Telescope Scene -udk

Rhoutermans

EDIT:

First post update;

Hi all!

I started this project about a year ago, then due to an internship I had to put this on hold. Now that I finished a couple of projects I'm finally able to do some high poly stuff again



MOAR on page 2!
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Hey all,

Working on a new portfolio scene for UDK..
Here's some max render and wireframe..
If u can please give me some comments on the model, and what kind of texturing you would use.

I want to put some Botanica like scene from Arkham Asylum style as a dome where it can view the stars from. So lighting will be at night, etc..

Thanks in advance!

SaferDan

I like this alot

Do you have reference for the scope?

You should block out the rest of your scene so we can see what the rest is going to look like

Rhoutermans

Hi SaferDan,

cheers for the comment, really want to get this scene done 'soon/fast'.
I will post the ref tomorrow and I'll start blocking out the rest of the scene in the next 2 days. 'Soon' more!

Habboi

Made me smile and think of the Observatory in my favourite Zelda game http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101108215820/zelda/images/thumb/0/03/Astral_Observatory.png/830px-Astral_Observatory.png

As for texturing, gold or silver rims with maybe white base or grey. I'd have to see the environment around it to experiment with colours.

SaferDan

awesome i look forward to more

Rhoutermans

Hey all,

still thinking up a theme for the room. I'm thinking of using astrology signs for items and textures in the room..any idea's on that would be great too
The dome itself:



Thinking of adding rough stonewalls and wooden support beams. Gonna experiment with plants growing up from that circle on the ground.

duxun

i like that you already have you center piece modeled and now all you have to do is create the scene around your model.

Cheers...

Rhoutermans

I know it's a bit reversed, but I redrew the scene I got the basics done:



Now I can fool around with details and after that I can focus on colors

Habboi

Heh, interesting approach. For details, you should have circular railings going around the edge.

Rhoutermans

nice idea about the railings adding them as we speak

Rhoutermans

second update on the concept; I think I have about everything that I would like to see in the final scene. But I'll probably add more stuff along the way.

And maybe a bit of an lighting scheme..(maybe the plants will give off this weird lighting) if u have suggestions throw em at me

Habboi

Depending on what time of day you intend (afternoon?) I'd add some sexy light rays to compliment the skydome.

Maybe some machines or a desk with paper notes next to the chair? What about some cables along the floor that go outside the screen and make us, the viewer, think there's more to the scene than meets the eye.

Are the plants there to suggest it's abandoned? Or just aesthetical things to make it eye catching? I doubt plants would be left to grow that big if it wasn't abandoned. You'd need a ladder to trim them.

The sky should also have something interesting in it as that seems like something worth focusing on. Maybe a flying saucer Or a plane. Depends what this world is and when.

Carry on.

Rhoutermans

a small update, I'm not a 2d artist but I think I should be atleast able to do this much before actually building the scene..

Done for today, gonna continue this tomorrow any more feedback would be appreciated. Thanks for the hints so far Habboi, some nice ideas

Dani

Nice concept, love the warm rich colours. Can't help but to see Bioshock infinite in it. Would be cool of you would go that way (adding some flags and stuff).

Habboi

Got no arguments from me, that's looking very good.

Perhaps make the telescope more eye catching as that seems to be the center piece. Maybe gold trims on all the ring shaped parts and well something to contrast the wire going into it so since it's black...white might go well although kind of plain. Oh well, I'm sure you have something good planned.

Good work.

Edit: Actually, paint a story into this scene. What is this place? Where is is located? What time period? Alien? Who uses this room? A royal star gazer assigned by the king of the planet? If he was royal he'd have a beautiful chair for example. Since the chair is simple is it a simple scientist? Maybe this is a personally built gazer for someone important or rich?

The table with notes suggests science and the extravagant setting suggests the owner is important.

Rhoutermans

I'm thinking this room is part of a big mansion. I want to do something more with the astrology topic, so I'll be putting down banners in the scene that have astrology signs on them. I agree that a theme is the most important aspect in a scene, so i will put some more effort into that.

Rhoutermans

right..I think I have everything I wanted to show in this scene, I will be adding banners to the backwalls, which aren't really visible from here. I don't want to make it look too clustered..cheers for the advice, look forward to some 3D stuff

I might make some more concept stuff like this, but it's taking more time then I planned since I'm still a 2d naab

KyleH

I really enjoy your telescope model greatly, its looking nice and you have a ton of potential here to nail an awesome scene.

I am a bit confused however, Astronomy+Botany? It seems having the plants in the observatory, while stylistically a unique idea, wouldn't serve any purpose at all, in fact it would cause great problems for the observer.

what were your thoughts on that?

as well as the chalk boards i feel they would either be a reference for what he is seeing in the telescope, or a place to write down notes of what he is seeing. so i believe they should be in as functional of a place as possible.

but keep at it, and keep making progress

Jesse Moody

And now the person looking through the telescope should be an ant looking into the windows of a super hot chick....

Rhoutermans

Simply thrown some basic meshes in UDK to see if I can get the scale I want..


As for why I'm using plants I'm not really sure. I was looking at the concept at a certain stage and I just knew that there was a color missing, green. And I thought why not! Plants usually have no function other then decoration. I'll be sure to make it in such a way that they won't ever block the telescopes field of view, or that it will put the background out of order.

I'm not really happy with the positioning of the chalkboards and the table, I'll see what I can do when I'm actually building the scene. hopefully more 3d stuff soon. Thanks again for the feedback so far

SaferDan

aw this looks like its going to be awesome!

I like the idea of the plants although i think you should maybe have a few sprawling across the floor?

but yeah im excited to see more

Habboi

I think the angle needs work. Just a tad closer so that the stairs are still in view and also pointing up a little as if to suggest we "the viewer" are looking through a telescope of a telescope scene.

The reason is also cause your ceiling dome is really our main focus point and we should be seeing the grandness of the sky.

Bigjohn

This is a fun scene. Looks pretty awesome.

roosterMAP

forget the stairs. go closer to the telescope. thats the focus. and maybe a little lower to the ground.

Rhoutermans

Just finished the unwrapping of the scope, now fixing the materials, progress so far:



To-do list Scope Materials changes:
- Reflection in the scope lens
- Cables black color
- Details on the scope attachment different material then white (sort of done but feedback on that please

Next up is to add the rest of the models in..

PS. I am gonna get rid of the skylight, but the scene is easy lit for now.

Rhoutermans

Got the lens shader finally in, props go to a classmate of mine for showing me this awesome material stuff!



I promise this is the last I'll show of just the telescope, working on the rest of the scene starting...now!

roosterMAP

i dont think there's enough detail. check this pic out, ad see what u can add.

http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys301/lectures/optical_tel/subaru_big.jpg

Addieo

It doesn't look big enough or technical enough, needs more going on for it. That box from this angle looks really useless. Real nice lens shader.

Rhoutermans

Starting this project up again now that my job's ending in one month and I have to start looking for something new

The texture is still a mess, want to get the model down right first;





The scope is the focus point of the scene and I really want to make this shine. Any feedback on the base of the mesh and the scope detailing would be awesome
Cheers!

Rhoutermans

made a control panel real quick; still not happy how the normal and spec are atm but more tomorrow. Want to make more of these attachments for the scope, atleast one each night. Crits etc appreciated

Habboi

Hey, good to see you're back. Can't really crit until I see it in the scene to be honest. Keep it up.

Rhoutermans

remaking the telescope model high poly #1



More stuff 2morrow, for now I must slee..Zzzzz

P442

your models are cool, but your textures are uninteresting

Rhoutermans

Yes I'm hitting the reset button on this project Learned some new techniques since my last few posts. Can't wait to post some new stuff soon

Rhoutermans

Progress is going so slooow... But tomorrow is my last day at work so should have enough time to finish this project

Rhoutermans

here's a little scanline 3ds max render ;



still adding more panels, and technical stuffs

Rhoutermans

Moving on to the base mesh

Lucas Annunziata

The 'scope is really coming together nicely. Keep on trucking!

lordsme

Very nice work in progress!

Drav

great modelling on the telescope, looking forward to seeing more of the scene. Should be a good one if its all done at this quality, but dont forget the composition, camera position etc. Have a look at some films and photographs with observatories in, i bet there is something to be learned about camera position from them.

HughieDM

very nice highpoly work this will make and excellent center peace to your scene
keep it up

Rhoutermans

Got some inspiration for the base mesh, more stuff 2night

Remmers

You mean the mesh of the base part?

Looking good man

Jeff Parrott

Looking great so far. For your renders try a shiny material instead of a matte one. But that's a small gripe. It's looking really awesome.

Rhoutermans

Thanks
Here's a shiny render (edit: Tho the shiny is actually quite fail :P)



Tired of detailing and moving on to the low poly. Any feedback on the high poly is appreciated

Rhoutermans

Hi all!

I started this project about a year ago, then due to an internship I had to put this on hold. Now that I finished a couple of projects I'm finally able to do some high poly stuff again



Still got a lot of cage problems with my bake but I'm happy how the low poly is turning out atm, LP is around 15k triangles which is a bit much, but this is a center piece after all
Wires not included in these screens, planning to do them lit them with vertex normals since they're just black wires anyway.

MOAR soon!

Thanks for any crits

Rhoutermans

Started working on the material :



The texture itself still needs a lot of work, like blocking out the panels, maybe a sticker/logo somewhere and stuff like that. Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks

Jessica Dinh

Material is looking great so far! Can't wait to see more of the texturing done. Nice bake too btw, and looking forward to your scene

Rhoutermans

Thanks Jessica Working hard still~

Working on the mockup of the scene. Thinking of adding a small library section in the back of the room. And small stairs down to the door.



More tomorrow, time for some arkham city!

To do-/add list:

- Banners on the wall?
- Library cabinets
- lamps
- paintings / oval mirror on wall?
- Plants
- Small deco stuff like papers/notes for the desk
- Stairs + Round Railing
- Carpet model, as seen in concept, used on the platform as well
- A door (lol, closed room)
- Small Chair
- Crates of research equipment

Rhoutermans

trying to make the scene look more interesting..



Still working on adding the rest of the list

Feedback appreciated!

Jessica Dinh

I really like the changes you made, especially the placement of the stairway.