So, the bridge is done, but there still needs to be some cleaning up in the model, but I’ll do that as needed. The next room they go into is the “lounge” so I’ll fiddle with that next. But I thought you might be curious what the 3D models look like. And I DEFINITELY think in terms of stage/set building for hopefully best presentation of characters and action. We’ll see if this one is successful! (And as you can tell, I’m a big fan of runner carpets in spaceships. It helps define the space I guess.)
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The next scene opened with Lasper running onto the bridge of his ship, followed by Gerek, Val, and Audri. Lasper said to his pilot, Kniff, “Why haven’t we taken off yet?!” Kniff replied calmly, “It takes a minute to warm up, Lasper. Because a certain captain refuses to buy us a burst actuator.” Then they manage to lift off and Kniff continued, “There we go. Up and in the sky. So, who are our guests?” Kniff looked around and saw that Lasper had brought a Bollyck on board and said, “Ah. Yakky is going to be pissed.” Hands on his hips, Lasper said, “Yakky is always pissed about something.” Yakky, who has quietly come up behind him said, “Excuse me, I’m what?”
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Neat ship, Christopher!
By the way, does Yakky play the saxaphone?
Well done, indeed. I’ve never got anything passed “there are spaces” and never worried about how they interacted from one sequence to the next.
Oh, and the sax song is Yakkity.
Does Yakky ever watch Benny Hill?
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It’s the 3D model of a major modern transportive.
It transports vegetable, animal, and occasional fugitive.
They know O’Kingly o’ Ireland, who can quote the fights hysterical,
From Mihrrgoots to the GOB, in order clerical…
Gilbert O’Sullivan is rolling in his bed.
It’s funny, but Yakky kooks nothing like Krep. Brothers from a different crab.
There seems to be a lot of living space, but what does this ship carry? Where is the cargo space?
You’re looking at the cargo. Fugitives. Mihrgoot gold.
I enjoy your commitment to mid-70s spoilers on your spacecraft, though the interior appears to be something of an accessibility nightmare.
@Pastordan, huh. I hadn’t thought of that. I mean, future prosthetics and hover-wheelchairs aside, I’ll ponder that question for future ships.
I mean, it’s got to be difficult to be ADA-compliant when you’re designing for everything from hooves to tentacles.
Stairs really are a biped thing. They don’t work nearly as well for anybody else. I’d expect a lot more ramps.
On the other hand, construction seems to be cheap enough in this universe that there’s not necessarily any real benefit to requiring every ship cater to every body-plan. In fact, that might reduce overall life satisfaction compared to having more ships that are designed for different ranges of transportation modes and people just choose to fly on their favorite combination of price, comfort, and time-availability.
Wow. That 3D model must have taken a lot more time than the comic!
What software are you using?
Thanks, I too was wondering what software Christopher was using as well. If he can export the 3D files as STL, this ship and others might be able to be 3D printed as well, not that I expect him to, but I think that table top gamers might be interested in the ships as terrain, if they could be split up in parts to game the various levels of the ship for various adventures. Thanks Chris, this comic is brilliant as always!
I use Sketchup. And I’ve been doing it since Spacetrawler began, and with a HUGE learning curve have gotten fairly quick. This ship took me maybe a couple days of steady work, but a lot of scenes will happen in it.
And I have a friend who keeps nudging me to print models of the ships, and I’ve watched a couple videos on how to prep it, but the time to simplify everything has felt like a LOT of work.
You have enough regular readers that there might well be somebody willing to do it for you. And, if you want “realistic” ships, given what we know of this universe’s automated production chain, having everything made up of pieces that can be produced by a 3d printer probably isn’t far off…
Burst actuator… Sound like an actuator that has burst…. and so we go nowhere!
I feel like we’ve seen one of Yakky’s people before. Have we seen one of Yakky’s people before?
Also, nice ship design. Does Sketchup also do sailing ships, by chance?
Yakky does look familiar. Maybe that hermit that Martina fell in love with?
I was thinking Qwahntoo, the evil mastermind in series 1. The head/neck, round body shape when clothed and tentacle limbs (Qwahntoo kept them hidden) are somewhat similar.
Now I wish I’d had Sketchup for when I designed the Orion Ripsnorter cruiser. But I was lucky to be working on an Atari ST back then. Ah, well. My envy flows freely from every pore. Nice ship design, Christopher.
I would have guessed its some industrial spray on non slip coating on the floor.
Something like bed liner.
Hey, I just happened to notice that a few of your sidebar links are broken or lead to missing pages/sites. I though you might want to know.
Word to the wise, Kniff: if you like your face tentacles, beware mad Eebs.