THRONE ROOM - Kublai Khan - SeveredSon & JonSells
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Our Throne Room entry is going to be inspired by Kublai Khan's throne room from the Marco Polo series.
We will be using Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop, nDo2, Substance Designer/Painter, and the Unreal 4 engine.
We will be using Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop, nDo2, Substance Designer/Painter, and the Unreal 4 engine.
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Cheers!
Your's look really good so far, keep it up
I really like that throne room and you're capturing its mood perfectly.
For me I really liked the atmosphere and lighting of this throne room over the little emperors room.
Definitely, that outside back lighting is off the hook shining on top of The Khan of Khans throne. Leaving his face in shadow and his garments visible. When he is interested in what he sees he moves forward and reveals his face past the darkness. Great lighting for a King. Great choice guys. Best of luck.
We still have a long way to go, but we're plugging away at it.
It appears I've jacked around with the post process too much and have to take a few steps backwards. :poly118:
Not sure if I like it darker and contrastier or well lit. Hmmmm...
I like the highlights on the horse heads in the pic below, but it's almost too dark. I added some smoke to hide the ceiling a bit as well as add some atmosphere. I'm sure those torches would give off quite a bit of smoke.
I like the darker version of the room, and the smoke will work perfectly with the light coming in.
I removed the rug map too. It was bugging the crap out of me and didn't really fit the scene.
I think the door has to be scaled up slightly as well.
Also, I scaled up the throne a little to give it more prominence in the scene.
Also, I placed some more cauldrons along the main pathway and I put a circular medallion decal on the floor.
We are still debating whether the medallion adds anything to the scene. I'm open to suggestions.
Currently we're having a hard time deciding how the back wall should look. I've posted an image below and we would like to know which version people like best. Do you like the fully lit one on top or do you like the darker version on the bottom. Feedback would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
I'm currently working on a table with a teapot that will sit next to the throne. I plan on creating some cups as well. Also I reworked the horse heads a bit and we placed a rug in the center of the walkway.
I'd like to get some irregularity in the banners as well, so I will probably add a panning normal map or something to mimic some movement in the cloth. We still have a long way to go but I think it's almost there visually.
Lastly, the fur shader is basically the carpet shader from the realistic rendering project, but with tessellation and a few minor changes to the shader. I'll post screenshots of the shader setup as well...when I get a chance to do so.