Clydesdale Shuttle

Decals are all texture painted on now.

Pretty much done with the outside, now to work on the inside details.

Original Mesh

Original Coloring

Original Mesh

Original Mesh

Base Mesh

New Mesh - Designed the panels flat then used a curve modifier based on the original mesh to form the new panels.

Larger panels work better for the scale of this ship

Keeping as much of the original details as possible.

Very happy with the window frame!

Retoppoed the glass and now it has good shading. Need to work on a better material for it.

Not sure what these circles are but they are here now.

Exterior on the cabin module complete.

Redid the "heatsink"

Dialed back a lot of the panel detailing and even redid a few. Also started texturing.

Plagiarized this idea from Howie Day. At a sharp enough angle you can get a glimmer of the specular colors just like his big ships. The colors are all random based on the geo.

Also UV unwrapped the panels to add a grunge texture to dirty up the hull

Underside WIP

Engines WIP

Most difficult pieces are finished! From here on out it's just adding more detail.

Doesn't look like it but the geo for these engines is all new. Redid them a few times now to get the topo right to cut out the panel detail.

Tactor Beam emitter thing

It's hollow just like the original model. Added some other detail. Still feeling it out.

Moah lites!

Cables and conduit

RCS lights done and the panels look like panels now.

Intake grillz

Might ditch the "specular color" detail. Doesn't really fit the "dirty work horse" look.

Getting close to the end now. The big and medium details are pretty much done. Just going to add a few more small things here and there.

Never played with Blender's texture painting area and now wondering why it took me this long to get into it....

(the #5 and the star fleet icon are separate mesh, not painted/stamped yet)

Final render

Final render

Final render

Final render