Breaking Thrust by NefariousDrO

Bryce • Science Fiction • posted on Feb 24, 2009

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Description

I revised the Asteroid Miner in my last post, the command/habitation section just looked "off" to me, somehow. The more I looked, the less I liked it, so I dove back into this model. I also added a bit more details, like communications dishes and antennas and such. There was also a question about the positioning of the thrusters, so I decided to do this view from the "underside", to help out with that, somewhat. The engines are basically out on these pylons in order to add leverage and increase maneuverability. The side thrusters are for maneuvering, as well. They add up to having thrusters pointing in pretty much all of the cardinal directions, so that it's theoretically possible to combine them to get motion in any desired vector. I was actually inspired to use this kind of model for engine placement by the "Starfury" in the TV show Babylon 5, a design that even impressed scientists at NASA, so they requested a copy of the CGI model from the show. Well, I digress. This ship was modeled in Bryce 6, textures are mostly my own, but some presets were used as well, background was made in Photoshop, compositing, engine exhaust and other postworking all done in Photoshop as well. Thanks for taking a look!

Comments (31)

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Silencer9

9:06PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Very good work! Interesting design.

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Odessey

9:06PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Great design , and did i mention the POV, a very unique fleet you have got going !

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jocko500

9:17PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

super looking

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geirla

9:22PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

"Full stop Capt'n!" Nice thruster design. And definitely a great POV to show it off.

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MagikUnicorn

9:46PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Excellent another Great POV

frankie96

10:06PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

What an imagination you have...

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Bambam131

10:25PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Excellent POV, this is one of my favorite by you, top notch!!! Cheers, David

M2A

10:50PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Good balance between modeling and background, i like it.

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Biffowitz

5:58AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Very cool POV and space scene, nice work!

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moviehawke1

8:04AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

This is a great, industrial design, ship. Very rugged for the task at hand. I like the thruster fire and engine glow. Great sci-fi shot!

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lyron

8:49AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Great scene!!

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thecytron

8:52AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Awesome!

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duo

9:52AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Fantastic Bryce model! It reminds me the style of Blake's 7. BRAVO!

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KarmaSong

9:52AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Superb modelling and atmo, it's fantastic Bryce work !

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kjer_99

10:49AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Impressive POV.

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annie5

10:58AM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Excellent POV..great space scene! Well done :)

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SIGMAWORLD

12:06PM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Excellent!

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DAM3D

12:32PM | Wed, 25 February 2009

I love these ships you are doing fantastic work!!

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carlx

1:06PM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Impressive!!!

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Miska7

3:02PM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Great space scene and ship model. Nice post work! Well done.

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Ancel_Alexandre

3:47PM | Wed, 25 February 2009

Great!

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grafikeer

12:39AM | Thu, 26 February 2009

Excellent modelling and a great POV...very well done!

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DMWVCS

2:07AM | Thu, 26 February 2009

WELL DONE!!! REAL feel for actually being in space!!! David

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Burpee

2:17PM | Fri, 27 February 2009

Fantastic model and sky...again!

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faroutsider

2:30AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Excellent modeling and sky.

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marcopolinski

7:01PM | Sun, 08 March 2009

the background scene is superbly well done, as is the Astroid Miner and the thruster exhausts ... this is excellent ... fantastic scifi scene that puts my imagination on fire!!!

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