the 'Hail Mary' spaceship. finished.

gave it more adequate proportions based on the book

* muffled 'funky town' plays *

guess who

sometimes, after some serious burnout, all you need to do is just write stuff

was toying around Alaskan FX's gas giant blender tutorial and made a Polyphemus of my own. then added it to space engine.

if you see this, post your blue art

It's Spacedock time! This week we're looking at a selection of realistic interstellar designs to see what makes them tick. Featuring some cool art by @zandoarts.bsky.social, @problemecium.bsky.social and @retrovisorrr.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJSO...

Rama and Endevaour. Encounter at the sundial. in-game space engine. Endevaour is built from space engine spaceship assets, with some mesh tweaks to suit my taste

another rama screenshot. in-game space engine

also it is spaceshiptember, so I might jump in at some point

in-game space engine

haven't done much these past few months, but i return with some quick "Rama" from Arthur C. Clarke's novel. even though its described specifically to be featureless, ignoring that has to be number one rule for making your own version left blender render / right in-game space engine

makes me happy knowing that my work has inspired others to create of this type of spacecraft

Valkyrie interstellar rocket 1/6th my normal scale, the vertical thickness of one tile is approximately 4.57m. Micro versions of the Saturn V, Mars AFFRE, and LCOTV for scale next to the 10km Valkyrie. #lego #space #spaceship #spacecraft #starship

firguring this out sort of woke me up to finish more backlog custom-made worlds I had in my mind. Here's Strandbeest's planet, for example.

textured the intake scoop. added the propellant tanks

new intake scoop. no textures yet

I spent hours trying to figure out how to create star-planet binaries (those produced by large planets, like jupiter) in space engine, with the help of universe sandbox. wasn't hard since its basically numbers you can copy and paste, but this was in my backlog for almost a decade, which is wow wtf

detailed exploration of the propulsion bus. no clear idea of how to angle the engines outward, but this might not be the final form it'll take

Added the thethers that go in-between the scoop and the yet-to-be modeled propulsion bus (engine, fuel tanks and reaction chambers)

intake scoop, in detail

concepts of an interstellar ramjet, as a tether colony ship. scoop, fuel and engines at the front, crew / cargo at the back. both sides protected with dust shields #spaceart #spaceships

basic fusion engine-type thing. for practice

Mars (with water) Made in Space Engine

my own take on @triplchii.bsky.social interstellar vehicle, flying past saturn with its engines at full power. rendered in-game thanks to @spaceenginesim.bsky.social

anyways, i'm here now. i like doing spaceships in blender as a hobby. that's about it

this site is so damn sad. i've interacted with nothing in regards to politics, maybe a little, yet my discover feed is a flood of mockery on elon and trump. what a waste