Small update on the Imperial Cruiser

A Small Update
13/11/2016
Vasil Nikolov

Hello one and all to the section of post that covers small upgrades to different aircraft that were up for updates. First craft to receive a face-lift is the Imperial cruiser. While the bottom and side of the craft were efficiently detailed, the tower of the cruiser did desire more detail as even in the distance that I wished to use for the rendering, they would still look poorly. This is why, they were first for an update.

The first item that was modified was the mid antennae. While it used to be one long line, the drawings were showing that it was actually four. Also as this was a quick job, I only needed to change the size of the original antenna and then duplicate it another 3 times. Thus as you can see, the mid antenna makes the model look much more professional.
The other segment that needed an update was the two side towers. The images portrayed that they would be waved by several struts. This is why I decided to make half of the original as the camera would not portray the towers in such a close distance that the user would notice the missing extra strutts.

The next big change was the front of the tower, which looked very poor. Upon the testing of textures, one found that the front face was very hard to add illuminates. This is why, the front was updated using the lovely cutting tool. The tool allowed me to precisely cut the shape I wanted and then by using the Extrude function, I was able to push the big base in and place several perfect shapes in a aligned distance. The final result showed a very professionally looking front, which even at a slightly closer distance makes the tower look similar to the "real" tower of a cruiser.

The final updated feature would be the addition of a black limbert background in order for the windows to look more visible, without the need for special lighting to be added, which would make the rendering much more time consuming.

Overall the new tower makes the model look much more professional and similar to the original cruiser. Off course, if the model had to be re-done, the two towers would be more square as the originals would be and the front nose would be remade as it is still slightly incorrect.