Photorealistic Kerbin

[Chant778]

Made this in about three hours using 3Ds max, would've been two if my PSU hadn't died on me without me saving in ages. (Replacing it was surprisingly quick)

With a B9 Aerospace shuttle incase you want something in the foreground for a screensaver. (Awesome mod!)

And for those of you wondering how I got the textures, I used Ninja Ripper, the models weren't so important because spheres are not exactly the most complicated things ever. ;P

Let me know if you've any ideas for improvement!

Edited April 22, 2013 by Chant778

[Rockcoole]

Steps of seeing this picture.

1. Mind=blown

2. Think it is super super super*five pages of super later* super great.

3. Notice the Mun is normal texture.

4. Get sad because Mun is left out.

[Chant778]

4. Get sad because Mun is left out.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Mun, just working on better textures right now, this is kind of a WIP.... Soon it will be complete.

[Itsdavyjones]

Can't wait for it to be completed, looks amazing as it is.

[Wait- Was That Important?]

My computer choked on seeing this- ah well though, maybe optimization will rescue us from a third art pass.

Awesome work! Can't wait to see the finished version!

[Sbowyer28]

Chant... Codoro maybe? Well anyways this is amazing compared to some of your other works I've seen

[Panichio]

Awesome work! But I think the lighting on the shuttle could use some more work. It's very sharp.

[SolarLiner]

Put the camera away, and increase FOV. Rework the mun texture, brighten the image, maybe a little bit of work in the Kerbin's atmosphere. I don't like the spaceship that much on the second picture.

[Azivegu]

I hope squad hires you so that every time i'm busy crashing into kerbin i can think: "damn, thats a nice planet"

[Chant778]

I hope squad hires you so that every time i'm busy crashing into kerbin i can think: "damn, thats a nice planet"

"Look at all those clouds, they're all fluffy and nice and stuff"

[Holo]

10,000 hours in GIMP to bring you this realistic Mun.

[Chant778]

10,000 hours in GIMP to bring you this realistic Mun.

Just as I began work on it.

Great job!

[Chant778]

Put the camera away, and increase FOV. Rework the mun texture, brighten the image, maybe a little bit of work in the Kerbin's atmosphere. I don't like the spaceship that much on the second picture.

http://i.imgur.com/y60kne3.jpg This a bit better?

[Chant778]

Chant... Codoro maybe? Well anyways this is amazing compared to some of your other works I've seen

Thanks.

How did you happen upon this post?

[Itsdavyjones]

Nice update. Looks even better.

[Sbowyer28]

Thanks.

How did you happen upon this post?

Im a very active member on the forums, And I started playing roblox again and saw Codoro on my group page

[Hooligan Labs]

"Look at all those clouds, they're all fluffy and nice and stuff"

Squad has posted an upcoming feature list, clouds are on it!

[AngelLestat]

I dont know how you did it, but if it was me, i will use just a earth photo of the africa side and start to modify from there.

[Chant778]

Used the texture of Kerbin from the main menu, made it super hi-res and patched it using parts of Blue Marble, I would upload the texture, but it's 12 MB and still a WIP.

Here's a scaled down version (From 8096 x 4048) Feel free to use it if ya want. http://i.imgur.com/bFnsbkv.jpg

[saik0]

Would any of images form my mapping project help you? See my sig. (I have both shaded and unshaded ones of Kerbin, Mun, and Minmus)

[Chant778]

That's incredible! How did you get the textures?

[LaydeeDem]

That's incredible! How did you get the textures?

It's pretty easy to rip stuff from the game.

I ripped a whole Kerbal once!

[SolarLiner]

http://i.imgur.com/y60kne3.jpg This a bit better?

Arf, so Decrease the FOV and brighten the image.

Keep on going

[Polar Bear]

Did you say you did that in GIMP? Teach me Master!!

Are there any Gimp tutorials that focus on KSP pictures?

[Chant778]

Did you say you did that in GIMP? Teach me Master!!

The original image was done in 3Ds Max, but somebody shaded the moon in Gimp.