[STAGE] Street Fighter Alpha 3, Blast Furnace, blot12345

engelmanna

This is too awesome of a challenge to pass up! I'll be doing the "Akademgorodok Blast Furnace, USSR" from Street Fighter Alpha 3.



I'm not sure how exactly it'll be 're-imagined' but I am thinking something a little more grandiose. Perhaps it'll have a little bit of a steampunk vibe or something.

Good luck to everyone!

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sarsparillo

I was just, JUST about to claim this stage! Good luck, treat it well dude. Time to find something new!

engelmanna

Started doing some searching for reference. Here is a small sample of what i've come up with. I just need to find a bit more, then it'll be concepting time!

Mood Board:


Environment Reference:

Archanex

Please do some sweet lighting on this one! PLEASE!

sarsparillo

Changed my mind - we're both doing the same stage, just with a wildly different mood. I can't wait to look awful against your final result!

engelmanna

Hi, I figured I'd show a quick update. I'm currently blocking out the scene so I can get the main composition down. I know it's not much to look at, I hope to get a more refined blockout done this weekend.

onelunglewis

Check out the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham Alabama.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sloss+furnaces

engelmanna

Here is an updated blockout of the scene. The next step will be to start building some of the models and getting stuff into UDK.
(The paintover of the scene was done by my good friend Cory.)

engelmanna

A quick modeling update. Nothing special. I started adding detail to the small furnace thing on the right.

lonelysquare

I've been waiting a day for my first post (my competition thread) to appear after registering, but I chose a Zangief stage as well :poly122:! (from street fighter 2, however)

Looks like were gonna be duking it out Thankfully I feel our work will be as different as it is similar.

Really like your stuff so far, specially with that awesome paint over.

uk_resistant

I really like the depth you have in this stage. Great block out.

engelmanna

I have started bringing some of my stuff into UDK. I know this shot isn't much too look at, but it's bedtime for me. I hope to get that main blast furnace into UDK by tomorrow night.

engelmanna

In an effort to keep myself motivated. I am going to try and post an image daily to mark my progress. In this pic, I have the main blast furnace about 90% done. I just need to add a bit more detail to break up some of the interior spots.

drelectro

blockout and paintover looks great!

EddieFaria

looking awesome man!

engelmanna

So apparently I lied when I said I'd post every day. Oh well. Anyways, here is my most recent progress. This has two of the more complicated components in UDK. There are a few missing textures, but other than that, Those two machines are about done.

CapAmer1ca

Should be badass!
One question: those two objects are build of many static meshes ot it is a combination of static meshes + meshes with tiled textures? Im character artist, but anyway pretty interesting)

DLoud

This is looking pretty hot (har har pun intended). Keep going man. Looking forward to this one.

Jason Young

This is looking very nice! You may be planning on this already, but it would be cool to have the foreground platform with grates so light and steam can seep through the floor.

Zerogun

I really like how it's shaping up. I like the focus to the particles and effects in your initial idea. Can't wait to see them in the final.

engelmanna

Thanks for the comments everyone. This environment is a ton of fun.

@CapAmer1ca - The meshes are built out of a bunch of smaller modular meshes and tiled textures.

Serial19

I love that you're going piece by piece... it's looking great!

engelmanna

I feel like I'm actually making progress now. I got some more small stuff in there. I also am getting closer with the lighting (although it's not there yet). Anyways, here is today's pic:

S2Engine

Awesome, I love the sense of scale and depth.

engelmanna

Another day another image. Most of the background stuff is done. All I have left is the carts that go on the track, and the lava bucket. After that I get to start on the actual stage!

jarrede

thats lookin awesome dude!

lonelysquare

Meant to post before I left for work today, your latest shot made me say, "wow!"

Looking real good so far.

Inpw

Very cool background.

Generalvivi

Looking great so far, I keep feeling though that you might want o push the red / orange lighting a tad bit more.

engelmanna

I wanted to thank everyone for the comments and encouragement. It has been a motivator to keep me working on this project. Anyways, today's update is a small one. I finalized the lava bucket on the right, tidied up the lighting (still a ways to go on this), setup a locked camera, and made some other tweaks here and there. I hope to start on the fighting stage tomorrow!

engelmanna

I hit a milestone today! The entire background is completed. I've tweaked the lighting, added the cart, added particles, and added heat distortion. The only thing left is the front fighting stage. Any crits and comments are appreciated.

EDIT: Vimeo video of the environment to show particle movement: LINK

JordanW

This is freakin awesome!!

S2Engine

Wow, looks great as a screenshot and looks even better in motion, definitely a fan!

cholden

Didn't notice the sense of scale until this update. Really nice. Good to see the video as well. Interested to see if there will be more object movement back there.

Bigjohn

Oh man, this is sick. I love it!

onelung

Shit, this is looking awesome. I agree about the scale, I think the fact that the lighting form the heat is lighting so much of the ceiling area that it feels less hugely epic.

Ref from terminator 2 end around :22 seconds in you'll kinda see what I'm talking about. Might be dope to get some of those blues in there too.
Link:[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEMICfWLOig[/ame]

engelmanna

Thanks everyone for the comments!

@onelung: I agree about the lava light reaching too high. I'll probably end up doing a final lighting pass after everything is in the scene.

Not much visually has changed. I started work on the fighting platform, but it has a ways to go yet. I also setup the cart and bucket on the left to animate.

JordanW

Looking awesome, the only thing that stands out to me is everything looks very dry. All of the materials look like straight diffuse, i'm not seeing and specular or reflections.

engelmanna

Wow, time has gotten away from me. I haven't made much progress but I still think I'm doing alright with the amount of time left. This image shows the updates to the main fighting platform. I'm not super stoked about the tiled area, but I hope to fix that soon.

@JordanW: Thanks for the crits. I agree that I need to show off a little more specular. Each of the materials have a fair amount of spec (a little too much in some materials), but I'm having a hard time getting the lights to bounce just right from this viewpoint.

protomd

I always really liked this level in the game, and I like this redesign even more

Orgoth02

Looking good but the way you have your tiles raised is not logical. They wouldn't come up in bunches like that

Bbox85

This looks great! Your tiles were better the way you had them previously IMO. I'm really loving your progress though. Very strong scene keep it up!!!!

engelmanna

Thanks everyone for the crits! I don't know what I was thinking with the previous tile iteration. This update has a new fighting platform, and a bunch of small tweaks here and there. I think I'm to the polish phase of this competition. Fortunately, I have some texture space/polygons remaining, so I can go back through and add even more details. If anyone has any suggestions, or crits in general, let me know!

Inpw

Very cool. I like feeling of size and depth on your stage!

Chandler

Wow, I'm very impressed with how this is turning out. The lighting and particles are blowing my mind, man. Only crit is that right now the fighting platform looks like it could have been photoshopped in, it feels sort of disconnected from the background due to the canted angle and lack of any connective set pieces. If you can, get some more foreground elements (It'd be cool to see that chain hook from the original stage) or some way of meshing the fg and bg a bit more, like a stairway or path from the platform to the factory floor or something.

Covin

Really good work blot, I quote Chandler, the combat stage and the background seems disconnected, other than this the scene is close to the perfection, incredible texturing and lighting.

Jeff Parrott

Reflections on the tiles would be great. That background is greatly detailed and having some shiny tiles reflecting that would be a great use of the detail.

engelmanna

Here is another update. I added some chains and a staircase to the platform. I also added some normal maps where there weren't any before (barely noticeable). I'm just fiddling around now, so I figured I'd get some good critiques to get me back on track. Any comments or crits are most welcomed.

55joe

this is my fave entry so far. keep it up!

adam

Start introducing some cool colours!

engelmanna

Just a small update today. I've added some flags, and duct work. I've also tweaked the lighting and color a bit. As always, crits and comments are welcome.