Panzer IV D

I have not earned any money on Turbosquid yet, so I have to make some more models! But quantity is not everything, I want to make this as detailed as possible. The last three days I worked on this WW2 German Tank "Panzer IV D". I think it will be finished soon :)





Progress

The Hangar/Gate

I was really uncertain if and how I should add a big hangar with gate on the front part of the spaceship. First I thought it would be a great idea to place it on the very front, but it kind of looked silly, like a face of an animal or a dragon. Could be nice in some cases, but I didn't want that. So I placed it on the back part of the front. It is not the biggest Hangar, it can maybe fit 4 tanks or so. At the same time it could be the main entrance for the crew.
Since I decided to place the thrusters on/in the wings there is plenty space for a much bigger hangar on the tail section. Pictures will follow.

Inspration From Everyday Life

I got stock with my actual project, the space carrier, But today I saw this hairdryer in the bathroom and I kind of liked the design and I thougt immediately that it looked like a turbine or thruster thingy. It matches with the clean style of the rest of the ship, so I decided to apply this somehow to the turbine under the upper wing. this is far from the final design, but I think it is a good point to start with.

My first model is on Turbosquid!

Here it is. I Just uploaded the Tie Fighter on Turbosquid :)
http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/794063

Side Projects

So, I decided to edit this post, whenever I make some other models, which don't are related to my biggest project yet - namely the big spaceship (which still has no name).

This is what I made the last couple of hours. I love Tie Fighters!

Well, this is a picture of the very first 3D model i'm going to (hopefully) upload for sell on the3dstudio.com today :) I'm excited!

And the Star Wars session goes on!

The Brigde/ Cockpit

This is roughtly how the bridge will look like.. (Side panels and roof is hidden to have a look inside)

Worked a little more on the interior. I imagine a big som kind of projected windshield under the armor plating instead of using glass/windows.

Guns!

What would a spaceship be without guns??
I don't want to destroy the ships clean style, so I decided to to make them dissapear under the plating. When it needs to shoot, they will be pulled out and ready to fight.

The technolgy for the guns need to some kind of Tesla/electric/Laser thing. I don't want them to look like any other guns I found on the web so far.

Update! This is the more or less final gun: