Shuttle Craft - Int. and Ext. Design
The shuttle craft, featured heavily in my short film, "Bill & Maggie's Intergalactic Taxi Service," changed the most over the course of post production. Initially it was considered to be some sort of moving truck or tow truck, something that would give it the appearance of a worn-down and relatively clunky piece of equipment. Over time it changed into a fire-truck, then a dump truck, until finally becoming a flying mini-van of sorts, as the final model used was a pre-existing base model purchased from DAZ3D to save time. Of course the model was altered somewhat in size to accommodate the framing of the camera shots and the actors inside the vessel, and other 3D models were integrated into the vehicle, including original accent models, to continue the hodgepodge concept that had been the biggest aspect of the Chimera ship.
Initial flying dump-truck designs by Trevor Verges.
Model sheet breakdown of Trevor's designs.
Brand-new expanded dump truck design with accentual details, including impulse engines and warp-drive coils, street sweeping undercarriage bristles, a broken head-light, and an exterior side trash door.
New flying dump-truck underside design. I don't know if I had decided whether these underside grates were water jets for street-cleaning, or if they were all vacuum tubes to suck up dirt and strewn waste.
Dump truck interior cabin design, featuring a tentacled alien hula-girl figure, a bowl of swirly mints, cleaning supplied, strewn garments, and sliding door compartments. This design, thankfully, is quite similar to the final look in the film.
3D model of tiny alien hula-girl sketch, now able to be placed into final film composite on shuttle-craft dash-board.
New pre-bought shuttle-craft model, fitted with additional interior components from other steampunk based 3D models, purchased from DAZ, but altered and combined in Blender.
Lava and Ice shell tests, created for comedic sequence later in the short film.
Shuttle craft interior, back seat vantage point, through windshield. Hula girl, muffins, and coffee mug can be seen.
Shuttle craft interior, dash board. Hula girl full size in frame, with collection of coins, a fountain pen, and coffee mug much more visible. The pen, the coins, and the Hula girl are all original.
Final Shuttle craft composite in completed film, with actors now integrated into shot. The dash board of the shuttle has been altered yet again, now with the addition of a tall tea-pot at left, and a tea cup substituted for the coffee mug.
Final film composite of Shuttle craft flying through asteroid field, in hot pursuit of Chimera ship.