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Nuclear Bunker Office Environment Art (WIP)
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Hello! I’m a second year uni student aiming to specialise in environment art. This is the link to my portfolio: https://solo_m.artstation.com/
I’m making a nuclear bunker office set during the Cold War era as a part of my assignment. My main inspiration comes from CoD Cold War, other inspiration comes from Poppy Playtime and Cyberpunk 2077 (for lighting and mood).
I have started with props and I have made a bunch of radios, cabinets as my back ground assets. My hero assets would be a desk of objects with the two computers being the focal point.
So far I have received feedbacks that some of the knobs on the radios are too low poly, I’ve been trying to be more generous with the poly count on my other models whilst trying to fix the knobs. (will update when done)
Any additional feedback will be greatly appreciated!
(modelled in maya and textured in substance)
I’m making a nuclear bunker office set during the Cold War era as a part of my assignment. My main inspiration comes from CoD Cold War, other inspiration comes from Poppy Playtime and Cyberpunk 2077 (for lighting and mood).
I have started with props and I have made a bunch of radios, cabinets as my back ground assets. My hero assets would be a desk of objects with the two computers being the focal point.
So far I have received feedbacks that some of the knobs on the radios are too low poly, I’ve been trying to be more generous with the poly count on my other models whilst trying to fix the knobs. (will update when done)
Any additional feedback will be greatly appreciated!
(modelled in maya and textured in substance)
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(there will be more props on the desk in the future, right now it looks very empty)
Update:
I’ve made curve ceilings (and added pipes) and adjusted lighting. I have prepared the wall for a tiling texture and the supports for trim sheets. I used a texted density of 10.80 with 4k resolution.
The pieces are modular, I had a thought of doing this in PCG but for the scale I’m going for it’s not worth it atm. I might do it just to try it out if I have the time.
Help needed:
I used spline meshes for the pipes. By default they had nanite on and it took away all my subdivision for the deformation. I disabled nanite and now the optimisation view mode seem to have a problem with my topology?
The price I payed for this is that now I have huge amount of poly sitting on top of the ceiling, can I leave them like that? If not, how can I optimise this?
my only idea is to set up HLOD but I don’t know how to do that. I tried to increase the LOD but don’t know how to control the render distance for my liking, it’s pretty deep for me at the moment.
Could also convert the entire thing to a static mesh and set up nanite on those? I don’t want to try too much stuff until I got another opinion.
Please help, thank you.
If you’re up for it, consider adding a bit more story "gamification" to make the piece even more engaging. Try to tie your creative decisions back to function and context. For your bunker scene, this means ensuring each object reads clearly from the player’s viewpoint, that the environment supports a narrative or gameplay moment rather than being purely decorative, and that your material and lighting choices not only look great but also feel authentic to a Cold War–era facility — think worn concrete, analog controls, and grime consistent with long-term use.
Ideas
Who used this bunker? Military, scientists, civilians?
What’s happening now? Abandoned, recently evacuated, still active?
Tone: Is it eerie and desolate, or sterile and functional?
And if you’re ready to push further (you know you want to)
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle - Shanghai Environment Breakdowns by Vytautas Katarzis - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/P6k3G3.
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle - Wooden Scaffolding Kit by Pawel Kostecki - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/vbmOba.
Notice how professionally they present their work. This presentation takes time but it makes all the difference
But with that said, what you have so far for a second year student is looking great!
P.S. If you want to add even more, lol!
Make a Video with Story Hooks
To make it memorable:
An old intercom with a faint voice crackling through.
A control panel frozen mid-countdown.
A single flickering light over an old map.
A propaganda poster peeling away to reveal graffiti.
Small narrative touches elevate mood into emotion.
i will also add content to some computer screens.
Any additional feedback will be greatly appreciated!
Interior done (for now), please do give any feedback on this, thank you!
One major mistake I made is that I used a lot of 4k texture early on and now I’m running out of texture streaming budget. I’m currently getting the shimmering texture artefact on some of the props.
I tried changing the anti-aliasing setting as well as the lumen settings to make them stabilise. I have converted some decals into 2k (although some of them probably should be fine at 1k) and I will focus on texture optimisation where I can.
I have another lighting scenario with the emergency lights.
