Space Ark

[gmd3d]

This design is featured in George Pals "When Worlds Collide".





The last image is mine, and its not perfect, I would need a lot more ref images to be sure

A new member wmwconnors expressed interest in the design and
I thought I would see how I would build it....

wmwconnors if you read this, you can use this thread if you like to show us what your are doing with the model.

I used a spline drawing tool in Lightwave to build it...... not sure what Blender has in it place. following the over all shape on one side and then Lathe it...

[wmwconnors]

Wow. Fast work. Hopefully I can take a crack at it this weekend. My biggest problem is simply that I'm going at it with no actual training.

Can anyone point me at a good tutorial that starts off by assuming I'm an idiot?

[gmd3d]

Originally Posted by wmwconnors

Wow. Fast work. Hopefully I can take a crack at it this weekend. My biggest problem is simply that I'm going at it with no actual training.

Can anyone point me at a good tutorial that starts off by assuming I'm an idiot?

What program do you want to use for modelling.... it would help to refine our searches

[wmwconnors]

I have used Sketch Up (which I know is far from ideal, but I learned it to do packaging mock-ups and it was great for that). I have also used Hexagon. I tried Blender, but I found the interface was...well...not very friendly. I am about to try using Bryce but have not yet.