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Post by Tommygun on Jul 19, 2011 12:33:30 GMT -9
Modular SciFi Building this Time. Last week someone posted a picture of theses buildings designed by an Italian designer by the name of Nume over at Ebbles web site. I liked the look, so I thought I would give them a try. They will be stack-able like plastic cups the way some of my other buildings do for better storage. Here is a test build. One side of the roof will be all solar panels and I like the little sky lights on the originals. It's about 6inches (15cm) wide which I think will work well when clustered together. So anyone interested in this guy?    |
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Post by gilius on Jul 19, 2011 12:37:03 GMT -9
Looks really cool! It's easy to seek a bunch of these as a small sci-fi settlement or military camp.
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 19, 2011 13:35:05 GMT -9
Ooo ... this has a lot of potential
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Post by dcbradshaw on Jul 19, 2011 14:58:22 GMT -9
 I'm having visions of a Mos Eisley-type desert city sprawl...
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 19, 2011 15:52:05 GMT -9
Sneak peek. ;D Attachments:
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Post by Reivaj on Jul 19, 2011 16:57:49 GMT -9
WOW excelente!!!  Do you use Gimp to make textures  |
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 19, 2011 17:53:49 GMT -9
Sometimes I use gimp to make textures, but I usually get them from cgtextures.com and just use gimp to change them.
The large tan wall area started out as a very small white stucco wall section and the solar panel was only 1/8th the size it is now and lighter in color.
Gimp is really made to modify pictures more than making something from scratch.
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 20, 2011 10:42:04 GMT -9
Door and window design. I based them on that new building coming out by Micro Art. They still need to be blended into the back ground. Attachments:
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 20, 2011 12:15:01 GMT -9
Will you be doing a 'Lunar' theme on these, too?
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Post by gilius on Jul 20, 2011 12:54:56 GMT -9
And by the way, thanks for the cgtextures.com link, I didn't know that site and it's simply fantastic!
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 20, 2011 14:21:00 GMT -9
Oh yes, CG textures is a great resource.
I'm not planning on any other versions.
I'm hoping I can scale them to get about 8 slightly different sizes so they nest inside each other.
Each one would be about 1.5 percent difference in size.
I may do a greenhouse version as the 9th unit?
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Post by aom on Jul 21, 2011 8:51:03 GMT -9
Like I said over at Mel's, this is looking really cool.
I like the greenhouse hab unit you did with the freight containers, so a greenhouse in this set would be cool too.
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 21, 2011 14:52:31 GMT -9
Thanks. Here is the greenhouse.   |
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 21, 2011 15:39:47 GMT -9
You, sir, are an artist.
Awesome once again
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Post by okumarts on Jul 21, 2011 20:32:44 GMT -9
I love the look of all this!
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 22, 2011 11:46:43 GMT -9
Well I have my ink cartridge back in and two test builds done. It all looks well. Next I need to figure out how much to reduce and enlarge the units to get them to stack inside each other. I want to do one or two with a really large door too.    |
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 22, 2011 15:40:03 GMT -9
very sweet
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 22, 2011 19:30:01 GMT -9
I decided to do a mod of the greenhouse as an all metal building. It will be in a separate pdf. Attachments:
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Post by dcbradshaw on Jul 23, 2011 7:38:45 GMT -9
I have a suggestion for the bottom flap, the "ground" tab-
I have seen here and there that for wide walls that may tend to bow or warp, if you have a tab like this you can make two horizontal score lines and fold it into a long triangular rail inside the model, then glue that itself to the wall. The Rio Draco buildings do this, to pretty good effect.
I don't know how much this might mess up your nesting idea, but it might add a bit more stability than just the flap resting on the ground.
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Post by Adam Souza on Jul 23, 2011 8:30:33 GMT -9
They look great. When this is all done, I'm going to have an oddly shaped sci fi village to raid.
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 23, 2011 10:52:23 GMT -9
Well I think I can have the first pdf ready by later tonight or tomorrow.
I do have a few things to get done this weekend though.
The triangle idea is a good simple way to solve that problem.
I'll have to keep that in mind for future projects.
I did do something a bit similar with my Moon Hopper's spine.
A small triangle tube is surprisingly strong.
On this type of building it wouldn't be practical, as I would have to make each unit about 10% smaller or more than the last to nest inside each other.
Right now there is a 2% difference and they still look OK next to each other.
The smallest is about 12% smaller than the largest.
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 23, 2011 12:36:16 GMT -9
Teaser Images: Raid at your pleasure.   |
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Post by Reivaj on Jul 24, 2011 5:32:48 GMT -9
WOW Great pictures Tommygun!! Is the background a printed pic or photo edition Beautiful work  |
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 24, 2011 9:07:31 GMT -9
I used Gimp to insert photos into the background.
I spent a whole 20 minutes on it I think.
Just having some fun.
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Post by kiladecus on Jul 24, 2011 11:32:27 GMT -9
You are a true master of what you do! Can I call you the Picaso of Papercraft? My favorite is still the hovertank pictures you did with TOPO'S YELLOWJACKET! Sheer magic!
Ok... the triangle tab, great idea! I will steal ... um, I mean "use" it in the future (just like I did SoloSpirit's combination of magnets and paperclips that allow moveable and interchangable turrets on models)!
Ok. I think I have addressed every item mentioned in this thread... bar one. Where can I get a copy of that hover car? That is freakin' awesome!
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Post by Tommygun on Jul 24, 2011 15:10:38 GMT -9
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Post by Dagger on Jul 24, 2011 18:57:14 GMT -9
Genius! Great Work...
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 25, 2011 5:42:16 GMT -9
I just think these have to be the most useful structures I've seen in a long time. I think they fit extremely well in desert scenarios, but I put some trees and things around, and the color balances for forest also. I wish my computer would handle an additional program, but it can't, but sometime down the road, I plan on doing an Arctic White version to be used in Arctic and Lunar scenarios.
Talk about transportable scenery that looks phenomenal and sets a mood for gameplay ...
Thanks
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Post by Dominic on Aug 5, 2011 2:33:41 GMT -9
I'll just drop in my mandatory and go skulk in a corner... Seeing such great ideas is kinda... well, grounding. |
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Do you use Gimp to make textures 
