Orgoth's W.I.P

[Orgoth02]

Hey all,

Inspired by the Uneathly Challenge but to late to enter I decided to do my own scene just for the fun of it, plus it's been a while since I have done any highpoly/nexgen work. This project is probably going to take me a good 3 months to complete but when it is done it should be pretty bad ass. Please feel free to comment on any thing that you see that could be better or suggest thing to include. This should be fun!

Here are some of the reference's that I am using.

[Swisher]

Strong foundation with these great references. Can't wait to see what this turns into.

[Rasmus Holmgren]

Looks fun, go go go

[Orgoth02]

Swiaher and Rasmus Holmgren- Thanks for the posts!

So I have already started on some of the highpoly work. Either one is completely done yet especailly the wall. Their are still a few details that I want to add to them. Now I know that the wires on the wall look like crap, and that is fine because I am just using them for a projection for my normals. The image with the wall is what they look like properley. The Scene shot is Very VERY rought just to give you guys an idea of with I am thinking. Hopefully I can start with some texturing this weekend. Enjoy.

[Orgoth02]

Yeah I didn't get nearly as far as I wanted to this weekend. But I did make some progress. I pretty much have the compressor all projected out and now I get to start the fun stuff, texturing.

[pixelmitherer]

This is coming along nicely. Looking forward to the textures.

Have you ever used the UT3 editor?

[Orgoth02]

Thanks for the post Pixelmitherer.

Yeah I have used the Unreal 3 engine on a couple of projects that I have worked on with other companies. The thought did run through my mind of using Unreal 3 and I will probably will throw it all in there once I am finished. Hopefully I will get this piece textured by the end of this week if I can find the time. Stay up all night then going to work is really starting to take a toll on me.

[Orgoth02]

So after I got everything projected and unwrapped I wasn't really liking the way that the uv's where layed out for texting and plus I realized some of the Uv's where at a different resolution. So I went back unwrapped everything again and I am in the process of doing my projections over again. I'm still working on it and there I should be some updated shots with some textures.

[Orgoth02]

Here is the first pass for the Main tank texture. C&C are encourage and paint-overs are ok as well. Let me know what you guys think!

[Orgoth02]

So after I did the texture on the storage tanks I took another look and the main tank and decided to do it over and I am feeling pretty happy with the results.

[Orgoth02]

Hey guys! It's been a really busy week for me at work with this being a milestone week so I haven't had a lot of time to work on this. I was able to made some progress on the compressor and I hope to have it done by the end of the weekend so the I can move on to the walls and focus more on the environment.

[Rasmus Holmgren]

This is coming along promisingly, but I think the textures so far seem pretty saturated and busy - just a heads-up :P

[Orgoth02]

Rasmus- Thanks for the heads up. I agree, although I feel that it gives the asset alot of character it maybe to busy for the eye. I'll take another look that the texture and see what I can do. Thanks again!

[Marcus Dublin]

Hey Orgoth02, I like the direction you’re heading in with the whole project. I just finished playing a few levels to Stalker: Clear Sky and the references you posted totally reminded me other the art direction in that game. That said you might want to practice some restraint in your texture work, Rasmus hit the nail on the head when he pointed out the textures feel overly busy.

Right now everything has an unrealistic muddy tone to it, even for dirty metal:s. You should concentrate on laying down a few metal overlays and gradually build up the dirt and grime. Perhaps you can post your texture flats when your say 50% finished with the clean texture pass, this way we can chime in on the recommended level of dirt and grime build up. I figure once you get the hang of it you can work the rest of it up yourself with little assistance.

Anyways keep up the good work and keep us posted!

[Orgoth02]

Marcus- Thanks for the comments I think that it is really going to help me out a bunch! I was trying to go for a look where it seemed that this was sitting here for a decade, but I dont think that it traslated quite like I hoped. I totally agree with you and Rasmus. I am going to go back on this and re-think the textures. Thanks again! Oh and here are my current textures that I am using if you would like to give them a look over.

[Rasmus Holmgren]

Way too busy Maybe just fiddle with opacities for each of the layers to get a better balance, right now everything is fighting for attention. First off I'd tone down the black. Also, have you baked normals for this? I see a few edges that could do with some beveling...

[Orgoth02]

Hey Rasmus- Yeah my normals are baked from the high poly. The main tank on this doesent have any edges and the black is mostly coming from my light map projection. Both these textures are just using 3 layers. A base a grunge and a color. I'll play around with some new textures and try some of the tips that you suggested. Thanks

[Orgoth02]

Here is my wire frame if you are interested.

[Orgoth02]

Hey guys!

I took some of your adavice and toned back a lot of the layers to help with the busy problem. I aslo went back and re-textured the 2 tanks in the back. I decided to leave the main tank the same becuase I tried using different textures and this one gives me the look that I am going for the best. I am going for a very dirty and grimy environment and I think that I will make a lot more sense once I post some images for the actual environment. There is still a lot of stuff I need to do on this piece first though...back to work.

[xogg]

Very, very nice.

Keep 'em comin'!
Cheers!

Xogg