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Published: 2010-08-23 00:57:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 8936; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 487
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Is this "fan art"? well, yes, I suppose it is...However "2001:a Space Odyssey" is probably my greatest inspiration - so this was kind of a hobby project and a labor of love.
This angle matches a frame from the film...
The design & the imagery are copyrighted to (I believe) MGM
(I have to put that in there
...)
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Another artist did one of the ORION-III Clipper titled "NASA One". Couldn't very well call it Air Force One, though maybe Aerospace One? But no. It sounds geeky. Great Job. Wish NASA had made an TSTO like that with the shuttles, and a fully reusable ARIES I-A and I-B lunar Shuttle. The IA as a dedicated cargo hauler, and the IB as a mixed passenger cargo transport. We'd still be a space-faring nation. Great Job.
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Love the idea of a NASA One. Couldn't very well call it Air Force One, though maybe Aerospace One? But no. It sounds geeky. Great Job. Wish NASA had made a TSTO like this with the shuttles.
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The main engines, the design was used on the Nostromo tug i believe. Great render.
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Ridley Scot was a great admirer of Kubrick's films - 2001 in particular
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2001-2010 those designs could easily fit into the Alien movie universe. Did they base the Omegas from B5 on the Leanov?
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I don't know much about the design process of those ships (the B5 Omegas) - but the configuration is so close it can't be a coincidence. I think the ships from 2001 and 2010 - and Space:1999 as well - have a lot of believability. That's something I think is missing in a lot of spaceships - the feeling that it is something that could really work.
I don't know if you have Sketchup or not (it's free), but I actually made a Leonov and one of the 2010 pods and posted them on 3D warehouse. Here are links to them:
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Yes i have sketchup, thanks for the links!
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No problem - I think all you have to do is download it and it should open just fine
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definitely a sexy ship . great detail on this model
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Thanks - and I love all the designs in this movie. This is one of the most detailed models I've made, I really wanted it to be accurate
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it's flippin amazing guy !
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I had to take a long rest after putting on all those tiny details 
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don't tell me you did all of this in one sitting
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Oh my god no! I had a window of time when I wasn't doing a project, so this called to me
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that sounds like a lot of fun , working on a model you love so much . i've had a few projects that i've really been into , but not like one model that means something to me deeply or is symbolic in that kind of way . well , everyone has a summer , they say .
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There are certain things that I just love, because of what they represented to me when I first encountered them. I feel like most of my own artwork is kind of "re-stating" these themes. It's very subjective - but but a great "energy source"
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all of my inspirations drown in the wake of individuals and time , leaving comfort being an abstract and brief memory . a tangible muse would be interesting . maybe that's why some people have gods . possibly consider yourself lucky
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I do feel that I am lucky
You deserve better than that
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i didn't mean to sound morbid . it's just the way my life is . i move every few years . every thing come and every thing go . i'm happy enough with transitions . kinda of a penchant for change
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Change can be difficult (I tend to travel mostly in my imagination), but it can be good. Some people never leave their home town, or home state. Having a lot of different experiences can give you a very rich background to draw on. It's mind expanding
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Wow, you must have put a lot of time into modeling this. It looks great. Very detailed.
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It was quite a challenge - I became a hermit for at least a week
My first thought was "oh, it's just a sphere - how tough can it be?" But it reached a point where I decided "I've come this far, I might as well try and really do this properly"
It was a lot of fun, and I really came to admire (even more so) the depth of thought that went into in this classic design
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nice details! this movie is really mind-blowing and timeless and it's quality probably unmatched.
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Absolutely - "2001" is amazing and unmatched - a true breakthrough
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yes! and sometimes I have the feeling that even the picture quality
is better than in todays digitally filmed movies.
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I agree with you! Digital and CG is nice, but it's amazing how fast it looks obsolete !
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Yay! The coolest ship in the coolest film ever made!
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Agreed! Although the other ships in that movie are also top of the list (in my opinion)
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Beautiful, and that camera shot is immediately recognizable. I'm glad you went ahead and responded to my "you should post these" nudge. Beautiful model, Steve - though as you say, the original holds up so amazing well that 3D models have a tough time matching the realistic intricacies and subtle weathering of the original.
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Well, this model still has no texture to speak of
Cg - while being great and all that - is still not able to equal a fully realized and expertly lit model.
The long shot of the Discovery moving past the camera - every little tube is casting a small bounce light. CG is not there yet - not for something like that. The algorithms and sampling parameters for radiosity can still only give an approximation of that kind of nuance.
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That is my favorite ship from this film, (although the others aren't far behind). I actually have a 1/72 kit of this that I will one day complete. Great job Steve!! I'm also re-learning LW myself..
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I like Lightwave. I've used various other software, but I can just get a nice result from Lightwave with less trouble. It has a very nice renderer. I'm not trying to win an Academy Award - I just want to quickly get to a decent image without a lot of jumping through hoops 
Maybe some day I will finish the moonbus. I have it basically made, but it needs all of the small details.
***sigh*** Time...
And really, I'm mostly trying to focus on original works - although it's a lot of fun to try and recreate something classic, I must say
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I'm really wanting to do some original designs, but I'm using a Star Trek ship as a learning curve, as it covers modelling, texturing and lighting. I'm also considering building a Battlestar Valkyrie for fun at some point... I really liked the design of that one.
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Hi Steve, are these all lightwave or did you switch to modo or ? ?
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These are Lightwave. I have Modo, but haven't had time to really learn it well enough yet.
But man - is it unbelievable for baking texture maps
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It is an amazing design - the whole movie, really. But I always liked this vehicle
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It is functional, yet has a very strong visual style that can be appreciated purely on that basis.
I hope some day we manage to make real spacecraft that are so pleasing to the eye
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I agree.
I hope that happens as well.
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