Eon (3D Scene) Entry: Bartosz Bialek

[makaron]

hallo :)
nice to see you and good luck... :bounce:
any flowers this time?

[fgdf]

HELLO!! nice to see you here Mona So I guess wi will struggle once again ;)
Good luck to everyone. This one looks like the hardest topic yet. I've got no idea atm becouse i haven't read EON and still trying to find any in my local bookstores. Anyway trying to come up with some ideas from just some snippets of the story may be very intresting and challenging.
Good luck and here we go!!

[fgdf]

YES YES YES - I went to all book stores in my city and finally I've got it!! The only copy in this part of my country :D:D:D I'm so proud!! Now I nead to read it... 368 pages to go


EDIT:
I've read it now it's time to came up with some ideas

[fgdf]

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HEllo!
I'm looking for ideas So this is my first concept - very general .
The moment of russian attack on patato & bore hole's docks

[celiksert]

hey,
good luck in the challenge

cheers

[fgdf]

@Celik - thank you . My response is a little bit late becouse I just moved. So now it's ime for some updates.
-cheers

[fgdf]

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This is my final concept - composition . Ships and troops attacking entrance bore hole & docks. It's very rough but I wan't to improvise a bit and let my fantasy lead my way - It's a fantasy challenge isn't it? ;)
-cheers

[fgdf]

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HI - this is how my bore hole is going to look like - It was mostly shader & texture work ( diffuse / bump / displace maps) so I give it to shading category. It still needs some tweekings through
.I also developed basic lighting for a scene And it was quite hard to develop satisfying shatowing .I managed to setup shater and light the way you can see it now
Hope you like it.
-CHEERS!!

[gardogg]

Wow, that looks fantastic. I kind of would have pictured the tunnel looking like that.

[fgdf]

Thank's Gary nice to see you - I'm glad you like it and I hope you will only like it more and more
-cheers

[Morano]

good luck in challenge Bartek!

1. If you have Only one polish existing copy of EON , maybe you would like to share with me a xero-copy? Because i didn't have that much luck .

2 . Forgot about using photos of the moon surface if you want to have nice looking craters. You need ELEVATION map in greyscale or other gradiend colors. Photos has shadows which makes you surface unnatural (deep in shadow zone and peak in light) .here is a link of example map you need.

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/Map-a-Planet/

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/3696/1154021515nh7.th.jpg (http://img473.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1154021515nh7.jpg)

[fgdf]

@ Thanks Tomek I fixed height maps and make some tweekings now there is no sign of ugly shadows Thanks for pointing this out for me.. I have like 100+ hires photos of moon and asteroids I can share it btw.
I don't have the only one copy :P in Poland IMHO ( try to find wydawnictwo AMBER wznowienie z stycznia lub lipca 2006 ) At the moment my polish language copy is preaty "lost" (I moved recently)

I'll try to help you anyway.

[fgdf]

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Hello I fixed displacement & bump maps and lighting. It's far from my expectations but time goes on so I'll leave it for now.
-Cheers

[fgdf]

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HI all.
It's been a while since I last gave a sign here but my work & life issues forced me to take this break. But I don't give up. 3 weeks to go and I'll try to do my best - now it became kind of test of my speed abilities.
I started working on USSR space soldiers here you can see space suit, ak 297, shield.
I'm planing to pud most details on textures
-cheers

[fgdf]

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HEllo! Time's runnig out so I'm posting another update.
I textured astro soldier and weapon.
Soldiers will be rather small comparing to whole scene so I don't need too much details.
Now I'll model USSR's assault ships
cheers
-BB

[claudiojordao]

Hey fgdf, I like you work... but there's one thing, related to the tunnel, that is bodering me:
The tunnel is artificial, it should have artifacts or some other aspects that reflect the intervention of man... not of nature, like craters or so... it's just my opinion. Good luck.

[fgdf]

Hey fgdf, I like you work... but there's one thing, related to the tunnel, that is bodering me:
The tunnel is artificial, it should have artifacts or some other aspects that reflect the intervention of man... not of nature, like craters or so... it's just my opinion. Good luck.

don't you worry ;) I'm sure you will se some aspects !
Thanks!

[fgdf]

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hello
I started working on USSR's ships
This is very early stage WIP
I'll try to cach what Mr Beer was about saying "Twenty meters wide, the Russian ships resembled Christmas decorations as they entered the bore hole(C)G.B."
I'll do my best
-cheers

[fgdf]

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Modeling in progress
I want to my USSR spacecraft to have this "comi-look" (like old USSR trains ) I'm adding details to the ship . You can see some sample shaders There's still a lot work to be done
hope you like it
-cheers

[Nomad]

The space ship looks cool :thumbsup: I like the gold texture.

Good luck with your rendering finals.

[fgdf]

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New details are coming... and they still will next I'll finish engine - I need to also add solar-batery shields, laser shield , ornaments and lights.
Hope you like it

[fgdf]

The space ship looks cool :thumbsup: I like the gold texture.

Good luck with your rendering finals.

Thank's Maciej - This gold... I was inspired by apollo's landing module
you cen see it HERE;) (http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/images1apollo.html)

and final renders... it's gonning to be a race against time but wi will succed ;)
-cheers

[johnnymaster]

great work on the spacecraft mate! Very authentic materials! Superb!:thumbsup: And good luck!

[fgdf]

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Engine is done!
now it's time to party tommorow (I hope so) I'll finish the ship
-cheers

[fgdf]

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Hello I added next part of details
Next I'll work on shaders
-cheers

[fgdf]

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"twenty meters wide the Russian ships resembled christmas decoration"

[leving]

Definitely captured the quote at the bottom of the image. Christmas decorations :) It's a very interesting drawing with a great use of color.

[fgdf]

Thanks Leving!!:thumbsup:

[fgdf]

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Hello
I started modeling docks
Here you can see the main rotating dock
It's still an early WIP
-cheers!

[Leotril]

I like a lot what u did with the spacecraft the lightining is super movie like .. :thumbsup: are u planning this in the borehole or a chamber ?


later and good luck man

[fgdf]

@Leotril - Sure I do! I'm very happy to hear it . I want to construct all the mood on lighting and it's games. Lighting is the most important part of every scene
I'll also light borehole that's for sure
(and I hope it's going to be move like ) ;)
Thanks!!!

[fgdf]

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[fgdf]

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HEllo
I'm ading new parts and details
I will work on details ,shaders now and lighting now.
C&C are welcomed
-cheers

[fgdf]

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ufff Last night and day was very long... i started to render my still of course 95% of time that time I spent mes@#g with everyones favorite MR fatal 0.2 memory error . But Finally I made it. I fixed some shaders and added some light /FX . It's very close to what will be seen at final.
tonight is the night I'm gonna sleep .. I hope.. see ya!

[musi]

This last update worth sleepless nights, man! Very nicely done :thumbsup:!

Sasha
EON (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=423648)

[fgdf]

Thanks Alex! Now I'm having replay atm .. only 2 FE 0,2 so far ;)

[alvin-cgi]

looking good my friend!:)


ENO (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=413368)

[fgdf]

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HI All - Another "render" night. Now I'm working on ships layers. I'm not happy with some ship shaders and how they affect light so I have to fix some and spend some extra hours rendering... cool but I'm used to it . This is what I've got so far.
-SC

[fgdf]

@ ALVIN Thanks man!! hope to get only better !:bounce:

[VietEmotion]

hey yeah this looks great:D, maybe you tuned up the asteroides environment and this will be fine, but the vehicle and the buildings looks great so far.

[fgdf]

hey yeah this looks great:D, maybe you tuned up the asteroides environment and this will be fine, but the vehicle and the buildings looks great so far.
:bounce: Thanks :D
You know I't is very likely in this situation just connetc: entrance to the bore ,air presure from inside , dust, gravity and here you go :D

[fgdf]

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YES YES YES - I finally made to render the rest of ships , now I'm only one day behind schedule :( ...
Ships layer isn't composed with background yet but it's a work for future now I'll render little astro - soldiers yay
-cheers

[fgdf]

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HI - rendering in progress here you can see first soldiers layer. Now I will mix all layers and work on animation. This was another long day and night ;/ .. and only few to go ;)

[fgdf]

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Ok I mixed ship and docks layers and added some postfx...

[fgdf]

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it's getting closer... last chance to crtique ;)

[fgdf]

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last image is wrong this is the proper one :) but description stays !

[VietEmotion]

very cool, i like your lighning of the scene, but maybe you can make some destroyed crafts, some explosions to give the scene more dynamic, because now there are to much copied objects of soldiers and crafts.

maybe some devided bloody bodyparts from the russian soldiers:D

[fgdf]

very cool, i like your lighning of the scene, but maybe you can make some destroyed crafts, some explosions to give the scene more dynamic, because now there are to much copied objects of soldiers and crafts.

maybe some devided bloody bodyparts from the russian soldiers:D

YES SIR!!
In this scene (according to the book) there is one wrackage and I want to show it in animation. But there are no bodies (at this stage of attack ;) )

Now I'll animate camera and show 3d nature of this scene.
From first test I assume I will not have such problems ( Original image is 4444x3000) like constantly occuring FE 0.2 errors . Lover resolution will "eat" some details and I have to make some trick to realy show off.

I "developed" realy nice and "low cost "method of producing volumetric lighting which was my main problem in this scene at the beginning - so the only problem now is meshcount 13 934 812 per scene ...and this is FAT (for my pc :D:D:D )
MY animation's resolution will be 640x480 and. I only have ONE QUESTION:
FRAMERATE - 24? 25? 30? WHICH?

Thank's and cheers

[digikris]

Looks good. Needs some space effects. Something space related is missing. I think the less gravity is missing.

[fgdf]

Looks good. Needs some space effects. Something space related is missing. I think the less gravity is missing.
Can you be more precise??
Thank's in advance!

[Leotril]

My advice is try to do a close up like in post # 35 and work from there .. theres 21 days left still :)

[fgdf]

My advice is try to do a close up like in post # 35 and work from there .. theres 21 days left still :)

... and I think this could be a brilliant idea
I'll try!! and post some test soon!
THANKS for advice friend!

[fgdf]

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and here it is! Just a fast composition test - Now everything is much more dense .
Anyway I have to rerender a lot

I think it was something I was missing before.

[gringer]

Hi there!

Wow, so much detail in your models. One thing that sticks out to me is the guy near the center who has his arms up. He looks like a GI Joe doll or something, a bit too rigidly posed. Try giving him a more dynamic pose. It looks right now like his arms can only pivot up and down. Just a thought!

Cheers :D

[nwiz25]

wow! :eek: amazing details mate! :applause: very colourful too! :bounce:

me waits to c the final composition! :eek: :scream:


good luck to u! :thumbsup:

[Nomad]

Bartek, great work so far, the composition is dynamic and interesting :thumbsup:

I have just a crit about the "ground" texture. You can highely improve it by adding more bump and much more texture variations.. both procedural and bitmap.

Here is an example of texture. (http://www.grisda.org/teachers/conferences/2004fc/Meteor/Photos/Holsinger%20Meteorite%20-%20Meteor%20Crater%20Arizona%201.jpg)

Keep that way :bounce:

[fgdf]

@gringer - Thank's I'll fix that for sure!

@nwiz25 - u'll c 4shr ;)

@Nomad - Thank's for pointing that out - Thit was one of the things I had to leave becouse of lack of time ... but now when there are 20 days left - I'm working on it atm

Cheers and thank you for your support:thumbsup:

[digikris]

ok. The space ships have lights and they fly low but there is no shadow on the ground. You have people walking or flying low. Where are the shadows? Also little bit of fog on the search lights will give a space look. Definetly the space is colder and i had read in the book the first chamber also gets some snow.

Little details like that.

Probably one of the ships spot light should fall on the guy with gun below and you can cast a shadow of the guy on the rock. It will look better.

[fgdf]

ok. The space ships have lights and they fly low but there is no shadow on the ground. You have people walking or flying low. Where are the shadows? Also little bit of fog on the search lights will give a space look. Definetly the space is colder and i had read in the book the first chamber also gets some snow.

Little details like that.

Probably one of the ships spot light should fall on the guy with gun below and you can cast a shadow of the guy on the rock. It will look better.

That can be done Thank's!

I had to explain that in fact there ware no sharp or visible shadows on rocks becouse of it's shader nature&setup but ...shader has changed 20 minutes ago ;)

[fgdf]

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HI - I remodeled entrance to the stone
and realised that I need to also repaint it:] Which will happen soon
-cheers ya'll

[aurora]

The new entrance is lightyears better!!!

[fgdf]

The new entrance is lightyears better!!!
THANK'S and I'll try to improve it even more !!

[fgdf]

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I remade shader and repainted textures
-SC

[fgdf]

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Hello it's been a while but I'm still fighting.
I rerendered things to mach new composition. I made a lot of smaller tweeks and fixes and I think I'm done.
I'll not postprocess this image more becouse if it's about model not post fx why should i do that.
For sure it's not perfect but I'd have to polish things and details in 2d soft - I'll leave it as you can see it now.
So here it is (I guess ;) )
I hope you like it.

[ChewyPixels]

Good job! :thumbsup:

Everything looks good in terms of the modeling. However, the composition looks very chaotic. My eye is all over the place when viewing it. I think that it may have to do with everything being in focus. Perhaps rendeing a z-depth pass and some post work could help. I know that we are not being judged on the post work, but I think it can still be a nice add-on to your final still image.

Another crit is that the lighting could probably be brought up a bit inside the asteroid. After all, there should be some lighting coming from within the asteroid due to the chambers and the dock. I think it could also help to bring out the details that you put into the asteroid. :)

Ok, enough crits from me. I now eagerly await your animation. What do you have in mind?

[fgdf]

Jedi-Juice - Ok thanks for support and critq .Maybe you are right - some z depth wouldn't kill anybody so I'll try. ;) it isn't a crime...
:bounce:
Animation: I want to make a short animation from one of the soldiers point of view ( almost the same as you can see on still) and a bit of action ( some fly , shakes and roll )

[fgdf]

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Ok z-depth added - I hope jury will not kill me for that... ;)

[Intervain]

Hi Bartek!

I have to agree with Jedi-Juice on the composition... I don't really know what to look at, especially as an outsider who is not familiar with the book. I think bringing down the lights on some of the objects around the edge of your image might also help...

[fgdf]

O..K.. I counted 1..2..3 and that means I have to do something with composition. So will be done. I'll try to make it less baroque and clean I'll focus on rotating docs instead of docs& ships (i'll show off them in animation). ehh .. nature of this contest is very demands a lot of compromises.. but thanks for reminding this to me.

Thank you Magda - I'll spend this night rendering new composition so.. I dedicate this night partialy to you ;)
-cheers!

[Intervain]

awwww - dzieki wielkie :scream: powodzenia!

[fgdf]

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Ok - I cut some ships soldiers etc and focused on entrance - last night was short but I like the outcome. And I hope you will like it also. Nature of this contest demands to focus on modeling so sometimes you forget about other stuff (at least you don't want to resign from some things to make them better) So back to the basics of painting - composition fool! ;)
- cheers!!

[amz23]

It looks nice, however it seems kind of "unrealistic" that the astronauts are placed "exactly" in the empty regions of air, I mean there isn't any partially-visible astronaut behind some machine or ship... kind of seems too regular =/

:thumbsup:

[fgdf]

It looks nice, however it seems kind of "unrealistic" that the astronauts are placed "exactly" in the empty regions of air, I mean there isn't any partially-visible astronaut behind some machine or ship... kind of seems too regular =/

:thumbsup:

Thank's
I have to explain that this is space no air or gravity and there are partially visible astronauts!! :thumbsup:you just have to look closer (I'll post bigger image later) ;)
cheers!!!

[Intervain]

looks way better already - the pink lights still detract from the centre IMO and hmmm there seems to be no depth to it - everything is equally saturated and equally bright, no matter how far away from the camera - I'd play around with that in post or with renders :)

what kind of camera angle do you have on there? The top part of the main piece is really skewed in a strange way - doesn't quite make sense compared to the rest of the image - did you render them out all separately and composited together or are they in 1 scene?

don't give up - it still can be improved on!

[fgdf]

looks way better already - the pink lights still detract from the centre IMO and hmmm there seems to be no depth to it - everything is equally saturated and equally bright, no matter how far away from the camera - I'd play around with that in post or with renders :)

what kind of camera angle do you have on there? The top part of the main piece is really skewed in a strange way - doesn't quite make sense compared to the rest of the image - did you render them out all separately and composited together or are they in 1 scene?

don't give up - it still can be improved on!
Thanks!

Those pink lights are laser shields;) They have to have different saturation but you really pointed another problem with my scene. I wanted a kind of mysterious haze enviroment built by lights and laser shields. Controling saturation levels is a huge problem on this scene becouse there are almost only lights and.... dark areas. I'm trying to simulate a kind of blue lens filter which changes a hue of all and make it more "equally collored" - without it, saturation is even more contrast. It is a common problem wiht space scenes i guess
http://www.supershadow.com/starwars/pictures/3/r1.jpeg

Anyway it looks like I have to fix it ;)
When it comes to camera
Yes it is one scene I used 35 mm camera and this strange skew is jus an optical issue. Top dock is over 300m length , ships are just closer to camera (each 40m long) and that do the trick. You will see more on animation.
Thank you very much for support and critq you're very helpful.!
-SC BB

[fgdf]

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I play with some minor light and color changes.

[leving]

I really like the final composition you chose for this work. The glows on all of the lights came out particularly nice, as did the thrusters on the backpacks.

[fgdf]

@ Thanks Leving!

I'm rendering the animation now ( it looks like there's still 32:12:58 h to so it's a b@#$% lot of time to wait ;/ )
I'm preaty dissapointed by max resolution of 640. It is realy hard to show all details in it. What's the worst Shaders & lighting behave different and i think in future contests this limit should be extended.
-cheers!!

[fgdf]

Since I misunderstood some challange reqs and made a hi - res illustration I'm going to share it with you - why not ;)

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8932/finalhiresjpg5tp.th.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finalhiresjpg5tp.jpg)

btw:
Rendering in progress ;/

[BlackDidThis]

...
I'm preaty dissapointed by max resolution of 640. It is realy hard to show all details in it. What's the worst Shaders & lighting behave different and i think in future contests this limit should be extended...Are you SURE you got that right?

Cause over HERE (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/instructions.php)
it says:
Your final image dimensions should be in print resolution (as large as you can possibly render). Do not send in a low-resolution placeholder and ask us to get back to you, as we won't.

I have downloaded your image and it is very nice.. I believe by every angle you pretty much fit into the regulations. I don't see a problem.

In any case, thank you for sharing...

And BEST of luck from here on... :thumbsup:


Black

[alvin-cgi]

wow, so many details... a bit busy to me, may be just me!:) GREAT WORK!:thumbsup:

[fgdf]

Are you SURE you got that right?

Cause over HERE (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/instructions.php)
it says:


I have downloaded your image and it is very nice.. I believe by every angle you pretty much fit into the regulations. I don't see a problem.

In any case, thank you for sharing...

And BEST of luck from here on... :thumbsup:


Black


Hi
I'm sure!! check FAQ we don't need to make final hi res print!! (it's only for illustration category) A lot of people missunderstood this ;/
Thanks for support ;):bounce:

@Alvin - thank's friend and good luck to you too!!

I'm still rendering ( some minar and major problems occured as usual in such cases :] ;) )
I'll post some still's later on!
-cheers!

[makaron]

you worked hard and got a great image here... but! where is the flowers this time :eek:

looking forward to see the final soon :thumbsup:

[alvin-cgi]

show me the video!!:scream: Did I miss the link or you havent put it in yet?:D

ENO (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=4159132#post4159132)

[fgdf]

@Mona - hiiii so nice to see you!! no flowers this time.... and hamsters neither!! :/
I'll post everything what's left today ;) cheers:thumbsup:

@Alvin! NO ;/ I'll post it today (later my today) I had to rerender like 90% but it's ok now ~1 hr of rendering left atm. Thank's cheers!

[fgdf]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170036622_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170036622_large.jpg)

yes yes yes after few days of struggle I managed to render my animation. here's some frames!
-cheers ;)

[fgdf]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170072234_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170072234_large.jpg)

This is my final image entry. Russian soldiers assaulting bore hole. This image/frame was rendered at 4k resolution and as a still it represents the best the esence of my work & animation.
It like to thank all the people who helped me during my fight to have it done this way. You're great guys.
-BIG cheers!

[fgdf]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170100464_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170100464_large.jpg)

Software: 3ds max,After Effects,Painter

Asaulting the bore hole...

When I read the book I had clear view of what impressed me the most.
The scene when russian ships asaulted the bore hole. I imagined how must have it felt for a gray soldier to see those giant rotating docks , the entrance , all other soldiers and ships flying around
The best about this book and contest was that it wasn't telling you like what to do - how did it look like etc - but it stimulated your imagination to see and image it your own way.
And this is how I saw this scene - and I'm very pleased with it ;)
I'd like to thank all great people who helped me during my battle and reminded me that beyond every vision even the great there stands simple things like proper composition ;) - youre great.thanks!

3d scene:

The idea was to make a cinematic scene - something with breadth that make's you feel a small compared to the stone , docks and all what was going on there.


BIggest challenge:

The scene was ment to be renderet at 4x4k resolution so I put as much details I could have. Than I had to animate them at lower resolution and this was the moment when things became complicated. Some shaders behaved different at higher resolution - some elements became invisible at lo res and some occured as to tim consuming.
Managing over 150 moving objects was also a big task.

some facts

It took average 22 min per frame to render
There are 160 rusiian soldiers on the scene - 1,3 mln tris
5 visible russian ship each 1,4 mln tris
stone surface & rotating docks - 2,2 mln tris
I rendered the scene animation in 2 main layers ( becouse of my machine's technical limitations)
- docks / soldiers / ships
- volumetric lights

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/player.php?entry_id=76980)

[alvin-cgi]

Great one:thumbsup: I really like the way you blending wires, AO your WIP into it! well done.


by the way, do you mind tell me the steps to upload the video? I am a bit confused by cguploader. Thanks

[fgdf]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170116217_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170116217_large.jpg)

Software: 3ds max,After Effects

Asaulting the bore hole...

When I read the book I had clear view of what impressed me the most.
The scene when russian ships asaulted the bore hole. I imagined how must have it felt for a gray soldier to see those giant rotating docks , the entrance , all other soldiers and ships flying around
The best about this book and contest was that it wasn't telling you like what to do - how did it look like etc - but it stimulated your imagination to see and image it your own way.
And this is how I saw this scene - and I'm very pleased with results ;)
I'd like to thank all great people who helped me during my battle and reminded me that beyond every vision even the great there stands simple things like proper composition ;) - you're great.thanks!

3d scene:

The idea was to make a cinematic scene - something with breadth that make's you feel a small compared to the stone , docks and all what was going on there.


BIggest challenge:

The scene was ment to be rendered at 4x4k resolution so I put as much details as I could have. Than I had to animate scene at lower resolution and this was the moment when things became complicated. Some shaders behaved different at higher resolution - some elements became invisible at low resolution and some occured as to time consuming.
Managing over 150 moving objects was also a big task.

some facts

It took average 22 min per frame to render
There are 160 russian soldiers on the scene - 1,3 mln tris
5 visible russian ship each 1,4 mln tris
stone surface & rotating docks - 2,2 mln tris
I rendered the scene animation in 2 main layers ( becouse of my machine's technical limitations)
- docks / soldiers / ships
- volumetric lights

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/player.php?entry_id=76990)

[SweD]

Just a very well done job. Your final still is great, and your animation very cool and explaining your modeling clearly.
I wish you best of luck for the following. :thumbsup:

[mmoir]

Hey Bartosz,


Your animation is really great :thumbsup: :thumbsup: . Great job on your image and good luck.

[spire]

Hi .
Very nice work you have done.GOOD LUCK!
Spire.

By the way,you were right about the lights in my scene.But is was no time to change them anyway. :)

[fgdf]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170265593_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11928/11928_1170265593_large.jpg)

Software: 3ds max,After Effects

Asaulting the bore hole...

When I read the book I had clear view of what impressed me the most.
The scene when russian ships asaulted the bore hole. I imagined how must have it felt for a gray soldier to see those giant rotating docks , the entrance , all other soldiers and ships flying around
The best about this book and contest was that it wasn't telling you like what to do - how did it look like etc - but it stimulated your imagination to see and image it your own way.
And this is how I saw this scene - and I'm very pleased with results ;)
I'd like to thank all great people who helped me during my battle and reminded me that beyond every vision even the great there stands simple things like proper composition ;) - you're great.thanks!

3d scene:

The idea was to make a cinematic scene - something with breadth that make's you feel a small compared to the stone , docks and all what was going on there.


BIggest challenge:

The scene was ment to be rendered at 4x4k resolution so I put as much details as I could have. Than I had to animate scene at lower resolution and this was the moment when things became complicated. Some shaders behaved different at higher resolution - some elements became invisible at low resolution and some occured as to time consuming.
Managing over 150 moving objects was also a big task.

some facts

It took average 22 min per frame to render
There are 160 russian soldiers on the scene - 1,3 mln tris
5 visible russian ship each 1,4 mln tris
stone surface & rotating docks - 2,2 mln tris
I rendered the scene animation in 2 main layers ( becouse of my machine's technical limitations)
- docks / soldiers / ships
- volumetric lights

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/player.php?entry_id=77154)

[fgdf]

This is my final final entry - i used proper final image no letterboxes and logos

@SweD - thank's Cyril :bounce: and good luck to you too!!
@mmoir - thank you Mike and wish you a goodluck too:thumbsup:
@Spire - thank's Mihail and good luck - if it's blinking it's good at least nobady will doubt your scene is 3d ;)

-cheers

[taavi]

That is a truly massive scene!

Excellent work :)

[arturro]

Great work. To be honest i mostly like how it evolved, you made it better and better with each update. Really massive one. Good luck and see you soon on the next challenge I hope :) It's my third finished and I must say that whole my 3d progress is thanks to them.

[ChewyPixels]

Cool animation. I like how you added the small "making-of" at the end. Nice touch! :thumbsup: Good luck with the judging!

[fgdf]

@taavi - thanks!! nice to hear it ;)

@arturro - thank's you can be sure we will meet on next challenge - can't wait for it.
-cheers

@Jedi-Juice - thank's and good luck to you to!!

[nwiz25]

wooowooooo! :eek: congratulations on ur finishing! :scream::scream::applause::applause: this is outstanding work! :eek: very well detailed! i love the colour combination of blue n red! :p one word to describe it ... SPARKLING! ... :p

good luck dude! :thumbsup: cheers!:beer:

[fgdf]

Thanks Neville:bounce: - i'm pleased to hear it - wish you all the best!
-cheers

[Intervain]

Big congrats on bringing this one to an end Bartosz - it's a massive scene like everyone else here said! crazey to try and do it on your own [in a good sense I mean :D]! Shame about all the flickering in the animation but no matter :) Still cool and I like how the image itself evolved - the best version is the last one for sure :bounce:

GOOD LUCK!!

[fgdf]

Thanks Madzia! It's really nice to hear such words. When it comes to flickering... at least noone will doubt it's not a 3d ;)

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