Sewer Project
I'm in the early stages of a 3D environment I plan on building in UDK. It's a sewer environment that I planned on making fancy and new, but that's not nearly as fun as gross and old.
I'm new to Polycount and would really like to hear what people have to think of this idea. Critiques and feedback are always welcome!
I'm new to Polycount and would really like to hear what people have to think of this idea. Critiques and feedback are always welcome!
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looks cool, I'd like to see more of the wall panel details cuz it looks really cool in your drawing.
Where are the lights going to be located in this scene? I feel like that will play a major role in getting the right feel for this location
You also don't seem to be following your reference very closely? The slope on the right has a much different angle and size, the 'skateramp' on the left has different proportions too. The walkway in the sketch goes outside/behind the barred ring, while in the 3D version the walkway passes through the bars?
In addition, the paint on the pipes is much too clean compared to everything else. The walls and floor have heavy caked on grime and dirt, and in comparison the pipes look pristine. Chipping the paint some, introducing a little bit of rust in appropriate places, and adding a little dirt would help the appearance of the pipes greatly.
The hand railing texture is pretty obviously tiled, and like the pipes, too clean compared to the rest of the objects in the scene. Also, what physical material the railings are doesn't read well either. (I'm assuming they're metal.)
The strung up lights look good, but a couple more static meshes for the hanging wires between them to vary up the slack and draping could do wonders for the realism of the scene. That's just a nitpick though. I guess the sewer work that strung them could have had OCD. ;P
You have a very good start, and with some more work could really make this shine.
Also, what I've started doing for a lot of my own environments in UDK is use vertex blending and painting. It uses less texture space and memory than having a lot of unique decals and grunge maps, and can produce almost infinite variation with little effort.
You can find a lot of threads here on Polycount on the technique by doing a search if you want to try it out. There is also a great tutorial on it here which you will see most people link to.