WIP watchtower

Moshbeast

So for a Uni project called modular environments I am making a watchtower and I was hoping i could get some input on it and some advice on some issues aswell

at the moment the walls only have a normal map and a plane gray diffuse

so about the problem at the top of the tower the modular pieces are really obvious which is bugging me


http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4972/wipwatchtowerlarge.jpg the link leads to a larger picture of the tower

so any advice, help, suggestion etc would be much appreciated

Razorb

Looking pretty good so far, the scale seems a bit strange.. i thought it was quite a bit watch tower, but when i saw the door it now seems quite small! got any good references to show what you are aiming for?

Moshbeast

sure i do

http://thetoyhq.com/shop/images/watchtower1.gif

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSuNTVL9qWASHArrqy2FcNpE7QrxOcIU724wpjipHnf_30YH0lHTn6z-5wlkg

http://ember2inferno.deviantart.com/art/Castle-Tower-283398064?q=boost%3Apopular+in%3Adesigns%2Fgameart%2F3dgame%2Fenvironments&qo=30

http://www.bitsofnews.com/images/graphics/Drawing_of_Watchtower.jpg

at the moment it has 4 floors including the ground floor just trying to save polys for props

Moshbeast

so here is an update i still need to add a few things like vertex painting and adding cloth physics for the flags. i also need to fix the landscape textures just need to figure out how






again any advice or criticism is welcome

Dataday

My advice is to break up the silhouette more. Try not to allow long straight lines as well. A good technique is to break them up with borders or decorative meshes. The idea is to make it not look like tall uniformly stacked blocks. You will also want more objects or designs to add shadow for the contrast. You only see a little bit of it towards the top.

You can also make an off colored (weathered) or chipped brick/stone mesh, and place a few of them around in a modular fashion to break up the monotony of the current stone texture.

Moshbeast

great stuff guys thx do you have any advice on the lighting and the rest of the environment?

HaraKiri

The door and props seemed ill proportioned compared to everything else. High contrast moody lighting is always nice.

BB-88

I'm finding the walls a bit plain, a mass of grey. You have an interesting pattern in the bricks though, maybe do something with the surface detail, contrast up the individual colours of the bricks. I'd also look into some kind of skirting , if you look at that shot of AC it has skirting and borders around most of it's buildings to break up repetition and large surfaces.
Keep at it dude

Moshbeast

to break up the pattern ill use vertex painting with a moss texture and cracks for some of thewalls like around the corners a question though what is skirting?

and i defenetly will keep at it since when i walk out of uni i wane walk into a job which means no life for another year and a few months

BB-88

Skirting makes up the bottom of structures, something to stop the structure from looking like it just comes straight out of the floor, similar to skirting boards in houses. It just helps the object sit better I find.
He's a quick example I found on google for the kind of thing I meant:



EDIT: This is basically a rehash of what Dataday and SasoChicken said :P
Borders, decorative strips to break the silhouette and repetition of the shape.

Moshbeast

ahhh ok thank you ^^