Kitbashed Starship 1 by mmitchell_houston
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Description
I'm working on a comic story and I need a starship that can fulfill two needs:
1) It needs to look cool when rendered in b&w (which means more angles and less curves).
2) It is about the right size to fit 4-6 crewmen and some cargo.
Most ships are too big or too small (Enterprise or X-Wing Fighter). I really like look of the HeavyLander by shawnaloroc, but its not big enough. So I'm "kitbashing" (i.e. combining) a slightly larger/longer version of the ship by adding elements from Simon-3D's Space Ship Constructor Set 4. I'm not sure this ship will make the cut, but I think I'm on the right track. A few more experiments (and mixing-and-matching parts) should yield me something I can use.
Workflow: Poser Pro 11 (Comic Book Preview) and Clip Studio Paint
Comments (9)
uncollared
Super cool
MarcoCraine
Works amazingly well, especially considering the stylistic differences between the two products. Have you considered adding an occasional do-that from Simon3D's set to/over some of the greebling on the Heavy Lander's hull? I feel that might help them blend together even more--just a thought, though.
mmitchell_houston
I'm definitely thinking along those terms: a few greebles or other elements moved around might make them blend better. I'm going to try one more ship combo, and then when i get closer to making the final decision I will focus on the smaller details like that.
hornet3d
Great blend, it certainly looks as though this craft has the basis of working well for your requirements.
tkdrobert
Very striking. I really like what you did here. I'm very curious hoe you did the background (Space/Nebula).
mmitchell_houston
I'll copy this to you in a PM, but here's the gist of how I made the Nebula background. It's a remarkably easy process. The ship is, of course, on its own layer. So, to create the background:
A side note on composition: In the case of a ship being dead center of the frame, I tend to put the brighter parts behind it, near the exhaust areas. Also, because I planned to use those white motion lines in front of the ship, I left that part of the background completely black (note that there aren't even any stars). I did this to simplify things, because those speed lines quickly clutter things up.
I spent significantly more time playing around with the white lines than I did creating the background (in this case, I used some version of "find edges" filter in Clip Studio Paint (not Photoshop) because I wanted to do all the work in CSP.
RodS
This is awesome! Fantastic job with kitbashing these two ships - and thanks for the description of your background process. I really like this - I'm gonna have to give it a go one of these days.
Hope to see you @ the webinar.. 👍
mmitchell_houston
Thanks. And I definitely plan to attend! Talk to you then.
perpetualrevision
Very nice! Definitely looks like a single "coherent" ship (not a ship "made by committee" ;-)! I also enjoyed the insight into how you made the background. I wish more folks would share that kind of info, to help us all grow as artists!
Koala44
Splendid, very nice
ddyer
Nice job, I think this combination is the best of your kitbashed ships so far (up to and including 5). It's just the right mix of sleek and chunky for my taste.
Steff_7
Yup this one :)
Love how you explain the BG process in one of your replies, that's cool :)