I took a month doing bits here and there on the weekends.
As it was a first build, I didnt attempt to make an interior like some pros on youtube, instead opting for painting a top down interior in photoshop and printing it out as a flat graphic. Also a mini TARS stands inside it :)

Enjoy

TINTED WINDOWS GLUED IN

TOP PANELLING WITH SOME WEATHERING

WEATHERED VENTING ON UPPER SECTION

UNDERBELLY OF SHIP

EVIT DOOR AT REAR

METALLIC WEATHERED LIMBS

TARS AND INTERIOR PLAN

TARS AND INTERIOR FITTED ON BASE

FINAL BUILD

FINAL BUILD

FINAL BUILD

FINAL BUILD

FINAL BUILD

FINAL BUILD

Rogue One becomes Rogue Art

So the Rogue One trailer dropped over the weekend and having spent the week modelling an X-wing in my spare time, I was influenced to finish it as an image after seeing the trailer.
Here it be...
*Note this is NOT official art. THis is my own stuffdone for fun.

project SPACE (soon to be renamed I imagine...)

So after a solid week and a bit of playing around with the model Ive put up the vehicle design. Lots of Sketchup and photoshop. Hope to develop the whole idea/world more in the future...

whats this PolyBrush?

So Im trying out this PolyBrush software. Currently free and in beta phase for about 30 days. Drawing within the program is quite intuitive, if a little fiddly when trying to position the workspace in a specific position. Plan on having fun with it over the coming days though. Here's a little test I did taking a random 'doodle' from PolyBrush in to Keyshot and then Photoshop.

Tanking

a quick tank photobashy experiment

Chase down

Lot of painting and textures in this. Felt I leveled up on this one haha lets see I keep it at that level next time

Sci-fi city

Not done one of these in a while. Feels a little rough.
Photobashing and paint

Light weight speed racer

Light weight sci-fi speeder. Practice pushing curves in Sketchup. Not easy and a pain at times.
Second image just a quick play with layers as a test and then the final pic. Happy with the final at least

Single wheel scout vehicle

Title says it. 3D model with some paint over

Landscaping

Hey hey. New entry. Tried out some standard tricks. Attempted a little more narrative but not a lot. Fun though and came together super quick

Model making 101

So here's some kitbashing I did tonight. SketchUp model. The best way to get the result I did in this is probably through abusing the program but whatever lol
Just a few initial renders. Usually I do a paintover off of a basic model like this but maybe I'll take time to further define the details.

VTOL Dropship

So Edge of Tomorrow was 98% awesome. (2% sucked because of the last 3 minutes which dampened my take on it initially).
So many cool tech designs.

Off the back of that and chatting with a great designer, I thought I'd play with Sketchup again. Built a VTOL and then photoshoped the final image.

CG Model city paint over

Paint over the sketchup city render i attempted the other day. Probably going to detail out the vehicle at some point :)