Sci Fi Hallway
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Hello. Long time observer, first time poster. I am working on a modular Sci Fi hallway. Still in the modeling phase.
I am struggling to find ideas for my ceiling.
Any and all ideas and criticism are welcome and appreciated.
I am struggling to find ideas for my ceiling.
Any and all ideas and criticism are welcome and appreciated.
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I've also just came up with a ceiling plan (Finally) that I am currently working on as well.
I also worked a hatch to put in the middle of the intersection.
Any and all ideas and criticism are welcome and appreciated.
I know it's still a bit early in the modeling phase, but maybe you can start to think about how you can make the corridor a little bit less generic and become more memorable than sci-fi corridor no. 534.
Whether that comes in through the textures, a key/"hero" prop placed somewhere compositionally, structural damage, an opened door peering into another room, etc. I'm not so sure.
Maybe thinking about exactly what kind of facility or area this corridor would be seen in could help. Is it the corridor of a mining facility on Mars? Is it a medical bay orbiting in space? Is it some sort of greenhouse facility or colony on another planet inhabited by strange fauna and foliage? Was there some sort of battle or are people just carrying about their typical day eating donuts and meeting at the watercooler at the ole' space office complex.
Things like the level of dirtiness, how old it is, is it crystal clean new or moderate, is it stark white which would add to the fidelity of colors of any saturated foliage being seen, is the environment rich and warm colors or cold and antiseptic, etc.
And then you could get into even finer details like what kind of fonts would be used in this facility, are there a shitload of warning signs everywhere, promotional posters for eating Randy's Space Donuts, is it a corporation with their own company logo, brand colors, and cheesy slogan, is there some sort of You Are Here map? Just something to think about while you're working on it.
I'm looking forward to see how you handle the texturing and lighting ingame.
I'm still deciding on the backstory for the scene, I have so many ideas! Trying to merge what sounds logical and what doesnt.
Here are some shots of some assets to populate my scene
Barrel/Capsule
Fire Extinguisher
Monitor/screen
One thing I will say is don't render on black, even if it's just for work in progress shots. For individual models in UDK use the model viewer rather than the viewport (there is a trick you can do in Photoshop to paint over the black without painting over the model, will try and remember it and post it in here)
(Black is where glass material will be placed)
C&C welcome!
(And if you know how to get rid of those yellow bars on the bottom and right side please let me know how to remove them)