StarDestroyer.Net BBS

Now to build a fleet...

Sea based building? As in a barge or as in sits on the sea floor?

Sea floor, I guess, so that I can make some organic-shape subs...

Okay, I was wondering because if it was meant to float life was not going to go well for it, while on the sea floor or awash the outrigger design actually works well for stability. Looks interesting.

Excellent modeling skills. Just please don't do giant glass domes!

Flagg wrote:Excellent modeling skills. Just please don't do giant glass domes!

Why not?

It reminds me of Atlantis from the The Spy Who Loved Me.

Some simple subs....

Tell us the location of the rebel clamstation or your friends will die!

lovely.

Does the sand texture look okay?

light bends differnetly under water. this is a bit moon-like.

madd0ct0r wrote:light bends differnetly under water. this is a bit moon-like.

I know... I intend to add lighting effects in Photoshop once done with the texturing.

Eh, really didn't turn out the way I wanted... If anyone has any suggestions about making it look more like it's underwater, suggest away.

Maybe this one?

And now as a painting.

I think the lightsafts (is that the proper term for those) are a bit too strong in the first 2 pics.

third actually looks more realistic to my eyes.

It's just as much about color as bending light. The color effect's you got with the painting filter are about right, but then you could resharpen. I think there's too much light, though.

Maybe go with the light levels from the original "sand textures" picture, and start dropping colors http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorati ... gram3.html is a good diagram.

If you've ever seen The Abyss, that's the look you're looking for.

Why is the light coming from inside the ocean from the side?

I thought that the first time I looked at it as well but then I noticed that the station ist not very deep and that the light does come from the surface. It´s not very clear though, and perhaps a different viewing angle would be better.

Otherwise I´d get a higher resolution texture for the sand or do just do it procedurally and add a caustics pass to the rendering. For the caustics just look up one of the gazillion under water scenes tutorials out there.

Nope, the only way that light source works is if the sea lab is on a downward slope.

just a (stupid) question but just how big is this thing suppose to be? After all the bigger the structure the more it should show in the lighting of the scene, including things like self-illumination.

atm it looks wierd cause the look of the structure and subs suggest a rather large scale but the lighting suggest a really tiny scale.

Yeah usually you would want to go smaller or thinner with the light effects coming through the water as something gets bigger.
It looks like a little model in a fish pond or a toy in one of those little plastic pools.