I recently stumbled upon some Disney blueprints of their 20K Leagues Nautilus and was going to start modeling it. After seeing this thread, I think I better stick to my day job... Incredible detail work! Cant wait to see it finished.
Looking ace so far, nice work! Love the subject matter too, I don't know how many times I've read it and as a kid I watched the Disney version a few hundred times, heh. You might want to exaggerate some of the smaller details so they are captured properly when baked. Little things like the rivets on the gun, and the folds…
Haha, yeah, that particular vault seems pretty prominent in the results, doesn't it? I like what you did with it in your map, though. The reason I opted for that particular door (aside from its internet ubiquity) was the main handles still resemble a ship's wheel and I thought it'd be a subtle way to reinforce the nautical…
Thanks for all the positive feedback guys, I'm glad everyone seems to be digging the idea as much as I am! Not a terribly interesting day update-wise, just a couple of wall sections. I seem to be working my way around the office mezzanine level in an anti-clockwise direction, so next up will be the large vault-like door /…
Something was bothering me about the main vault-style airlock, and I decided it looked too much like a bank vault and didn't really fit with the rest of the scene, so I decided to ditch it in favor of an energy core-type feature. I'm planning on using an emissive map to add some glow to the curved, recessed slots on the…