3D illustration of a sci-fi Japanese capital

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While I may put a starscape behind it, I'm thinking this will be the logo I'll be using on my Kaidan Starfinder setting books. It's using the symbols I used on the Taira no Kiyomori battlestarship, the Taira House crest surrounded by the burning wheel halo symbol behind the heads of Buddhist deities, then Kaidan and descriptor in jade. It meets the style I'm trying to present.

I had images of the samurai crest for house Taira, and recently purchased a Japanese illustrator's portfolio as a book, that had a section on Buddhist beings of power. I scanned and imported the images to Xara Designer Pro, the vector program I use for all my maps. I hand-traced all the symbols into vector, then exported the files to AI format. Wings 3D, the subdivisional surface modeling software, I use for most of my 3D models, let's me import AI files and convert to one way extruded 3D models. Once in 3D format, I export to OBJ format, which I can import into Vue Creator, apply the textures, lighting and render the scene to this result.

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[Reisen]

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

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Next character build in 3D, possibly being one of Kaidan's iconic characters. This is Kumiko, a bugeisha samurai of House Inoue (EE-no-way), in flying armor, with thrusters on her shin guards, and not seen from a pack on her back. I planned to place a pistol in her ribbon around her waist, but forgot to make it. She bears a vibroblade naginata in her hands that can cut through armor. As an Easter Egg for me, Kumi Inoue (maiden name) is one of my first cousins in Japan... enjoy!

Female Asian model (purchased and downloaded), armor and weapons were modeled in Wings 3D, image rendered in Vue Creator.

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I needed a break from making ships and map tiles, so I created a detailed race called the Nelid, a segmented worm being that is hermaphroditic (both male and female parts), though it still needs a partner where both leave the encounter pregnant. It's highly intelligent with telepathic communications ability, capable of controlling those with weaker minds than it. Though it can move fast in liquid and muddy environments, it harnesses itself to a cybernetic walking vehicle with insect like legs and humanoid arms to wield tools and weapons. Don't know if I'll actually publish this or not, but the idea has been spinning around my head for the last week or so, finally getting the opportunity to create it... enjoy!

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Well after completing a 22 map commission for Legendary Games Ages of Empires AP, I'm finally free to get back to my own projects, but needed a non-job project to clear my mind to set me on course again, so I created a 3D model of a wasp with a metallic body, and a transparent abdomen showing the mechanism as a medical syringe micro drone. Enjoy!

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Next I'm going to create several themed sets of map symbols using the same 3D software for use in sci-fi virtual tabletop applications, in varying dpi, including 300 dpi for use in printed maps. Because I'm creating these in 3D, it allows me to offer 3D printable files allowing one to print their own map symbols for tabletop use. Here are 4 map objects - again all created in Wings 3D. So for the first set, I'm working 10 3D token designs that fit a sick bay. I'll create a version for ship's bridge, cargo hold, engineering, weapons platform, etc, then providing a comprehensive set of 100 or more objects. Below are tokens for Sick Bay: a surgical/examination bed, an isolation bed, a dental chair, and a cold sleep pod.

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Just created a medical laboratory table, corner unit with an electronic microscope, centrifuge, test tubes, and petri dishes; a microwave/radiation box, weight scale, medical computer, pharmaceutical prep station, and an organic 3D printer, printing a heart. And a surgical tool caddy...Enjoy!

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Here's another common sci-fi movie trope object...

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The final object for the Sick Bay Map Object/3D printable set of 10 tokens. This is a premium physician drone robot. Instead of 4 tool limbs and 4 walking legs as depicted in the Armory, this bot, as tracks for legs, two side arms that can lift a patient, a stretcher and turn a patient on a table to access area requiring medical attention. Between those arms are 6 tool arms all arrayed to point to a location for surgery. Left to right, the tools are: a small circular saw for bone cutting, forceps, a cutting/cauterizing/focused radiation laser, a scalpel, syringe and topical gel dispenser. I included a close up of just the tool array, because... I went overboard, this is too tiny and too much detail to be 3D printable, so for the printable version, I'm going to beef up the size and lower the detail so it can be printable. I just wanted to show off the overboard detail work I put into this... Give me a couple days and I'll release this product, hopefully on Monday... enjoy!

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[Jaxilon]

Thanks for sharing. I've wanted to learn 3d myself but haven't gotten into it yet. It seems like the tools are a lot to take on at the beginning but I'm sure like anything once you get the basics it starts to roll along.
It's been fun looking these over and see what you've been up to.