Fall Week 7- Intensive Modeling

Once again I spent the week modeling. I added in a lot more of the details in terms of what I need for the profiles of the various pieces, and overall the scene feels a lot more complete.
I went ahead and took a little bit of time to throw in a quick sun and sky for some nicer renders for this week instead of just using screen shots like I have been. The shadows could be improved, but since my goal is put this in UDK, spending time setting up nice renders in maya, especially this early on, isn't really a good use of my time.

I added trim as well as the details for the side doors and window vents. I'd say I'm about 80-90% done with the base for the train station. There's a lot more pipes I want to work on adding in, but I'm going to be making a small modular set for that. I still need to model the doors.

I added some more architectural detail to the Lux and made some changes to the windows. I'm not sure if all the detail is necessary, but because I still have the old versions of the model it will be easy to scale back a bit if I need to. Aside from the signs and extra decorations I'd like to add, and finishing the doors and store front windows the models for the Lux are pretty much done.

I didn't have too much to change for McQuinn, and other than the doors and any extra decorations it is also done. I played around with making some scrap metal and stuff as covering for closed shops, but I want to wait a little bit before I really delve into making that kind of stuff. Mostly because I need to make sure I plan it carefully enough that I can use it in various places through out the scene. One of the major points of modularity is to reduce the number of unique assets so I want to make sure the boards and other scraps I make can be used effectively.

Of all the buildings, Tepton went through the most changes. I didn't like the feeling I was getting from the design of the side doorways so I changed facade quite a bit. I also modeled the details in the actual gates. If you look below you'll see (aside from the bad shadows I mentioned earlier) that I added in the train tracks as well as a special transitional piece for when the train passes through the actual gate house.

I'm really hoping to push through the last phases of the silhouette pass modeling this week so that I can start putting the level together in UDK and then switch gears to UVing in prepartion for next quarter.

Time Tracking:
0h 30m Gnoman Disk
1h 30m Organization
2h 00m Modeling
6h 00m Modeling
2h 00m Modeling
5h 00m Modeling
2h 00m Modeling
1h 00m Rendering and Set-up
0h 30m Blog

20h 30m Total