The primary goal of the site is to visualize Traveller starships in a more contemporary way, much like some skillful CG artists succeeded to do in recent years.
For Traveller related CG Andrew Boulton, Jesse de Graff, Ted Lindsey, Tom Peters and Wayne Peters – among a few others – are a major source of inspiration for me.
Currently the site is under construction with not much to see.
The main reason for doing a Traveller Web site at this time is due to the fact that I recently rediscovered three old 3D models of Traveller ships I made about five or six years ago. All three are shown in the following rendering done in Cinema 4D CE+
A Type-T Patrol Cruiser (Lurushaar Kilaalum), a Type-R Subsidized Merchant or Fat Trader and a 50 dton Modular Cutter. The Grav-Carrier is somewhat inspired by a Sword Worlds Gram Grav APC mixed with a flavour of a Resolve Grav Carrier, but matches none closely. Oh, and there are two Grav Floaters in the picture.
Let’s see if I can do something visually more promising out of that scene…
The next steps will be to soup up the available models so they acually match some of the drawings in various Traveller books I own. I might provide the old – inaccurate – models for download later, so anyone with a decent 3D software can render her or his own Traveller space scenes.
I will use Blender for future modelling and rendering (*hint*).
My first project will be the Type-T Patrol Cruiser as it seems to be neglected by current artists and the model already looks close. I will devote a page of resource info for each model if applicable. Of course to induce some sanity into the design, my version will feature folding lower fins
So just to show off a bit and to gain a better point of view here is another shot of the same scene from a differend camera angle:
So, welcome aboard! Stay tuned and prepare for dimming the lights.
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