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Did two test renders. Just realise how important terrain is to MASH nodes. JESUS the first terrain has soooo many floating trees due to the massively uneven terrain. The second one is much better but as I am writing this I found another floating tree eeeeeeeeh. Gonna fix that now.

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Model is finally complete, now time to render! ... and add lights, camera, which I still dont have too much clue on how to do sadly. And the deadline is inching closer, sad!

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ok finally got the snow up there. Used nparticles to get particles onto the surface and then convert them to polygons.

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Progress Report

Always late on these. This was finished like 3 days ago and i just cant remember to put it on tumblr. Anyway I am currently trying to figure out how to keep the converted polygon from diappearing.

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Progress Report: After many iteration, the model for the main structure is finally complete. Initially thought to build around the hedrons, then I feel like having different buildings attached onto the hedrons will be a better idea. Eventually after some trial and error I realised that Hedrons are not necessary at all. I could just build a steampunk mega building instead which i did. It turns out to be a lot batter than expected!

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Finally some progress. Dont know why it took me so long to figure this out. Some simple terrain

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Sketched some rough scene sequence, from top to bottom, start in a forest, advances along the to see a cabin, then see the hedrons in between trees. Camera then continues to advance until the forest cleared and see a half buried hedrons on top of a hill. Then the camera moves up, sees more hedrons floating in the air.

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Made a top view of the proposed scene, with a half buried hedron in the middle nad a broken on the side. squares represents cabins and circle represent trees. Circle with a cross represent more lifeless tree, purhaps burned and snow covered? The sky should also contain some hedrons floating in the distance. Hedrons should be futuristic but with exposed components representing damage perhaps? Or can go for a more steampunk vibe with pistons outside? Cabins need to be primitive and maybe even collapsed cabins. the whole scene need to be covered in snow. Have not yet decided if human figures will be included. Could add some smoke indicating camp fire.

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Some references that can be used during modelling, the actual hedrons that represents the fantastical building.

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Two huge hedrons from Zendikar from MTG. Just thought about this today, it doesn't have to be a tower, it could just be some complicated geometry. And this definitely has features from brutulism.

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Substance Painter!!!! Will give it a try tomorrow to see if it is what I think it is. Texturing should be easier to do now?

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Interesting Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2g0LjXzeUE

trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex38tqn8LKg

buildings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2WRTlW8_3s

placing trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AoLSQwvwQU

snow

Some interesting tutorial on how to do stuff in youtube. Will have a more in depth look later but some techniques seem very useful

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The twin tower before and during 911. Want to explore the theme of post-apocalyptic buildings and this should be the closest example we can get in real life. However rather than creating an entirely ruined building, perhaps I could have one tower standing, a metaphor for the strength and persistance of humanity in the face of destruction?

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Photo by Jonathan Knepper on Unsplash

Off the slopes of Big Sky Resort in Montana, in between runs down the mountain, are these incredible collection of trees. I like to go often

Might use it as a reference image

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Interesting surrounding, maybe iced ocean surface and light of the lighthouse scanning different things underneath?

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Tile pattern