[UE4] In the belly of the beast

griffitii

Hi all! 

It's been a while since I've done a personal project so I thought I'd get stuck into one while I have some free time this holiday. I really want to start using Substance Painter and/or Quixel 2 for texturing so thought creating a repeating environment would be great for this. I've seen a few scifi corridors already demonstrating Quixel 2 so thought I'd give it a go! 

I'm going for an industrial looking corridor that feels like you're within something a lot bigger. I've added in some piston arms that could move/rotate to help with this feeling. Lots of worn edges and normal map detail. I want to tell some sort of story in the scene like the area is continually under maintenance. 

So far I've fleshed out the corridor but haven't got round to the door at the far end. The parts are in deferring stages of modelling. I started by roughing out shapes and then adding detail where I needed it. To break up the repetition of the environment I will add some cables, loose pipes, etc (if I get time!) I've also created hatches that can be opened to reveal more detail both above and to the sides.









Everything has been modelled in Modo. 

Any thoughts/feedback/critiques/guidance would be much appreciated!

dzibarik

I like pre-viz, it really feels like "in the belly of the beast". Do you intend to sub-d parts and bake them down to low poly or would you rather leave the geometry as it is and will use vertex normal (or just bevels) on the existing geo?

griffiti

I'll probably subD the parts and bake them down to low poly. I thought about leaving them high poly but I'm going to get it into unreal so I may as well do the whole process. Good practice

griffiti

Just a small update. I've adjusted the railings to allow room for moving parts but it tiles too obviously down the length of the corridor so I'll put in another variation to break it up. I've also started fleshing out the back area. It is open on both sides like a T-junction so that other corridors can lead into it making it feel like a bigger space.

griffiti

Another update. The modelling for the end section is complete. I've created a T-junction that the corridor sections can be attached to on either side. I've also created another variation to the walkway (a straighter version) and side part to match. All of these sections will need the geometry tidying up before creating the low mesh and texturing. 

I've just dropped the parts into UE4 and arranged them. They've got a primitive material assigned and I've put in some rough lighting. Already I can see that a lot of geometry is hidden in the darkness so I might strip any unneeded geometry out when I tidy it up