Paul Dobson

@martocticvs

Engineer, modeller. Sometimes I render things Tools: C4D, Redshift, Substance 3D Likely to be posting about #3dart, #SciFi, #3dModeling, #NavalHistory, #Space, #StarTrek art

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Paul Dobson@martocticvs· 22d

I haven't updated the Bird of Prey for a while... map work on the main hull is done, I am now on the forward section, but taking a little break for the moment to do some other things (and enjoy the summer!) 🖖 #StarTrek #Klingon

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· 22d

They were displayed next to each other at the auction...

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Apr 13

Current state of the texturing on the #Klingon #BirdofPrey. Still so much to do! Running into some serious problems with Substance Painter at the moment, where it now hangs when saving the project 😞so progress is halted until I can find a solution... 🖖🖖 #StarTrek

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 16

Some texturing progress on the Bird of Prey... yeah, this is going to take a while! 🤣 🖖 #StarTrek #Klingon #SubstancePainter

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 2

I think this counts as a project milestone... 😎 Now in Painter and ready for some Fun™️ 🖖 #Klingon #BirdofPrey

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 30

Well, 2 months later and now it really is complete 🤣🙃 Everything is unwrapped, final modelling cleanup done, etc. Just packing now ready to move across into Painter, where the fun returns!

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Nov 4

And finally, at long last... Bird of Prey modelling is complete*! Last element to add was the rear ramp, roughly as seen at the end of The Search for Spock. As this was not part of the model, some minor changes were needed. Originally had it with 2 sections, but added a third to reduce the angle.

Bird of Prey with rear ramp extended - 2-section iteration

Closeup of the Bird of Prey's rear ramp - 2-section iteration

Tighter closeup of the Bird of Prey's rear ramp plus interior details - these are matched as close as I can to the live action set that was comped into the model footage at the end of The Search for Spock.

Bird of Prey's rear ramp extended - 3-section iteration. This is the final form, giving a more comfortable slope angle for the ramp.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Oct 22

So now the Klingon Bird of Prey's landing gear is fully complete. Working out the mechanism for the hatches turned out to be a lot harder than I expected! Very little room left to work with! Forward ramp also finished. This was included on the studio model, but never seen on screen. #StarTrek 🖖🖖

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey extending its landing gear. Viewed from underneath, the feet still folded up just emerging from the gear bays.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey, landed. View from ground level astern.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey's main access ramp, which opens facing forwards. This version of the ramp was included on the original studio model, but never seen on screen.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Sep 24

Bird of Prey feet detail is basically complete now... a few more elements of the landing gear structure to flesh out inside the gear bays... landing ramps to do as well yet. Getting there! Qa'pla! 🖖🖖 #StarTrek #Klingon #TNG #DS9 #Feet

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey's landing feet

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey landed

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Sep 13

With the main modelling basically finished on the Bird of Prey, I turned attention to the landing gear. Refs for this are few and of poor quality, but I decided in advance I would only do it if I could find a way to make it work and fit inside the ship. So... here is Iteration #10! 🖖🖖 #StarTrek

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Aug 23

For a Bird of Prey to represent HMS Bounty from The Voyage Home, you have to add this stupid extra thing to the bottom of the hull. It blocks the hatches the landing gear and access ramps come out from... This was visible on every shot of the model in TVH. But thankfully never seen again! 🖖🖖

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from underneath, slightly forward. Looking at the stupid extra lump added to the bottom of the model for Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from underneath, slightly aft. Looking at the stupid extra lump added to the bottom of the model for Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Aug 19

...scorching effect that had been applied to rear of the ship for the final shots of ST3 and all of ST4 showing the damage done by the exploding Genesis planet. The scorching was still visible in ST5, and still no panels. So it must have been either for ST6 or Generations. 2/2

Still from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier showing the Klingon Bird of Prey. The scorching effect is still present at the rear of the wings and there are still no extra panels between the 'pyramid' and the raised ridge. This means they must have been added either for Star Trek 6 or Star Trek Generations. Do you know which??

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Aug 19

Here are a few more renders of how the Bird of Prey is looking right now... Does anyone know when the extra panels were added to the top of the wing, between the 'pyramid' and the raised ridge? I'm thinking maybe for Generations, but maybe it was earlier, when they were removing the.. 1/2 🧵

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from above and behind. Wings in attack position

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from below and behind. Wings in cruise position.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. View from the starboard beam. Wings in attack position.

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey. Closeup view of the extra panels that were added to the studio model either for Star Trek 6 or Star Trek Generations, between the 'pyramid' and the raised ridge separating the main wing panels from the previously plain rear inboard area. The panels were added to the top surface only.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Aug 15

#Klingon Bird of Prey progress! First detail pass modelling finally complete! Still some alternate version stuff to add, maybe try the landing gear too... Feels like a milestone has been reached! #StarTrek #BirdofPrey #LLAP #IDIC

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render, from port bow. Wings in Cruise configuration.

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render. View from ahead and below, wings in landing configuration.

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render. View from above starboard bow. Wings in cruise configuration.

Klingon Bird of Prey WIP model render. View from port wing. Wings in attack configuration. Closeup on port disruptor cannon.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· May 29

Still making slow progress on the Klingon Bird of Prey. Onto the wing detailing now! 🖖🖖🖖 #StarTrek #TNG #DS9 #SearchForSpock #Klingon #B'rel

WIP render of the Klingon Bird of Prey's upper starboard wing surface detail (incomplete)

WIP render of the current state of the Klingon Bird of Prey, view from above rear quarter

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Apr 16

Finally time for a small #KlingonBirdofPrey update. The big details at the inboard rear end of the wings are now done. Lots of assymmetric detailing needed in there, as usual. 🖖🖖🖖 #StarTrek #TNG #DS9 #SearchForSpock #Klingon #B'rel

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 20

Admiral! There be engines here! #Klingon Bird of Prey progress update! Main hull details are now basically done. Just the wings to go! 🖖🖖🖖 All lighting effects are very temporary! #StarTrek #TNG #DS9 #SearchForSpock #TheVoyageHome #HMSBounty #Q'pla

WIP render of the rear hull and engines of the Klingon Bird of Prey, view from behind

WIP render of the rear hull and engines of the Klingon Bird of Prey, view from above

WIP render of the rear hull and engines of the Klingon Bird of Prey, view from behind and below

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 12

A little progress update on the #Klingon Bird of Prey. Detail work on the main hull now almost complete - just the engine to go! After that, just the wings plus mopping up left. #StarTrek #Qa'Pla #B'Rel #CGI #WIP

Render of the rear end of an incomplete Klingon Bird of Prey. Main hull details largely complete, but still missing the engine.

Overhead view of the current state of the Klingon Bird of Prey

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 12

Here's a slightly smaller version, photographed by me on the forecastle of HMS Belfast in 2016, for reference. #NavalHistory #WW2 #Cruisers #Anchors

Underside of a Byers pattern anchor, resting on the forecastle of HMS Belfast

Byers pattern anchor, resting on the forecastle of HMS Belfast, viewed along the shank.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 12

For a laugh, this is what they looked like from my original 2006 model! My references (and attention to detail!!) were somewhat lacking back then! #CGI #Battleships

Hilariously bad attempt at a Byers anchor

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 12

Byers pattern stockless anchor from the King George V class battleships. I completely remodelled this back in 2016 (so long ago!!) as my original was laughable 🤣 There's a problem with the normal map in this render, but all the materials will be redone eventually anyway.

Three Byers anchors from a King George V class battleship, laid out to show from all angles.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Feb 4

#Cardassian #Keldon class cruiser. Model & render by me. 🖖🖖🖖 Simple but effective changes to the base Galor model. Would have been nice to have seen a few in the big fleet shots of the #Dominion war, but sadly not. #StarTrek #TNG #DS9 #CGI #Cinema4D #Redshift3D

Render of a Cardassian Keldon class cruiser, promo-shot style.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 27

For anyone unfamiliar with that term...

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 26

3D model of HMS Agamemnon that I completed in... *checks in horror* ... 2004. Horatio #Nelson was captain of Agamemnon, a 64-gun third rate ship of the line, between 1793 and 1796. Later, the ship took part in the battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar (amongst others). #NavalHistory #Cinema4D #CGI

Render of my 3D model of HMS Agamemnon, a 64-gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781. Nelson was her captain from 1793 until 1796.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 21

#Cardassian #Galor class cruiser. Model & render by me. 🖖🖖🖖 #StarTrek #TNG #DS9

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 14

Yeah, there we go. Oddly, they've been turned through 180 degrees here

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 11

3/ Finally, my first reworked version, from 2015. The detail is much better, but there are several basic shape errors carried over from the originals! #RoyalNavy #Cinema4D #CGI #HMS

Render of HMS King George V, showing the initial reworking of the 5.25" secondary turrets - still inaccurate!

Annotated render of HMS King George V, highlighting the main errors with my initial reworking of the 5.25" secondary turrets

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 11

2/ Here you can see my original version of the turret. Very basic, and with a lot of detail errors!

Render of HMS King George V showing the inaccurate original 5.25" secondary turrets

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 11

The first area I reworked on #HMSKingGeorgeV was the secondary turrets, 5.25" QF dual purpose guns, 8 twin turrets per ship. I wanted to retain what I could of my original work, which meant I kept some errors, leading to a second rebuild recently! KGV 1945 and PoW '41 shown here. #NavalHistory

Render of a 5.25" QF Mk.I turret from HMS Prince of Wales, late 1941 configuration.

Render of a 5.25" QF Mk.I turret from HMS King George V, 1945 post-war configuration.

Paul Dobson@martocticvs· Jan 10

Time for a #Klingon #BirdOfPrey update! I have been detailing out the main hull over the last couple of months. Still have the bottom panels and the rear to do, but I think the worst is out of the way now! 🖖🖖 #Qa'Pla #StarTrek #TNG #DS9 #LLAP #Cinema4D #Redshift #CGI