There are some superb quality Sci-fi sets out there, although unfortunately most of them are of some cold sterile lab, factory, or reactor core of one type or another.

It would be nice to see more of the sci-fi equivalent of a luxury hotel, a first class cabin on a space cruiser, a small but comfy alcove, or in general, someone's living room. Just because it's the future doesn't mean there has to be exposed pipes and wires all over the place. Even modern cars and planes are full of carpet and upholstery, why would the future be any less soft?

Should someone wish to take this on, a few suggestions:

1.Making it modular helps. Wall prop, window prop, door prop, etc, the pieces that allow end users to build their own sets and thus get more out of one product.

2.In that vein, versatility makes for a more marketable set. For example, a wall that becomes a windowed wall by making a piece invisible, a sofa that can be separated into a chair or bed, surfaces that lend themselves to multiple textures and styles, etc etc.

3.The fewer right angles the better (polygon count permitting). Again, the point here is to get away from the hard lined service corridor look of the future we're used to. It need not be a pile of ovals, but at least a few oblique angles couldn't hurt.

4.Room for future expansion. Beginning with walls, doors and windows, eventually the pieces to make it into an office, a command centre, a bedroom, a lab, a conference room, etc, would probably give any such products longer legs in the marketplace.

My thanks and gratitude to anyone who feels they can make a go at this. Best of luck!

The strong do as they can while the weak do as they must.

I quite like this idea, although the first things it puts me in mind of are 1970s SF and Star Trek: TNG, all beige carpets and perspex, which might just be far off fashionable.

At the moment I'm a bit lost for directions: from the Galleries, and from the list of top vendors, it appears that what everyone wants is a set of SF or stone steps and a costume consisting mainly of a pubic cap to pose in front of it.

I'll think about this, though. The idea of a comfortable future - "I've seen the future, and it works" - is appealing.

IMP.

Thanks for considering it. As for guidance on an SF scene, I'd focus on "the less right angles the better", and increased variability by using modular pieces. Rather than TNG, I was thinking more of elliptical curves, bows and arcs. Easy on the greebles, though a few would be a nice touch. There isn't really an official SF source I can point to, it's more the SF look I would like to see, rather than what's already out there.

The recent set "the lookout" is somewhere on the right track;

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=71035

While I like it, something like this could still be given a more subtle, clean look. The basic design, with curved thin columns, is a great one.

As for what's offered now, if you build a quality product at a reasonable price, I think it'll sell, regardless of what else is out there.

The strong do as they can while the weak do as they must.