Astro Alligator
@astroalligator.bsky.social
Lifetime Trekkie and STO fanatic.
I spent some time making a new animation in Blender! I wanted to make better explosions... Maybe one day I'll get around to learning about lighting.
Enjoy!
credits:
Enterprise - Dennis Bailey
K'Tinga - David Metlesits
Oberth - Chris Kuhn
Music - Pixabay
Torpedo - Me! (hooray, I helped...)
Enjoy!
credits:
Enterprise - Dennis Bailey
K'Tinga - David Metlesits
Oberth - Chris Kuhn
Music - Pixabay
Torpedo - Me! (hooray, I helped...)
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I spent some time making a new animation in Blender! I wanted to make better explosions... Maybe one day I'll get around to learning about lighting.
Enjoy!
credits:
Enterprise - Dennis Bailey
K'Tinga - David Metlesits
Oberth - Chris Kuhn
Music - Pixabay
Torpedo - Me! (hooray, I helped...)
Enjoy!
credits:
Enterprise - Dennis Bailey
K'Tinga - David Metlesits
Oberth - Chris Kuhn
Music - Pixabay
Torpedo - Me! (hooray, I helped...)
My KABOOMs in Blender are looking more kaboom-y, but they're still not where I want them to be.
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My KABOOMs in Blender are looking more kaboom-y, but they're still not where I want them to be.
Found my first-ever purchase from the Internet!
It was still something I had to mail-order, but the address and instructions were online, lol.
It was still something I had to mail-order, but the address and instructions were online, lol.
August 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Found my first-ever purchase from the Internet!
It was still something I had to mail-order, but the address and instructions were online, lol.
It was still something I had to mail-order, but the address and instructions were online, lol.
Ethan's pecs.
(This pun was begging to happen)
(This pun was begging to happen)
August 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Ethan's pecs.
(This pun was begging to happen)
(This pun was begging to happen)
Another render!
Chris Kuhn's Drydock
Howie Day's Shangri-La
Chris Kuhn's Drydock
Howie Day's Shangri-La
July 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Another render!
Chris Kuhn's Drydock
Howie Day's Shangri-La
Chris Kuhn's Drydock
Howie Day's Shangri-La
July 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Playing around with the Steamrunner again.
May 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Playing around with the Steamrunner again.
The best of both world... no, that title's already taken.
April 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The best of both world... no, that title's already taken.
Looks like the next Featured TFO is being advertised in-game right now #StarTrekOnline
March 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Looks like the next Featured TFO is being advertised in-game right now #StarTrekOnline
Here's Astro's Unofficial #StarTrekOnline 15th Anniversary Bundle valuation screenshot for 2025:
March 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here's Astro's Unofficial #StarTrekOnline 15th Anniversary Bundle valuation screenshot for 2025:
An attempt in EEVEE to do a DS9 opening credit scene. All Chris Kuhn models. This was way back in 2022.
February 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An attempt in EEVEE to do a DS9 opening credit scene. All Chris Kuhn models. This was way back in 2022.
Way back when I first tried to do a decloak effect on an instanced object (look at those warping textures!)
February 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Way back when I first tried to do a decloak effect on an instanced object (look at those warping textures!)
I've lost the source files for this one, but this was when I made a joke video for Star Trek Day.
February 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I've lost the source files for this one, but this was when I made a joke video for Star Trek Day.
I have a real soft spot for the Steamrunner. This was a test with lens flares.
February 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I have a real soft spot for the Steamrunner. This was a test with lens flares.
I'm really not happy with how this one turned out, but it was a fun romp through physics...
February 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm really not happy with how this one turned out, but it was a fun romp through physics...
My recreation of *that* scene in Picard S3, but with the Connie and the Miranda... and my desperately trying to understand particles in Blender.
February 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My recreation of *that* scene in Picard S3, but with the Connie and the Miranda... and my desperately trying to understand particles in Blender.
When you look at the ship's hull in the rendered view, all those layers work together to make a passable-from-a-distance texture, all from essentially 2 images (aztec and registry):
(end of thread)
(end of thread)
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
When you look at the ship's hull in the rendered view, all those layers work together to make a passable-from-a-distance texture, all from essentially 2 images (aztec and registry):
(end of thread)
(end of thread)
5. Finally, I overlaid the registry (and the... tan arc?) and combined it all together into one Principled BSDF node:
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
5. Finally, I overlaid the registry (and the... tan arc?) and combined it all together into one Principled BSDF node:
4. I re-used the aztec layer AGAIN, but applied a different noise texture to use as a specular layer:
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
4. I re-used the aztec layer AGAIN, but applied a different noise texture to use as a specular layer:
3. I used that SAME texture, and ran it through a couple of nodes to lighten it and also apply a noise texture to it (for weathering):
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
3. I used that SAME texture, and ran it through a couple of nodes to lighten it and also apply a noise texture to it (for weathering):
2. I then fixed the polarized "aztec" layer from my old PSD file... I had misaligned the pattern and it caused some weird artifacts... Anyway, I brought that fixed texture in as a metallic layer:
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
2. I then fixed the polarized "aztec" layer from my old PSD file... I had misaligned the pattern and it caused some weird artifacts... Anyway, I brought that fixed texture in as a metallic layer:
The time I tried to fix my ship's hull texture in Blender, but was lazy about it:
1. I started out with a base coat in "TOS gray"
1. I started out with a base coat in "TOS gray"
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The time I tried to fix my ship's hull texture in Blender, but was lazy about it:
1. I started out with a base coat in "TOS gray"
1. I started out with a base coat in "TOS gray"