Rocinante (The Expanse fan art)
Neptune flyby animation, showing off the drive FX in motion. The Neptune cloud decks are fully procedural, although baked out here to optimize render time.
Mars flyby, ship rolled over to show keel-side detail and cargo airlock.
Front view to show bow and torpedo bays
Engine FX detail
Construction timelapse
Wireframe
Mat balls for the substances I hand-made for this project. (there were others from Substance Source used as well).
Since I finally got caught up on The Expanse this season, I've been loving the design of the starship Rocinante from the show. I decided to make my own because...well, I wanted to render some pretty pictures of it and it's not like I can get the official show model.
I went back and forth on whether to paint it as the Rocinante or with the MCRN/Tachi livery. I eventually went with the latter, even though the ship doesn't spend much screen time painted that way. It's a more visually interesting design (the Roci/Beratnas Gas paint job is almost all gray), and the lady-decal is beyond my art skill. (On a related note, shoutout to /u/Tzsycho on reddit for letting me use their MCRN logo set!)