[WIP] Velothi Tombs Interiors

Hi,

I'm currently working on the Velothi Tombs Interiors, as the title says. I haven't done too much yet, but here's what I've done so far:

Tri_In_velothismall_halfhall

Tri_In_velothismall_corner

Tri_In_velothismall_cap_02, the thinner hallway cap

That's it for now, more to come in the near future!

Last edited by grumpycat on 8 Dec 2014 - 17:34.

It's a fellow blender user!

It's a fellow blender user! Welcome to the team!

Here's some more: 3 more new

Here's some more: 3 more new ones and 2 tweaks!

New:

Tri_In_velothismall_cap_01, the thicker hallway cap

Tri_In_velothismall_3way, three-way hallway intersection

Tri_In_velothismall_4way, four-way hallway intersection

Tweaks:

Tri_In_velothismall_cap_02-updated Tri_In_velothismall_cap_02, Made cap more rounded

Tri_In_velothismall_corner_01-updated Tri_In_velothismall_corner_01, made the wall/walkway more rounded

That's it for today, I think I might go sleep.. or eat.. or something and get back onto it tomorrow or later today, reaaaaalllly later today, if that.

It is great that your doing this model Bolt. But do keep in mind we are trying to iterate not replicate the original models. Which means added detail to the model. I don't want to deter you. But just keep this in mind and you will go far. :)

I don't really see how I

I don't really see how I could change the basic hallway bits, in my opinion. But I'll try to add some pizzazz to the larger pieces and maybe some other things, if I can see something happening there or some kind of feedback towards the piece/s.

Actually, at the moment I'm working on one of the separate columns and when I added all the verts needed to make it, it was about the same amount as the original, so I might add something cool to that, since it has a lot of leeway.

Obviously the architecture is

Obviously the architecture is fairly simple, but these are old tombs. Try beating them up a little bit, make them look a little more organic, worn down and aged. Maybe punch some holes and dents in some of the models, make the surfaces more uneven. Those models you posted pics of look about the same as phitt's or silgrad's velothi tilesets, but the thing that struck me about those sets is that they all looked so perfect and symmetrical. That lack of detail really stands out in a modern game like skyrim.

You have a point there. After

You have a point there. After I've finished up the one I'm currently doing, I'll go back and see what I can do with the other ones.

a lot of damage can be done

a lot of damage can be done by making some decor models like we do with exteriors. I'll take a look at the pieces tonight and see what can be done.

Here's one more

Tri_In_velothismall_column_01

My idea to the lip up the top was it could have the ancient chimeri(?) text adorned on the underside of it.
Maybe it should be bigger? or on a different angle? or is it fine as it is? I'm not quite sure about it. :s

Another three:

Tri_in_velothismall_hall_04, longer hall variant of "Tri_In_velothismall_halfhall"

Tri_in_velothismall_hall_03, hallway variant with a window! omg, ikr? ! A window! Wow!

Tri_in_velothismall_hall_01, hallway variant with support beams

Only one for now.

Tri_In_velothismall_3way_02, three-way hallway intersection with a window.

And here's some quick ideas for damaged pieces in general.

I'm not really sure about them, they could be a lot better and I'm not sure what else I could do, in terms of ideas. I really only think the floor one is good, if any. What do you guys think?

Great progress, nice models :

Great progress, nice models :-) one thing you can do is make the pillars more rounded, or what do you guys think?

This is progressing nicely,

This is progressing nicely, but as Eloth said, smooth angles and rounded edges were the main feature of Velothi tomb architecture ;) But at this point it's a bit hard to tell how would it look in-game.

Thanks guys.

Yeah, I was thinking about the pillars from the start. I should add at least another 2 verts to the outer radius, I'd think.

And also, I think the original models were using a smoothness modifier, so I'll fix up the pillars and post some pics with smoothness modifier applied.

Comparisons

One new one:

Tri_Mesh15, One-quarter of "Tri_In_velothismall_column_01"

Comparisons

top left- original model I made, smoothed

top right- original model I made, flat

bottom- smoothed with extra verts

The extra vert model has about 90% more verts than the morrowind model. The original one I made has about 40% more.

The extra vert model has about 100% more than morrowind model. Original one I made has about 40% more. Neither are great in their own way, tbh. The lip up the top could be removed, if need be.

The extra vert model has about 100% more than the original morrowind model. Original one I made has 50% more.

I tink it has about 50% of the original morrowind model, the original one I made was about the same.

So, I'm not really sure what to do.

I bet I added some number together wrong and it's actually all fine, though...

edit: I pressed save on accident rofl

4 new (pretty simple :s) ones

4 new (pretty simple :s) ones.

Tri_In_velothismall_pittop_01

Tri_In_velothismall_pittop_02

Tri_In_velothismall_pitbot_01

Tri_In_velothismall_pitd_01

Tri_In_velothismall_pittop_01 & Tri_In_velothismall_pitbot_01 above each other

8 new ones, although a lot of

8 new ones, although a lot of them were copy/paste of each other with a few tweaks as needed.

Tri_In_velothismall_pitbot_02

Tri_In_velothismall_pitd_02

Tri_In_velothismall_pitd_03

Tri_In_velothismall_pitd_04

Tri_In_velothismall_pitd_05

Tri_In_velothismall_pitd_06_0

Tri_In_velothismall_wall_01

Tri_In_velothismall_wall_02

Took me ages, with all the

Took me ages, with all the tweaks and random testing I did for rotations and what not, but it's done, with the glorious vert count of just under 1.3k :O

Tri_In_velothilarge_hall_01, the large basic hallway piece

Here's some more

Tri_In_velothilarge_3way_01, three-way large hallway intersection

Tri_In_velothilarge_4way_01, four-way large hallway intersection

Tri_In_velothilarge_corner_01

Lots of rotating, twisting

Lots of rotating, twisting and turning.

Tri_In_velothilarge_con_01, large -> small/vice versa connector

It's looking great! As you

It's looking great! As you said before, the game models have smooth shading between edges, you can apply the same in Blender by w -> shade smooth for selected faces. I guess you know that already, you seem to be quite adept with Blender so far :)

Thanks!

Here's one for all you people out there reading [External image]

Tri_In_velothilarge_cap_01, large hallway cap

A lot less rotating than the last one. lol

Tri_In_velothismall_room_01,

Tri_In_velothismall_room_01, basic room. New vs. Old comparison

Lots of rotating, scaling and

Lots of rotating, scaling and all sorts of things. A tad bit frustrating (or at least the way I made it), but it was worth it since I can use it as a base for 1 or 2 more pieces.

Tri_in_velothi_curve_02

Tri_in_velothismall_ramp_03,

Tri_in_velothismall_ramp_03, curvy ramp. Ooo

Tri_in_velothismall_curve_01

Looks like your beavering

Looks like your beavering away nicely. Trust me when you get these done you will be a hero for us all, as it will be one of the first interiors sets to be done and means that we can open up interior cluttering and navigation meshing to a whole bunch people. Lots of exciting things can be done...can't wait.

Tilekits are probably one of

Tilekits are probably one of the hardest and boring task to make, but usually the most important one. Nice job!

Tri_In_velothilarge_ramp_01

Tri_In_velothilarge_ramp_02, about 2x higher than ramp_01.

Tri_In_velothismall_ramp_01

Tri_In_velothismall_ramp_02, about 2x higher than ramp_01.

Tri_in_velothi_platform_01

Tri_In_velothismall_column_03, a thicker column than column_01.

Tri_In_velothismall_ramplong_01, a long ramp.

Tri_In_velothismall_ramplong_02, about 2x higher than ramplong_01

Tri_In_velothismall_room_02

A set of stairs I've made so far. Should it stay as it is, slowly scaling in size until it hits the top at full width? Or should I tweak them a bit so that they stay the same width the whole way through?