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A concept Bernal SphereWhat's a Bernal Sphere ? ... [link]
Was going for a 60/70's illustrated feel to the image, kinda works but I don't think I've completely pulled it off.
Excellent model by Starbase1 who was kind enough to let me have a play.
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Nice to see one of these. Usually you see O'Niel Cylinders and Standford Toruses
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Having grown up with those '70s habitat images, I can say with some degree of authority that you pulled it off just fine.
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majestic is the word. you nailed that optimistic sixties we can do anything vibe. and i love the understated starfield. great stuff man.
george
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You got to admit, Gerard K. O'Neill truly was a master of design when it came to space habitats. I find his works very inspiring.
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I recognize this model from a certain forum, cool model. Love the mood/lighting of this piece, only quibble is the white glow around the central ring w/ the panels looks odd but overall a very nice job.
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Thanks.
I go by the name "Pernik" over there. Starbase1 was kind enough to give me the chance to render his excellent model. The central panels glow - not a clue - it's almost like motion blur but that was turned off when I rendered it.
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Interesting, also has the look of an outer glow feature in the layer blending tools of PS. Kudos that you guys share models a bit over there...
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Oh the memories; I ate these sort of pictures up as a kid.
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I know exactly what you mean 
Thanks for the comment.
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You did a great job here. I immediately recognized your inspirations. When I was young, I was completely fascinated by this type of iamges.
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Thank you, I very much appreciate the comment. I'm really happy the you can see what I was trying to achieve.
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Simply awesome! How did you get the stylized 60/70's feel to it? I've been trying to do that for ages.
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Thanks.
How did I do it ?
More by luck than judgement and a little Photoshop trickery. Rendered the shot with a volulmetric light, which gave it that subtle washed out feel. Added a little noise to the image, raised the brightness levels by quite a bit and boosted the purples and blues a little.
It helped having a model that looks 60/70's-ish.
Unfortunately I'm not very organised when I come to do these sort of things, I simply apply filters and tweak until I get to what I want. The undo function is probably my most used tool.
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LOL, same here. Well, that gives me some ideas, I'll give it a try, thanks.
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Cool! What format is this model in? I'd love to play with it - it's gorgeous and it's great to see O'Neill's vision living on. We may not have gotten the future we expected to have... but we DIDN'T expect to have all these cool digital toys, did we??!?
The Orion III's a fun touch.
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Thanks.
Really happy you like this one as I was definitely channelling a bit of Arcass when I put it together.
The model is in Lightwave format (LWO), unfortunately it is not currently available to the public and I'm not sure if the author will release it.
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Aw man.... you get all the cool EXCLUSIVE toys!
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Beautiful shot of an incredible model - love the Orion giving scale to the whole thing 
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Thank you, I'm glad you like it and happy that I got the general illustration feeling across.
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Brilliant image, Graham! This has always been one of my favorite colony designs! And I think you succeeded in giving the image an illustrated feel.
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Thanks mate, appreciate the comment
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The used sphere-design is highly inefficiΓ«nt. Nice pic thought.
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Actually, the sphere is the MOST efficient shape for a pressurized containment. In that it requires the least structural reinforcement to adequately contain the pressurized atmosphere in a vacuum. The cylinder comes in second. When you're talking about a structure as large as a Bernal Sphere, the weight and force of the atmosphere becomes the limiting factor in design.
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I was talking about the overall design of the ship, since I know what u just said. The most efficiΓ«nt design for a Bernal sphere, which is in construction very alike a Dyson sphere, is that of multiple spheres connected together along one axel on which they all turn around in order to create a gravitational pull and yet allowing movement between spheres without leaving their interior. The shape of the model you used is that of a sub-station class-like design, which it thus very limited and inefficiΓ«nt. It's the second most efficiΓ«nt, in overall. Sorry if this confused you or made you think I'm an idiot...
PS: The greatest limitation with a Bernal sphere is that in the center or towards the poles, gravitational pull decreases and eventually is nihilized due to the proximity to the turning axel of the sphere.
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That is one seriously excellent model. The attention to detail is amazing. The lighting you've used shows all this off brilliantly, very well done
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Certainly is a great model,it's over a million poly's my machine is straining a little LOL.
Thanks for the comment.
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