UC'09 "END GAME" | MECHANICAL SHEEP | 3D

IchII3D

I am currently a single person entering this compeition but this could change as friends from work have sharded interest in the subject.

Team - IchII3D
Name - Mechanical Sheep

I won't ramble on about my idea as like the compeition rules state, the environment must speak for itself. Instead I have compiled a defining image, this contains all the major features of my scene to quickly pre visualise my idea with other media.


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IchII3D

Well I have quickly throw together an image to help direct me forward, I'm not much of a good concept artist, I typically just use moodboards so you might have to use your imagination a little. I used google street view as a base which is why its slightly pixelated. But ye, its there to get across an idea.

The main reason for this image is to try and figure out my focal point, would be nice to get some feedback from people on this. I tried to get across one major and two minor, to keep you looking across the scene.

Surfa

Really solid Idea I like it, I think drawing focus to the middle buildings would be your best bet.

frubes

Cool idea Ichi, i think with a good amount of destructive effects, smoke, dust, debris and the like you could be onto something cool

ParoXum

Cool idea, I cant wait to see how you're going to destroy Time Square.

IchII3D

Thanks guys, the main problem I have at the moment is why all this is happening, but I have plenty of time at work to think about things. What I have right now just gets me going blocking out everything and starting to get a plan together. A friend recommended having an alien ship in the sky in the distance, but not sure...

IchII3D

I have had a once over of a very quick blockout, basically what I'm trying to do is get my scaling right and also find out which buildings I need to put effort into and which ones I don't. Ignore the lighting and everything else, I just thought I would make a quick post in case I got anything drastically wrong. Does anyone know if I'm right in thinking the average car length is about 4.5 meters?

Oh and with the scaling of the building I based that from the height of the Morgan Stanley building, then just averaged the rest with my eyes.

Emil Mujanovic

Slick! You're already off to a solid start.
Good luck, mate.

IchII3D

I managed to scrape in some work after I finished work yesterday, only a few hours but it started the next phase of blocking out. I believe I'm going to have four stages of blocking out, after this level I will compose and destroy my scene, then after that another level of the actual low polygon models I will be using.

Accuracy is very important to me even if I will be blowing up everything, so if you notice anything. Give me a slap in the face!

EDIT: Here is a link for anyone not familiar with the location I'm using :P

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=time+square+new+york&sll=53.357109,-17.797852&sspn=21.178303,57.084961&ie=UTF8&hq=Times+Square&hnear=Times+Square,+New+York,+NY+10036,+USA&ll=40.757941,-73.985496&spn=0,359.993032&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.758064,-73.985416&panoid=MjbU6A5jB9h0SMZYpjc9CQ&cbp=13,59.4,,0,-13.78

IchII3D

Well, things are still chugging along. If things go to plan I should have all my low polygon modelling done by the end of the week, but to be honest I can't wait to just smash it all up!

Jeremy Lindstrom

just saw knowing, had a very similar theme when they destroyed times square. Looking forward to seeing this.

c0ldhands

Very promising mate, as I would guess, you are going with the crysis engine on this on right? Anyway, good luck!

IchII3D

Yep, I will be using CryEngine. Looking forward to do most of the effects as its something I havn't really touched on in Crysis.

Ben Apuna

Nice scene, I like the sense of scale.

IchII3D

Well this is the slowest scene ever made! I have really fallen behind recently because I have been insanely busy. This project won't be finished for Unearthly Challenge, but it will defiantly be finished in lets say.... a year? :P

I'm finally at the point where most of my core ideas are in the scene, there will defiantly be lots of tweaking, but I can start working on individual areas without worrying about them having the possibility of major changes or time wasting late down the line.