[WIP] MGS2 Big Shell interior

Swaggletooth

Hi guys, this - as the title suggests - is a small scene I'm basing on the entry point of the Big Shell interior from MGS2.

It's not a 1:1 reimagining (particularly since a lot of the original scene is really blocky so I'm just doing my own thing for a lot of assets) hopefully people can get an impression of what I'm aiming for.

I'm still planning to add a lot more detail, I may import it to UE4 (since I need to teach myself how to use that at some point and it ought to look better there). Please ignore the lighting for now since that's just temporary!

S2Engine

Very nice, this is actually a scene I've been wanting to do for quite awhile now, but have yet to fully get it rolling. I'll definitely be watching

Maxilator

It would be easier to understand what you are going for if you provide a screen cap of the reference. Atm I think it looks pretty good but the shapes are pretty square all around.

MattyWS

Needs more cardboard box.

Swaggletooth

Maxilator wrote: »

It would be easier to understand what you are going for if you provide a screen cap of the reference. Atm I think it looks pretty good but the shapes are pretty square all around.

Attached are some images I'm using to guide me. Finding good references for such an old game has been hard, but I've been making do with what I have. Like I said above, I'm not following things 1:1 but I'm taking a lot of cues all the same.

While the original is pretty blocky, I still love how much detail they put in for a 2001 game!

MattyWS wrote: »

Needs more cardboard box.

Now THIS is something I will absolutely have to add!

Thanks for the kind words guys

Maxilator

What I meant by square was that many of the lines in the scene seems to conform to x, y, and z, making it look a bit stale in my opinion. Even though the original screens does the same to some extent (it should do that a little, it's an industrial building after all) they still break it up with stuff like the slightly rotated stuff on the shelf and the vent cover on the floor (1st pic). Stuff like that makes the scene look more lived in in my opinion.

Swaggletooth

Oh yeah, don't worry I will be adding in stuff like shelves, crates and other such tidbits. My golden rule is that if something can be moved then it should be slightly askew.

I could probably even throw in one hanging ceiling light that's slightly off, or a slightly bent handrail to help break things up.

Swaggletooth

This is a bit of a necro bump (I can't believe it's been a year since I touched this last), but I'm getting back into this again.

I'm quite pleased with the water I was able to churn out of Substance Designer, it didn't take too many nodes to put together a wide roster of outputs.

Swaggletooth

Quick update: it's pretty much greebled enough. Pretty much :P

I still need to do a texture for the Cardboard Box, a ceiling and finally some proper lighting (although I quite like the effect I have of the environment light right now!).

Swaggletooth

Pretty much done with this. I just need to do the lighting and I'm calling it done

Swaggletooth

Calling it done for now.



Screens and stuff here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Jgn4a
I'll add a render of all my modular pieces when I'm less tired...

ActionDawg

Well it's very yellow and low contrast. Hard to make much out. I would work on getting more white balance neutral and punchy before calling it done.

Swaggletooth

That's quite a cool look, I'll play with it a little more and I'll see what I can do.

Marmoset really isn't the right tool for producing these renders, all those real time lights chug like crazy - but when I'm short of time and can't sit around for a bake it's pretty convenient.

Thanks for the feedback

Swaggletooth

Had a quick tweak of the lighting, and tried another preset/angle just for fun:


Lastly, some of the assets I made for this: