[Q]Modeling a Pirate Ship?

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:51 pm

How would some of you guys go about modeling a pirate ship? I need to make one for a project, and I don't really know how to approach it. So far my attempts have looked... not so good

Thanks for the help,
Doctor

a mammoth · Post by **a mammoth** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:13 pm

I tried once. It sucked, but I found a tut where you use splines to get each view ports shape down, I'd have to find it again.

llama_juice · Post by **llama_juice** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:51 pm

how awesome of a pirate ship are we talkin about here?

*map idea insparation*

bwhhahahaha

SnaFuBAR · Post by **SnaFuBAR** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:11 pm

i would plane model or spline cage it.

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:18 pm

SnaFuBAR wrote:spline cage it.

Hmmm? I've never heard of this, please explain, young laddy?

cooldude5990 · Post by **cooldude5990** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:32 pm

get blueprints make outline every curve with a spline, then draw a plane over them.

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:15 pm

me, personally, would start from a box and extrude, chamfer, etc. 'till i achieved the look i wanted. but that's me, take it as last-minute advice.

a mammoth · Post by **a mammoth** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:41 pm

[cc]z@nd! wrote:me, personally, would start from a box and extrude, chamfer, etc. 'till i achieved the look i wanted. but that's me, take it as last-minute advice.

That would achieve the look of a mangled monkey.

llama_juice · Post by **llama_juice** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:20 am

I havn't tried spline modeling yet, I know I could make one with plane modeling, and make it look rather good aswell.

Alright, 20 min job :/

Yea, I know it's simple, but I did just the hull thinking that'd be the part people would probably struggle the most with... I also didn't have any reference pictures, that's just what I immagined a 20 min job to look like... so I modeled it....

{D · Post by {D » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:24 am

You could buy this one for $180.
http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/I ... /ID/181648

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:42 pm

ya he could but y would he spen 185$ on a 191,824poly ship, cus im sure that Doctor may want this to be a map or a Vehicle of some kind. also he said anyway to Model a ship, not buy one.

a mammoth · Post by **a mammoth** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:03 pm

You realize that ships have a overall bend to them?

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:44 pm

TomClancey wrote:ya he could but y would he spen 185$ on a 191,824poly ship, cus im sure that Doctor may want this to be a map or a Vehicle of some kind. also he said anyway to Model a ship, not buy one.

Nope, it is not going in game.

Also {DS} 8, I use gmax to model, I mod Halo Trail, and I use Paint.NET and gimp instead of Photoshop. >.> I am a cheap shit

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:09 pm

lol, im almost cheap, i use gmax and photoshop =P, and im getting 3ds max 9 this sumer.

BTW: anypics on your ship model?

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:36 pm

I advise not buying 3ds max 9, its not really supported yet in modding, get 7 or 8.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:07 pm

erhm y not? and im getting 9 because its a full license studen price for 380dollars, and the full licence max 8 comes with like 5 other thins i dont want for like 800dollars, so i though its a good trade off... so thats y im geting 9.

SnaFuBAR · Post by **SnaFuBAR** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:27 pm

fishface617 wrote:I advise not buying 3ds max 9, its not really supported yet in modding, get 7 or 8.

Bluestreak.

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:23 am

It works with 9? I didnt know it did.

rentafence · Post by **rentafence** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:32 pm

Well, bluestreak IS maxscript, isnt it?