The Behemoth

[Revell-Fan]

Howdee friends and fans,

@shadree 's call to join a new Armour Up! Paperjam triggered something in me. Unfortunately I mistook the premise and thought armured vehicles would meet the requirements, however, since I would never have come up with the idea without the jam announcement I consider this a happy accident.

Now then. Basic modeling is complete, all main parts have been unfolded and flaps are being added. An internal skeleton must be made. I'm now in the process of texturing the parts to see if my plan works. I won't tell you what it is now but IF it works you will definitely like it.

Here are some previews of the unfolded parts.



Stay tuned for updates!

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

 

[Revell-Fan]

Texturing in progress:



As you may assume this may take a while..!

 

[Revell-Fan]

And done. On to the next one.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

The texture looks FANTASTIC!
It looks like one of the trenches for a Cylon Basestar!

 

[mijob]

This looks verry good RF.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Thank you!

The texture looks FANTASTIC!
It looks like one of the trenches for a Cylon Basestar!

Yes, I used the classic Cylon Basestar model as a base for the texture. It seemed to be the most logical choice.

I copied the texture of one trench, cut it in the middle and mirrored both halves. That gave me the textures for the upper and lower launch trenches. The red lines were inspired from the lights of the gate of the Cylon asteroid base from "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the PDF you can even see the tiny lights. I'm curious to see what happens when the parts are printed. Will they still be visible? Well, we'll find out.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out!!!

 

[Revell-Fan]

LOTS of greeblies for @Rhaven Blaack .

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

This (suspiciously) looks like the Cylon Basestar!

 

[Revell-Fan]

UGH! I put the texture onto the SketchUp model and it does not look as intended, especially at this scale. So I'm forced to deal with something I wanted to avoid:



RECESSING AND LAMINATING EVERYTHING!!!

 

[Revell-Fan]

This (suspiciously) looks like the Cylon Basestar!

Well, it's supposed to..!

 

[Revell-Fan]

Another part with pre-liminary texture. I'll have to see if it looks good or if it needs to be changed.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

This looks AMAZING!!!
I am looking forward to trying my hand at this project!!!

 

[Revell-Fan]

I got curious and baked the texture onto the SU model. It doesn't look too bad but it needs a bit more contrast - hence: more lines!

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

It does look very good thus far!!!
I am greatly looking forward to seeing how this turns out!!!

 

[Revell-Fan]

Thank you!

More lines and first colour variations.:

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I really like how this is taking shape!!!
You are setting ah whole new bar with this version!!!

 

[Revell-Fan]

Texturing of the next level is complete. This was a bit tricky because I was completely on my own and have developed two other versions which somehow did not look "right":



v1 was v2 with some darker shades.

Since I have full creative license with this one I don't put too much emphasis on "right" or "wrong" though, however, everything must stay within the same design language. The grills are essential parts of that, so they must go somewhere. And here they are.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I like version three. The louvres look great! Depending on the overall size of this model, it might be possible to greeble them out.