Gladiator-Class Star Destroyer - Modelling

Posted by Darthvender on May 6, 2010, 1:21 p.m.

I don't know if anybody knows this, but I create Star Wars models in Sketchup - a Google 3D modelling program. I've made quite a few, from the Imperial-I to the Venator to the A-Wing to the Interceptor. Not all are featured on my page, but I would definitely reccommend checking out the Venator.

Now, I know all my models aren't 100% accurate, but they're pretty close, and I've made a habit of modelling them all completely to scale according to Wookieepedia, meaning that all my models, when placed next to each other, are to scale as they are in the Star Wars universe. You can see my models here: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=Darthvender&styp=m&btnG=Search

Currently, my pet project is the Gladiator-Class Star Destroyer. It is 500 meters long and is not very well known. It appears rarely in the Expanded Universe and there are a scant few pictures of it.

I am currently working from this reference picture:

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080322222233/starwars/images/0/01/The_Demolisher_SOTG.jpg

and making the model as accurate as possible. The following are a few pics of the current model:

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9491/64d01.png

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4529/64d02.png

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2685/64d03.png

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1356/64d04.png

As you can see from the 4th pic, every single plate is raised from the surface of the hull, giving it that nice shading effect seen in the 1st pic. The model currently holds 12,410 edges and 5,148 polygons. I've been working on it for the past three or four days after school, and I'm pretty proud of it so far.

-Darthvender

Comments

Scott_AW 14 years, 6 months ago

Nice, sketchup is a pretty handy tool. Although I've used it more for 2d art then 3d if you stack the two against each other.

MMOnologueguy 14 years, 6 months ago

Could use some ambient occlusion. Does Sketchup even do ambient occlusion? 'Tshould.

Cesque 14 years, 6 months ago

So far so awesome.

Darthvender 14 years, 6 months ago

No, Sketchup doesn't do ambient occlusion, but it sure would be nice…