I'm getting ready to o on a trip and I won't be able to work on this anymore for a week or so.  However, I've been beating on this for three weeks now and it's time I posted something on it.

I'm thinking this would be a reasonable C3DE option?  We'll see.

If you google Star Trek Lithium Cracking Station, you can find the original matte painting that was done for the original series.  This particular image has been burned into my memory since I was a kid and I've always had a huge fascination with it (just wanted to be there and go explore the station!).

Anyway, it's coming along and I'm going to give up on it soon as it's driving me crazy.  This will be an image I print and hang on my wall.

100% all Carrara (modeling, texturing, etc.).

-Kix

Really cool model!

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Great looking model Kixum.  Really nice job!

-AniMajik

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You did an excellent job at duplicating the original image...  It is amazing the patience and Carrara know how you have to make it..

I remember this image and episode.. 

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So far, this thing has been crazy!  There are a lot of pipes!  I'm adding little details now and doing a lot tweaking.  Several of the textures need to be changed and some of the proportions of a few things need to dialed.  I'm into the macro level details (railings, handles, ladders, edges).  None of that was really in the original but a more detailed render kind demands it.

I would guess I have about 40 hours in on it so far.  Another 10 and it should be good to go.

-Kix

Really nice. Thanks for posting the WIP.

not bad!

I am a fan of that pic from the series too, this is really excellent!

I'm done with this fo now.  This was a pretty big project for me and I'm happy with the results.

I'll be posting in the gallery.

-Kix

For those of you who are hard core Trekkies, I've decided to try some of the other Matte Paintings of the series.

I've already started working on Starbase 11 as seen in the court martial episode.  Trying to reproduce images that are established is certainly a learning experience!  The image for delta vega had over 8000 individual pieces (not counting all the little rocks in teh sand).

It's been a great learning experience and I'm enjoying working on the next scene already.  Here's how far I've gotten just in three hours work already.

-Kix

Great job!

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