[UE4] Peak Gas Station

Jaston3D

Hey Everyone! It's been way to long since I've started a thread. I've started a gas station environment inspired by some stills from different films and tv. I've always been drawn to the aesthetic and allure of mundane yet mysterious shots, so I really hope I can capture that feeling by the end of this project.

Here's a few of the many inspirations i'll be referencing along the way

Latest Update:






Over the last week or so I've been modeling a gas pump and was able to get it unwrapped and get it baked in painter tonight. 
Critique would be much appreciated!

Jaston3D

Added some more edge loops to the hose and got a final bake in. Starting to lay in some base materials.

Jaston3D

Spent tonight just designing some graphics for these pumps. Still have some base materials to place around the payment console area! Critique and feedback always appreciated!

Jaston3D

Got back from vacation a few weeks ago and got super busy at work. Finally got the chance to start wrapping up the pump. Moving on to the raised concrete islands these will sit on tomorrow.

FreneticPonies

Nice work so far! Looking forwad to the rest.

Chase

Makes me want to get a rewards card there ;D

RustySpannerz

That looks really good so far. Like the refs too. 

Jaston3D

Thanks for the replys everyone! Tonight i'll be getting these in ue4 to start figuring out what layout I like. I'm definitely going to go with a walk up kiosk instead of a full built out convenience store to cut down on the scope of this project.

MarkGomez

This is coming along great! Definitely looking forward to the finale. 

Asceo

Looks Amazing!

Jack M.

Really nice work so far. I think your tubing could use a few more edge loops to round things out a bit, but besides that mint work man

Jaston3D

Thanks again guys! @Jack M.  yeah I definitely undershot the amount of loops I needed on that. Didn't see this till now so its not showing in this update but i've got it changed now   No huge visual updates this time but finally started the UE4 project and made some good progress on a robust master material and just general beginning of project must haves.

cmc444

NIce! Digging this vibe so far and nice ref shots. 

wonkza

Looks very nice, I like the textures and shading.  What did you use for that?

pixelpatron

Pretty awesome, would look even better if the tops and some of the detail pieces of these pumps were using emissive backlit plastic/glass. 

ajr2764

Solid work so far. Textures looking nice. The lighting is doing it for me right now on that pump. 

Darkmaster

Beautiful.

undin

Looks really good , I agree with pixelpatron  that some neon or phosphorous type lighting would add to the stranger things type atmosphere you have going on , although you should put them werever you want to draw attention too

Jaston3D

@wonkza Substance painter/designer! Went out and took a ton of pictures of different grunges that I turned into tileable grayscale images to drive different masks as well. 
@pixelpatron and @undin I'll definitely be trying that out, I have emissive inputs and parameters in the master material I've made so far, I need to add a subsurface section as well and I can try both the 2 options and see what gives the best result. 
@cmc444 Means a ton coming from you! I have all your stuff mixed in with some other artists that have done similar things to this as well as my progress screenshots on this scene. Really aiming to hit that level of quality and polish. Slowly but surely. 

Anyways! Apologies for leaving this thread out to dry for so long! Got super busy at work the past 2 months finishing up a big milestone. 
Got to start working on this again though finally! Getting some more stuff blocked in. I'm using weighted normals, tiling textures, and then mapping grunge trims on a separate uv set to add some unique details. Being able to just auto unwrap my blockout, bevel the edges and use weighted normals to get nice rounded edges without having to bake 1:1 is a huge time saver. Here's some progress of what i've been working on. Right now I'm continuing to blockout the main kiosk building. 

Jaston3D

Some work on the brushed concrete material tonight, Tomorrow I'm going to start on the first of 2 asphalt materials that will be blended together. 

Jack M.

Really nice materials here. The lighting is also spectacular. Can't wait to see this scene progress.