As usual your skills at using many graphic programmes amaze me. This will even looks great without textures. I can see how the other model you made connects now, awesome modeling, well done Rudy....keep it up! :)

Wonderful complexity without being over the top, imo. How many hours do you think you put into this? (#3) AgentSmith

Thanx guys. :) I honestly dont know. I started on the thing about the same time i posted the last piece, and just add parts when i have new ideas. So no rush job. :) Next in line, ill probably extend the side walls above the support beams and add some "cosmetics", similar to the ones on the door, to all the walls.

The cosmetics are coming off belivable, meaning sometimes we can put too much of this on sci-fi objects and they look (cool but) overtly complex, but what you got here looks realistic. Just enough circut breaker boxes, pipes and venting to make (the hallway in particular) look to me like a present day submarine interior or a similar industrial complex. AS

I can almost see a glass roof to this room which would give such a nice lighting to it and perhaps a lower level so you can view it from the walk ways.(Almost like that 'Luke & Vader' StarWars scene when he finds out its his dad). I still wish I had a 10% of your talent ;)

Yep, know what you mean AS. Ive definitely overdone more than one scene, but hopefully this one will end up for the better. Plus i need to leave room for wires and stuff. :) Still not certain about the camera view, so it might very well change. I was indeed thinking of having the main lightsource coming from above, along with a slightly polluted atmosphere.

Agreed, this looks "functional". It has the detail to be believable. Practice makes perfect...

It's good to be able to see how you're using the previous "WIP" object and how your scene is evolving. I agree that the LOD is enough to be believable. I like the POV of the bottom scene.

Looks good Well wait for textures.

This is looking fascinating. It has a feel like a Ron Cobb previz image, feels right.

You are really a machine aren't you....

Awesome work as usual. Seems like you put countless, endless hours into your creations. Would like to know what initiates your ideas. I mean is it something you see around you or some mental vestige of some scifi movie that grabs your attention, what is it? Do you know before hand what the finished product is going to look like or does it just flow as youre modeling along? And finally to cap, has Drac had any of your babies yet? I want the pick of the liter. ;)

Thanks for sharing your work:) Looks very Star Wars, well sort of lol. The pov sort of looks like a rats perspective. Interested to see what you do with it;)

With the right textures it could be scene from 'DOOM'. Great work as always!

Some of your panels have a rounded bevel look. Is that a C4D feature. I've been trying to achieve that in Max with no success. My bevels are always angular.

Maybe smoothing or curved bevel?

@ Rochr: Show off :) but that aside, wonderful modelling. flawless as usual.

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I think I know what the Tentacled-One is making. It's the bottom end of an elevator that connects with an orbital station via a tether.

I forget what the proper term for it is. The idea is that you take the elevator up to a space-station.........

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Excellent work here my friend, as I can see we got the same way to "find" details by looking at existing industrial reference pics. it's the way to give a model a realistic look, even if it's a sci-fi model. once again excellent work.

Yep, its actually pretty funny. Theres just nothing like old stuff when shaping futuristic ones. :)

Absolutely. Why reinvent the wheel. Someone has already put a great deal of thought into the design and functionality of a thing. Creating plausible realistic stuff without reference pics is almost foolish. We can't all be H.R. Giegers. Inventing radically new stuff from nothing. (IMHO)>.

He invented ginormous bone spaceships. What references could he have? :)

Gieger was tired of the mundane and wanted to express himself visually more anatomically visceral.

Still amazes me on your additions. Have you already got a sketch done on paper or photoshopish drawing or still working from your head?? Would love to know what your building/working up to.

Still working from the head and making up shapes as i go. Thats basically why it takes longer than usual to complete. :) Not exactly sure of the final result. Hopefully it wont be a total waste of time. :D

Well, by the looks of all this so far, i think you can guarantee it wont be! Keep up the great modeling Rudy. its great to follow. Thanks :)

If this is a 'cell' what on earth (or mars) are you holding captive?

Well, its an angle that i thought i would see when being in a building like this. Its a feeling of immense size and (if this sounds right) powerful, just like being in an nuclear power station and the feeling of being in the bowels of the place.. I would had thought a top glass roof/dome of some kind would enhance the lighting but, in a nuclear power station there isnt any (I've worked in one) that i remember. It may cause some problems finding where to put the bulkhead lights too as there will be many shadows that might slow your computer down. Textures will make a very big difference too. Still, I'm going to wait with baited breadth to see the finished scene...even though its awesome already! :)

Thread title.. "Slightly OT - wips" Grammatically wrong! What does the "wip" own? The apostrophe "s" indicates ownership (usually, although English is a very troublesome language, even for me..) "I'm going to wait with baited breadth"... Errmm - marcfxx, you mean "With bated breath" Baited = has a bait attached (like on the end of a fish-hook) Breadth = width (or possibly length, depending on point of view) "bated" = "held back" "breath" = "what you inhale/exhale" sigh I'm going to get into trouble for this post, but I'm too pissed (UK term, meaning OTT on alcohol, but I just had to... No offence intended - just trying to help (in English grammar/spelling) (Wish I could create like Rochr!!!) And, yes, I know 3 "!" is a no-no in English grammar! Cheers (Going to bed now), Diolma

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Lol @ marc and diolma, Rochr, funny you should say that about looking at industrial references - since I got more into sci-fi buildings etc I've found myself staring avidly at weird lorries, cranes, solar panels and anything else industrial - in fact I juust missed taking a pic of this weird cross between a vacuum cleaner a cement mixer and a seat... odd looking thing but typically, the second time I went past, this time WITh camera, it was gone... Thanks for the links...

Well, it looks home to me. You've done a wonderful job on this and its been a pleasure to follow.........and its got to have textures too!! I can imagine your wire frames being a blurr and if it looks as much as your Mech robot you have a great time consuming job to select each and everyone to texture....good luck! LOL Excellent job so far, well done

Looks great! I live all the details you've added and the "worms-eye-view".

Thanmks very much for the insight and links. Super ideas and modeling.

Hang-on! I've just seen a couple of blank spots you haven't used yet....! And why are my initials up there???

Wow.

LOL! @Bryster

the wips are lots of fun and very inspirational! thanks for posting them!