Old asylum

That is genuinely very cool. One thing I notice is those stairs are, well, pretty boring. Try to incorporate some damaged steps and such. Also the hole at the top is a bit strange.

Good stuff though

that looks very nice! it's a shame, though, that you've made it in somewhat dissrepair. Why not make it cared for? you could add artistic depth with crawling ivy, windowboxes, or other things of beauty, rather than dissintegration and decay.

you'll probably want some railings on the stairs either way.

Pretty cool, very well made. I just want too see more

I don't like the lighting at all.

So..is this a map?

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So..is this a map?

I think it's a new fad: make a part of a building for pimp screenshots, the toss vmf away, await applause.

If you'd like to do it, then yeah, please do, but I don't want to inconvenience you. I just feel like we see too much old decrepit stuff these days, not enough beauty and elegance.

yeah, i understand. I think you should go this route.

Broken down and old is much better.

Do both, they can both look good, however I would use a different set of textures for the cleaner version. And either way, you should add some variety in those stairs steps textures. Well more like an X offset

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Broken down and old is much better.

not necesarily better, but definitely the trend right now.

i would also say it's probably easier to make a scene look more interesting as broken down and old, than to make it clean and beautiful. you just have to choose your subject a bit more carefully. it's easy to make an old house look great by chopping up the floors and peeling the wallpaper away, but much harder to add molding around all the doors and walls, give the windows lattice, and keep the lighting interesting and varried.

i dunno. i can't even think of how to make a beautiful place as varried and interesting because I havn't done it as much, and almost no one does it, so i have little point of reference. someone help me out

I much prefer the destroyed route. So much so, I would say that it should get a bit more of a battering. It will then give you the opportunity to make each half look different, since at the moment, it looks as though one side is more or less a clone of the other.

Possibly smash some of the windows, brick up a couple of the others, and put some bent corrigated iron over another, with wood holding it on. The stairs also look cloned (due to the textures), and they might also benefit from being displaced.

More weathering/declas on the textures, different brick textures on the chimneys, and possibly even the upper portion. Drain pipes and wires could also look good.

If you could make a map with buildings of this quality, you would be on to a winner

Lots of good tips. Looks fantastic...Funny how you can NEVER please everyone. :wink:

I think your time would be better spent creating the scene with a 3D modeling package OR incorporating this into a playable level, because otherwise it is solely created for the purpose of fancy screenshots..not sure how far this will get you.

But hey if you just do it for fun go knock yourself out