That’s hot.
The Starship Enterprise fires her port forward phaser bank in this image published on March 12, 2021.
The Doomsday Machine 2019
A little closer…
Getting a little closer to the look I’ve been searching for. The pig smells his truffles and is zeroing in on his reward. Other than a slew of lighting adjustments, this update has several minor (and not-so minor) modifications to the model/scene configuration: Adjusted the gamma on the star background to help the foreground blend … [Read more…]
A new image just so Fled Cruz isn’t the headline
Nothing much new here; just didn’t want Flyin’ Ted Cruz as the cover image anymore š
USS Enterprise HDR
This is a first attempt at producing an HDR (high dynamic range) image and then “down-rezzing” it to an RGB color space for viewing on the web. Still looks a bit dark, but I liked the image otherwise so I thought I’d post it since I’ve been absent the past couple of months (work has … [Read more…]
Enhance… enhance…
Enhance… …zoom in and enhance… …enhance… …zoom in and enhance. Yeeeah, I may have gone a bit overboard with the interiors.
And I’m Back!
After a long hiatus for COVID-19 and playing Nurse Chapel for my better half, I’m back at work on this project. Just for a little re-familiarization with LightWave and OctaneRender, I whipped up this test video using my Enterprise model, which I haven’t touched since November 2019. There are some subtle changes in lighting and … [Read more…]
Still here!
Just a quick check-in. I’m still not back-back and working on this project, but I haven’t touched the models since early March and I wanted to just do a quickie render to keep the muscle-memory intact. More to come when I’m able to get back to this full-time.
Status update
For anyone wondering where Iāve been the past month, well, Iāve been right here! Unfortunately, self-isolation and social distancing have not allowed me more time to work on my āDoomsday Machineā project for two reasons: I have worked from home full-time since 2014, so my schedule during daylight hours hasnāt changed (if anything, Iām working … [Read more…]
The Constellation Exits from Warp
The Starship Constellation exits from warp TMP-style in today’s video.
Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!
The Starship Constellation fires her main phaser banks at an unseen enemy in a new test video I’ve uploaded to Vimeo and YouTube.