To start of the imperial shuttle I made the base shape of the body. I got the basic shape using the schematics which I will post onto the blog in the near future. I also have made the basic shape of the upper wing.
You can see how I used different orthographic views to trace over the schematics. To see clearly on the side view, I turned on x-ray mode which allowed me to see the outline clearly. At this point I started to make the rounded sides of the body by using a cylinder. I could have added in edge loops on the side and pull the vertices out, however, I felt that it would have taken too long and I prefer to keep my objects separate as it is easier to go back and work on later.
I then added the part the component which connects the body to the top wing. The bit that is highlighted in white (left image) holds the base and the wing together. Rather then duplicating them onto the other side of the ship, it is one object. Although this means there are faces going through the wings, that results in half the possible poly-count for that part of the object.
Next I made the visor for the headlamps. I just used simple extrusions from the precious cylinder I made earlier for the side of the base. I then made the outline of the two bottom wings. I also extruded in certain parts of the shell to make the wings rotations look more natural.
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