Messing around in Ue4

re exporting, Applying placeholder textures and lightinging tweaking in engine - 4 hours

Next task - second pass the building with full unwrap and map bakes, investigate decals 

a relevant Revenent update

Finishing the first pass of the rev anent - 2 hours
next step - creating the high poly using the first pass as shape + scale guide

Total time on project - 3 hours

still much work to do but the challenging task of breaking down the concept and the mechanics of the transformation are done and I feel  that I have a better understanding of the transformation process. for the Reveanent. there are still some minor shape and scale alterations to make however the main shape and size is done.

Friday end of day

Oil tank and upper+ lower foyer - 4 hours
next - redo tram car and then build ue4 modules (light maps and generic textures)
spent way too long on the oil tank but i'm happy how it turned out, might steal pieces of it for the tram car redo

Friday lunch

Cablecar bay and facility door - 3 hours
next step- lower facility enterence area, railings and oil drums

Thurs_endofday

Cable car first pass - 2 hours

next task - first pass the cable car bay

Thurs Lunch Prog report

Cable car support - time taken 4 hours
next step - cablecar

Wednesday progress report

Today I began my dead space environment after some initial struggles with my previous placeholder i decided to redo it in the same format as my environment a day pieces. this was very helpful and after some additional tweaks I imported it into ue4 as Pic 1. i then refined it and added additional detail especially with the girder supports kit and the detailed concrete pieces.

Scene rough out and then engine mockup - time 5 hours

Next step - complete in engine mockup and then begin first pass

pic 1_ mockup -1 1hour 30 mins


 Pic 2 & 3 - scene placeholder 3 hours 30 mins

Enginepod

in a bid to improve my time management i'm attempting to document my progress more often. i'm also testing out a backdrop, and would love feedback.
Engine pod piece - 1 hour
Next step - continue first passing the block out

Building a Revanent - The block out and the plan.

For my next portfolio piece i'm going to be making the Revanent from Strikesuit zero. Below is the block out i'v made to quickly roughed out the sizes and shapes 'ill be working with over the next 3 weeks. Unlike my Glaive project, i'm intending this one to be engine ready and the final presentation is planned to be done in unreal 4. With the placeholder blocked out the next step is to build the firstpass for all of the working parts. The original Strikesuit design by by Junji Okubo had functionality in mind when it was designed so as I build it I need to take into account that all of the separate pieces have to be pose-able and offer the range of motion necessary for the game. I'm also planning on attempting the texture pass in substance but that'll depend on how this goes.

Block out - Time taken 20 mins
Next step - First pass the modules and receive first round of feedback

- image taken from (http://strikesuitzero.com/ssz/media#Artwork)

Day 10

Time taken 1 hour
30 mins texture 30 mins model
went well, grass is a bit weird had to stop due to time limit, happy whit the new technique for wood using splodges of color and then smudging the wood grain in. I'm gonna film my next attempt.

throne room contribution

Throneroom End of Sprint

Day 9

Final Tank Presentation

Penultimate Throne day

Day8

Day 7

day6

Day5

went well, time for a story.

The Throne room Update

Soon the scene will be done, very happy. Charlies gyro looks good  and the stairs looks good composition wise but their light maps have issues. The throne is in the scene now and the banners really help the composition.

Day 4

The Penultimate Tank

The Penultimate pass: The treads need some tweaks and i think the turret still looks a little bare. In general i'm very happy with he progress though and looking forwards to having it done and on my website.