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the Heart of Gold

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Lounge

This is the lounge area of the main flight deck level of the ship. Using a combination of screenshots from the movie I gradually measured up and scaled out the ship to near accurate proportions.

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To Bar

Stepping out of the lounge, you are presented set of stairs leading up to the bar area. On your right is a sighing door and to the left is the flightdeck control floor. The Bar and Flightdeck areas are seperated by oddly placed rock walls. I suspect the movie creators wanted to create a natural look in the ship but I'd like to imagine it serves some kind of ferro-magnetic component of the ships engine.

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Space Bar

Situated on a quarter level inbetween the top and bottom floors of the main flight deck. To the right are stairs leading to the top of the ship and kitchen.

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Space Bar

You enter the space bar. A wall mounted drinks dispensor in a quaint corner of the ship, serving Pan Glactic Gargle Blasters and other famous galaxy-wide drinks.

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Space Bar

The Syrius Cybernetics Coporation previously did not install any anti-tipping mechanism in the counter tops on the ship. ArtechFuz3D is proud to say that the ship now comes with anti-surface-tipping, so that you never lose your drink or meal. We are still working on keeping the food inside their vessels though.

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Ready to go upstaiws?

We go up!

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Flight deck

Here you can see the interior of the top-front of the ship where the flight deck is situated. The kitchen is on the upper level centered above the lounge and flight controls on the lower level

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Flight deck

Here you can see the interior of the top-front of the ship where the flight deck is situated. The kitchen is on the upper level centered above the lounge and flight controls on the lower level

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Corridor

Connecting the stairs we traversed and the kitchen is a corridor with a view and a half. A platform connects the kitchen with the upper floor above the flight controls.

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Corridor

To the left, around the corner is the escape pod room. Im not sure what else is inside this section of the ship, so let's go into the kitchen.

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Navigating to Kitchen

Starting to get hungry?

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Enter the Kitchen

What a way to optimize a space! A center console draws you in with freshly toasted bread, toasted with a toasting knife.

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Kitchen

Wall mounted appliances and shelving. Well, according to the lore it is shelving but I think it serves a way 'cooler' purpose as refrigeration units. We also have the 'Craving Detector & Dispensor.' Fancy a cup of tea?

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Kitchen

MMM ... the sweet smell of toast!

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Kitchen

MMM ... the sweet smell of toast!

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Kitchen

You turn around and are stunned with a view outside making you realise you are in space.

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Kitchen

Exiting the kitchen, a walkway extends to the main front windows of the ship.

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Walkway

Walking across the walkway or bridge towards the front windows.

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Upper Floor

Peering back at the kitchen

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Upper Floor

Peering back at the kitchen

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Main Windows

Is that Magrathea or some other planet?

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Main Windows

Dam! Damogran! It appears to be the planet where the ship was comendeered.

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Upper Floor

Above the sighing doors is a large digital picture frame. You see the kitchen above the lounge, and stairs to your right.

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Stairs

The main set of stairs connecting the lower and upper floors.

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Stairs

Plant design by ArtechFuz3D. The original ship bolsters some unique fauna relevant to rendering correctly in filmography, but I thought they could use a fresh set of plants for this journey.

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Planter Module

An extra close up view of the plant flowers, situated in a planter module fitted against the back wall, adjacent the main door on th eflight deck.

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Lower Floor

The area where many of the shots were filmed in movie, lounge and bar on the right, main entrance door behind and the flight deck ahead.

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Flight Deck

A small set of stairs lowers into the flight control room.

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Flight Deck

The digital picture frame changes its picture.

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Flight Deck

Testing some render settings

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Pillar

Can you believe this was made in Blender?

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Flight Deck

Zooming back, we have a good view of the lounge, kitchen and bar areas. Blocked on either side by high mineral volcanic rock.

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Flight Deck

Turning around, a high view within the flight deck. you can see the 4-6m long flight control module and a personal elevator connecting the flight deck to upper floor.

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Flight Deck

The flight controls module features an array of controls, knobs, buttons, and user interface panels. Above the module another main panel is inset into the back wall.

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Flight Deck

.Testing render settings and AOR values in the glass shader, default values make the glass more refractive than anyone would be comfortable continuously looking at.

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Flight Deck

Small bump up in ambient lighting

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Flight Deck

Comparing default light bounce values, I chose 'latte' color for the overall lighting hue to closer match the movie theme

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Flight Deck

Lower AOR on glass and lower light bounces.

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Flight Deck

Even lower glass AOR

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Flight Deck

Lower glass AOR with default light bounce.

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Flight Deck

Default AOR, low light bounce. The darker pictures also have extra internal lighting disabled in render. All lighting here is coming from objects in the ship that emmit light, such as screen panels, physical lighting and ambient light.

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Flight Deck

The same, with lowered glass AOR.

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Flight Deck

Extreme side close up of flight module looking toward the bar area. Only physical lights again but with increased light bounces.

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Flight Deck

Lowered light bounces with physical lighting only. I am attempting to find a blance between ambient occlusion and brightness while still maintaining the color theme.

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Flight Deck

Default lighting. As you can see the ship is well lit but overexposed and thus some occlusion detail is lost.

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Flight Deck

Above the flight module, you can see some main throttle controls and the left joystick. Can you spot the improbability button?

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Flight Deck

The same with lowered light values. The colors reflecting off the flowers and wall look great. The flight module has many different round lights which all are important for displaying messages visible from throughout the flight deck. This feature would become standard across spaceships galaxy wide.

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Flight Deck

Centered high above the flight control module, here you see the many main controls of the ship including the infamous improbability drive button.

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Flight Deck

The ship is currently in a state of normality, as depicted on the lower UI panel. Below the panel on the left are replaceable power modules, what I think are weapons on the right and a pair of foot pedals which purpose remains unknown.

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Flight Deck

Switching over to the right side of the flight control room, looking back toward the main entrance doors.

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Flight Deck

The same with lowered light bounces.

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Flight Deck

My original default lighting values. The ship has a beautiful flowing geometric design. Behind the plant is the personal elvator.

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Flight Deck

Inside the elvator.

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Flight Deck

Walking up the platform. The flight control floor has good access for the disabled or less flexible robots.

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Lower Floor

Looking at the open main entrance doors. Low light bounce.

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Lower Floor

Looking at the open main entrance doors. Normal light bounce.

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Main Entrance

The corridor that leads to the rear and right sides of the ship. This is the entrance where Arthur and Ford first see Zaphod after coming through the doors.