[UE4] Dark Side of the Moon

kimmokaunela

I started to concept this project some time ago and now I´m going to focus on it a bit more. The goal is to create a large moon surface with different modular buildings (interiors too). 

I created a huge landscape and tweaked lighting to match something that might be on moon. I also made few modular building pieces and materials. Some interior work is also done but that is the area where I will focus more next.

kimmokaunela

I also made a fast UI layout to simulate kind of drone view. 

Ashervisalis

All your work is super cool to look at, this is no exception.

kimmokaunela

@Ashervisalis Thanks! There is still a lot to do

Here is a shot about the probe model that I made. It was the first model and was used to test the dirt material to see how well can I blend assets with the terrain in a natural way.

kimmokaunela

I made this scifi lamp model. More shots here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KazoeX

cptSwing

Lovely.

Cglewis

This is looking really good really digging how the piece feels!

jonasbentzen

Very cool, nailed the moon feel! I like the dirt it does a very good job of blending it all together

duplicateaccount

I love this! Reminded me of the movie 'The Martian' Really like how you made a UI for a drone!

kimmokaunela

Thanks all! I started to make more interior related things. Some lighting tweaks and new rubber floor material.

kimmokaunela

A little more close ups about those ground materials. 

snake85027

Love those materials.

ionicotaco

Man I love your work!! This is awesome!!!

pixelpatron

hublus

Super cool work!

kimmokaunela

Thanks all and sorry that I haven´t been updating this thread. I´ve been busy with other stuff but I finally had some time to do more models and textures. 

Also Interiors are now much more detailed now and I´ve been doing a lot of blueprint stuff so doors are opening and lights will go on when player walks into different modules. 

frmdbl

Great materials and overall definition, all your environments have quite a distinct style.

I don't like the layout and general silhouette the modules create in the last exterior shot. 
Perhaps it's just a random shot, but I think the composition (them just being in the middle) doesn't help.

I think it would be a little more interesting with better silhouettes (eg. through more height variance for the modules and stuff like lattices, more/different antennas) and more interesting composition

TheGabmeister

Deym. Looking great.

kimmokaunela

@frmdbl Thanks! Thats a good point. I guess I was focusing too much on making the interior areas so I didn´t pay attention to exterior parts. My plan is to create more buildings there and maybe tweak existing ones.

@TheGabmeister Thank you!

I made some new props and interior fixes. Also few lighting tweaks.

kimmokaunela

I captured some footage and you can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2U3h_OW1Uw 

The whole project is now also available here too: https://tinyurl.com/yxg2wr5n

I also uploaded more shots into my Artstation page that you can find here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lVy3DV

It was a fun project to worked with and I have some plans for the future what to add there. I want to thank all of you who followed this project and gave valuable feedback. I will update this thread when I have more time to add more content into this project.

mrgesy

Man I love these results so far. Lighting is great! Would love to make something like this some time!

LosRe

How many different textures sets did you use for your landscape? There is no visible tiling anywhere even tho there isn't any foliage to hide behind it, and it's really impressive. Could you talk a bit about your workflow on this area? Thanks!

kimmokaunela

@mrgesy Thanks!

@LosRe I used 4 different layers. Smooth sand, medium sand, rough sand and rock. I actually have a newsletter where I just shared some of the tricks I used and you can check that here: https://kimmodesigner.substack.com/

LosRe

Amazing read, thank you very much!

kimmokaunela

Small update. I wanted to celebrate the moon landing 50th anniversary by creating this moon rover. You can find more shots here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzrqd4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leZrkyfi8dg


Its using a material with a set of different layers. This way its easy to create different themes.