[UE4] Robotics Shop

samifira

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So here's a scene I've been working on in my spare time for the past month and a half.

It's a cyber punk themed robotic parts shop crammed into a dense urban district. I'm trying to build out an interesting marriage between old/retro themes with futuristic technology kind of blended on top.

Still have a long way to go in terms of building assets and setting up lighting but I'm pretty happy with a lot of what I've made. Some things need to redone but I'm pretty happy with where I'm getting with this.

Let me know what you think and if you have any cool ideas or tips. I look forward to your feedback.

Thanks!

AutoExit

It looks really awesome.

Minos

Damn, this looks nice, great job with the lighting

samifira

Have some updates to show!

Decided to change the hanging light in the background bouncing light off the wall to be an entry way with light coming out. Right now it's a little harsh in terms of contrast but I plan on having a cloth drape across the entry way and use SSS to soften the lighting. Early tests of it look good, I just need to make a proper drape mesh.

I like how it's coming so far. One thing I'd to push is that this is the future where getting cybernetic augmentations is as normal as getting a tattoo. In that vein, I'm gonna start making it look more like a tattoo parlor. I think that's also where I'm gonna be having some fun, creating complex-looking machines of questionable use that, presumably, are used to give people metal prostheses.

I'd like to include more(any) emissive lights. Maybe I'm just used to seeing it a lot in other cyber-punk scenes but I always liked the way it looks. I'm just trying not to include any lights that will throw off all of the current lighting setup.

Still lots to texture and lots of props to make to fill out the scene.

samifira

Here are some progress shots from the past week or so. Finally getting around to texturing some things I haven't touched at all, as well as adjusting the lighting some more.

Wesley

This is looking really nice. My only criticism right now would be that there's a lot of damage and dirt in the textures; and I think it's making the scene a little bit noisy and hard to read. It's a bit of a difficult one though, because it does look like everything has been bashed together and salvaged so you would expect that... tricky.

samifira

Yea, I think it's gonna be a fine line to walk. I think it's gonna be a little bit of trial and error to get it perfect but I'm not averse to that.

Thanks for the feedback! That's the kind of stuff I was hoping to hear.

Cheers.

xhi

Fuck, this is sexy.

FlightyFelon

Wow, the detail on this is really amazing! I love the little tiles scattered on the floor. For some reason, that's the bit that makes it seem realistic to me. The creepy red-lensed camera is super creepy as well haha.

samifira

I can't decide if I want to call it done yet. I feel like it needs a little more tweaking. Thoughts?

Edit: I see what I need to fix. Some meshes don't have enough geometry so they're causing shading errors. I've started adding  supporting edge loops to any objects that lack them(there are a few).

griffiti

Looking amazing! Congrats! I love the detail you've got and the lighting. The cigarette smoke doesn't look right to me. Perhaps instead of loads of clumps of smoke you should just have a thin wisp? Get some cigarette butts in there too. I don't think many smokers throw away whole cigarettes... Sort of defeats the idea of smoking.

samifira

Alright, I made some more minor changes but now I think I'm putting a fork in it.

Thanks for the feedback and kind words guys! I know there's gonna more I can do with it but for now it's done!

mats effect

Looks great, one thing I noticed though how are those metal brackets hanging down from the roof attached in the first screenshot? Sort of looks like they are just floating there. 

samifira

I have them embedded in the ceiling with a decal for the intersection point. Since it's not reading so well I can go in and make that change.