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The Palace UDK

  • manhuntworld
  • April 19, 2012 at 10:33 PM
  • manhuntworld
    • April 19, 2012 at 10:33 PM
    • #1

    A palace that i've made for my master's degree dissertation showing the use of modular modelling within 3D architecture

    [Blocked Image: http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg118/manhuntworld/475428_10150683199778610_754003609_9299739_914107667_o.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg118/manhuntworld/palacepiccy02.png]

    [Blocked Image: http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg118/manhuntworld/palacepiccy03.png]

    [Blocked Image: http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg118/manhuntworld/palacepiccy04.png]

    please can you give me both good and bad feedback about it. i need to balance out good feedback with bad feedback or more so constructive critique. Aim it more at the building, not at the environment itself. its the building that's the show piece.

    thanks guys.

  • SamCom
    • April 20, 2012 at 12:01 AM
    • #2

    I know you said not to worry about the environment, but the transition between the building and the ground is very abrupt on the far left and right. Some sort of trim on the bottom, basement windows or the like, would probably help it blend. Maybe planters along the base?

    I'd break up those flat roofs on either side with dormers or some kind of trim.

  • cincinnati
    • April 20, 2012 at 4:42 AM
    • #3

    i knew it was nymphenburg as soon as i saw it, if that counts as a positive.

    on the negative, while the central building looks pretty good, the wings look pretty off, just in terms of general classical proportion (not checking the source for accuracy). the pilasters are relatively heavy, and look like they're floating above the ground floor rather than resting on it (most evident at the corner of that building in the last image). i would think the ground floor would be a different material/color (show modularity through rustication, maybe?) and would be beefed out a little to help solve this. also, the entablature is either too big or too bare, and is contributing to the imbalance in the stuff below. seems like a missed opportunity to show even more modularity through ornament/texture, if you were to decide to keep it on the big side.

    good luck with the project.

  • manhuntworld
    • April 20, 2012 at 8:20 PM
    • #4

    Thank you both for your feedback.

    I will take this all onboard and update this when i've got the results.

  • ElectroSheep
    • April 24, 2012 at 12:22 PM
    • #5

    I found all the windows a bit too flat. You can easily see that most od them are just put on the wall.

  • manhuntworld
    • April 25, 2012 at 2:48 PM
    • #6

    Yeah this is true, I will be adding to extrusion into the wall so that the windows blend in more.

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