WWII

Mistry10

hey guys, starting a WW2 scene based on Normandy, France.
Here is what i got so far.There are still so things i need to fix.

Mark Dygert

Nice stuff so far!

I suggest thinking a bit more modular, what you have is great, but with a few modifications you could take these few buildings and create an entire city block or city out of them.

vj_box

i also agree with vig here,but if you are so sure about your scene and the camera(if not for any game engines) you can continue the way you have now.
But if you need a map like what you see in COD,MOH etc, you need to think of modular world design which,where you break your assets into pieces and use the combination to build variations.
Can you also post some wire shots? preferably bigger size,its hard to find details now in ur image.
Keep it coming,i love this!
Vj

Mistry10

@Vig: thanks man ! i'll probably create another still(render) of the buildings in a different order

@vj_box: thanks man ! i'll post larger wires soon ! as for the project its only gonna be a still render and not a playable map


ok guys, done blocking out the textures for the first building.
I'm gonna go back and fine tune it, and i'll be changing the lighting .

rasmus

Liking that tiny preview, keep it up

whats_true

I see half of your image off to the right : \

NyneDown

Man..what a tease ;-) Looking pretty sweet so far.

Talbot

Looks pretty cool!

Mistry10

@rasmus: thanks !

@whats_true: lol !

@NyneDown: thanks man !

@Talbot: thanks

ok guys here is a larger render,not changes just a bigger picture.

Mistry10

ok guys, quick update.
finished blocking in the next 2 buildings, i'll be going back and refining them later on.

Seaseme

Out of curiosity- are you using some game engine for these preview renders?

PixelMasher

nice work so far man, really diggin the texturework, its believable without being too over the top. cant wait to see the finished result.

Minos

Great textures and nice colors

warby

1940s france is kind of a horse beaten to death but i like what i see none the less

dejawolf

warby wrote: »

1940s france is kind of a horse beaten to death but i like what i see none the less

not as dead as space marines.

carlo_c

Really nice textures so far, loads of detail in them. Liking the progress on this a lot

misterboogie

Looking very "Saving Private Ryan".... Me likey!!

konstruct

I love all the little irregularities

Kevin Johnstone

Looks very authentic, great work so far

EbolaV

looks great man :thumbup:

Mistry10

@Seaseme: Hey Seaseme, im currently not using any game engines there render out of Max.

@PixelMasher: Thanks man ! i've really improved my texturing skills over the past few months

@Minotaur0: Thanks ! (and there only gonna get better over time :P)

@warby: thanks

@dejawolf: lol !

@carlo_c: thanks bro !

@misterboogie: i still have to go see that movie thanks !

@konstruct: thanks man !

@Kevin Johnstone: thanks a ton !!!

@EbolaV: thanks man.

more to come real soon guys ! I hope to put this picece in my portfilo.

vj_box

I am gonna love this man!
Cant wait to see the finished Env,Plz give us more!!!
Vj

Mistry10

vj_box wrote: »

I am gonna love this man!
Cant wait to see the finished Env,Plz give us more!!!
Vj

thanks man !

ok guys, i finished blocking in the fourth building. Its just it's first pass, i'll be going back and refining it.

Jeremy Lindstrom

Im assuming these are all unique textures and not tiled?

Mistry10

Dekard wrote: »

Im assuming these are all unique textures and not tiled?

yep, all are unique

Rens

Looking realy good man, nice mood

frubes

my only comment would be with regards to consistency. I mean, from a wear and tear perspective i think its spot on and i really like it. But i dont know if realisticly you would find so many different sorts of building in such a close vacinity? Do you have any ref you are workin from or not? I would expect to see common architectural traits between at least some on the buildings where currently i feel the only thing holding them together and making them believable is the amout of damage they have each received. I could be completely wrong as i know little about the era so feel free to correct me if i am Other than that i really like it.

pliang

Haven't seen one of these for a long time. Everything seems unique as said. I'd like to see more added to the scene though as it looks like you got a nice portion of it built and just started detailing it out. Adding on the composition a noticeable hero building might do the trick.

LEViATHAN

Diffuse only?

imb3nt

Lookin pretty awesome dude. Very inspiring. Keep it up! :thumbup:

Mistry10

@Rens: Thanks man.

@frubes: I'm working from reference from 1944, all the buildings in my scene are from Normandy,France. The layout of the street is similar to my references.

@pliang: thanks for the advice !

@LEViATHAN: yes.

@imb3nt: thanks bro !

rossco1111

real nice stuff. and nice texture work too

Mistry10

update:
finished blocking in the other 2 buildings, i'll be going back and tweaking them later on.

adam

What resolution textures are these? If they're all unique, I doubt this would ever fly for todays production. A lot of what you're after could be achieved with proper world textures and decals.

As well, normals and spec would help out a bit.

Mistry10

adamBrome wrote: »

What resolution textures are these? If they're all unique, I doubt this would ever fly for todays production. A lot of what you're after could be achieved with proper world textures and decals.

As well, normals and spec would help out a bit.

The resolution of the textures are 2K for the buildings.
Normals and specs are coming soon.

NyneDown

This is looking pretty sweet man...looking forward to the updates :-)

sampson

as sweet as it looks - i'm guessing it doesnt look to great close - up?

Mistry10

@ NyneDown: thanks.

@sampson: here is a close up. looks ok to me, for a first pass.

John Warner

holy jesus. that looks great.

Mistry10

John Warner wrote: »

holy jesus. that looks great.

Thanks bro !

fuxer

Awesome!!! looks like its burning down
great work

Mistry10

fuxer wrote: »

Awesome!!! looks like its burning down
great work

hehe, thanks.

Mistry10

hey guys,
so i basically finished the first diffuse pass and i'm in the process of FIXING and fine tuning everything. Here is a pic of the entire scene with some of my notes of things to fix.

whats_true

hahaha

Um...ok~~

Not a fan of the lighting. Everything seems kinda dulled down. Might just be the Grey background messing with me.

imb3nt

I really like this. Great work so far. :thumbup:

carlo_c

Texturing is looking awesome, I would really like to see some of your flats when your done with it all if your willing to share

For lighting you could try the MR sun and sky system. You could get some good lighting down pretty quickly for this scene using it... that is if you are using mental ray lol.

vj_box

Agree with carlo,MR sun and sky gives u pretty good quick and good results.
Give it a shot.

Vj

adam

So, 1 building = 1x2048x2048? That right? If so, what kind of game are you building this for?

rasmus

Looks sweet! My only concern would be that while it looks great in a full view, up close some of the window-frames and insets and stuff is very chunky, with scrapemarks etc in the textures disregarding the shape and edges of the geometry... you might wanna go in and give these details some love so it holds up close up as well. Any plan for getting good normals for these textures, or are you going without, you rogue you?

Never mind adam, he doesn't like hi-res textures

Mistry10

@whats_true: it's probably just the grey bk

@imb3nt : thanks

@carlo_c: thanks, and thanks for the tip.

@ adamBrome: i'm not building this for any game in particular.

@rasmus:thanks, and thanks for the tip.

Jeremy Lindstrom

I think we'll let adam talk for himself. It's just trying to figure out the end game for the piece. If you are trying to render out a scene for a portfolio for movies or cinematics then high res textures like this might be ok, but then he might as well go in there and sculpt the buildings as well, if it's geared more for games he should use more tiling textures and decals.

That's what I was alluding to earlier asking if these were unique textures, in that it may look nice for a cinematic but I wouldn't be putting it in a portfolio and expecting it to be looked at for proper workflow.