[STAGE] Mortal Kombat, Goro's Lair, Spetch, Oobersli

oobersli

Just reserving our spot. Should have some concepts up soon.

spetch

alright, we're really busy at work but we're going to push to finish anyways. Wanted to select an environment that had the most potential for change.

Dusty

GET SOME!

StolenPants

HO SNAP! the unstoppable Spetch and the Uber OObersli! glad to see you guys chompin on this comp get dem sketches comin! CHARGE

bugo

yep, do diz fugging guy!

oobersli

holy crap there are ton of pages in brawl now. ok... so after some more thought and design we've decided to change from goro's lair to factory stage in kof . we're gonna be busy as all hell with work, so this might have a better chance of being finished.

oobersli

just getting some ideas for what direction we might go.

Sean VanGorder

I'm glad you guys switched up your idea. I considered doing your new choice as well. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

Bbox85

subscribed! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with, big fan!

oobersli

just getting more ref and mood going before I start getting some thumbs sketched out. Got a bunch of ww2 battleship and sub ref from my honeymoon for machinery and tech doodads.

oobersli

can I get a mod to change our title to our thread??

spetch

yeah, a change in title would be great...

sup guys, we decided to dig right into our layout and will concept what we need. Oobersli and I have been collaborating whenever we get a spare moment. I'll let him post our story.

I did a quick bake in the Infernal Engine. We decided to use infernal because we have custom tools for max to kick assets into the engine extremely fast. This will let us iterate on the block out and change stuff up

oobersli

pimp. ya so the story behind it perhaps?

Four years after being deserted before the war, the Northern Territories main factory Skag-A-1-023 has be reactivated. Its now a weapons factory and shelter for survivors/rebels.

The main reactor that was originally used to create the high levels of heat to melt down element 8472294-CA. Now it vents off low amounts of its power to keep inhabitants warm. This is essential to survival in the frozen wasteland of a destroyed nation.

Skag-A-1-023 or what the new inhabitants know it as "Edens Forge" is now the outpost of hope for all of humanity.

So lots of rubble and makeshift shelter/workspaces.

Welbig

Looking great guys. Is this the angle of your final submission? I'm only wondering because the areas to the left and right are still pretty empty. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you guys turn out. It looks interesting already.

oobersli

updated shot of what I was thinking to take up space on the left. the right still needs work, but it'll get worked out soon enough. also, the lighting isn't really where we're going. just too lazy atm to take out the red light.

not the best render, trying to figure out why its all blurry...

spetch

yah, we're working on filling in all those areas. I recently expanded the room and Oober just added a staircase and more stuff. The shot is subject to change. We're not going to put a camera in until we're happy with the blockout

StolenPants

Looking very solid guys i like it alot. any ideas on perhaps adding in forges for some nice alternative light source or maybe some hanging chains to spruce up the place i know you'll rock this out so i can't wait to see the progress!

r4ptur3

looks awesome so far! that cut of light is going to be sweet.

spetch

Good ideas stolenpants! We definitely need to add those chains and hooks to the pulley in the middle. If you have any kickass ideas of how to creatively display this I am down. I want to have a couple light sources in the background to break things up. My first idea was to have hanging industrial lamps and I had fiddled around with some large dirty warehouse windows. Keep on shufflin'.

You making a character for this comp? hmmm....hmmmm...:)


thanks r4ptur3!

StolenPants

i'm debating on it, i have a really good idea for polycount challenge but i kinda want to enter dom war again, but teh whole god theme isn't working so much for my creativity yet. i am looking forward to seeing some some ooberspetch rubbed all over this environment tho

oobersli

not a huge update, having some issues with shadowing atm that need to be looked into. Started to get some ideas for the reactors, hopefully have up a concept up tomorrow morning. till then just playing with some shapes some more to get our composition solid. Key task for tomorrow will to figure out a few camera shots we want as well.

raul

looking good guys!

Sebeuroc

Looking really cool, guys. This is one of the most interesting stages that I've seen so far.

ScudzAlmighty

lookin very nice indeed, the redish lighting from post 15 is the nicest so far.


ps, don't forget that hottie from the middle of your ref pic.

oobersli

thx. not sure if this is what the final reactor will look like, and if it even matters with what camera we go with you might not see much of it. just a po I did last night.

spetch

added cameras to set. Positions are subject to slightly change once we start making assets. These are the shots so far, #1 is in...2 or 3, not sure.






obviously this shot needs a lot of work and will be modified if we go with it.

Mark Dygert

It's looking great!

The one thing I find kind of hard to pin down is where they would be fighting, I get the general sense that they would be on the middle platform but the camera angles so far aren't necessarily locking in that "fighting stage" feel. It seems like you've got a big environment going with a lot of space that needs to be filled up and if you lock in that camera its going to make it easier to populate?

Looking good tho!

YBourykina

that's looking really awesome, definitely a nice composition you guys got going there

oobersli

i'm liking shots 1 and 3 the most. i think if anything we can tilt the camera a tad more for those shots so the fighting plane is more present and zoom in a tad, but I like having a more angled wide stage than the generic up close parallel shot.

and yes, we're thinking of the middle platform as the stage in shot 1.

spetch

i agree and thanks for the comment Mark. I'll readjust shot 1 later and post it up.

Ryan Hawkins

Im liking this can I see a preview of what would be the final "fight" view?

spetch

got another angle im working with that may be better. will post when i have something

oobersli

heres what I'm thinking for the "fight" view.

spetch

alright, we're still shuffling shit around. work currently keeps us in the blockout phase on this project. We're trying to lock everything down in our spare time. I threw some quick omnis and will continue tweaking lighting. I extended the platform so that we don't focus on what's in front of the platform. I will adjust scale on some of the foreground objects tomorrow. Oober, updates added feel free to drop in your new stuff, I dont have new generator

Ryan Hawkins

Yea that view is real nice Ober anf also try to incorperate those reactor tiles on the generator they catch the light real nice and adds a cool feel to it in my eyes. Looking good guys keep rockin it hard.

oobersli

i'll figure out a way to incorporate the tiles into the new reactor. till then, heres a new bake with some minor changes.

StolenPants

That fan is wimpy! crank those blades more viciously cuz they're begging for fatality action! also few things seem to perfect (i know you were gonna finish things later but i wanted ot point out) like those steel beams on either side maybe slightly bend em and maybe pop that railing out of socket so it's slightly dangerous to lean against and have some of those pipes on ceiling broken or bent etc to break up the symmetry of them all running... i guess i want u to not frame it so perfectly because all my attention is being drawn right to that fan. Powerful Flavor cooking!

Serial19

I like the direction you're going with the lighting... seems like it would be kind of dusty in there...

spetch

what, you dont like my fan? lmao. Yeah, fan is temp...everything be temp. We'll get them details for ya.

I have a dust/fog actor that I'll throw in later.

spetch

trying to balance out the scene by changing light ray direction, moving lights, and making sure one side doesnt overpower the other. Just seeing how we can balance it out.

oobersli

another small update. feel like we're getting closer, then we can start to knock out art.

fearian

Looking really nice! has a good feeling of depth and that fighting stage feel!

spetch

rescaled set for 6 foot man and started breaking pieces out for modular constructin. Need to finish the ceiling, lock down camera position, and draw up a couple necessary concepts, and asset list. All this needs to be done before I hit lighting again. No point to make final assets until composition feels good

stfu_donny

composition is feeling much better, keep it up!

Bamboo

nice work...

Ryan Hawkins

Lookin good on the fan blade less is more, and put some twist to the blades also maybe put another set deeper in alot of big warehouse fans use 2 one for return and one for exhuast.

Blade twist ref:

spetch

woah that's a big fan blade, lol. thanks ryan for the ref...we will definitely use this. I'm trying to figure out where I'd put the second set.

Ryan Hawkins

Haha sorry for the large image didn't think about that when I posted it, what I meant for the fan blade is the box the fan blade is in put two blades with about "2ft" real world space between them and rotate the blades different then one another to give it depth and some nice lighting off the shapes. I hope this makes sense, the idea is in my head but might sound retarded on paper. Lookin good sorry to make or suggest more work.

AKAperly

i always loved this stage, looking good.

oobersli

thx for the ref ryan. i used it somewhat but went with a more bulkier looking prop head. Planning to ding it up some in zb during lunch.

oobersli

small update before the days over. got the hub and a blade dinged, just have to do a quickie over the rest of them.