I'm quite proud of the cockpit, though it's still not quite the right shape; it's supposed to be a rectangular prism that slopes into a circular face at the front - a very difficult shape to model! It was created from a box, with the front edges smoothed to a circular shape and then turbo-smoothed to a more rounded shape. It looks too organic against the rest of the ship, but it's certainly a lot better than the old cone shaped design I had been using. Admittedly, there haven't been any screenshots before this point.
I've still got a while to go, but I did find a very useful resource for this ship during this little modelling session: available here. The site is another blog, but of a guy who is building a miniature model of the YT-1000 freighter, using the same source images as myself. Should give me a much more solid idea of the 3d image of the craft.
In the meanwhile, I've still got a lot of detail to go - the front prongs are still missing some bits, the central saucer needs trimming down, and there's a lot of surface detail yet to apply. I'm beginning to wonder if I can use an asteroid for one of my other ship designs - the final animation will need them...
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