Tough Little Ship Fan Art Staff Pick
- July 17, 2014
- 1,639 Downloads
- 25 Likes
- Blender 2.7x
- Render: Blender Internal
- Creator: ChrisKuhn
- License: CC-BY-NC
Description:
This is the U.S.S. Defiant from ST: DS9, for those old enough to remember :)
It was Starfleet's first "warship" (although it was technially classified as an "escort vessel", I believe).
Fairly detailed, although not as much as some of my other work. Mostly this was an excuse to play with the compositor. Final model is around 100K polygons.
I had a lot of fun with the node setups on this one... the primary model is on Layer 1, but there are multiple objects on different layers. This annoys me becuase it seems messy... but it's kinda nessecary to use the compositor. Of course, you can just import the model into a new Blend file if you like and start over :)
As always, textures are packed and must be unpacked before use (File -> External Data -> Unpack...). A couple of notes on textures:
1.) The decals were created by me... so they are FAN ART for sure, but they are not stolen.
2.) The star background is a copyright-free NASA image... just so nobody gets the wrong idea :)
Enjoy!
-Chris-
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Comments:
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ChrisKuhn
Edited July 17, 2014Thanks! Some of CG is a bit dated, but you can find plenty of Defiant clips on YouTube :)
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daren
Edited July 17, 2014I remember the first time that thing came on screen, machine gun phasers... I had a nerdgasm right there.
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Temujin
Written July 18, 2014I love it............. one of my favorite ships in the series. Now i wait for the DS9 Station. ;-)
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oldtimer
Written July 19, 2014As always, atonishing work and a nodes setup good to look into. Thanks, Chris.
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ChrisKuhn
Written July 23, 2014I'll let the folks at Paramount know :) In fairness, the Defiant made it's first TV appearance in 1994 so it beat Blender by about a year :)
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tofarley
Written September 07, 2014My favorite ship of the series! I am old enough to "remember" but I actually didn't get into Trek until ~2010 so this bad boy is fresh in my mind. You did an absolutely amazing job!
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Allengib
Written January 13, 2015it looks great tried doing the same ship several times yek (my version)
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davincibrush
Written February 09, 2018I remember all to well. Was 23 years old when Deep Space Nine first started. Love what you do. I hope they got you busy working somewhere. They need a person with a keen eye like yours to work on the new Star Trek Discovery. Show them kids what Star Trek should look like. Love all your work. Best of wishes to you.
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Naseem
Written February 05, 2020Thanks for sharing, DS9 was my favorite show and the USS Defiant was my first attempt in 3D modeling its bridge
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andyw3d
Written December 10, 2022I hid it in one of my scenes haha I love it. Thank you so much for making this <3
Awesome Model :D . not old enough though to remember it :p , but I'll have to look into it now. Thanks for the share.