Mak fighter

Seed Ship

This ship is used for terraforming purposes, basically what that means is that it flies in orbit around a planet and it uses it's 8 launchers to shoot dozens of torpedoes to the surface of the planet. These torpedoes are packed with bio material and life forms to kickstart a planet's terraformation. Several of these seed ships have been built so far and they have been sent in deep space on auto-pilot to launch their payloads at any suitable planets they encounter on route.

SSC Mining Outpost

The SSC Mining Outpost is located somewhere in deep space and few know of it as it does not show up on most commercial solar system charts.  This station is designed for rare ore extraction from high density asteroids and for that purpose it has a large processing plant where asteroids get hauled in by small automated drones or local miners looking for a share of the profits.
The station is fitted with a refining system for ore and gas and it also has the facilities to build ship parts for the few miners who are operating in its area. Installed on one of the sides of the asteroid is the fuel depo, large enough to sustain operations for a long period of time without the need for frequent refueling as the freighter convoys which come in this area are rare and those sometimes fall prey to clans of pirates lurking on route. Slightly below the fuel depo is a large array of solar panels that provide all the necessary power to the station and slightly more. Due to the station being located in an asteroid field, these solar panels sometimes get damaged or even destroyed by the small asteroids flying around so, in one of the interior storage areas, the station keeps several dozens spare panels for parts or replacement.
At the bottom of the home asteroid is the external storage area where cargo units are moved in and out for different purposes, like freighters which are too large to dock inside a hangar or for the miners who wish to deposit their mined ore without docking with the station.
All in all, this is one of the best mining facilities in the sector for veteran miners who have the ships and equipment to tackle high density asteroids but, due to its location so far out, few know of it or wish to go through the hardships of deep space mining.

Info:
Part of the main building of the station is inspired by a Star Citizen concept art and the solar panels are made after a Black Prophecy design.
This model was made for the "Dominion" game but it is also available for free download.

"Dominion" PC game - kickstarter

Hey guys

I just wanted to let you know that the kickstarter campaign for the pc game called "Dominion" made by the indie company Mak Software Studio was launched a couple of days ago:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maksw/dominion-fight-for-your-future-amongst-the-stars

Your help on this project would be very much appreciated so here's the short version on the description for the game for you guys to decide if it sounds interesting enough to earn your support.

Dominion is a sandbox game. You will be given all the in-game tools and toys which let you do what you want, how and when you want to. The Dynamic Event Engine (DEE) will make use of the "sandbox" and throw in a wide range of dangerous, fun, and mysterious events at you as you travel the galaxy. A standard distress call could be exactly that, or a pirate's trap... or perhaps something more dangerous, as you stumble upon something that wasn't meant to be found.
Your role in the game is determined by your actions, and the local laws and policies of whichever system you are in.
The ships you'll steal or buy will have a past, a history. Just like buying a used car - buying a used ship you have to be careful of where it came from. How many light-years on the clock? Was it a former pirate ship? What about it's markings? Clearly some kind of faction. Is someone going to shoot you on sight because it's from a rival clan? Will the Navy haul you in for piracy when you've never stolen a single credit? You may want to get the ship re-id'd to make sure, and best give it a paint job before someone recognizes it.
Exploration is a big thing in Dominion so the game will be built to have 200,000 stars, over 1,000,000 planets, at least 1,200 unique species and civilisations, most of which are waiting to be discovered.
Discover comets, deadly planet-threatening asteroids, new resources, first-contact species, and much more!

What you can do in the game:
- bounty hunt - and it's a real hunt, not just you sitting at a coordinate and waiting for them to show up
- enlist in the Imperial Navy
- do commercial jobs - cargo transporting, passenger taxi services, be a courier...
- purchase orbital bases or stations (Stretch Goal)
- go rogue/pirate, steal cargo, fulfil a hit, even order a hit...
- explore - there's plenty of the Great Unknown still out there
- pimp your ride - reskin/reconfigure your ships to your hearts content (Stretch Goal)
- go mining - resources are always in demand
- and so much more ...

If it sounds interesting so far have a look through the full game description at their campaign's page and if you like it please support them in this endeavour.

Cheers !

Zaraga Battlecruiser

This ship is unique for the game "Dominion" so it cannot be downloaded.

Sinzi Heavy Cruiser

This ship is unique for the game "Dominion" so it cannot be downloaded.

Cocindril Destroyer WIP

This ship is unique for the game "Dominion" so it cannot be downloaded.

A test prototype of a Cocindril class destroyer has been built at the Maksw Shipyard located in the YAR-1313 sector and two more are due to be completed in just a few months. Its main mission is to patrol and secure the area around the shipyard against raids made by the pirates or other lawless forces. Due to its top of the line sensor arrays it can even detect ships which use lower tech cloaking devices favored by some pirate infiltrators that have wrecked havoc on the shipyard's installations in the past. That, combined with its firepower, which is specialized in tracking and taking down small and agile ships, plus several capital sized cannons for larger skirmishes, means the Cocindril is a fine addition to any defensive fleet.

Ship Pack (wip) - free download

Hey guys.
Due to some RL problems I haven't been able to work so much on these 3D models so I decided to put them up for download without texture, until such time that I get to making one. The models are fully UV-unwrapped and they all use a single texture file. I've added in the download archive a blank texture you can use to paint on. I have also left all the objects on the ships detached so that it is easier for you to edit the configurations to be more to your liking, as this is pretty much what you would call a modular ship pack.
Enjoy.

R´ha

Here's a very cool sci-fi short film I found on youtube and I have to say it's beyond great.

All computer animation and design was created by Kaleb Lechowski.
http://kaleblechowski.deviantart.com 

Hartmut Zeller - Sound
http://www.hartmutzeller.de

Dave Masterson - Voice acting
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2717717/

Scott Glassgold / IAM Entertainment - Representation
scottglassgold@iamsports-ent.com

 (c) Kaleb Lechowski

Wardrum - Command ship

This ship was made for the "Void Destroyer" game so it cannot be downloaded. The design was built using several parts supplied by the game's dev (he also made the texture) and some other original creations of mine. The idea was for this command ship to resemble and fit as much as possible with the rest of the ships already in the game but also be somewhat different and unique, so it was quite a challenge. The model has 12k triangles.

I strongly recommend you guys check out this game because even at its current early stage of development it is still cool to play. You can fly small and agile fighters or even large and slow capital ships, all with very different gameplay styles. Here's a bit of info about it:

"An independent (self funded) space combat simulator with real time strategy elements. Set in a desolate asteroid field, you are in command. Orbiting asteroid bases are powered by solar radiation from an artificial sun. Inside countless masses live, work and die mining ore. The lucky ones are in space, competing against other factions and fighting alien forces. Survive to discover the truth, conquer the void to escape! This is a game in the making, on a monthly update schedule, the goal is to create an exciting and immersive experience. In development since May 2009, the project reached the free prototype stage in January of 2011. A hobby project that hopes to become commercial. The game is playable, and I believe fun, with much more work to be done."