Scene from a Movie - Minotaur0

e-freak · March 11, 2009 at 1:48 PM

The Neon Signs seem to be fullbright - keeping the models a little bit lit/shadowed will help the readability alot.

Minos · March 12, 2009 at 12:54 PM

Did some more work last night. The entrance is more accurate now, and I threw in some lights to test the mood etc I also improved the readability on the lou´s tavern sign.

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I think my home monitor needs some adjustments... the lighting has cool contrast on it but it looks a bit washed out on my work monitor. How does it look for you?

PhilipK · March 12, 2009 at 2:55 PM

the neons are nice but the specular on the ground really bleeds out to white on quite a large amount. But yeah the actual building looks cool

Sentura · March 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM

needs anti alias. the glows around the green/lower neons make it look as if it doesn't give off enough light to hit the ground. rest looks good though, i like the top neon sign and the general architecture.

Seldoon182 · March 13, 2009 at 11:31 AM

Fight Club for real! Oh and Looking great mino!

Jenn0_Bing · March 13, 2009 at 2:04 PM

The sign looks much better now, the improved entrance looks much more interesting too.

Minos · March 15, 2009 at 10:47 PM

Hey guys, another update!

I decided to take a dramatic decision and go with unique textures for the main building. I also added my own twist to it. I still need to do normals and speculars but I´ll leave that for later. Enjoy:

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(This is a max screengrab, some materials in this scene are placeholder e.g. the neon materials)

JeanPaul · March 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM

How do you get that neon glow effect in the engine?

Minos · March 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM

Quote from JeanPaul

How do you get that neon glow effect in the engine?

It´s actually quite simple. I used a 100% white 16x16 texture for the diffuse and added a constant3vector as Emissive. You can set the color/intensity of the emission on the constant3vector properties.

KungFuSquirrel · March 16, 2009 at 1:55 AM

Quote from Minotauro

I decided to take a dramatic decision and go with unique textures for the main building. I also added my own twist to it. I still need to do normals and speculars but I´ll leave that for later.

Looks like the right call! Looking forward to seeing this version lit up in the engine.

Sentura · March 16, 2009 at 10:54 AM

Quote from KungFuSquirrel

Looks like the right call! Looking forward to seeing this version lit up in the engine.

i agree, they fit the theme nicely.

D3ads · March 16, 2009 at 10:05 PM

Great use of unique textures, it's so much fun doing it that way, just time consuming, especially when I was doing it for TF!

Minos · March 16, 2009 at 11:24 PM

Quote from D3ads

Great use of unique textures, it's so much fun doing it that way, just time consuming, especially when I was doing it for TF!

Yeah! Too bad you halted development on TF, it was looking great =(

Minos · March 20, 2009 at 6:06 PM

I probably won´t have time to model the cars by myself so I was thinking if someone would like to join me and model 2 or 3 cars? They don´t need interiors and I can texture them if you wish but I really won´t have time to model them by myself.

Send me a PM if you are interested and we can talk!

-HP- · March 20, 2009 at 11:47 PM

Yeah, we're also running out of time as well... good luck minos

Minos · March 25, 2009 at 12:07 AM

Small update!

I haven´t been able to get much work done lately as I´ve been feeling some terrible pains on my lower back which really drag me away from the computer whenever I´m home. Anyways I´m feeling kinda better now and since the deadline was extended I thought Id give this scene another push.

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