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The Doomsday Machine 2019

8K render exposes all kinds of problems

June 23, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise WIP #0007

The day job has been unusually busy the past few days, so I didn’t have much time for the project this week. I did want to see whether it was possible to render the Enterprise model in 8K (7680 x 4320) and well… it is! But rendering my model at 8K reveals several issues that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, LightWave 2019, USS Enterprise, WIP

Last update for the week

June 15, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise WIP #0003

A minor update to end the week. In this image you see that I continue fussin’ with the appearance of the Bussard collectors (the domed caps on the warp nacelles), along with some tweaks to the lights on the saucer-shaped upper primary hull. Happy Flag Day to my U.S. visitors!

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, LightWave 2019, USS Enterprise

Still needs some (a lot) of work

June 13, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment

Here is today’s work in progress on the star of my project, designer Matt Jefferies’ signature masterpiece, the original USS Enterprise from Star Trek.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, LightWave 2019, Matt Jefferies, USS Enterprise

It’s BAAAA-AAACK!

June 11, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment

I know, I know. I have said this at least three or four times over the past decade. It’s been sixteen years since I bought LightWave 7.5 back in 2003 with an eye towards completing this project. Maybe I was just waiting for computer technology to advance to the point where it wouldn’t take 45 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, LightWave, USS Enterprise, WIP
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