Sahara Sandstone Formation crits (UE4)

mrgesy

Hey guys, I've been learning how to make some non-sculpted modular rocks that utilize tiling textures. This is what I have so far (WIP) and not so high quality screenshots. Anything I should improve/remove/add?

Maxilator

Looks pretty good, there are some edges that you should cover up, most obvious being the ends of the bent bridge thingy.

mrgesy

Thanks for the crit Maxilator! I went ahead and made those changes, here's the new scene so far:

CB3D

Nice start

Cactus on Fire

Looks pretty sharp. The ambien occlusion shadows adds a sweet tone to it. One thing I can suggest that you can use a fresnel shader for the sand and lower the grain normal intensity. Adding a brighter edge with fresnel will make it look more sand-like.

mrgesy

I understand what you mean. Isn't the bright edge caused by a setting sun casting straight rays at the sand relief? The sand ripples looked like that when I set the sun low in the horizon

Nuclear Angel

Great job! Just one question, as i am not so knowledgeable in environment art. How did you do these wonderful rocks if you did not sculpt them? 

mrgesy

They were modeled in 3ds Max (learnt from Autocon's Uncharted 3 posts on polycount). Basically I just poly modeled the macro shapes and sculpted tiling textures in Zbrush/Substance Designer. Not as awesome-looking as sculpted rocks but a lot more efficient performance-wise

amirabd2130

awesome looking rocks and textures man

mrgesy

Thanks for the encouragement guys!