European style building(WIP)

onionhead_o

currently I have model most of the mid poly version of this building.



but im having trouble figuring out how to break up some of the parts into modular pieces. I duno how to split it so that the tilable textures will work properly.

Until i figure this out i feel like i shouldnt go further with the modeling.

any suggestion and help is appreciated.

bluekangaroo

Hey Kelvin, I would probably just do those as separate meshes and lay them on top, or you can just model them in and have them share the same UV space. 2 ways of doing the same thing.

onionhead_o

hey eric thanks for the reply. do u mean i should group the stone pieces with the window

or group it with the brickwall?

Jeremy Lindstrom

think he was refering to the cuts, like the big honking circular hole, keep the whole, but you don't need to cut it into the wall, you can use an 6 or 8 sided hole and just drop the other ring into the hole looks exactly the same without all that extra polies.

bluekangaroo

onionhead_o wrote: »

hey eric thanks for the reply. do u mean i should group the stone pieces with the window

or group it with the brickwall?

oh i meant group it with the brickwall, but yeah I think it would probably be better to do them as a seperate mesh and just lay them on top

onionhead_o

some progress on texturing.

im trying out a new workflow where I create textures with several uv maps. and then once the color looks good i bake it onto a proper unwrapped uv. and derive spec/nrm and so on.

onionhead_o

progress:

Jonathan Marshall

Looking at the polygons it seems like you used so many, yet the textured model still looks rather flat...?

Maybe you could either move the polys around to get more depth or reduce the polycount if they're not doing much for the model.

onionhead_o

Jonathan Marshall: yes i did use a lot of polys for this building. I forgot if i mentioned that midway i changed to just doing highpoly. and the last picture is a viewport screengrab with only diffuse applied.

onionhead_o

update

P442

change to background color to not black

onionhead_o

hey p442 thanks for the reminder. facepalm for me for makin such a noob mistake lol

P442

please post new renders. also something weird going on with your lighting/shadows. The right side of the building is brightest, but looks like shadow of building is being cast on that same side.

onionhead_o

new render

chrisradsby

Try a darker grey instead, the contrast between your model and the background isn't enough Good progress so far!