Concrete/Metal Pillar

Talbot

I just finished putting the base textures on this pillar... and decided it was time to start a thread. I haven't decided whether I'm going to make a complete scene out of it. It depends on how long this takes me to complete.

Low Poly Wireframe:


High Poly Sculpt:


UE3 Screenshot:


Let me know what I can do to improve

timwiese

looking good! I would say go on and make it into a whole scene.

A.Kincade

nrms turned out pretty well. UT3 shot is very nice.

The design of it is pretty cool and unique.

The only thing I see as maybe being weird is the texture your using for the broken parts of the pillar. Unless those areas are completely broken away and now its just the brown part showing through. If that's the case it's okay but looks odd. Not sure.

Good stuff thus far. Keep up the good work.

ae.

came out great! my only suggestion is to work on the texture a bit more, add some grime to it.

Talbot

Thanks guys.

Kincade: The brackets are showing through.

ae.: Thanks man! I will start adding grime!

00Zero

the red part is look a lot like brick at the moment.

fast1

complement the structure with some surrounding buildings and make it stand out even more

gamedev

The design overall is a bit uninteresting. Do you have any reference for this? As for the materials, they currently read more like wood than concrete or metal. This is primarily due to your spec.

As for the actual model, The arrows you've modeled out and sunken beneath the corner trim pieces could all go. Keep the edge trims, inset the inner polys and bake down your arrows to that.

SHEPEIRO

agree with gamedev- also broken concrete is usually lighter than unbroken due to lack of weathering/grime

Ryan Hawkins

If this is metal where is the specular highlights?