I found the Posable scout ship in the marketplace and it would be 90% usefull for what i need. But it doesn't have weapons and the elevator feature seems unuseable. You enter a ship by climbing on top of it to reach an elevator down?? Anyone have a secret project they've been working on but haven't shown the world yet?

Hey, I'm currently working on a space ship (a light battle cruiser) in rhino 3d. I was going to add the skeleton in C4D then poserize it with P5. But it will be 2 to 3 months before i'm done with it 'cause it's more of a side project. Of course if you want to buy it I think I might be able to spend more time on it ^_^

Well...let's see if its what i need before i pay for it :)

Well of course :-) (silly me uh-hyuck) It's still a very early wip, heck, I havn't even finished the outside hull. If I had a website I would probably save you 5 bucks and put it in the free stuff section. Mainly because my modeling skills arn't exactly the most advanced. I can model don't get me wrong it's just all the little details that I am trying to tackle right now. If you know someone who could help me get a place to upload my files that would be great. I can't afford a website right now and I can't seen to get my pc to play nice with the free sites.

garicstar, I'm sitting here going duh! why did I do that? Of course the elevator thing is dumb. Doh! I think perhaps you have inspired me to do more on the ship now. I was thinking originally of railed stairs roughly in the middle of each side, but I nixed them due to time/work contraints. I don't think it would be all that hard to add those (not poseable). On the weapons tip, I originally designed the scout ship as a peaceful vessel. It wouldn't be impossible to add guns, I had also envisioned a turret with a Millenium Falcon type gun with a chair and all that (in the elevator). This would take away entrance/exit animation, but some people would only really need the gun version. I could add guns to the four nav sensors, and that would make them able to rotate and go up and down, but not track in complete 3d. Let me know what you might like to see. Also, perhaps you could input on if stock motion files (based on one male and one female) would be helpful, such as standing on ground, climbing ladder, going down in elevator, getting into seats, etc. Remember, it may take a while before I could really deliver anything, since I would be starting with only the product you see as a starting point.

I think the nav sensor could easily become turrets. I thought thats what they were until I couldn't see any barrels on them. As for the entrance, ladders would work. A ramp would be better somehow. And a cargo door in the back. I guess what I'm saying is the cockpit is awesome. If it were in a slightly longer body so you could add some cargo and a ramp I'd buy it yesterday. As for motions. I think some seated cockpit control animations would be great. Throttle up/down, steering, some movements for when the ship rocks from getting hit. THe ones you listed were great ideas too. I really do love the cockpit, and i do know you had the ship in mind for other purposes. I was just looking around for something for me to use. I think its a great model. So the 3 main things for me are 1. Cargo area with access 2. Ramp to get into the thing :) 3 Guns (which i think would be the easiest of the bunch. If you ever get around to making it I'd love to take a look and I'd probably buy it. As it is now i was thinking of buy it later in the year and just using the cockpit for interiors and find a ship that had a similar shape and using that for exteriors. But if you are going to modify it, i'll wait for that. I can't really get things started until i get a new machine later this year. Thanks for taking my advice in the way it was intended. Some would get all out of shape and blast me. :)