Athena.WIP by moviehawke1

Carrara/RDS • Science Fiction • posted on Feb 20, 2009

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This is an image of the FTL ship Athena, as she leaves Mars station and passes through the thin atmosphere headed for her rendezvous with fate. Modeled in Hexagon, and rendered in Carrara 7, with comp and post in PS/CS2. I don't do much modeling and was hesitant to even try to do a space ship. I wanted something retro with a rounded/organic design, and I wanted to try and be original. Well after stepping back and taking a good look - I can see elements of design from Star Trek, Star Wars, Andromeda, DC3 and the SR71 Blackbird. So much for originality. This is the ship that ties into my story of my Melaquoid character - please see previous gallery posts for details. Thanks to all for taking a look, and let me know what you think. Have a great weekend. Allen

Comments (26)

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beatoangelico

4:07PM | Fri, 20 February 2009

AVESOME MODEL...EXCELLENT..!!!

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A_Sunbeam

4:11PM | Fri, 20 February 2009

Nice work - love the colours!

cableguy223

4:29PM | Fri, 20 February 2009

Very cool model. Looks like something out of a Jules Vern story

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NefariousDrO

5:10PM | Fri, 20 February 2009

I'd say this is very original! Super work.

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restif

5:38PM | Fri, 20 February 2009

this came out well! love the shape/material and the exhaust burn is great!

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timspfd

6:11PM | Fri, 20 February 2009

Beautiful ship, I really like the materials use. I think it's nearly impossible to do anything that doesn't have a link to a ship that's already been done some time.

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722

10:26PM | Fri, 20 February 2009

awesom design

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Iceshark39

3:38AM | Sat, 21 February 2009

It looks fantasic! Gorgeous design.

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Biffowitz

8:42AM | Sat, 21 February 2009

Cool modeling and design, the materials are fabulous!

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thecytron

9:00AM | Sat, 21 February 2009

Xcellent conceptual design idea!

jdehaven

5:44PM | Sat, 21 February 2009

I wouldn't be too concerned with similarities with other Sci-Fi space ship designs; I doubt that there is much out there that hasn't been tried or attempted on some level. I think this is quite original, the organic and sleek design is a very nice changeup from the panel and rough edge design seen in many films and TV shows. Some additional viewing ports might be cool, but then if the ship is faster than light, perhaps instrumentation could compensate for creating weak structure areas that would provide a physical view.

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