Rail Track Diorama
Hi there!
I've been working on a small piece lately to get better at realistic texturing and thought I should start posting where I am up to.
I've been working with Max and zBrush. I've only been working on the sculpts and normals for the textures so far (with the exception of the rail itself, which was me learning the metalness workflow!) to make sure they all work together in the scene.
I recently finished the brick texture:
And a close up of the clamp things, I finished these a little while ago:
And now I am working on the texture for the surface platform. I've sketched a plan for the texture layout. I've done the tactile paving slabs (the yellow ones) and I'm now working on the larger pebble-dash concrete slabs.
Texture layout sketch:
WIP:
Thanks for looking! I'll be posting most updates as this is very much a learning process for me. Any feedback would be appreciated.
I've been working on a small piece lately to get better at realistic texturing and thought I should start posting where I am up to.
I've been working with Max and zBrush. I've only been working on the sculpts and normals for the textures so far (with the exception of the rail itself, which was me learning the metalness workflow!) to make sure they all work together in the scene.
I recently finished the brick texture:
And a close up of the clamp things, I finished these a little while ago:
And now I am working on the texture for the surface platform. I've sketched a plan for the texture layout. I've done the tactile paving slabs (the yellow ones) and I'm now working on the larger pebble-dash concrete slabs.
Texture layout sketch:
WIP:
Thanks for looking! I'll be posting most updates as this is very much a learning process for me. Any feedback would be appreciated.
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Other than that, it's coming along nicely
Here's a WIP shot of how the railtrack is now. I'm currently working on the wood and platform textures simultaneously.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
The gravel texture seems a little strange, I feel I can see a line, maybe it has to do with the tiling. It is not apparent in your previous shots though.
You could also add a border, a kind of underground texture. The purpose is to make your diorama look like a volume instead of a surface. I think a surface like that looks a bit unfinished.
Something like this
Will you make more than 1 model to have some variation ?
Thanks for your replies! I agree that the scene would benefit from an extra wall or border. However, I've already spent longer than I'd like to on this project and adding a border and/or extra models would extend it even longer due to my bad planning at the start.
Here is how the diorama is looking currently. I've re-done/polished a few of the textures and adding some mini-props. Feeling that I need something on the right-hand side of the platform wall now though - looking a bit bare!
Ideally I want to get this finished off after work this week, so as always any feedback would be greatly appreciated
If you planned on taking it further, you could build an entire train platform, complete with a building at the back.
Which station are your references based from? I can see you've planned the textures on this one well from the start, and you seem to have a good grasp of material detail for the bricks. There could be more details that could go on the brick wall as well as junction boxes; only by looking at more references will be able to tell you that.
The gravel looks a little too clean and light (very slightly) for my taste. Either darken down the colours just a fraction or ensure it's lit well. Gravel in general is a very dull looking material.
Otherwise, great job so far. Was in a way expecting this to be taken much larger and further. But that's your call.