Heavy Frigate
Key Render
Even got it a full RCS rig
Comparison with the show's model
It's quite a bit larger than the Morri !
Not sure I'm keeping that name, already got a few "Aegis" in the fleet...
Made a model of the MCRN / Free Navy Heavy Frigate as it appeared a bit in Season 5 of the Expanse (as the Serrio Mal and the Panshin)...
This one was mainly a challenge of working from very sparse references (the ship doesn't appear a lot in the show) and of working as cleanly as possible...
She has three packed UDIM sets, a full Rig that includes Torpedo launchers, PDC emplacements (mostly the same ones as the Morrigan, but I remade the Rig entirely), Light controllers and a complete VFX set, with a new volumetric engine plume, RCS thruster effects and all the good stuff...
Currently working on a custom secondary rig for the RCS that automatically fires the necessary thrusters according to the animation curve, but it seems like Blender may be reaching its limits...
About 2.5 million polygons, 60 different maps, and, with generic render settings, it renders fine in about 40 seconds in Cycles, and Eevee runs it decently smoothly...
