Steam Yacht Medea (WIP)

[Speedster]

My new and almost completed SolidWorks model of the 134' Steam Yacht Medea.  After a two-week intensive modeling marathon I decided to drop her into KeyShot 7 for a peek as to what she would actually look like.  TBD are the ungodly UV Mapping of the cabin woodwork, all the deck fittings, winches, hoists and the like.  I shared how I used KeyShot in analyzing the hull loft at https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=20541.0

This is for sure my most ambitious SW project in almost 20 years. Now I know why I kept putting her off!

Medea was built in Scotland in 1904 for William Macalister Hall of Torrisdale Castle, Scotland. He was a wealthy landowner and British Army officer, an avid hunter, and used her around the isles and lochs of western Scotland.  Steel and wood, she was built by an army of shipworkers, in an astounding 51 days!  Medea has served in two world wars, under three navies and six national flags.  She is beautifully restored and berthed at the famous San Diego Maritime Museum, where she goes to sea under steam several times a year.

The SW file is 155 MB.  The BIP is 249 MB.  1,458,501 polys.  Runs at 32 fps on 30 cores, mainly due to the "water", a highly tweaked liquid with a wavy bump map. applied to a freeformed SW surface.

Rendered in Interior Mode for one hour.  For some odd reason Interior was a superior rendering, again possibly due to the water.  Product gave thousands of fireflies.

I'll be posting updates along the way... Gotta learn Zbrush so I can do some figures for my "derelict" ship!

Bill G

[Will Gibbons]

WoW! Those clays are beautiful. I like how all your images come with a great story. Looking good Bill!