Abandoned Brewery - UDK

Arac

I've decided to create a new environment for my portfolio. I want to get this done in less then a month, so I'm going to keep it reasonably small. My goal is to make this as realistic as possible.

I'm trying to recreate the abandoned Stella Artois brewery here in Belgium. Here are some reference pictures:






This is what have so far, a quick block out exported from max to udk. Just trying to get the basic shapes and sizes down, before I move on to the individual props. Still need to add the staircase in the front tho.

SouthpawSid

solid start. feels like it's in the sky right now, lol. keep going, more more more!

Simmo

A flying brewery.. now that would be true international beer

Looking good so far, can't wait to see more!

katana

I'm not a beer drinker or anything, but it's just a crime to abandon a room that looks like that...so many possibilities....

Arac

I didn't have a lot of time to work on this today, so just a small update for now.
I started modelling and texturing the main walls.

Textures are far from finished, just wanted to make sure everything lined-up and tiled correctly.

Moosey_G

Looking good! Did you expand it at all, looks a lot more roomy compared to the ref.

Arac

No, the dimensions are pretty much the same as in the ref. I did my best to measure everything when I did the block out.

It probably just looks roomier right now, because it's empty.

Xoliul

Good that you're making the walls more interesting texturewise, especially the left ones are kinda boring on the ref. Will you do that crazy staircase from the first picture ?

Arac

Yeah, I'm planning on making everything as close to the reference pictures as possible.

I might make some small changes to make some things more interesting visually, but I want to keep the basic shape and lay-out of the original.

MarcusF

Hmm this is different! I like it!

Kitteh

Looks sweet so far.

Arac

I've been busy with other things, but here's a small update.

I've finished the windows and made some textures. Might start on the high poly for one of the kettles today.

BradMyers82

I like the way the light is coming out of those windows. Looks cool. Only thing that bothers me is the background doesn't match the lighting at all. I suppose its just a place holder for the time being?

Arac

yeah, it's just one of the skydomes that comes with UDK.

I'm going to change it for sure and add some building in the distance.

onionhead_o

i love these old school places.

teaandcigarettes

Looks pretty cool so far Texturing is nice and clean, reminds me a little bit of Mirror's Edge without that eye-burning contrast.


Ceiling looks a bit bland at the moment (though I'm sure you're aware of that) and could use some wear and tear along the edges. You could either place some decals or use vertex colour to blend in some grunge.

Tom Ellis

Looking awesome man, lighting is looking really nice.

Is any of that geometry Unreal CSG or is it all meshes imported from your 3D package?

Alberto Rdrgz

i agree with brad on both things. lighting looks awesome. but the exterior needs like a sunny day or some thing.

PatrickL

This is coming along nicely.

Arac

@ teandcigarettes: yeah, I'm planning on adding some decals and maybe even some meshes (for peeling paint) to the ceiling later on.

@creationtwentytwo: The floor, ceiling and ceiling beams are BSP right now, it just makes it easier to use tiled textures.
I might make the floor a static mesh with some subdivisions, so I can paint in some dust between the groves here and there using vertex paint.

SouthpawSid

wow, loving this. nice lighting! This scene is going to turn out very good, and unique!

Will Faucher

Looks awesome, however, there's something about that FoV that just makes me dizzy. It just looks wrong.