Victorian High Poly Art

System

Thought I'd make a thread for this instead of polluting the waywo.

Here's some stuff so far...

















The aim is for a high poly only scene with mental ray render. Not sure about materials yet.

Polygon count now is 1,348,791

To do list;

chaise longue
desk lamp
old telephone
flowers and vase
wall lights
bookcase
large & small pictures
electrical sockets & switches

Any suggestions are welcome.

Oniram

this is amazing work! the fireplace looks absolutely brilliant in particular

Sparkwire

id say the curtains need some work.

mrturtlepaste

Wow, I'm really enjoying that fireplace, nice use of details.

BadgerBaiter

This is looking really nice. Liking the radiator and fireplace!
One thing is bothering me slightly - how high is the ceiling?
Just asking as Victorian ceilings tend to come in around 12ft to 13ft high. If your ceiling is around that height, then possibly the fireplace is too tall. I just measured the one in my room which is 47" and the one in the main room comes in at around 5ft I think. Sorry about the waffling. Probably a minor point.
Looks lovely anyway

tristamus

Everything looks well done so far, but I really hope things aren't going to look this pristine and clean and perfect later on

Razgriz

You've got a good start to your scene here, but I don't really feel that your individual assets have are consistent in their style. The fireplace looks nice, but it's extremely sharp. The edges are crisp, and the details are small - and I suppose that's fine by itself, but the table and curtains are a bit blobbish and need a bit more work.

Your aim should be that the viewer should take one look at the scene and go "Oh, a Victorian interior!", and I don't think you successfully convey that by the scene itself so far. As you start to fill up the room, perhaps it will become more evident.

I think you have a great start, though, I look forward to seeing some more progress.

LMP

It's a good start, but I feel that your floor is not realistic, an actual Victorian floor, would not have shuck deep gaps between the boards, and often they would not be simple, much more... ornate. Also there would be a rug of some kind covering the most used part of the floor.

floor example
Floor Example
Floor Example

scotthomer

I really really really like this one, great stuff! Did you forget to apply the turbo smooth to the part where the pipee reaches the main radiator bit? (it still looks great, just looks kinda like you perhaps forgot to apply the turbosmooth!)

System

@ Oniram, mrturtlepaste, Mike5424 and tristamus thanks guys

@ Sparkwire I see what you mean, yes. The bottom of the curtains will get seen to and also a shell modifier will be added as they are just planes. Thanks.

@ BadgerBaiter Not sure what to say on height as it was eyed from a photo reference of a french victorian room. The fireplace, like the rest of the objects were modelled seperately and then combined and scaled inside the scene. Your observation is noted and appreciated:thumbup:

@Razgriz If your saying that rooms usually have matching furniture and decor, I agree, yet don't want that resued mesh look. Kind of a difficult situation with references here, there and eveywhere but when everything is modelled, maybe some alterations could be made. Just have to watch my polys for now. Thankyou

@LMP The floor was a real cheap quickee, I know, excuses excuses:poly136: Parquet was actually on my mind and why not! Thanks.

@scotthomer Meshsmooth was omitted from the decor to reduce render time, everything else is x3. Thanks.


Thanks for the crits and comments everyone. Made a bit more progress on some props, both unfinished but I'll work on them tomorrow and try out your suggestions too...


chayze loooong


gentlemans reciever/transmitter kit

Heartless

Great shit. I love me some Victorian era.

Question: Do you know any good resources for Victorian style decorations? Curly Q, vine, floral type designs. Or what in the world those are even refereed to as? I'm workin' on a neo-Victorian weapon and need some reference.

System

Thanks! Not sure about references, google search is ok if your not using specific terms but I've been having more luck with reproduction furnishers and the like.

bit more progress on the phone.

System

Finished the phone (I think) might go back to the cord later...

BadgerBaiter

Looks lovely

I wish they made phones like that still...

System

Cheers guys, finished the phone today.

tristamus

Nice work on the phone!

cholden

Nice phone, makes me think of this for some reason:

"I need to send this missive to the Prussian consulate in Siam - post haste! Am I too late for the afternoon auto-gyro?"

Oniram

phone looks great. i really like the little details in there.

jeremiah_bigley

Did you have reference on the phone? I have modeled a skeleton telephone myself and some of your pieces look off. Otherwise pretty cool stuff here. Looking forward to your final result.
Like the way the wood looks. It kinda has a hand painted feel to it,

System

Cheers guys, it was semi-fun but I tell ya, the cylinder border extrusions got quite tedious after like the 50th one!

jeremiah_bigley, this was the ref used;



Good job I saved it because it's now disappeared from google images.

Made a bit more progress on the scene, got a floor going and now looking to build some kind of ceiling, here's the stuff;



*altered the curtains after suggestions then had the idea for the step on the rhs there.

System

small update: redesigned the floor and steps to be square and modelled a bamboo plant in a pot.

Perfectblue

Threads full of win.

Thriller Theater

Really cool stuff in this thread! I got some ideas from the phone for my steampunk character details. Keep it up!

System

Hello, it's been a while but I haven't given up on 3d!
Here's a little something (nouveau) victorian.



I made a bookcase too but it's not very fancy so I'll probably just render it in the final scene instead of on it's lonesome.

Thanks for the comments

DaveSilver

I like it, but the image is really distorted so it's hard to really critique it. Try uploading a slightly less distorted image and we can give some better comments.

onionhead_o

looks pretty good so far, watch out for the proportions. looks like the door is a bit off.

System

Hello. It's been a while!

I've been working full time and developing a website in my spare time, haven't had much chance to work on any personal projects until now so here's an update.