The Emerald Monarch

[Ronnke]

The Emerald Monarch - 400dton Frontier Merchant

Since this forum has been opened, I thought I would post a shot from my work in progress Traveller movie. The ship is a Lightning Class 400dton Frontier Merchant, from the GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars.

I've also added a little bit of history to the ship in the description.



I want to say thanks to Jesse DeGraff who gave me the information to get the ships proportions correct.

Stay tuned for the completed movie.

 

[navanod]

Very cool. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Ronnke]

Thanks, I'm really looking forward to having it finished as I've been working on it for a while now. The modelling for the movie is complete, and I'm now working on setting up the shots, so it's not too far away.

It's just a hobby project, but I hope people will like it.

 

[Starviking]

A very nice pic - I can't wait to see your movie!

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Looks as good as Jesse's!

(The planet needs work, though).

Good luck with the movie - you're gonna need it!

 

[Ronnke]

(The planet needs work, though).

I was going to render the animation for that shot over the weekend, what do you think needs to be done planet wise?

 

[jdegraff]

Lookin' good, Ronnke!

Inside & out? Ooo, I wanna' see When I worked on the Lightning for the book, I'd planned to do a JTAS article titled "Ride the Lightning" with a full visual tour inside and out of the ship, but I never got around to it :\

 

[Andrew Boulton]

I was going to render the animation for that shot over the weekend, what do you think needs to be done planet wise?

Mostly, the bump scale - those mountains look 1000km high!

 

[Ronnke]

For those interested in following the progress of my Traveller movie, below are links to the opening shot and a spin render of the Emerald Monarch herself.

The opening shot.
http://www.vimeo.com/17747575

The Emerald Monarch in all her glory.
http://www.vimeo.com/17673606

I'm interested to get people's feedback, both good and bad.

 

[Ronnke]

Those interested in Traveller astro-geography.

The planet is Nusku, which orbits the star 61 Cygni A, and seen in the distance is the binary systems secondary star, 61 Cygni B.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Fantastic! Can't think of any improvements!

 

[jdegraff]

Looks great Brian!!!
Jesse

 

[Andrew Boulton]

A white bg is better for turntable shots.

 

[Ronnke]

I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I would share this render.



This is a short YouTube clip to go with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_ZNYz-tRY

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Very nice!

 

[jatay3]

Lightnings are an old favorite of mine.

 

[Ronnke]

I'm starting to put together some of the battle scenes for a trailer. Here is a new test video.

The explosions are still missing and there is next to no post processing done, but it will be added as soon as I have decided on the desired look.

I'm pretty pleased with the result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkeZGV-5QJg

 

[BytePro]

Looks great... in fact, a (first) salvo of missiles that don't result in much (except kinetic energy transfer - the 'impacts' are sweet) is pretty cool.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Love the camera shake when the missiles hit - must remember to steal that

Not sure about the camera move as the missiles launch, though; just a straight pan would be better.

 

[Ronnke]

Love the camera shake when the missiles hit - must remember to steal that

Not sure about the camera move as the missiles launch, though; just a straight pan would be better.

The shot started out as a straight pan, but when it cuts to the impacts, the flow just didn't work. So to better follow the 30deg rule and give the shot a little more energy, the camera does it's exaggerated anime like movement.

Follow the below links to see the completed shot, Vimeo tends to be better quality.

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/29709214
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnb6V_RO9a8