3d village on water - wat do u think??

[rast]

i have recently been messing around with blender and wings and came up with the idea of making a village floating/suspended (by magic) on water. this is purely something to keep me busy, and would probably never work in ps, but this is fanart right?
any sugestions are welcome and maybe 1day i will be able to get it compatible with cs

here are some renders:







wat does everyone think? please give feedback!

[Karyuu]

It\'s lovely! :) I think the textures could be improved some, but the general design of the place is very cool. I love those stairs winding around the pole - what a precarious climb :P

Nice job, overall!

[ThomPhoenix]

I\'m learning blender myself (not...enough...time...)
and I think you\'re doing a great job.
Karyuu is right about the textures, they could be changed a bit to fit the models better. And the ship could be a little bit more high poly, now the planks seem very lage.
But it\'s nice, yeah.

[minetus]

wooah, nice..
i tried blender for 2 hours and got a headache... its so complicated to do anything.. never touched it since then..

personally id rather stick with 3ds is much simpler to work with, but then again im just a newb when it comes to 3d =P

[rast]

thx all.

as u guessed i\'m pretty weak @ texturing. i fixed the ships\' deck though (texture from my bathroom floor!)   :


@ minetus
yeah i like 3ds max aswell - but i can\'t afford it. try using wings 3d then importing the objects u make into blender, then learning from there.

@ThomPhoenix
the ship is already about 900 polys. i made it so u could go inside it to the lower decks. i will try to smooth it though.

thx 4 the feed back, keep it coming!

[Zaxim]

I think you need to add a bump map to your water, it\'s way too smooth.  Doesn\'t look like water.

[Arangol]

Very good!
Yup add some nice bumps to the water. As Karyuu already mentioned you could do some more work on the textures and maybe you could add some furniture in to the huts? Personally I\'m using Maya and I think it\'s much easier than both 3ds and Blender.

[rast]

wat do u think:


and the moral of this story is:
if at first u don\'t succeed, use google and look up a tutorial


thx 4 the comments everyone

[Arangol]

Better but (in my opininon) the water looks a bit, hrm well, more like some kind of glass, not water , if you know what i mean. Maybe posting a different angle of it would help.

[rast]

better??

[ThomPhoenix]

Looks great! \\o/

[Arangol]

WOW! I\'m satisfied:P Very good!

[rast]

tileable water + easier to see building textures added! (srry i have to try out the new emoticons ) :


i need some ideas for buildings, so give me some ideas everyone and i will attempt to make it

[josephoenix]

Very nice 

Reminds me of Myst.. odd yet cool "world" in the middle of an ocean 

Criticism wise, the building nearest the camera doesn't have any visible means of support, amd the ship looks odd. Ships are usually tapered on both ends from what I've seen ;]

Nice work

josePhoenix

[zanzibar]

I like the reflections on the water.  The world needs more sunlight.