Need help with ship exterior

Velovich

Member since: 2007
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA

Hey, folks!

I do ship deckplans for my games. Right now, I'm working on a YT-1300 (modified, of course!) and I'm having trouble with two spots where several angles come together.

I work in MS Paint (down at the pixel level) and one pixel equals (roughly) one inch - forty pixels is a meter. For those familiar with Frank Bonura's deckplans at the Deckplan Alliance, that is his Red Scale.

Essentially, I have a topside external hatch on the left/port side "tube" structure. In Bonura's plans, this is near a escape pod compartment, on other sources, it's part of a docking tube.
The hatch has a raised embrasure and I'm having trouble representing where it melds into the top of the "tube" structure leading from the weapons position. I can send an image showing what I'm trying to accomplish to help visualize - I'm not doing well on my description.

I am also having trouble with a bulge on the side of the cockpit pod's access tube. This hull has a centerling pod, between the mandibles. Just behind the base of the mandibles, on the right/starboard side of the tube, is a ladderwell going down. This is in a tube that bulges out of the side of the pod.
Again, I can send an image to show what I'm trying to accomplish. On my deckplans, I can do the interiors pretty well, but the exteriors are just beyond my skills. I'm hoping someone can help me on this!

Thanks for thinking about it -
V-Man

Eclipse

Velovich, can you post links to the images? I'd be interested to see what you're talking about. Also, have you checked colonialchrome at all? The Admiral's work is all over there now and he has a huge resource going on in relation to the sort of work you're talking about.

Might I suggest you check out

Ben's body of work is truly amazing. If you can post images, I'd love to help if I can.

Eclipse

Velovich

By the Maker!!!

I have never seen this page before and I am truly impressed. There are some aspects of his work that are better than I've been using, and some things I've been using I'll want to retain. But it gives me ideas in general.

My problem is I am no draftsman. :-(

I've sent samples of my stuff in via guild application - I don't have a webspace right now. I can also send by email - I've seen your homepage. I can cut out the parts I'm having trboule with and send them directly, or the entire BMP.

V-Man
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