New WIP - The African Queen

[Nemo]

So I've been working on a new boat. I'm not sure how far I'll get with it, but hopefully I'll finish it, and from what I've learnt when building the Viking Longship, hopefully this one will have good textures, too!

I'm not gonna say what it is, you guys can guess it, but it should be easy to guess.
(Fun Fact: This year the boat is 100 years old)

I only have one picture so far, and the boiler is only temporary. I'll be building a better one when I get to it, for now I'm getting the hull done, then I can work on the other stuff.



There are no plans for her, so I have to do a lot of guesswork. Should be fun!

[Nemo]

New render!

I think I'm going to make the ropes along her sides thicker.

Anyway, progress isn't coming along too bad. She has sheer (of course!) and also camber. Since she's small I'm gonna get some good details in, but I'm going to keep in mind the poly count, and if it can be done in a texture, it probably will be!

[Bob]

My guess is the "African Queen"

[Nemo]

Yep, I knew it would be easy! It's the "African Queen"!
I watched the film a few days ago and thought I should have a go at making her. I haven't made anything 3d for a while, so why not?
For accuracy to the film, I have to use screenshots from it and reference it continuously. There have been models made for the African Queen, which use the actual boat (which still exists) but the actual boat has been modified in some areas so it's different to how she was in the film.
She's fun to build, though! I'm gonna dirty her up real good after she's made and textured!

[Bartolomeus]

Nice idea Nemo. Great work on the hull! Looking forward!

Marko

[shewitt0]

Hey Nemo you would not believe how overjoyed i am right now XD she should look nice sailing along side livadia ^_^

[Nemo]

Thanks Marko! The hull is one of the harder parts, since I have to guess a fair bit of that (like I'm going to have to do with the boiler, especially the engine!) but I think my hull came out pretty well

Thanks Sean! She would be nice along the Livadia, of course, the African Queen will look even more beat up then!

I've done some more today. I've made her prow straight/vertical, there was a small angle before which wasn't right. I've fixed that. I've also added the, um, well I don't know the term. The stem? I've added the basic mast, and some trim to the deck, the transom, and her name.
The hull's almost done, then I can work on the inside part, after which I can put all the stuff in, like benches, the boiler and engine, some oxygen cylinders, some "hair of the dog" as Bogart said and some other details here and there.
You can also see the rope hangs differently either side. I thought that better than just mirroring it. This way there's a bit more realism.

[Nemo]

Some texture fun!



These aren't the final textures, but it'll give you a rough idea how they'll be.
I've built the inner hull, so the entire hull is almost done! I have replaced the 3d modeled name with a texture.

[Bartolomeus]

That's great! Really nice work so far! The hull looks great with the weathered texture.

[Nemo]

Thanks Marko!

I've done some more texture work. I was going to leave textures for later, but I really wanted to do some now. I've made the hull texture much better now (it's still not finished, though!)