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Thought I'd take a bit of a break from the artsy stuff, and try my hand at some architectural stuff. This'll be an on-going project where I do some before and after renderings of an old warehouse/factory converted into lofts. Still need to do a lot of work on the little details, like the i-beam joints and bases for the pillars, but I thought I'd post what I've come up with so far.

I originally was using a lofted spline for the sheet-metal siding, but it was killing my render times. So I went with a simple bump map and it's looking fine in these conditions. I also need to throw a 'specular' map for the i-beams - they are just too flat (even for a run down look). I may also try for a distressed painted look on them as well.

wow. looks really good. how much time did this take? are you gonna put more light in it?

michaelplogue wrote:Thought I'd take a bit of a break from the artsy stuff, and try my hand at some architectural stuff. This'll be an on-going project where I do some before and after renderings of an old warehouse/factory converted into lofts. Still need to do a lot of work on the little details, like the i-beam joints and bases for the pillars, but I thought I'd post what I've come up with so far.

I originally was using a lofted spline for the sheet-metal siding, but it was killing my render times. So I went with a simple bump map and it's looking fine in these conditions. I also need to throw a 'specular' map for the i-beams - they are just too flat (even for a run down look). I may also try for a distressed painted look on them as well.

If you add visible welding or "button" kind of connection (sorry, don't know it in english) to the I beams - the result will be a photo!
The top one seemed already like a photo to me!

Boris Ulzibat wrote:If you add visible welding or "button" kind of connection (sorry, don't know it in english) to the I beams - the result will be a photo!
The top one seemed already like a photo to me!

…bolts

do at least three bolts (3/4"dia or possibly bigger) and an angle, typically one side gets welded to the beam in the shop and the other gets field-bolted to the column or girder.

I can dig up a typical detail if you're interested…

Hi Michael,
As always I enjoy your posts and renders.
Forgive me for taking this opportunity to state my disappointment at your removal of the posts of your previous renders.
I was visiting family over the Christmas holiday and they wanted to see what I was talking about when I rambled on about Maxwell.
They all stood around behind my chair as I navigated the Maxwell Forum.
I'd told them rendering was about *art* and not geeky clicks.
My jewelry renders leave them cold. Which is understandable as they are for magazine reading store owners
It was most disappointing to see you had removed your atmospheric and conceptual images.
I hope you post them again to remind us of what can be done with this artist's tool.
cheers and best wishes,
larry

thanks guys! Moddeling didn't take much time - it's a pretty basic design (not that I know a thing about engineering! ). Most of the time was spent working on the materials - especially the sheet metal. I didn't want there to be any repeating patterns to give away the fact that it's not really real. The dirt/leaves on the floor took the most time. I ended up using a small clip mapped plane which I used with p-array with a very low speed (to give it a slight depth). I then converted it to a single poly object and added some noise in the z direction in order to give it some randomness (the lower parts are hidden by the floor plane. all of the other trash objects are ones I had purchased for Poser - just re-textured.

I found some reference photos, and your description helps me out a lot lebbus - should be simple enough to throw together. Thanks for the offer!


Larry - Sorry about my pictures. I killed them during a episode of extreme stupidity on my part - flew off the handle for the wrong reason. It'd take a while to reconstruct my gallery here. but I still have most of my images in my on-line "temporary-until-I-can-make-something-better" gallery. Just click on the 'www' button in my sig.

Unfortunately, I may need to put this project on the back-burner for a while. My mother is a master gardener, and produces a weekly piece for the local TV station back home in Wyoming. I did a cheesy introduction animation for her last year, and she's wanting a new one for the spring. So now I have to first come up with a new concept, then decide if I want to use Maxwell (since we now have animation capability back with the new Max plugin) or if I should use my new copy of Vue-6.... Maybe I'll be able to use a combination of both, but I need to do a lot of experimentation first......

lebbeus wrote:

Boris Ulzibat wrote:If you add visible welding or "button" kind of connection (sorry, don't know it in english) to the I beams - the result will be a photo!
The top one seemed already like a photo to me!

…bolts

do at least three bolts (3/4"dia or possibly bigger) and an angle, typically one side gets welded to the beam in the shop and the other gets field-bolted to the column or girder.

I can dig up a typical detail if you're interested…

I didn't mean bolts, but bolts are just fine! (I know the word "bolts", things are not this bad

Rivets, i found a dictionary

Hi Michael,
Thanks for the link. That is just what I wanted to show.
Your foggy landscapes would be a nice addition to the collection.
Incredible work.