Bumping this back up because of Fred's necro bumps.

Very nice weapons platform. Now that's a turret I can get behind.

=] yes. my best so far. hey if you got any concepts , PM me the link to it or if it one u drew up , upload it to Deviant art and pm  me that link. =]

hey nice ships guy! how did u make them so high quality?? i tried to make my first one today... for some reason its really low quality  couldn't post the pic... forgot how to on forum...

if you have a deviant account , post it there and post link. and high Q. ummmmmmmmm extrude , cut , extrude again til yo looks nice

Pretty much this.  It's like sculpting....except it doesn't matter if you remove too much material .

hmmmm as of now im not making complete ship models. just bits and pieces with barrels that shoot big projectiles at you and cause your body to turn into bits and pieces. something along those lines.

http://bbb4445.deviantart.com/#/d4xltgx

k here is the link and i tried to extrude.. but things go everywhere and it looks like a random geometric shape... maybe i am not doing something right

i would stop using wings 3d and move onto Blender. you can do alot more and there alot of videos for teaching you how to use blender. it has kinda a steep learning curve but its worth it.

My two-cents.  Try Milkshape (unfortunately you have to pay past the trial version).

It isn't the best program out there but it is outstanding for file conversions from one type to another and is inherently low-poly which keeps your models from exploding in size when you get carried away.

It will not help you much learning the other programs but it is very easy to use once you get the hang of a few basics.

Blender would be ideal (free and powerful) but it has a learning "cliff"--not curve.

Some of the experienced modellers here would suggest you start and stick with the Softimage Modeling tool.

Try here for some tips and links that might help: Idiot's Guide to Sins Modding

Truespace is also pretty good. User friendly. Not as hardcore as Blender, but gets the job done. My friends use it, though they hardly touch the actual object. They prefer to manipulate almost everything by the numbers.

I personally use Wings3D and it works fine. It's a very good modeler, pure modeler, and decent for texturing, but not much else.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21560503/Hemera/09_hemera.png

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm56/HLPHades/legioncruiser.png?t=1330791720

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm56/HLPHades/scdffrigate.png

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/VA--Twisted_Infinities/Medusa/

The last link being an album in a friend's photobucket due to him having rendered the ship for me.

But yes. Wings3D is a very powerful modeling tool, though it takes a while to get really good with, but its rightclick context menus are very intuitive.

I use Pro Engineer Wildfire to do 3d models, which I then export to 3ds max in .stl (stereolithograph [triangulated]) format.

Not the most direct method, but it works lol.

I used wings for over a year. and ya its powerful but once i learn blender which took me maybe a day to watch the videos / learn the basics and then i started to model like crazy. Blender you have many options : Layers to store different models to combined with other ideas you may think of later on. Mirror is always great to have. sub surface is a great tool for human meshes and anything else that needs to look nice and etc. Bevel to make the object smoother. many more. .........tho my best model was the Gundam ship Argama. which i hop zombie still has it cause my computer crashed and the file was lost. =[. i misses that ship. and it was made in Wings. ( took longer than blender may have but i didnt find blender til later ) : https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/389310 

Very impressive, Hades. Btw, the Medusa looks familiar. Where is it from or inspired by?

IT was INSPIRED by MY super AWESOMENESS ninja SKILLS  ! 

Thank you. It's a remake of the GTB Medusa from FreeSpace, a spaceflight game that released in 1998.

New Hull uploaded : http://sarasrose.deviantart.com/gallery/36697790#/d4xpead just say it. my ninja skills are da best. you know you wanna. lol

Any of you guys bored and want to help out the Sins of the Prophets mod? We're looking for people interested in designing Covenant ships.

yall could send me a few photos of what yall need and i'll try to model it. or load them up to deviant art and send me the links. My ninja skills are da best. prepared to be chopped 

and also im not a big halo fan so. lol

Messaged you. Thanks.

Experimenting with structure ideas for the aforementioned project.

nice. hmmmm add some glowing rings and we got a party.