Michael_C opened this issue on May 14, 2023 ยท 18 posts
Michael_C posted Sun, 14 May 2023 at 1:50 PM
I've done two flying saucer figures, the purported WW II German Haunebu II, some years ago, and the real, if unsuccessful, Canadian Avrocar, more recently. Thinking about what a production Avrocar may have been, I wondered about a steampunk flying saucer and found two examples that impressed me. I decided to create a Victorian era flying saucer using those images as inspiration. It'll be a while before this is complete, but here's a peek at the basic shape and a landing leg test article.
Michael_C posted Tue, 16 May 2023 at 12:36 PM
Michael_C posted Thu, 18 May 2023 at 5:48 PM
Michael_C posted Sun, 21 May 2023 at 2:14 PM
The entrance stairway lowered.
Testing the stairway mechanics in Poser:
Michael_C posted Tue, 23 May 2023 at 4:14 PM
There will be two configurations, an Explorer
and a Fighter
Michael_C posted Sun, 28 May 2023 at 10:31 AM
The saucer will have a full interior. Here's an early look.
Michael_C posted Tue, 30 May 2023 at 4:28 PM
Preliminary gunner station:
More basic interior details.
Michael_C posted Fri, 02 June 2023 at 4:05 PM
Michael_C posted Thu, 08 June 2023 at 2:36 PM
The interior is likely finished.
The gunship configuration:
Michael_C posted Tue, 13 June 2023 at 4:23 PM
bwldrd posted Thu, 15 June 2023 at 6:15 AM
Looking good.
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Consider me insane if you wish, but is your reality any better?
Michael_C posted Fri, 16 June 2023 at 3:12 PM
Michael_C posted Sun, 18 June 2023 at 9:55 AM
Michael_C posted Wed, 21 June 2023 at 12:32 PM
Michael_C posted Sat, 24 June 2023 at 1:06 PM
Further textured landed render and partially textured interior, both the Explorer version.
Michael_C posted Wed, 28 June 2023 at 1:03 PM
Michael_C posted Fri, 07 July 2023 at 8:13 AM
Pretty much packaged up and in the release schedule.
Here's the back story with a preliminary scene render. The scene is inspired by the image that prompted my creating this product, and will have many more elements when finished.
In 1897, near the end of the Victorian Era, drawing on emerging electrical technology and developing his own pioneering concepts of magnetic plasma flux propulsion, the brilliant engineer Eugene Lentier built his first flying saucer, the Explorer. The Explorer line was so successful that Lentier expanded into the military market, manufacturing light gunships.
Michael_C posted Wed, 19 July 2023 at 8:05 AM
Now in the Marketplace.
https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/160421/victorian-flying-saucer
