- Chris Kuhn - Blender guru who's a great source of knowledge for hard surface ship modelling.
https://www.facebook.com/Chris-Kuhn-3D-Artist-345392525548878/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Kuhnsan
https://www.blendswap.com/user/ChrisKuhn
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/vehiclemodelinginblender - Penfinity - Another Blender Guru who's pushing and refining techniques in Blender.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEWZe5DyLJGBk6qUC96NCg - Pitiwazou - Producer of quality blender addons and tutorials.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtEkh8KgCsRAivGyY9MdK0Q - Machin3 - Creator of addons for decal workflows and easier curved mesh creation.
https://twitter.com/machin3io
https://blendermarket.com/creators/machin3
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4yaFzFDILd2yAqOWRuLOvA/videos - Mark Kingsnorth - Creator of Hull plating, greeble, window and nebula generators as well as other addons.
http://www.markkingsnorth.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/markkingsnorth/featured
https://www.blendermarket.com/creators/mark-kingsnorth - Vaughan Ling/HeavyPoly - Concept artist, formerly a Modo user.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKaDsTgIcEMPtvHPRhU-Mvg
https://gumroad.com/vling
https://www.facebook.com/groups/heavypoly/?ref=group_header - Claas Kuhnen - Industrial Design wiz.
https://www.youtube.com/user/cekuhnen/featured - Jama Jubaraev - Concept artist at ILM.
https://www.patreon.com/jama
https://www.artstation.com/jama
https://gumroad.com/jamajurabaev - Dan Brown CGI - A great ship designer.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDhayckzbQV06sSwq6ycoww
https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?196191-The-Giant-Spaceship-Thread - Rocz3D - Good introduction to Blender and ship design.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Rocz3D/featured - masterxeon1001 - Hard surface modeller with his own boolean workflow addon, Hardops.
https://www.youtube.com/user/masterxeon1001/featured
https://gumroad.com/masterxeon1001 - Ian Lloyd Dela Cruz/Blender Guppy - Blender hard surface modeller and creator of addons.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIZ91weoxUaQa4-h30Ve8Yw
https://www.facebook.com/blenderguppy/?ref=py_c - Pascal Alt - Various Blender Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLJWXZtmBFAbgsl4pyLpoQ/videos - Universaali 3D - Homeworld-esque ships and NDO.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeqEktSghx-U5FIXOOvW-YA - Ryan McClure/McC3D - Trek Modeller
http://www.mcc3d.com/cg/blender_tutorial/index.php
http://www.ryan-mcclure.com/blog/?tag=blender - Witold Jaworski - Airplane Modelling, various indepth threads on BlenderArtists and Millitary Meshes
http://www.samoloty3d.pl/index_e.html - Max Puliero - Blender sculptor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF74bjwDsihf8ZzDKGkTkkA - Steven Brooks - Ongoing Blender automotive modelling tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM1xW50vKK9RReuFFiRNdUQ/videos - Thesim1990 - More automotive modelling.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thesim1990/video - Kenproll - Blender and Substance Painter
https://www.youtube.com/user/kenproll/videos - YanSculpts - Blender sculptor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjswDVU0XHyBN7UFG0Mi5Q - UH Studio Design Academy - Conceptual Architecture in Blender
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4fyqGDhEQq_L4nzSpNMoUA - Neogen23 - Some subD exercises.
https://www.youtube.com/user/neogen23/videos - Baptise G - Blender Automotive sculptor 2.8
https://www.youtube.com/user/bapsitetube
Heres some non-blender sources of knowledge.
- Madkoifish - Star Trek Fan Modeller with models of great detail.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Madkoifish/videos - Arimus 3D - 3DS modeller
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSLLdTBwLMfTKWS56tOiQpw - Andrew Hodgson - Hard Surface Modeller at ILM
https://www.artstation.com/andrewhodgson
http://www.cgsociety.org/news/article/3594/approaching-an-asset-for-high-end-film-production-with-andrew-hodgson- - James Hibbert - Modeller on Battlestar Galactica and spinoffs
https://youtu.be/glGYrj7TXTw - Alex Senechal - Hard Surface Designer
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM4TOhucI6O7qmRVuGySTJg - Grant Warwick - Hard Surface Educator $
https://masteringcgi.com.au/ - Ansel Hisao - Well known Star Wars Fan modeller.
Star Wars kit-bashing techniques - 3d World 216
https://www.artstation.com/fractalsponge - Topology Guides - Subdivision Modelling Knowledge.
https://topologyguides.com/ - Making It Look Great 11 - Hard Surface Modelling Tactics For Cinema 4D $[Comprehensive subdivision course, with techniques applicable to Blender Subd]
https://motionworks.net/shop/making-it-look-great-11/
Heres some sources of design knowledge and project breakdowns.
- Mike Hill - Concept artist on Blade Runner 2049 and other games such as Fractured Space.
http://www.mikehill.design/blog/
https://www.artstation.com/mikehill
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdHoHXbtgxsXT3aclKKEtQ/videos - Rogue One - Designing the U-Wing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGyOenuNmIw - Ron Thornton - Famed modeller of ships for Babylon 5
https://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/ron-thornton-starship-design-11135146 - Karanak - Russian Concept Artist specializing in ships.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/234083-Making-of-Dreadnought
https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/40655/shipyard-eg-main-tech-bomber/p1 - Gurmukh Bhasin - Concept artist specializing in vehicle design.
https://www.designideas.pics/swat-rhino-r-2377-gurmukh-bhasin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRAbGV6Meuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhaWh_MQDTo
https://gumroad.com/l/azoIp - Sinix Design : Design Theory
https://youtu.be/hDK-PGgvWC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZluGXgpdJj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEgCsWyOyCo - Ryan Denning - The Old Republic : Starship Creation
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20110114 - Neil Blevins - CG education
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm - Arne Niklas Jansson - Spaceship Design
http://androidarts.com/spaceships/spaceship_design.htm - Gunpla Cutlines and angles infographic
http://anotherbyte.tumblr.com/image/141770397806
Paid design tutorials that may be of interest:
- Joe Peterson - Tech Tip Series 1-3 $
https://gumroad.com/l/kOzAf - Alex Senechal - Visual Design Basics - Intro to Design $
https://gumroad.com/l/visualdesign
- Marek Rys's Alien universe spaceship recreations
http://www.8thpassenger.airart3d.com/ - Spaceship "Electra" by I14R10http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?82205-Spaceship-quot-Electra-quot-by-I14R10
- Gatis Kurzemnieks' Low Gravity Utility Vehicle with Animation
http://www.kurzemnieks.com/portfolio/beltcorp/ - Benjee10's Realistic Spacecraft
https://blenderartists.org/t/realistic-spaceships/659388
https://benjee10.deviantart.com/ - William Black's Hard SF Art
https://www.patreon.com/WilliamBlack/overview
https://william-black.deviantart.com/ - Lexx's Semi Hard SF Ship Near Future
https://blenderartists.org/t/semi-hard-sf-ship-near-future/660752 - Galgot's Aerospace Visualizations
http://galgot.free.fr/wordpress/ - The Starfighter process by machin3.io
https://blenderartists.org/t/the-starfighter/687023
https://imgur.com/a/AU3H6 - Lino Thomas' Blender usage on the Egosoft X games
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=372519&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 - Eduard_C's Edson-ed-3
https://blenderartists.org/t/edson-ed-3/650907 - Blender Junky's Star Destroyer
https://blenderartists.org/t/my-star-detroyer/627253
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcmbZxlymGB6S52Da8Lkysg/videos - Fastlead's Drone Helicopter
https://blenderartists.org/t/kaman-sftr-720-uscg-concept/691814 - psychoboy852's Naughty Quadro
https://blenderartists.org/t/ducati-il-bisbetico-domato/686654
https://blenderartists.org/t/naughty-quadro-ducati/696356 - McGavish's T-55 Tank
https://blenderartists.org/t/t-55-tank/619157 - peenutbutter's Re-creation of Ralph McQuarrie’s “TIE fighter vs X-Wing fighter”
https://blenderartists.org/t/wip-re-creation-of-ralph-mcquarries-tie-fighter-vs-x-wing-fighter/596743 - Robocyte's NX650 Tracker
https://blenderartists.org/t/wip-nx650-tracker/664500
https://blenderartists.org/t/street-cat-1-honda-nx650-dominator-tracker-mod/682251 - MarcoCheng's Project Assemble
https://blenderartists.org/t/project-assemble-making-of-with-free-assets-available/691823 - Fusobotic's Projekt Valour
https://blenderartists.org/t/projekt-valour/585055
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKpoqT2EA8 - Eric Reinholt's Screen Accurate TOS Enterprise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apgTyq89zKs&list=PLjYhPbfkR7_2P9g0HJoQfsGYhSWZyNPwC - Ryan McClure's Ambassador Class USS Trafalgar
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?79250-U-S-S-Trafalgar-Ambassador-class - Chen Liang's Mining Ship
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/JlnvAA - Alexander Lortkipanidze's Ground effect liner
https://www.artstation.com/contests/nvidia-metropia-2042/challenges/60/submissions/42437
- Rocket/Thruster Plumes
Assorted techniques:
https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/105785/spaceship-exhaust-light
https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/48816/how-to-create-a-fire-light-effect-in-a-spaceship-engine
https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/53310/how-to-create-an-engine-glow-effect-for-spaceships-in-cycles
https://blenderartists.org/t/how-do-i-make-a-sci-fi-thruster-flame/668010/4
https://blenderartists.org/t/how-can-you-texture-a-thruster-in-cycles/686277/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMQatwkn5mU - Hull Plating
Galactica hull plating via normal maps (Includes UVing):
https://www.facebook.com/345392525548878/videos/1441550182599768/
https://www.facebook.com/345392525548878/videos/1441745039246949/
Thermal Blankets:
https://www.facebook.com/345392525548878/videos/956797024408422/
Greebling method (Chris Kuhn):
https://www.facebook.com/345392525548878/videos/936846559736802/
How I Do Bulkhead Panels in Blender 3D (Dan Brown):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vsGxmhYZo8
Subdivision Topology Basics (Andrew Hodgson):
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Bl9vk
Shrinkwrapping hard surfaces:
http://www.raymairlot.co.uk/blog/the-shrinkwrap-modifier-a-hard-surface-modellers-best-friend - Texturing
Tobias Richter - UVing and Texturing the Enterprise A saucer:
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?78500-Texturing-the-Enterprise-Saucer - Environmental Objects
Gleb Alexandrov - Space VFX Course $:
https://www.creativeshrimp.com/spacevfx.html - Effects
Warp Conduit (Dan Brown):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5y8ZcbXJKU
Ship UI Creation (Chris Kuhn):
https://www.facebook.com/345392525548878/videos/984741594947298/ - Scene Positioning and Lighting
How I make my space scenes (Dan Brown):
https://youtu.be/YqczD44Gf84 - Post Processing
Glow effects and render layers using Blender's compositor:
https://www.facebook.com/345392525548878/videos/1477354362352683/
Heres some other projects with other 3D programs.
- Adam Benton's Space Colony
https://web.archive.org/web/20180310124201/http://blog.maxon.co.uk/how-to-create-a-space-colony-in-cinema-4d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJh70qkRegQ - Madkoi Photo Compositing
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?82633-Compositing-Breakdown-warning-loads-of-images!
Nonfiction reference.
- Atomic Rockets - Hard SF Resource.
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/
Heres some general websites I look at.
- ScifiMeshes - A dedicated forum for science fiction modelling
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/ - BlenderArtists - The main hub of discussion around Blender
https://blenderartists.org/forum/forum.php - Polycount - A major hub of modelling for games.
http://polycount.com/forum - Military Meshes - A dedicated forum for modelling various military vehicles.
http://www.military-meshes.com/forum/ - Foundation3D - Another dedicated forum for science fiction modelling.
http://www.foundation3d.com/forums/ - Artstation - A site showing off lots of artist's work.
https://www.artstation.com/ - 3D Sci-Fi Renders
https://www.facebook.com/groups/649195025218685/?ref=group_header - Modeler Magic - Real models have all the details
http://www.modelermagic.com/
