Just another medieval street

AGarton

If there's one thing game artists love, it's a medieval street scene.. I might do a modular sci-fi corridor next Anyway, this is just at the blocking out stage right now. Want to fill it with lots of juicy details by the end. If anyone has any crit feel free to chime in!

pixelpatron

The quality of the roof doesn't match the effort put into the stones/wood. It tiles way too much, the edge treatment isn't very convincing either; I'd reconsider the entire roof. The foundation pieces seem lower texel density than the rest of the model. (Hard to tell from the shots though.) I'd also add a gradient to the yellow interior windows.

octokitty

I think there is too much contrast in the textures. It seems like it may be that your AO is too harsh, but it could be the normals as well. The areas between each stone piece and the texture of the stone surfaces have too much shadow and noise, and same with the wood. I also agree with pixelpatron about the roof. Good start though, I really like how your lighting on the night scene is looking. Should be a fun project

AGarton

pixelpatron: Thanks you're dead on, I'll redo the roof and see if I can add detail to the wood texture. Adding a gradient to the windows really helped them pop, thanks.

octokitty: Thanks, I toned down the AO on the textures (didn't realise Ue4 would add so much). I think that helped with the noisiness too.

Cheers for the advice guys!

ElectricEchoes

It's a good start. I'm feeling the nighttime scene more though - the colour scheme and lighting is drawing my eye to the warmth of the house. I think the latest update is looking slightly washed out and flat, nothing really pops out to me.

3dReaper

I would say stick with the night scene. Also keep the tree in the horizon but replace the waning sun with a full moon, maybe a harvest moon.

Be sure to change some of the houses they look like a set of model homes in a new subdivision (variety).

The scene look great though, do not misunderstand.

AGarton

ElectricEchoes Thanks I'll stick with the night scene then, and perhaps play with a sunset version later.

3dReaper Great idea about the moon! I did a mockup in PS and am going to try a skybox tutorial tomorrow. I'll be sure to change up the houses too; the windows and chimneys are all modular so it should be fairly simple to do, thanks.

kevinjohnxson

This is really awesome man.

Fwap

I'd like to see you frame the composition with some foreground objects, maybe add some trees to the foreground to lock in the sense of scale.
Did a quick paint over, i hope you don't mind.

BARDLER

I think you can do something more interesting with the layout and composition. All the buildings are the same height, placed exactly the same distance apart, and look identical. Part of what makes medieval architecture interesting is the total lack of city planning, cramped streets, and chaotic layout of the buildings. Examples to look at:
http://digital-art-gallery.com/oid/111/1100x793_19201_Town_2d_medieval_architecture_picture_image_digital_art.jpg
http://img09.deviantart.net/e927/i/2012/032/a/4/medieval_town_4_by_hetman80-d4obmhl.jpg
http://pre10.deviantart.net/0256/th/pre/f/2012/047/c/b/medieval_town___king__s_crossing_by_beere-d4pw7eh.jpg
http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/ex/79109/assets/town.jpg
http://img15.deviantart.net/c4fe/i/2012/322/a/4/medieval_town_by_gaciu000-d5ld4x9.jpg

AGarton

kevinjohnxson Thanks Kevin

Fwap Thanks for the paint-over! I see what you mean about fixing the sense of scale. I'm going to move everything around to get a more interesting shot so I'll definitely factor in foreground elements in the next composition.

BARDLER Thanks for the links, you're right I need to use more reference and mix things up a bit. Got a big folder of ref now so I'll begin working that out.

Could anyone recommend a way to get this kind of tile texture without hand-placing 200+ tiles? I'm trying to get a decent roof texture going but it's proving very laborious.