Mercury Room

harjm

I will be recreating the following scene for my University FYP in Unreal 4 Engine which has been inspired by Alien.Blade runner and the fifth element.

My first goal was to observe and de construct by highlighting the main points and interests, create a colour pallet also compare to the three movies,

Concept Chosen


Did a quick composition over the concept.


Focus Points


Modularity



Colour Palette



Blade runner Comparison


Alien Comparison


The Fifth Element Comparison



Chair reference

Possible changes that could be made to chair gathered chairs that had a scifi look to them and would work in the scene if elements where combined together.







Found another angle of the chair used in this scene by the artist that had used it in another scene.



Did a break down of the scene highlighted which methods will be used to create certain assets.

harjm

Blockout created in UE4



Changes made when feedback was given about it being to big compared to the concept and was not to scale.


Then I created the mesh pass in 3ds Max using the ue4 blocout as a guide the following are renders of the mesh created.







Had a go at adding in a hallway with the door open but decided to get rid of it and keep the scene as just the room.

harjm

My Current stage of my project

Began placing my mesh pass into Unreal 4 Engine trying my best to recreate the block out closely as possible and match the camera angle and attaching assets together to make modularity easier to make any changes.

Original Blockout


Updated Mesh pass


gif showing a better comparison between both

Cibo

I think the room is to big. In the concept ist very narrow and the chair and bed are "normal" size. In your blockouts the bed is gigantic and the chair is so small and nearly invisible behind the desk.

EmperorAquaman

It's the default chair you get with Unreal 4. I do agree the whole thing isn't as narrow as the concept though. The meshes themselves are starting to come out nicely though

BARDLER

I don't know if you realize this but you are creating a 3D Environment from a 3D environment, not a piece of concept art.
http://eimer.cgsociety.org/art/mercury-cinema-cat-4d-3d-vray-photoshop-c4d-science-fiction-zbrush-1030538

harjm

Thanks for the feedback appreciated I will look into he room being to big I did have a feeling it was but not to sure and wanted a second opinion also I was meant to write 3d scene before not concept I did not realise I wrote concept.

Thank for the help.

harjm

Made some quick changes added in my own chair model and made it a bit bigger and made the room a bit more narrower to match the original scene.

Bed still needs work as I have realised how big it looks compared to the rest of the scene when rendering the camera view and will be changed to match the scene and make it look more realistic.

harjm

I have began modelling my high poly models for the scene at the moment they are still WIP and could be changed throughout the development and have also made some little changes to the show section making it all one model instead of three separate assets.

Shower section no longer has a gap on the right side instead is curved into the wall which was realised was done in the original scene too and was changed.

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Floor Computer High Poly WIP
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Fan Extractor High poly WIP
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Wall Computers High poly WIP
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harjm

High Poly Table

calling this done for now as i need to work on other assets foe the scene.

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Highpoly Bed
Also managed to finish the bed too

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harjm

Update of the wall computer

had some issues with sketchfab so had to render out a screenshot instead.

harjm

small update on scene working on the highpoly assets trying to get them finish as soon as possible.

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harjm

Update on assets.

Created a hdd last week which i did not get time to post

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and today I have been adding in more detail into the laptop model before I start using turbo smooth to create my high poly and bake down basic mode with all the detail and have another model with components missing like the hdd, battery and DVD drive which will be laying on the floor next to the opened laptop.

harjm

Been a long time since OI have Posted on here been trying to get the baking out of the way and still have some left to do and other projects and have took up time.

Highpoly Chair WIP


Few Assets Bakes












Scene at it's current state




Roof lights are place holders at the moment having problem with material id in max not working in UE4 when exported.

harjm

Laptop has been baked made it so that it some parts can be taken apart as the laptop is scattered on the floor and tables and there will also be a working one like the original scene on the floor next tot he bed.

Separate parts:
-Battery
-DVD drive
-SSD
-Screen
-SSD Cover

Plan was to have more of the interior components showing but due to modelling taking much longer then planed and not realizing the amount work that will need to be done had to cut it down tot he following pieces to speed the process up.






Also created a basic table for the back of the room just to fill it up more and reuse assets created to scatter on the table and reuse the left wall computer and create smaller versions for the back wall once they have been textured.



Calling the generator finished for now and will create the low poly alongside in the chair in the next few days once i have created a pattern for the chair that works well with the scene.

Generator Highpoly


Highpoly of chair finished


Finished baking all assets for the scene

Generator Normal and AO


Chair Normal and AO

harjm

Small Update

Imported and arranged more assets around the scene.

harjm

screenshots of scene with all assets baked in detailed lighting














Have applied base colors to walls need too create metallic and roughness in substance painter



I have textured more assets and will update forum in a few days once i ave managed to get quite a few more done as deadline is approaching for this project.

Cheeky_Pickle

Looks cool so far! I think perhaps those book stacks on the shelves are a tad too modular, perhaps create a few variants?

harjm

Holly Mellor wrote: »

Looks cool so far! I think perhaps those book stacks on the shelves are a tad too modular, perhaps create a few variants?

Thanks for feedback Holly Mellor will makes change to the books

skodone

very nice from breakdown till results

harjm

skodone wrote: »

very nice from breakdown till results

Thanks skodone

harjm

Update on scene have managed to texture more assets and beginning to come along still have quite a bit to do have basic textures on the wall that needs working and have also put a quick basic texture on the floor too which i am having trouble with deciding how i will make it look the same as it does in the original scene.

Also tweaked the lighting more but think it needs to be a bit dark as it has turned a bit to bright compared to the original scene.

skodone

i know lighting ist all done yet, but the wall seems to be a tad to green... the color too warm

harjm

skodone wrote: »

i know lighting ist all done yet, but the wall seems to be a tad to green... the color too warm

I agree skdone been meaning to change that just keep working on other assets trying to get it finished for deadline but will fix the wall soon

nastobi123

this has come a long way. BTW are you gonna eventually add fog on it ?

harjm

nastobi123 wrote: »

this has come a long way. BTW are you gonna eventually add fog on it ?

Thanks nastobi123 I have added in little fog to the scene need to upload new screens once more texturing is done.

PhilG

Can't wait to see how this one turns out man, your skills have come on leaps and bounds these past few years. Granted I can just look to the right in class but meh I am too lazy for that

harjm

PhilG wrote: »

Can't wait to see how this one turns out man, your skills have come on leaps and bounds these past few years. Granted I can just look to the right in class but meh I am too lazy for that

Thanks Phil

harjm

Final renders created for deadline still need tot weak lighting a bit for gradex show