[KCook]

Once again, wonderfully detailed!

Kelly

[The Reverend]

Nice yacht a lot better than many things I have seen . It is somewhat similar in layout to new Feadship XL range that will start appearing soon.
A couple of points - what about an area for the crew? - or is that what the seats forward of the topdeck are? Also to comply with safety regs you will need some kind of rails around the low bulwark on the bow.

[brunick]

WOW! stunning

have you already modeled the whole ship??

maybe you can render a video of a walk through

[Renderholic]

Thanks again Kelly!

The Reverend - yikes! just did a google search for Feadship XL and I must admit there are some striking similarities! (completely un-intended I promise!). I was thinking of a removable railing system for the bow although not too sure if the regs would allow that. Will have to take a look at designing something that has minimum visual impact, maybe just stanchions and wires like on a sailing yacht? Ref a crew area - haven't allocated any outside space to the crew at all, it's good point though.

brunick - hehe, no, haven't modelled the whole ship - just focusing on specific areas. Probably wont do any animation due to the time it would take and cost that it would incur.

[Renderholic]

....and a render from inside the cabin...

[NGD]

Wow. Congrats dude.


How much time did you spend modeling?

[Renderholic]

Thanks NGD.

Not quite sure on the exact times but about 1.5 to 2 weeks for the exterior and 2 to 3 days modelling for the owners cabin. There's a fair bit of stuff that I've modelled before for other projects (mattress, pillows, chairs etc) which saved a bit of time and I also found some 'free 3d models' on the web (the tizio lamp and the flowers on the table).

[Renderholic]

..just for fun... some quicktime qtvr's...

If you're on dial up, then don't bother with the first one - it'll take days to download and isn't really worth the bother! If you got broadband then it'll take a couple of mins to download.

exterior (26mb)... www.mcv3d.co.uk/gal/video/gal01.mov

skylounge (794kb)... www.mcv3d.co.uk/gal/video/gal03.mov

..when it's loaded, just click and drag!

[Surfer]

Nice yacht, modelling and renders.
Can I ask which program you use to make those quicktime files?
Do you need to have freeing ports above the anchor pockets?
Looks like you will get a lot of water into the mooring area in the front.

[Renderholic]

Thanks Surfer.

Ref the freeing ports - I'm guessing because I've got fairleads that could let water in, that I'd be required to have some freeing ports in this area? I'd need to get advice from a naval architect really.

Ref the quicktime stuff - I used an old copy of Lightwave for compiling the exterior (it has a built-in vr object saver) and pano cube for the interiors.

[Surfer]

I think you can use some sort of cover on the fairleads to prevent water from getting in, have seen it on some offshore vessel.
You also need some access "hatches" above the fairleads so you can reach the moorings.