Gates of Wengshan Mountains

[Tsukiyono]

Well this is something i started working on yesterday, it had been about 9 months or so since i last used max, but i have also only been using the program for about 2 years now.

 

I am working this off a reference image i found online, so there is still alot i got left to work on. There is the oriental style roof to this, and all the statues and inscriptions that are also on the structure.

 

This has so far taking me about 5 hours to model as of now, most of the time was spent on the side sections and getting those to go in to the right spots and to clean up a few issues i had while boolening.

 

I do need to work on some stuff i know already, as the two main colums in the center section, those need to streatch out farther from the tower as i got to put a few statues on theor of some chinese guard dogs that i also found some images online.

 

But if anyone has any more critiques, or would like to see my reference and or some of the other screens i have, or would like a different angle, please let me know.

 

Thanks

[chuck]

i'd like to give you a good critique, but there's not much to comment on yet. your modeling looks clean and detailed. i think texturing that thing will be the real challenge. i'm assuming this gate has some years on it, so you'll need some good dirty/stained maps.

 

what's the plan for the background?

 

chuck

[Tsukiyono]

To be honest, i hadnt thought about it, the actual reference is in a city setting, which i personally dont want. I would like to at some point create an entire village, with a mountain range type background, (sort of like alot of the images you see of china). But as of right now, i can only really create the componets as i have had no success at all of making the oriental rooks (the tile roofs) and all that in general. The actual buildings i dont have "too" much trouble with till i get to the more detailed sections, (Since i am still new and learning the program)... but the roofs are killing me and have ended several attempts at making on already.

 

That is the next thing i want to work on here, is getting that roof done. And i am hoping to get that done this week, or at least get started on it. But other things i need to work on as well, is i need to add in some chinese guardian dog statues into the middle section of the columns. So i got alot left to work on yet.

 

As to the texturing, yeah it is an old structure, but as i would like to place the setting at some point in the past, i dont need to have to old a look to it, but the texturing also arises several other problems. I dont know how to make my own textures. And i have not gotten to advanced into the materials in max yet as well.

[chuck]

i'm not up on my asian architecture...besides Ando anyway....but this tutorial might help:

 

http://www.cgarchitect.com/news/newsfeed.asp?nid=2526

 

chuck

[Tsukiyono]

Hey thanks for the link... im not sure if it is exactly what i am looking for.. but it looks close and it looks like it will if nothing else give me a starting place. Once again thanks for the help

[IC]

Hi Craig

Why don't you post your reference then we can get an idea of the texturing involved.

 

Looks promising.

[DennisHolland]

Hi,

 

the model sure is a good base for some texturing (and some lighting/shading)studies. It's got everything you need for quite a nice task.

 

Good luck with it,

 

Dennis