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Spaceship detailing: the Art of Greeble, part 1: the theory

Published Jan 31st, 2013, 1/31/13 3:36 pm
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Ragnur Le Barbare's Avatar Ragnur Le Barbare
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Graaaaaaaaaaah! Ragnur here, with a blog filled with hair, testosterone, blood, guts, slain enemies and other manly things!

Today, I'm going to try and teach you the ancient art of spaceship detailing. If you've ever wanted to build a spaceship in minecraft, but all you came up with was a cylinder with a hole for cockpit and a couple of other cylinders for the engines, despair no more! For today, the great secret will be revealed; and the answer to the famous "how the heck do I build detailed spaceships or sci-fi stuff" lies in one simple word: Greeble.

Warning: this is only part one, that deals with the theory and the very basics. Part two will come soon.

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Stay tuned for part 2, where we really begin to apply the details, and where we will transform our little hull into a marvelous thing of beauty and sci-fi sexiness...
CreditLots of DeviantArt people: http://magmarama.deviantart.com, http://ere4s3r.deviantart.com, http://zerion.deviantart.com, http://ps-d.deviantart.com, http://vizg.deviantart.com, and an anonymous, airship-building site mod for the over-the-top thumbnail :)
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AHaddon
• 02/23/2013 5:08 pm
• Level 35 : Artisan Dragonborn
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What category might a UNSC frigate fit in?
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HaloWarrior2543
• 01/24/2020 7:16 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner
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I feel like this is a bit late, but I think most UNSC ships would fall under a category that included more greeble than streamlining
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shardschaefer
• 02/11/2013 12:20 am
• Level 44 : Master Crafter
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This is really great so far! Thank you for sharing this I know I could use any tips when it comes to making my ships not look like rubbish.
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Mgreat
• 02/04/2013 12:56 pm
• Level 56 : Grandmaster Taco
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Awesome! Did you use any mods or external programs to make that giant hull? Or was that done with vanilla minecraft?
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XteremeFightClub
• 02/02/2013 3:31 pm
• Level 6 : Apprentice Explorer
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Very Nice I have to say you did a very good job
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Dr- Mackeroth
• 02/02/2013 5:02 am
• Level 41 : Master Unicorn
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I like this blog; I finally have something to show people when I tell them they need to build their ships better.

However, there is a third type of ship: styling that is both highly detailed and streamlined. This involves lots of spikes and points, and ends up looking quite alien.
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Ragnur Le Barbare
• 02/02/2013 5:17 am
• Level 64 : High Grandmaster Caveman
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Yeah, I decided not to cover organic types, 'cause they're really hard to do in minecraft. Maybe when I have more experience, I'll try and build some :)
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Dr- Mackeroth
• 02/02/2013 6:06 am
• Level 41 : Master Unicorn
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I wasn't talking about organic types (in fact, I completely forgot about them!). However, I find using the "brush" tool on MCedit or Voxelsniper is a really good way to make organic ships (by building up layers of ever smaller spheroids). You can create very creepy ships that way, especially if you trail the brush to give it a "vine-like" appearance.
If anything, it's more terraforming than ship-building, and probably warrants a tutorial of its own.
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Ragnur Le Barbare
• 02/02/2013 6:08 am
• Level 64 : High Grandmaster Caveman
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Yep, agreed. I could write a tutorial when I'm more experienced with these designs :)
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Dr- Mackeroth
• 02/02/2013 6:24 am
• Level 41 : Master Unicorn
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Or... I could write a tutorial?
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