[UE4] Roman House Environment

Zubnero

Hey Guys,

This is a piece I have been working on at a pretty slow pace due to a busy schedule but with the summer around the corner and some more free time I want to continue working on this.

So far I have done some blockout and planning, and made some useful tiles .

Currently working on the ceiling , trying out some designs, I wonder what you guys like better ?, number 1 or number 2?, the sphere will receive more love when I decide to go with that one ,

Anyways how you guys like it and c&c is very welcome.



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AdnenFX

Love this design.

EpicBeardMan

Number 2 looks nice as a design, but is it true to the Roman design. Number 1 tends to go closer to the roman design, or am I mixing Roman and Greek. Anyway, I would go for 2.
Nice work so far.

Cheers!

3dshay

Well, amazing work! 1 and 2 are both OK! depends where you wanna use them! do a mix!

Zubnero

Hey, thanks for the input , a mix sounded like a nice idea so I just went with it.

Been working on the ceiling a bit more and starting blockout out some sort of circular platform to break up the floor abit , I am also planning on another floor tile .

Anyways hope you guys like the update and CC is very welcome.

Legion_studios

Would be awesome if you could put a couple of legionary's patrolling/guests at the court yard as
this building looks like it belongs to a wealthy senator who might need some extra protection
from assassins and such

Zubnero

Today I worked abit on a plant pot, lost some detail on the foot but only noticed this after baking so I will be rebaking that later on, the bush came with the UE4 starter content and will be replace by a round bush.

I feel like these pots really give a sense of living to the environment let me know what you guys think?

EpicBeardMan

These plant pots really do add life (literally) to the scene. I await your further progress since everything so far looks solid.

Cheers!

Hayden Zammit

Whoa, I was making the same sort of thing a few months back, but sorta got lost with it. Made the exact same floor. You use Substance designer for that?

I like the first roof design. Those flower pots are great too.

DanielR17

Hello,
It's a very solid foundation you have here.
Can't wait to see how you're gonna take care of the rest. What do you use for your texturing work?

Zubnero

EpicBeardMan wrote: »

These plant pots really do add life (literally) to the scene. I await your further progress since everything so far looks solid.

Cheers!

Thank really motivating to get some positive comments.

Hayden Zammit wrote: »

Whoa, I was making the same sort of thing a few months back, but sorta got lost with it. Made the exact same floor. You use Substance designer for that?

I like the first roof design. Those flower pots are great too.

Oh really?, I am still planning another floor tile to break up some of the repetition, haven't used substance for this one, just zbrush and photoshop

DanielR17 wrote: »

Hello,
It's a very solid foundation you have here.
Can't wait to see how you're gonna take care of the rest. What do you use for your texturing work?

Hey thanks for the positive comment, I usually bake a high to lowpoly and then use photoshop to paint and photosource my textures.

Zubnero

So small update but quite alot of work ( story of my life :P ) , did the actual plants today , made some high poly leaves scattered them and baked it down to a tiling texture, feels alot better that they're my own now and not the default UE4 bushes , also made a quick render over just the plants pots and since there was some interest in my texture work last time I added a preview of the texture . CC is welcome.

DanielR17

The plants foliage works well in the decor. That's what you want of course But not so much with a black background and high intensity specular lights.
Nice pots by the way!

Kaine123

this may help

https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?55010-Free-Asset-Showcase-Blueprint-(-showcase-your-models-with-ease-

Carabiner

Wow, I love how those new plants look! The default ones were pretty yellow-tinted, and these more blue-tinted ones really pop.

ZacD

Might want to get rid of the black in the center ball of the hedge material, or mask it so you can see through those parts.

DireWolf

I so wanna walk in that scene!

Zubnero

Hey, thanks for the feedback all , totally agree about the black background on the pots, at first I thought it was because of the quick lighting setup, but I think you guys are right, I will do another pass on the material later on.

asyrvachev

Cool stuff! Killer panels on the ceiling.

amirabd2130

nice scene :thumbup:

Zubnero

So it's been quite a while since I worked on this scene, life happened got a little more busy but I still want to finish this scene so I decided I will continue working it but more slowly, anyways here is a new update, did the walls currently blending 2 textures I am planning to add a third to make the transition a bit more smooth and worked on the bench hope you 

nickcomeau

I think the walls are coming along nicely. I love the ceiling and the plants (although I'm not sure why they're browning SO much?). Also the floor texture seems a bit too bumpy with the normals. You can especially see it in the shot with the bench that you just put up. Keep up the good work!

Ged

this is coming along really well! the only thing that grabs my attention are the plants which look strangely metallic or something

Zubnero

Thanks all , I fixed the browning and will have to take another look at the metallic feel.

Zubnero

Small update worked on the edges for a bit, not too happy with the texture yet so any feedback on that is greatly appreciated , hope you guys like it.



Also the highpoly for the ledge, to break up all the scene shots so far

Zubnero

Been a little while since I updated this thread it's difficult to find time to do this next to my studies but here is a small update, I added some work in progress god rays, added the wood underneath the roof to support the rooftiles and worked on the arches , hope you guys like it and C&C Is very very welcome

Zubnero

Hey all, apologies for the not so frequent updates but I do this thing next to my studies so it's kind of hectic sometimes

I've finally taken care of the blockout square pillar, it was about time i'd say , I also added a tree, and some more silhoute along the roof, hope you guys like it and CC is very very very much appreciated

CodeferBlue

This looks gorgeous and inspiring. May I ask how you created the foliage? What 3d software? More specifically the green bushery next to the pillars.

EDIT: nvm, I read your earlier post and found out it was already in UE4.

Jaston3D

So my only crit would be that the potted plants color seems pretty off, at least for this scene its drawing an unnecessary amount of attention to them because of how saturated and bright green they are. Try de saturating the color and adding a bit more yellow. They just look a bit unnatural especially now that you put in trees with a very different color. Otherwise awesome lighting and its been enjoyable watching this scene grow! Good work!

dry0n

This is awesome! The only thing I can say is about the colors of the plants. Double check it

Zubnero

CodeferBlue said:

This looks gorgeous and inspiring. May I ask how you created the foliage? What 3d software? More specifically the green bushery next to the pillars.

EDIT: nvm, I read your earlier post and found out it was already in UE4.

Thanks , For the bushes I used a sphere for the inside and then populated those with leaf meshes, I did some highpoly modeling in 3dsmax and zbrush, made a tiling texture and the individual leafs then baked those down, and did the texturing in photoshop.

Jaston3D said:

So my only crit would be that the potted plants color seems pretty off, at least for this scene its drawing an unnecessary amount of attention to them because of how saturated and bright green they are. Try de saturating the color and adding a bit more yellow. They just look a bit unnatural especially now that you put in trees with a very different color. Otherwise awesome lighting and its been enjoyable watching this scene grow! Good work!

dry0n said:

This is awesome! The only thing I can say is about the colors of the plants. Double check it

Thanks for the feedback, definetely agree, it's on the to do list

FreneticPonies

This is generally amazing! Though I'd have to agrree with @dry0n specifically for the little ball bushes in the column planters, they're way too neon bright blue/green and give the impression of being fake plastic plants. The trees looks much more natural for example.

DanielR17

Hey, I'm really glad to see your scene near completion. I agree with the previous comments, the foliage is too green, in relation to the whole scene. Beware of the green You can try desaturated yellows. You did a really inspiring job.

Zubnero

DanielR17 said:

Hey, I'm really glad to see your scene near completion. I agree with the previous comments, the foliage is too green, in relation to the whole scene. Beware of the green You can try desaturated yellows. You did a really inspiring job.

Hey, thanks for sticking around on the thread,it's appreciated

As for the plants I have desaturated them some and made them a little darker, I also went ahead and made another plant to create some variety and with a little more small detail to make it fit with the tree, let me know what you guys think

FreneticPonies

Much better! Don't think I've got anything else to add really! Everything works well and it looks quite good when put all together.

DanielR17

This is real serious work. I love it. What's next?

Zubnero

DanielR17 said:

This is real serious work. I love it. What's next?

Thanks Glad you love it, up next is some lightsources and round up really, it's been a  fun while working on this environment, but need to move on at some point haha

Zubnero

Hey all, I am going to call this project finished, I have added the light sources and made a night scene aswell ( the fire particles are unreal default ),it's been a fun ride and I really appreciated all the positive comments and feedback I got from the Polycount community it has been featured on 80.lv and for those interested you can check out the break down here : http://80.lv/articles/building-the-roman-house-of-light/

And for all who just want to see the end result , here are some images.

DanielR17

Congratulations for your presence on 80.lv. I'm gonna read your break down now. Love your scenes, the night ones stand out! What's your next project?

Zubnero

DanielR17 said:

Congratulations for your presence on 80.lv. I'm gonna read your break down now. Love your scenes, the night ones stand out! What's your next project?

Currently still brainstorming about that haha, it's either going to be something with a strong cultural reference aswell , and if it isn't it's going to become something completely different.

Nuclear Angel

This is really gorgeous, it was really fun following this and thanks for sharing it all. 

JEmerson

Just wanted to say that this is awesome work! I am working on a roman scene currently, and will be using this as inspiration and reference for some of the elements.

Zubnero

Nuclear Angel said:

This is really gorgeous, it was really fun following this and thanks for sharing it all. 

Glad you like it , thanks for following.

Sigmafie said:

Just wanted to say that this is awesome work! I am working on a roman scene currently, and will be using this as inspiration and reference for some of the elements.

That's an awesome compliment