"Mod Facade" Challenge - LoTekK

LoTekK

Figured I should try and get my hands dirty with some enviro stuff since I've been thinking about getting into that. Started on a building that I pass by most days in the city, though I may or may not switch to a different building if I see a more interesting one. This looked like a good one to start with, though, since I'm pretty inexperienced with this sort of thing. I need to go get some better pics of the building, too.




There's an arch shelter at the entrance, though again, I need to get a better pic of it.



I'll probably just stick with an upward-looking shot, since the ground floor is a bunch of shops, which wouldn't work very well with the modular aspect, though I might play around with that.

And a quick start, couple hours of messing around. Selected meshes are the modular bits. I reckon I'll make another one or two variations of the windows, since I currently have no need for a door.

Tumerboy

wow, great start LoTekk! Keep it up.

Psixos

You're making this look easy! Well done so far, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

LoTekK

Cheers, guys. Still trying to figure out what to bevel and what to leave for the normal map... Bit more done, but need to make a door and a couple window variants, I think. Also lots of extraneous edges, but I'll save the cleanup for later.

Jesse Moody

Very nice start indeed. I am liking where this is going. Can't wait to see more.

kary

Nice Teck. The depth windows really breaks up the fa

Emil Mujanovic

Sweet work, Teck! This is looking ace. Is this a building in Melbourne, cos the first pic kinda looks familiar?
Keep at it, mate.

-caseyjones

LoTekK

Thanks Jesse, hoping to get some good enviro experience with this challenge.

Kary, I'm pretty much turning the building into a residence of sorts, so I'm killing the shops for the moment. I may decide to do them, but I'm still kinda noodling and sketching.

Emil, thanks! Yeah, the building's along Swanston St, though I forget the cross street. The carved masonry at the top of the building identifies it as The Leviathan Building.

Haven't been spending much time working on this in the last couple days, but I've been doing a bunch of reading and experimenting with normal maps and whatnot, to get myself up to speed. Started messing around with the facade again today, and decided to change up some aspects of the building. Killed a floor, gave it a corner entrance, and modelled out some spirally trim things.

Need to actually plan this sucker out in a more concrete fashion so I can allocate textures and polys properly. o_O

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I was advised the four-storey version looked really stumpy, so I went back to five stories.

Japhir

very nice! the camera angle makes it look small though.

ColinR

Great stuff. Especially liking the amount of detail that has been put into the trim nearer the top.