[UDK] Bone ship - UC3
polycounter lvl 11
Hi all!
I decided to take part in Unearthly Challenge III. My chosen element is bone and the focal point will be a bone ship.
Here is my moodboard.
And here is a blockout:
And here is also a highpoly of the bone ship.
I decided to take part in Unearthly Challenge III. My chosen element is bone and the focal point will be a bone ship.
Here is my moodboard.
And here is a blockout:
And here is also a highpoly of the bone ship.
Hope to get some crits and comments 
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Thank you! I plan to make it more irregular by changing some parts and also plan to add the remains of sails. Sorry for the pixelated render, I'll make a better one next time.
Thank you for the good idea, I will think this direction.
Haha, indeed. I didn't know where to look for reference
Some improvements for the ship:
Also IMO it would look better if you were to dress the sides with some wooden planks. They wouldn't need to be all over, most of them could be rotted/broken away but I'd have some just to suggest that at one point the ship was operational and that the bones were just the frame of the ship. This would also help break up some of colors/shapes later on when you'll get to texturing which would hopefully lead to a more interesting model.
I think the idea about the planks is great, I will try something like this. Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate a lot.
Thank you!
However i think it could do with a funky skellital figurehead at the front too
viz:https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=flying+dutchman+pirates+of+the+caribbean&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=htBvUuyUIfLB7Abc7oCIDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=1115#es_sm=122&espv=210&q=undead+ship+figurehead&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=YuuEf9DNba9a9M%3A%3BmzKm7sWu65gS6M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F9%252F90%252FThe_Black_Pearl%252C_San_Pedro_Harbor.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FBlack_Pearl%3B2048%3B1536
I thought about a figurehead too. But it will probably be too small to make significant difference to the scene in whole. So I decided to add it later if I have enough time.
Thanks for the comment! Now I feel gnawing doubts about the skull
ps nice to see a fellow gameartisans take up the unearthly challenge (I joined on the last sdk challenge)
Thank you! I agree such challenges bring lots of fun and experience and it's really exciting to see other people's work.
so as a consolation i will have to live vicariously though your entry..
Just my opinion
yeah i know what you mean ant, tis not cool
Thanks, Nuke. I thought about adding a crows nest, but then it seemed to me too human
And a side question. Does anyone know where to see polycount of particle systems in UDK? I need total polycount for the scene, but could find only statistics for static meshes. :poly134:
Indeed, seems I forgot about the gravity, shame on me.:poly138: Thanks a lot!
Thank you! I'm still experimenting with lights and colors. I tried to add more contrast, but probably now I need to make it a bit lighter in shadows.