I'm a second generation small business owner. My father owned a cleaning business back in Maine. One of the things he taught me was professional pride is a healthy thing and that if someone doesn't take pride in their work, its quality will suffer.My previous job as a house painter here in Florida a few years ago helped drive this lesson home for...
A large machine for Nem Gate. Work on this thing gave me a headache! It was very difficult to get the ideas flowing on this. But in the end, I think the result was okay for the most part. I just wish it hadn't been such an ordeal for the client and I to try and drag it into existence.It wasn't the client's...
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One of the questions I get asked the most is: "Do your interiors actually fit inside your ship exteriors?" The answer is always, "Yep, it does fit." No weird MMO-style it's-bigger-on-the-inside stuff. I am nevertheless a Doctor Who fan, mind you.What the current set looks like without the ship around it. We're nearing the end of the architectural modelling phase here. Next, we're...
Still deliberating on the furnishings in these lounge areas. Also, for some reason, I find these windows so incredibly beautiful, I'm seriously considering adding more of the things around the ship, particularly in the flat areas around central ring of the ship. This has a potential two-fold benefit. 1.) I was never pleased with those greebles. 2.) It'd give me more compartments on the...
Still working out the details on these rooms. I'm not sure what purpose they serve, but it's likely some kind of crew recreational area.Was thinking of deleting the walls between the two rooms (the walls form the corridor in the middle of the ship visible in the center picture) and simply making one, large, open lounge area with windows on either side. That...
Update on the work on the interior of the Viminal gunship.It's funny as you go along in the process of making one of these things, where your eyes are drawn. These areas are usually ones that stand out as different from the rest. In this case, my eyes are drawn to the place where there are no greeble details. It's really annoying to...
Got an email the other day from Museum Victoria in Australia. They've apparently finished work on the exhibit my work is featured in. Very proud moment for any artist, to be featured in a museum.In other news, still working on the Nem Gate project. Here are some renders of the modelling thus far on this latest set. ...
An unedited compilation of the wide angle and establishing shots from the bike travel montage from Plagarus Part II. Not very exciting, I'm afraid, due to lack of editing and sound, but this gives an idea what's going on so far with the great project that'll never be finished.Without proper editing, such as cuts to close-ups, or different angles and perspectives, the scene...
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The original intention of the Palatine cruiser was to have it like the starship Enterprise from Star Trek, in that these starships operate more or less without escort and are solo most of the time, just cruising around and cataloguing star systems.Then I discovered that while the Lathkos Sector universe I created is not as militaristic as, say, Battlestar: Galactica or Star Wars,...
Started working on elements for the interior of the Viminal class gunship. The key is to create interesting shapes which are very modular. The more these shapes can be copy/pasted throughout the model, the quicker the modelling process goes.For the rooms and compartments next to the outside hull (especially with windows/portholes), more specialized modelling has to happen, but usually most of the same...
Working on a name for this class of gunship. Keeping with the tradition I started with naming the Thrassi ships after the seven hills of Rome, I'm probably aiming for a name like the Viminal class gunship.This ship is very Thrassi in its design mantra. The Thrassi Republic (or, TR) has always been strapped for cash, so it decided to invest in a...
Started work on a gunship.The round spots on the top and bottom are where the gun turrets will go. Probably will have the warp drive winglets fold up and down like on the Palatine class. This ship was designed to be just a fast, powerful slugger with minimal armor. Its speed and atmospheric capabilities are its best defences. Its main armament is six...
Still tinkering with these two rooms. The third in the set, the conference room, is unchanged from the original, so I decided to not show it. The bridge itself is still very much a WIP. I'm struggling with the consoles and really dislike them. ...
Well, normally I can't show my commercial work that I've done with the public, as typically I'm under a non-disclosure clause. But I've received some leeway in this to show that while I'm not updating this site, I'm indeed working.These shots are from my interior modelling I've done for an independent film called Nem Gate. I'm just a modeller on this, so I'm...
