Fully Detailed Fantasy Ship

[adeptus]

Hello there once again :D

this is a new personal project ive started. Pausing my activities in character creation for some days I want to dedicate myself to this new and fun project of creating a fantasy ship for cinematic use. I want this model in the end to be really detailed in all aspects - also the interiors, with desks, chairs beds etc.
I will also rig some parts of the ship like windows and doors so that they can be animated easily. Also will add nCloth for the sails.
Before I got started, I thought about what I want the ship to look like and made some concepts in photoshop.
So I wanted it to be a rather light ship and I does not have very strong weapons, but I wanted it to be very fast - and look like it is a fast ship. It also would be a very agile ship so that It can escape easily in case of attack. Im not a specialist in naval architecture, but I had the Idea of giving it a kind of Double Sail system - to make it flexible and agile. But even if that does not work in real life - I dont care - its a fantasy ship anyway xD
So after making those thoughts and concepts I jumped right into it and started modeling in maya.

After some curve based modeling for the hull and decks:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9760/shipprev1.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/shipprev1.png/)

Well, after I got kind of used to this new model (ive modeled characters and other creatures (all organic) I really started to get some nice ideas for handrails, windows, stairs and so on...

for some other intial modeling pics visit this thread (http://www.digitaltutors.com/forum/showthread.php?27557-Some-Qs-about-modeling) :)
Ross K. helped me a lot with some really useful tips for modeling this kind of stuff.

So the current status looks like this:

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/9794/shipprev4.th.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/860/shipprev4.png/)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3483/deckpv1.th.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/deckpv1.png/)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7380/shipbpv2.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/148/shipbpv2.png/)

As you can see Im working with a human 1.8m High model in the scene. Just to check if everything has the right measure ;)

[adeptus]

started to make some litte extras and interiors...
here are some wireframes of the cannons

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6966/cannonv.th.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/cannonv.png/)

and some other things ive just finished:

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5979/helm01.th.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/585/helm01.png/)

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/5530/yawl01.th.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/yawl01.png/)

[Fusedgore]

This is lookin solid .I like it so far.

[Teamal]

Hey adeptus, looks really good so far, the style of the cannons look awsum. Like the double sail idea. Keep at it

[adeptus]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies - motivates me even more xD

As mentioned before, Ive started modeling some interiors. But also textured most of the current objects with some basic materials and textures.
Ive also gone ahead and rigged the cannons with some simple controls to drive them in height adjustment and to be able to arm them out of the holes. With the setup it looks like the hydraulics work just like in real life - gonna make a little video of that later - i find it looks nice xD

Here are some images:

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/7619/shipv2interiorpr06.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/shipv2interiorpr06.jpg/)

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4244/shipv2interiorpr05.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/shipv2interiorpr05.jpg/)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3060/shipv2exteriorpr01.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/shipv2exteriorpr01.jpg/)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6448/shipv2exteriorpr03.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/shipv2exteriorpr03.jpg/)

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9735/shipv2exteriorpr04.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/30/shipv2exteriorpr04.jpg/)

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9458/shipv2exteriorpr05.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/shipv2exteriorpr05.jpg/)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2771/shipv2interiorpr04.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/shipv2interiorpr04.jpg/)

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/3739/shipv2interiorpr03.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/857/shipv2interiorpr03.jpg/)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4538/shipv2interiorpr02.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/shipv2interiorpr02.jpg/)

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/7697/shipv2interiorpr01.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/808/shipv2interiorpr01.jpg/)


http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/720/shipv2exteriorpr06.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/shipv2exteriorpr06.jpg/)

Next im going to start with all the ropes and some more little extras. And start to rig the windows and doors of the ship to make them more "animator-friendly"

[Jonathan.rasch]

nice ! cant wait to see it when it is finished. if you could make like an epic sea battle scene with the ship that would also look awesome !

[Brandon_LJ]

That looks great! I can't wait to see the finished product!!

[adeptus]

New update guys:
It took a bit to get this thing done so far, since I was working on some other projects simultaneously..

Made some work on the interiors and ropes on the outside.
Heres an other work in process render:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3083/lacrymosawallpaper01.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/695/lacrymosawallpaper01.jpg/)