March/April - JSprogg - noob
 

ok I finally gave in and decided to have a go , if only for the pushing experience to help delvelop.I have only been using Maya or any 3D app for 3 weeks so I guess that is considered noob so go easy guys ..lol.
My basic idea was to create an ancient scene that is not real but could well be , maybe even some race of people from a distant planet that might have once settled here.
I have made a start but not got many details in yet ,most notably the stairs...but if you look close the structures central ornament on the top is a sacrificial font.
here a quick start preview.

Somehow I can't see the attached pic. Don't know if it's me or something went wrong posting it.
Good luck with your concept.

Greetz 4ng3l

thanks 4ng ...I have sent a message to the moderators to confirm whether the pic is visable.
I hopr this problem can be rectified :)

ok here are the images separately..hope they can be seen :

heres another with some more detail...I am thinking of maybe setting this center structure in a small lake among hills with the dwellings bridges to the main sacrificial area.
Not sure how far I can get with this, I have never even done any texturing but it's still fun to try and learn.

Nice Start :)

nice indeed :D

4ng3l

What the size of it. Compared to say a 6ft person?

twisted a valid question and something I have given a lot of thought to ....and viewing the started project I can see a bit of scale tweaking will be needed..:)
a six foot person will no bigger than just over the hieght of the topmost font.

maybe the stair tourches need shortening..????
I might even make the structure a slightly bigger scale, i will see how my thoughts develope in the next day or two.

wow, your 3 weeks of learning really paid off..nice work! :)

background
 

ok the general theme for this is it's an very ancient vampire city,hence the sacrificial stuff.
I have added a bit more detail and now I am working on statues and alters ect....then on to the harder stuff of creatng the surrounding scenery and buildings.
Learning loads tho even if I might not have the skill to texture the damn thing ...hehe.
heres an update.

a closer look at the where the suffering takes place :)

It's looking quite interesting. You should do a couple of things though:

1. Increase your shadow map size to remove those artifacts.

Give the bowl some depth. At the moment it looks too thin.

:)

Alan

thanks alan for the advice ....I was dreading your honest coments but happy to listen..lol.
how would I go about increasing the shadow map btw ?
an the bowl will be taken care of :)

ok here is rough idea of what the environment might look like ..ignore the scale of the structure to the background as I will correct this at a later time :)

RevHenge
 

I have decided to call this place Revhenge...kinder a play on the words Revolve and henge from stone henge.
struggling with texturing but here a couple of basic tests :)

this one gives you more of an overview

here is a rough start to a surrounding dwelling

cool start mr jsprogg. You have some nice ideas

ps - i can see you pics fine :)

Thanks Kevin :) not sure if I am heading in the right direction but at least my attempts or cockups can be seen ...hehe.

ok the dwellings are progressing, but I am really not looking forward to the actual texturing at all ..these pics have some basic colours to give an idea, but I have been experimenting with actual textures and have failed miserably on every attempt :( I may just complete the model and then pull out of this challenge as my skills are really not up to the job..lol.
the buildings are only half finished as you can see..I still have details missing...most notably the windows and doors :)

heres another angle

Definitely coming along well. I look forward to seeing it progress over the next month and a half. :)

I can sympathise with you on the texturing. I'm crap at it too. But that scene could look really good textured well. And there's still a good bit of time left.

What about adding some paint effects trees and scenery to the hills too?

heres an update

a different view

Now this one I really like, you have put a lot of work into this. Keep up the excellent work.

doing well there jsprogg. and about the texturing... i dont know anything about that either. just give it a try. no matter how it will look in the end, you defenitely will have learned something about it, right? good luck to you.

Thats looking pretty cool there. Kinda reminds me of a mix between Japiness and MiddleAges styles.

update
 

nearly finished the buidings,I will be working on a few details soon and then the dreaded texturing ..lol
Thx Pony and tiz for the kind words.
I spent about 6 hours today experimenting with grass.Shame it was just a texture ...lol oh well will have to get a crate of beer in :)

a full scene shot :)

Coming along very well. :)

update ..not the best render in the world .but gives you an idea of what I am going for ..

nightscene
 

been messing around with night scenes...hehe

The night scene is awsome, it's loks mistic ;)

Great so far, keep it up.

glad you like it el_newty :)
I liked the atmosphere of the night scene even though it's not perfect :)

texturing
 

I started the texturing,it's a real learning experience but I am determined to at least get this model textured to some degree :)
of course these may not be the final textures but I will have to see how much I can achieve in the time available.

and another...

Very nice! I like it alot!

oh waou js its so fantastic ..whish it was a park where we could play :) gtreat job!