[WIP] [UE4] Medieval Town

isshak

Hello everyone! 

I have started working on this medieval town game environment scene to experiment and learn new things to feed my knowledge and portfolio and I will try to use as many technical skills and different workflows as possible in this project.

I had chosen this concept artwork to be the main scene reference because it gives me the ability to experiment with a lot of new different things and I see that it's perfect for the game environment project that I want to have in my portfolio
 
I will work on this project on my free time which is very tight and I'm expecting it to take too long to be finished but I will divide it to small tasks and goals and I will be satisfied with achieving those smaller goals.

I wanted to share the progress with you and I would love to read your feedback and thank you so much for taking the time reading this

Why I would start this project?
In my previous couple of years, I was fully dedicating myself to know how to be an effective team member and how to do the work as the client/lead expected. so my main goal of the previous couple of years was filling my gaps which were understanding the client's needs, feedback, and meeting the deadline with the expected memory budget, targeted storytelling, and design language. 
But I eventually found that my portfolio has old projects and which are mostly hard-surface projects so I have to show my other skills and learn new technics and workflows and apply them on this project which I hope will represent a lot.


Artwork by Hyunsu Cha

isshak

I had made a blockout for that scene, this blockout doesn't represent the latest scene expectations I was just trying to turn the concept to a 3D scene and I will make changes and adjustments while working on the project









Here is a video walking through the blockout in UE4 
https://youtu.be/9qdq7jJUh9E

isshak

I studied the project and made a looong list of assets to create and tasks to do. 

Here are reference boards I had collected for the project



Here is a list of the props, materials, and vegetation. and I will make a list of the buildings and modulars later.

Every task/asset card contains a link to Pinterest references board for the asset, priority, work stage, notes, or any additional information.

isshak

First task: Jars collection

References of the Jars


Highpoly


Lowpoly meshes
 
Texturing:
I had created a smart material in Substance Painter on the jar down bellow and I will reuse that material on the rest of the jars. And after applying the material on the new jars I should do tweaks on the material settings and do some painting with the brushes for the dirt and dust black masks to get a convincing result



I had applied the earthenware material that I had made on the jars collection

Ashervisalis

I laughed when I watched your video cuz there isn't a soul alive who can resist firing that UE4 gun which gets auto loaded into every first person project. The layout of the town kind of reminds me of Crows Perch from the Witcher. This is looking cool so far, keep it up!!

isshak

Ashervisalis said:

I laughed when I watched your video cuz there isn't a soul alive who can resist firing that UE4 gun which gets auto loaded into every first person project. The layout of the town kind of reminds me of Crows Perch from the Witcher. This is looking cool so far, keep it up!!

Thanks for your support! And thanks for mentioning the Crows Perch from the Witcher, I did a search and found it interesting, I will use screenshots from this map for inspiration! 

isshak

Cart

High-poly

I had splitted the cart's wheel to use it as an independent prop 

I had finished baking it, you can check it in the Sketchfab link 

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/medieval-cart-baking-test-5f85f087b2c84c85b7bb95a56321e160

JuniWonderland

Its such a little thing, but I really love the texture for the pottery, looks super nice

isshak

Thank you @JuniWonderland  

kohg

pottery looks nice, but that cart alone got me all excited to see this scene progress. Although i think the concept image feels somewhat empty, think you might want to add more buildings to make it look busier.

Protokoll_Studio

You are doing a really and interesting great scene. In the video, it's a blockout scene so the colors are white (or blue I don't know. Colorblind here) but it would be nice to see your scene in winter?

And did you import directly all the scene from Blender to UE4 or did you import each assets one by one to recreate that scene?

isshak

Thanks for your support! @kohg Actually I'm fine with the number of buildings on the concept, I would like to have few but well detailed buildings

isshak

Thank you @Protokoll_StudioI had imported the whole scene from Blender to UE4. The scene in the video was for checking the sizes of the blockout and seeing how it feels walking there. 
I could make different season times for the scene when the project is finished (if it is finished lol)

rabieart

Nice work, and good luck with your upcoming updates

isshak

Thank you! @rabieart

Eyeflyer

Wow. I realize that this side project is still in the early phases, but I can't help but be impressed at your ability to realize a significant area in 3d from concept artwork that you did not even create yourself. I did notice your preference for hard surfaces in your portfolio work, this will definitely improve your skills in other areas.

isshak

Thank you! @Eyeflyer I really appreciate your feedback and the time checking my portfolio!

It's easy to imagine what the concept artwork/design presents and every person can read it slightly differently and end up with a 3D project in his own way.

Unfortunately I'm realizing that I can't afford the time to invest in this project, I'm involved in so much work and my free time can't be enough for such a big project. Focusing on the result rather than the process with its time and effort expectations was a mistake.
 

chien

great work on sculpting at z brush, i don't know if i have the patience for that detail