Variations Continue…
But not without a shot of the blue stuff
Cove’s Comm Station more like TWOK set up.
Decided before I went on my recent cruise that I wanted a to take a stab at no less than one variation on the communications station in the officer’s quarters (more as it was seen in The Wrath of Khan). Unfortunately I just never found the time. So a couple of weeks after my return (and a holiday) I decided I would get to work on that aspect gnawing at me. Haven’t been able to work on the desk or the side tables and chairs, but I did start on the little cylindrical sconces seen in TWOK.
Cove gets its rubber floor matting.
I also managed to put down some surface textures on the floor matting in the “cove” though I will eventually have a version with carpet as well. There’s no indication at all that the bunk area ever had one of those sconces placed near it during the films, but I thought I would plant one here to see if it would look useful.
Rocks tumblers revealing some quirky surface issues.
Got to looking at the little rocks tumblers and was very unhappy with their glass surface textures, so I thought I would spend some time concentrating my efforts fixing that last night. Decided at the last minute to work on a Romulan Ale bottle as well to add to the shelf.
Got my glass settings close to where I want them, but want to tweak them a bit more.
I wanted the glass to have that contrasting clear versus frosted look the tumblers had in The Search For Spock. Every time I took a shortcut though, it failed miserably (or sat for 20 minutes waiting for a render). I finally settled on some nice settings that I hope won’t eat up too much calculation time when I render for real. As for the Romulan Ale bottle, I think it still needs some work. I’m clearly missing something in the construction aspect, as the more I research the little decanter (which I hear was custom made for The Wrath of Khan) there are quite a few lighting effects I’m not getting. I’m also not very experienced in faking liquids in a bottle, so that’ll take a bit more work too.
Drink’s a little dark.
Some ale improvement, but the tumbler starts to look like its made of metal.
More experiments with the glass tumbler, testing double siding, refraction blurring and a few other features attached to the Fast Fresnel settings. Hope I can nail it soon.
Starstation Computer Art 
Hi!
Once again, an excellent job!
On the web I have found a picture of Captain Styles, which its clearly shows him in front of his bed. Note the UFP Sign.
Thanks! Oh wow! How cool is that little behind-the-scenes tidbit?
When I first read your comment, it was through my email alert, so I couldn’t immediately see the image. I just assumed you were referring to the little tumbler glass with the UFP symbol, sitting on the headboard behind Styles as seen in the film. This however is quite a new perspective with a bit of unseen (by me) set garnish. Too cool. And again, thanks! 🙂