[UDK] Abandoned Factory Hall (WIP)

Roelant

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I'm busy improving myself by creating some scenes for my portfolio website. In this scene I want to focus on modularity, lighting effects in combination with particles.

I chose an abandoned factory hallway for my scene. To get a feeling where I'm taking my inspiration from I did a little research and made a moodboard.


I have made a start by modelling the walls of the factory hall and putting them in UDK with some block ins of props. I'm still thinking about how I should aproach the floor since I want to put a big machine in the middle of the factory hall with pile of junks and rumble around it. But i'm not sure about that yet.



This is still a WIP. I have a still a big list with things that need to be done. Will update soon.

Tips and feedback are very welcome. Thanks in advance.

Jack Ryan

Remember that factories are a great excuse to use bigger than average meshes to fill your space, which means a perfect excuse to have an over the top focal point. In all of your references apart from the very first image, they all lack an obvious focal point.

Just something you might want to keep in mind

MisterSande

I agree with Jack on the focal point looking forward to the update man.

Roelant

Thanks for the feedback. I have decided that I want to create a huge machine in the middle of the hall. I'm still not sure whether the windows are to distracting when I will place the machine into the scene. Only time will learn because I still need to do quiet alot.



The lighting seems a bit over the top right now to me. Should I tone it a bit down?

JoshWilkinson

You have a good base for lighting. Fill it with some assets and see how well it compliments the specular on everything. Almost guaranteed that you'll need to adjust lighting once the scene is populated but until you reach that point I'd keep it as a solid foundation.

danpaz3d

Agree, I don't think its too bad for now. Maybe you could tone down the bloom size a bit, but that's about it.

nathanbarrett

I agree with danpaz3d, the bloom is very overpowering.

Roelant

Thanks for the feedback. I will tone down the bloom next update.

Roelant

Another update: It is coming together slowly. Still need some work at the floor, piping, wires and chains that I want to add to the scene. Let me know what you guys think.

danpaz3d

Getting there! I think some dust particles would fit well here.
IMO the drop down lights need some work
- De-saturate the material for the light bulb a bit
- Make the outer radius of the spotlight/s bigger.

SirCalalot

It's looking good so far!
Personally, I think the lighting is a bit too dim, but such a comment is pretty pointless from me until the scene is populated with objects

I dug around to find some similarly-themed environment from other Polycounters that you could use for inspiration:

(UDK) Abandoned Robot Factory by Mooglesarelittle

(UDK) Warehaus by Uly

I hope that helps, keep up the good work!