Runabout by MarkHirst

Vue • Science Fiction • posted on Jun 27, 2008

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Description

This is a doodle that turned into something more permanent, following Odessey's request for an 'in orbit' picture of the Sword. As fellow artist Elcet has commented elsewhere, the design is indeed inspired by the Art Deco locomotives of the early twentieth century. Since it stands alone, I decided not to try and force a story around it, or contrive the picture in other ways. The runabout was modelled in Hexagon, and the final image was rendered in Vue 6 Pro Studio. Thanks for looking, comments appreciated! Art Deco Locomotives: http://www.louisvilleartdeco.com/feature/Transportation/Trains/Trains-index.html

Comments (27)

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Star4mation

2:44PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Superb modeling Mark :)

garyandcatherine

3:17PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

I love the model. The lines are flowing and clean. Also the indentations are also very slick. Now drag it into a texturing program and give some paint :)

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originalmoron

3:32PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Very nice. The ship has a great, almost organic look, and I have a thing for that kind of ships :) Great work.

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gchuck

3:54PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Classy. Curious though, the bigger ships seem to have very few crew also. Could it be a matter of cargo/combat capacity? Errgggh! I soooo want to pick your brain!

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JCD

4:04PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Great lines on this one - love the render!

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MarkHirst

4:07PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

To answer gchuck's question: The Lazloi design philosophy is focused on range and protection, which means that small ships like the Sword or Kleneptra's scout ship are quite cramped. In fact, Kleneptra's ship is so heavily armoured for its size, it only has a crew of two even though it is bigger.

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ToniDunlap

4:08PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Wonderful Modeling. Excellent image.

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Biffowitz

4:44PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Very intriguing ship, cool modeling for sure, looks great in a scene!!

thgirw

5:26PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Awsome details scene texturing colors Excellent ART work SCI-FI Buff

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DarkStormCrow

5:50PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Excellent work and image, well done..

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kjer_99

7:42PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

And a very fine near-planet background, too, Mark. I'd like to see this with it entering the atmosphere with a sheet of flame surrounding it. How about it?

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Xpleet

8:20PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

cool design, is it hypernurb'ed?

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geirla

9:11PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Very nice image and model. Jump 36??!?! That's um, pretty good.

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castaneda

11:20PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Excellent modeling. I'm trying to learn Hexagon and I can't do anything like this yet.

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WZRD

11:35PM | Fri, 27 June 2008

Ah what a tease! I saw the picture and thought the Lazloi were back in the story! Guess I'll have to wait for the next instalment. On the other hand the pic is so good it doesn't need a story!!

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