The Lost World: McKormick

[McKormick]

Greetings to all competitors

I decided to participate in this competition (my first time in fact), I believe this way I can learn a lot of building a scene at all its stages. it will also let me verify my modeling skills. I'm new to 3d and this will be my first serious project.

My idea of lost world is to create civilisation inhabiting a cave. The shape of cave will remind a deep bottomless well. the city will be build along the cave walls and many flats to the bottom.
I don't have the final concept of inhabitants race but for ure it will be a tribe a miners living in medieval times (no advanced tech. no electricity, no engines). As miners they are pretty skilled in stone and metal working as well as constructing.

my fist plan was to build a huge tower in the middle of hole and many bridge connecting opposite sides of city rings as on attached sketch. but now I see that tower covers to much space and I resing from building it, nevertheless I'll build few bridges across the hole.

I'm not sure of camera angle so I will see how the final model will look and than position it properly but the idea is to show the upper levels of the city as well as deep hole.

Forgive me posting a bad sketch but i didn't have time to work on it, instead i began modeling structures, will post it later.

critiques are most welcome

Best of luck for all competitors

[McKormick]

update

the first building of government institute of some sort

[minimus]

cool consept.

and great modeling, clean. you have copiend and bend?

[hosch]

I think the idea of the cave city is a great one, looking forward to see the progression.

[McKormick]

Hi everyone

Small update since my last post. I played a bit with lights, placed some firing candle holders and put distant greenish light - I consider this one as main light source to lit whole cave.
The idea is to place great selfiluminated crystal which was found during cave exploration many years before.
It is some kind of national treasure holded in hands by huge goddess statue.
The statue will be located opposite to cave entrance as a main city object.
Some WIP of the statue I hope to post soon

[samuelspode]

yeah real interesting idea cant wait to see more

[McKormick]

Happy New Year to all


After quite a long break for X-mas etc. I returned to work and started to model a castle cause every self-respecting city has a castle as residence of royalty

here is the early stage of mine

[samuelspode]

really nice, cant wait to see more of this one. happy new year

[AlperGÖNEN]

wow this is really great! i like this style very much :) i'm waiting for your pregress :)

[McKormick]

small update of my castle

...damn so much to do and time is running so quick. hope to do more next week

[korbul]

Yea , I like your modeling skills , and i can only hope you are as good with texturing and lighting.

[McKormick]

small update since last time

As I didn't have concept for modeling I started to prepare textures.
Here is what came up with...

[AlperGÖNEN]

good texturing. looks realistic ;)

[kengsing]

Originally Posted by AlperGÖNEN

good texturing. looks realistic ;)

i agree. looking formard to c everything completed :good:

[freakyihop]

looking good so far.