[UDK] Godfather inspired scene - Portfolio piece

mache

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Original Post:
Hi!, I watched The Godfather a while back, and got inspired.
So for this project I'm going to make a godfather inspired room, with the same kind of shutters for windows, to give me some interesting lighting.
I have so far blocked out the room and some objects i wish to be featured in the scene.

References:

Whiteboxed scene:



Material definition for the floor, walls and roof:

Props I've planned:


Let me hear what you think, cheers!

mache

Hi, since last, I've built the walls, floor, and ceiling, to start playing with the lighting as soon as possible. Here's a picture of the scene in it's current state:


I've also encountered some artifacts with the lighting build, as shown in the image below, my guess would be that the resolution of the lightmap is too small, resulting in it leaking?

ToffeeApple

I love the wood textures! Do those wall pieces where the artifacts are have thickness? Possibly there is some kind of gap the light is getting through.

Makkon

This is looking seriously impressive.

Subtle 1rony

May I ask how you get such nice reflections on the wood floor?

SirCalalot

Looking good so far.

With regards to the lighting issue - have you tried selecting the offenders and ticking "Use Two Sided Lighting"?
(Properties > Static Mesh Actor > Lightmass > Lightmass Settings)

mache

Thank you for your compliments! . The walls do not have any gap anywhere, and I'm using the two sided lighting option. So I ended up covering the lit side of the room with the builder brush.
I could show you the shader later on, right now it's a mess, as I'm constantly updating it, but so far, I'm using one shader on everything with two variations of it, one with vertex paint, and one with alpha.

Update:

I've played around with the lighting and the post process a bit, aswell as modeled some new props plus a made a dust particle effect.




Props:

Typewriter;


Desk:


Door:


I've also added a carpet (not worth showing in a separate image). Plus a tree, reused from my last project ( link for anyone interested )

Cactus on Fire

So far so good man. The dusty ambient with lightrays, the hardwood floors and walls, the typewriter, the color preference... You're going the right direction.

ToffeeApple

wow I love those props! Can we see some wireframes?

mache

Another update, created some new props, and tweaked the scene values by a look up table, aswell as shader + lighting tweaks.




The new props;







Some wires on the props;

NegevPro

Man that is some kick ass lighting you have going on in the scene.

mache

Sorry for so many images, perhaps I'm using the wrong approach in presenting the various objects, I'll try to group a few objects together in a single image for the next update.

Gannon

Very nicely done, your ending up with a great portfolio piece here.

I really enjoy the subtle texture work and overall mood. I feel like you could stand to use some smaller accent colors, a green glass lamp on the desk maybe? It would definitely bring the focal point to the desk. Right now it's a little unclear where you want to direct the viewers eye.

Right now the brightest parts of your scene( the parts that draw your eye) are away from your desk. I'd suggest toning those lights back and dropping one on the desk to make it pop against the dark background.

Also, hit it with a curves adjustment to bring up/out the bright areas.

Revel

Nice work man, but the only thing that strikes me at first is that how your light shaft working, it doesn't feel all that natural cus sun by right will shine through your window from above so the light rays will be generally angel downward and not spreading like what you got now.

mache

Thanks for the feedback, I've tried to put it to practice, although I couldn't get any colored light to fit, without it giving a sci-fi feel, I may give it another try later on. I've also reduced the brightness of the light shafts, and put a light beside the desk, to highlight it more.





The new props:




Wires:

John Ehresmann

As avid fan of lighting, much love for this scene. Great work.

Arsyn

Hey do you have any tutorials or tips for someone looking into learning more about lighting in UDK, your lighting is really awesome.

Ehsan Gamer

Very nice job. I want a thompson submachine in ur scene

chrisavigni

Well planned and executed project! The last 3 images are great. I would love to see some flats.