Waterfall feature sculpting and creation

[MrEcho]

i suggest using or rockgen script from highend3d or using vue meta blub function it can combine separate simple cubes like the one you have and bridge them with interesting rocky fashion and u can have wide range of variety and options

training for that available here:
Mighty HyperTerrains - Volume 1 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/javascript%3Cimg%20src=%22images/smilies/grin.gif%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20title=%22grin%22%20smilieid=%2230%22%20class=%22inlineimg%22%20/%3EivStatus%28%27FoldableH2ID_2%27,%20%27document.folded_arrow2%27,%27/order/Buttons/unfolded_noh2.gif%27,%27/order/Buttons/folded_noh2.gif%27%29)

[InfernalDarkness]

Metaballs won't really help in this case, but I can see why you'd offer the advice. I need a more dynamic texturing option...

Also, Vue's not an option in a production environment. I'm good friends with the author of the Hyperterrain tutorials, but still find them severely limiting and lacking for my purposes. Maya's metaballs are much more potent, but I am going to go look at CreativeCrash (used to be Highend3D) for a rock script to try! I have tried instancing a few rocks in, but creating enough variation has been troublesome.

Might end up just spending awhile sculpting it in Mud again. Depends on which direction the client wants to go!

I do appreciate your feedback though, and thank you.

[MrEcho]

i was also looking for rocks script for my same desert scene, i found rockgen and some others could mess with the vertex position in random way that could help for variations

these what i found, it might help in ur scene and all are at ceativecash

RockShader-v0.0-

rockPaint-v1.0-

rockGen-v2.0-

ktRockShatter

geometryPaint-v1.0-

Object Tweaker

polyRandomizer

Random Select 1.2.0

Randomize Points

randomizeShader

scatter

[InfernalDarkness]

Thanks for pointing those out! I've used several of them, but am gonna spend some time seeing if I can make something work for me with the others.

spPaint3D (http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/rendering/misc/c/sppaint3d) is the best geometry-paint tool I've used so far in Maya; it's at Crash too, check it out if you need another tool for instancing and such!

http://www.creativecrash.com/system/photos/000/059/671/59671/big/sppaint3d_window.jpg?1252958522

[MrEcho]

ohh thanks, sure i will check it i need every possible tool or information could help my desert scene ))

[musashidan]

Do you still use Zbrush in your workflow alongside Mudbox? If so, then the new Trim/Planar brushes are perfect for the creation of rock surfaces.(in conjunction with the new surface noise feature)

[InfernalDarkness]

I'll try to find a similar setup in Mudbox, likely just have to make more custom brushes (which is fine; every time I open Mud I make at least one new brush, it's easy). I haven't used Zbrush since Mudbox arrived. The workflow is pretty obnoxious for an ingrained Maya user; Mudbox functions just like Maya internally, and without the 2.5D silliness which always bugged me. Not that it's not a useful tool, just not as useful in my workflow.

This project revived itself almost at the same moment you all responded again, my friends! Hope to post a "final" render or two soon; I'm meeting the clients again tomorrow!

Here's how my last water feature turned out, just before we finished the imported Japanese tile "roof" section:

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9027/dsc06874websize.jpg

(yes, those bowls on the side are gas-fed fire pits!)

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