Nostromo Bridge asset(s)

BelgianBoolean

Hey guys,

Since I finally wrapped up my shuttle, I wanna focus on something a bit smaller and low poly.

I found these old Alien concepts that were changed in production.Plan is to start with the chair and maybe do a few other assets once it's done.





And here's a super rough start to the modeling

Minos

Your normal map looks inverted, try flipping the green or red channel.

BelgianBoolean

Uhhh, this is the hi poly with no normal maps...

Paul Pepera

Follow the concept but use real world reference for the details and elements not represented in the concept to make the work seem believable and functional. You can yield a lot of great ideas from stuff like this and this.

wester

Yes! After that ship you did i am extremmmmely excited to see this finished!

BelgianBoolean

@Paul Pepera Those references are brilliant! Thanks a ton mate.

This is an interesting project for me in that I'm pulling reference from a few different Nostromo bridge concepts along with the actual film used version. But if I'm taking that kind of liberty with it, then you're right in that I could push it a lot further with real world reference.

@Wester Thanks dude

Here's another bridge concept by Ron Cobb along with the screen used one.







Still not sure how many assets I'm going to do or whether this is going to turn into a full scene. Playing it by ear.

mospheric

Excited to see what happens! If you do turn it into a scene, are your plans to put it into UDK or another game engine? I guess you'll cross that bridge when you get there

odd_enough

Very excited to see your progress on this, Ben

Also, here are some very high res 360 cockpit views if I haven't already linked them before (fantastic for consoles and dashboards):
http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight/games__fun/360_degree_cockpit_views.aspx

BelgianBoolean

@mospheric Thanks man! I'm only have a lil UDK experience, so this may be the perfect time to learn! If it's just a couple assets, it'll be in marmoset though.

@odd_enough Thanks jordan Those references are baller.

The big question right now is whether I follow the screen used bridge or one of the alternate concepts. Even that chair concept doesn't match the real one. I was also thinking that if I do a scene, I use all the references to make a bridge "inspired" by all the ideas/concepts. Anyone have thoughts on that? The latter sounds fun, since I could push it all a bit further.

BelgianBoolean

Didn't get as much done as I was hoping tonight. I got promoted at Adidas, so I was celebrating a bit.

That said, I roughed in the rest of the chair with primitives.