Our Story

Humble purveyors of a wide variety of spaceships and other sci-fi designs. Creating a “lived-in universe” using 3D modeling. We make designs, models, cinematics, and more.

Hello there! We are two humble purveyors of a wide variety of spaceships and other sci-fi designs. We founded Secondhand Spaceships to turn our love for spaceships, model design and sci-fi in general into a productive and creative venture.

Our goal is to create 3D art that looks real. The “lived-in universe” aesthetic that was famously popularised by Star Wars has always inspired us. A lot of modern CGI, even if it’s very high-quality, has the problem of looking too polished and neat. We’re taking our cues from the heyday of physical scale models, and applying the lessons of that art to 3D modeling. Realism isn’t just about being hyper-detailed. It’s about the wear and tear; the dust and the grit.

A scale model isn’t a real spaceship, but boy— those old starfighters back in the seventies and eighties sure looked and felt real! We’re aiming to live up to that legacy in the age of 3D modelwork. Ships that really look like you could buy them secondhand in a little shop just off the spaceport, second door to the right of that grubby cantina over there…

We specialise in concept design and diverse vehicle modeling, creating all sorts of ships, other sci-fi vehicles, space stations, droids… you name it. Of course, we still have a lot to learn. We only just started out. But we’re keeping ourselves busy: there’s always a model of some sort that we’re tinkering on in the workshop. All lovingly crafted in the very finest 3D. Every single project is even more fun than the last!

We mostly create our own concept ships: both fan designs that tie into established settings, such as Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica, and fully original works. But besides this, we also like to model existing ships, and to re-imagine official designs in new and creative ways.

No matter how original any of our ships may be, we still call them all “secondhand”. That’s actually a bit of an in-joke: we’re always giving each other feedback at all stages of the design process, and every design we produce has passed through both of our hands repeatedly. So: secondhand spaceships, always.

We hope you’ll have as much fun with our creations as we do. Whether you’re looking for an old clunker or a state-of-the-art warship, you can bet we’ve got it for you. Check out our collection. We want to make great designs, models, cinematics, and more. At the end of the day, we also do something else: we build worlds, and we share stories that inspire us. We hope you’ll join us on our journey of adventure.

Let us know what you think!