Just some of my early work in Sketch up , as im still a total noob to 3d modelling only been at it for about 8 months on and off. So if you guys could give you opinions and so forth.
Ps i know some of it is rendered but the rendering is also a W.I.P

thanks

Nice toy shuttle If it is just the beginning then it is good beginning.

yeah, that is from when i first started , not really sure what do do with all the 3d stuff i make , or even where to go, i have had no formal training or studying , so im going to look into that and hopefully try make a career out of it.

Thats cool thanks for clearing that up

Know the feeling about being a total Noob. But I'm starting to realise that textures hide a multitude of sins.

Looks good though.

Right so i have done some work to it and this is what i have ended up with , think im going to put this on the self for a while so i can get cracked on with somthing new.

It looks nicer now. You can add some bump mapping and even smaller details on the textures to make it even more realistic.
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3d software experience: 3ds max, Maya, Softimage XSI, Deep Paint 3d, Body Paint 3D, Wings 3D, Z Brush
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@Andyba thanks for the great reply , i just have one question i know absolutely nothing about bump mapping. Do you know of any good tuts or sites that can help me out

Here is an introduction to Bump Mapping
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Andyba, 3d artist
skills: 3d modeling, texturing, rendering, 3d character animation, compositing
3d software experience: 3ds max, Maya, Softimage XSI, Deep Paint 3d, Body Paint 3D, Wings 3D, Z Brush
2d software experience: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After effects, Macromedia Flash, Freehand

thank you so much , ill get right on it :d

Okay so this is how far i have gotten with this ship , i think im defiantly going to shelf this one for a while.
Till i learn more about texturing and lighting , i think that maybe i would have gotten I much better result if i was using maya or 3ds max rather than sketchup.

This work is the best. You're making rapid progress

this is great, amazing, maybe some more detailed textures will look good on this, put more light, we want to see the details