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BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model

 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:44 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:18 am 
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Thanks!

First of all, the boarding pod is (as good as) finished:
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The width/height of the pod is about 6.3mm and it's 6.2mm long. I tried making the design look a bit cruder than the ships, but at this scale that sort of thing can be a bit tricky.

The new ship in the meantime has gotten a lot of work done, including a bit of a resize.
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The design philosophy of this ship is rather different than the previous escorts. Whilst more than capable to go on the offensive, the design of those ships was more oriented towards defense rather than offense. The escorts were meant to protect the larger transportships from attackers. This new ship however was created for the sole purpose of war, attacking rather than defending. Hopefully the shape of the ship has kinda managed to reflect that.

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I'm not fully happy with the engines and the prow yet, so both will still need some tweaking. Beyond that it's checking out some of the details again and see if they still work now that the ship has been resized.

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As you can see, the new ship (48mm long) is considerably larger than the destroyer on the bottom (36mm long). I'd love to expand on this range, add a few more escort sized ships and then a light cruiser or something.

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 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:34 pm 
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Ordnance time!!!

Well, mainly boarding action oriented stuff...

The Trade Guilds (faction of which I've designed the Corvettes, Destroyers and giant transportships) use normally use shuttles to board ships for inspection. However, when attacked they can deploy their own security forces to board enemy craft. Soldiers of the Trade Guilds are carried in Assault Pods that can be launched from various Carrier craft.
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It's basically the original assault pod I designed a long time ago. It's dimensions are 9.46mm long by 4.5mm wide by 2.25mm tall. I'll be making some small modifications to it in an attempt to fit more to the aesthetic of the faction.

You've already seen this Boarding Pod, a common tool used by the various military factions. The Boarding Pod is a rather crude vehicle. Upon impact with enemy ships the pod's claws dig their way into the prey's hull. The pod then burns a hole through the ship's armor, unleashing its deadly cargo...
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As you can see I haven't really changed the design since last time. The only thing I did now was to include a variant of the pod, basically the same design but with its claws more opened up. Thought it to be a nice touch to have them both. The closed pod is 6.3mm wide/tall by 6.2mm long, the opened pod is 6.98mm wide/tall by 5.14mm long.

Whilst ships have their own sensor arrays to guide their weapons and detect enemy craft, military vessels often deploy Sensor Drones to detect hidden targets and scout ahead of the fleet.
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Like the Boarding Pod, the Sensor Drone has an 'open' and 'closed' variant. Also, it's exhaust is the other way around compared to the pod, making the Sensor Drone almost look like a reversed Boarding Pod. The closed pod is 5.94mm tall/wide and 9.21mm long. The open pod is 8.52mm tall/wide and 8.13mm long.

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 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:27 pm 
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A little teaser...

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A little box arrived at the post yesterday...

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(not all the boarding pods are in the picture)

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Compared to FUD by Shapeways (front ship) this stuff is (a) a lot more detailed and (b) a lot smoother, which is all very nice!

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However, there have been some issues with the bottom parts of the ships:
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Hopefully this can be fixed with some (liquid) greenstuff and some filing/sanding...

Oh, and I really love how the boarding pods came out!
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 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
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Great googely! Those are nice.
Where'd you print up at?

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 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
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The Manufacturing Engineering Center of the Cardiff University. I kinda had to smile when a package form Cardiff arrived. Both me and my girlfriend instantly yelled "DOCTOR WHO!!!" :P

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 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
PostPosted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:43 pm 
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Oh wow those ships are so cute and awesome! Any plans for mass production?


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 Post subject: Re: BFG scale ships - from sketchup to model
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At the moment the plan is to repair the models a bit and have them cast/sold through Fox Box games. So hopefully you'll be able to get them in a couple of months from now. :)

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Not sure yet what I wanna do with this. It's basically me trying to build a tower, but the scale is still a bit of a mystery. At first I imagined it to be a complete city, the model is about 15cm tall, so it would have been perfect for BFG scaled stuff. However, since it's standing on a planet's surface, it might not be that interesting for such games. I could keep the model the same and count it as an Epic scaled thing, which in itself could be interesting. Or keep it at the 28mm scale, and have it be some sort of broadcast tower.

Or maybe forget about the whole model and approach it as an artwork piece...

Options, options, options!

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I like it. Reminds me of this:

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I think you need a more sound ground connection, not a round pipe just laying there...

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malika2 wrote:
At the moment the plan is to repair the models a bit and have them cast/sold through Fox Box games. So hopefully you'll be able to get them in a couple of months from now. :)


Sweet, just have to play the waiting game. BTW the top part of the tower would have a great looking base of a space station or star port.


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Thinking a haven class spire for BFG myself :)

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Decided to put two of my old transportships on my shop on Shapeways:

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Looking for some Destroyer sized escorts?
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Kit includes 5 ships, each one of them is 9mm wide, 10mm tall and 34mm long.

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