Starfleet Museum Orbital Annexe - WIP from a newbie!

[Raul Mamoru]

Ooooohhhh...
The Orbital Annexe is growing with the inclusion of more details.
Continue with the refinements, we are following your work!

[Unusualsuspex]

I'm just thoroughly enjoying learning as I work and proceeding in areas I feel comfortable with which at my ahe is a bonus!

Small update with a texture test. Put together some (incomplete) upper and lower saucer textures just to see where I was at (and YES the lighting rig is yet to be sorted! Click here to enlarge)

Quite pleased with it so far. Obviously need signage and textures for the rest of the sections but I'm loving it! Click here to enlarge

[Unusualsuspex]

OK played with the textures and raised the resolution but there's still an element of fuzz to the writing, though I'm pleased with the plating effect. I suspect the fuzz looks worse than it is because the images seem to have been compressed? They look clearer direct from the hard-drive!

Main body next.

[Raul Mamoru]

It's getting pretty good!
You have a clear vision about what you want.

[Unusualsuspex]

Ok new textures taking shape. Still a great deal of work to do but it's getting to a stage where I'm seeing what I intended now!

Obviously the viewing galleries won't have windows in the floors Click here to enlarge They're just place holders to give an idea! Still to retexture the lower saucer, add and texture a few more greebles, etc etc.

Comments as always appreciated.

[Chainsaw_NL]

Absolutly stunning. Great detail and the textures look like they should. Are there going to be a lot of lit windows on it?

[Unusualsuspex]

HOPEFULLY! I'm still working out how to make the lit windows textures but I'm getting there!

[Unusualsuspex]

Tweaked the lighting (an ongoing process) and added a few more textures. Windows or docking arms next!

[Raul Mamoru]

the towers above could be repeated in the lower...
with more elongated towers...

[Unusualsuspex]

Ok I know that the general scene lighting is dark (on purpose) as this was a test render to see that the station lights were working!

Feeling much better about my abilities now, meagre as they are!

[Chainsaw_NL]

Very nice mate. Are you going to add more detail on the arms.

[Unusualsuspex]

Definitely! They're going to be last due to their complexity though!

Thanks Chainsaw!

[Unusualsuspex]

Well, progress after a short hospital stay, a chest infection and computer problems!

Upper and lower comms arrays removed for rebuild.

Escape pods provided for everybody! (Larger than standard with higher capacity.)

Windows progressing but work still to be done on both colours and textures. (That large dome section will indeed be semi-transparent, but the contents are some way down the line!)

Docking arms still to be textured.

Lower saucer still to be lit (plus both flat saucer sections.)

Other than that, progress!

(Lighting rig was pumped up some for these test renders so I could spot any flaws. Better renders soon)

[Chainsaw_NL]

And you dare to call yourself a newbie. Shame on you. Cant believe the pace your making this.

[Raul Mamoru]

And you dare to call yourself a newbie. Shame on you. Cant believe the pace your making this.

Hehehehehe...
I agree with the old Chainsaw ...