Custom CG Mon Calamari Cruiser (3dsMAX)

[Howard Day]

Hey, guys! I recently finished a 3d model of a custom Mon Calamari Cruiser - and I've made the source files available!

The original model was an effort between Ansel Hsaio and I to come up with a method of wrapping complex details around curved surfaces. Without that method working, this sort of model would take an immense amount of time to complete - instead, it only took approx 20 hrs of time to make... and now that I have the greebles and source, I could bang another one out in a quarter of that time.

It's in 3dsMax 2012 format (Built in 2015) and has no textures. I've included the plugins I used (in 2015 format), and there are two versions - the finished ship, and the ship still in un-flattened stack construction version. This one has some boxes around the ship - if you select one of those, and set the Morpher modifier to 0%, it will unwrap the surface details flat, and you can see how I set everything up. It also contains all the greebles I made for this in easy to view and layout form. I'd love to see any art you guys make with this, but most of all, I hope you enjoy it.

Construction Version!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B75poHUDj4VkQ2lDT01hNFg3TVk/view?usp=sharing
Finished Version!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B75poHUDj4VkU29rZ0ZjSUFZbG8/view?usp=sharing
Enjoy!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Very cool! What size is it (compared to say Home One)? Ansel Hsaio's site is awesome as well.

 

[Howard Day]

It's 650M long - which shows better in this version of the video...

It's not that big.

 

[Toadmeister]

Nice work, especially the video

 

[Howard Day]

Thanks, Toadmeister! Thinking of doing another one here - possibly larger. Now that I've got all the bits, it should be fast. Here's a few more pictures.

 

[Toadmeister]

Mom Calamari cruisers have gone way under-represented in the SW community. Nice to see!

 

[bwayne64]

Damn son ! Those clips could be from the actual movies. I mean really beautiful !

 

[jthornton1993]

Time to finally get a decent 3D printer and print this along with the Anigrand Imperial Star Destroyer file I have

 

[Jm419]

Anigrand Star Destroyer file?

 

[jthornton1993]

Anigrand Star Destroyer file?

Correct. http://www.scifi3d.com/details.asp?intGenreID=10&intCatID=8&key=534

 

[Jm419]

Wow, thank you very much.

 

[Starkiller0613]

Awesome! Great work!

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[Howard Day]

Thanks, Starkiller0613!

 

[Mandalorian444]

Wow, great looking model there. That short video with the other ships is cool. Like bwayne64 said, could be from the movies.

 

[Howard Day]

Thanks! I really tried to match the CC from the movies - ROTJ in the one with multiple ships, and ESB for the final. I need to figure out a faster way of rendering these guys, and do more videos.