3D MODELLING DEVELOPMENT:
"Hard surface/organic mixed models that have been procedurally placed to make a large environmental scene"
For my scene, I decided to base it on the theme of my Virtual Reality game concept. Therefore I chose to replicate the player's view of incoming asteroids and use the techniques learned to do so.
How Did I Do It?
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Firstly, I began by adding a Sub Surface Modifier on levels 6 to the default Cube.
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I then used Smooth Shading to smoothen the edges.
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Added a Displacement modifier to change the surface. I changed the texture surface to Clouds, and adjusted the size/depth.
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I applied the texture and resulted in a rocky looking shape.
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I increased the subdivisions to achieve a more detailed appearance.
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I went into edit mode and adjusted the shape of the object by moving the positioning of the vertices.
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I attempted to texture the Asteroid model using a rock texture, however it did not apply and I am not sure why. (Adjusted mapping and repeat values)
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I continued with the lighting and placed it where desired.
Particle Systems
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I then used the technique of Particle Systems to create a basic animation of how my Asteroids will look in a real Virtual Game Environment.
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I did this by firstly adding a plane and turned it 90 degrees.
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I then added a Particle System to this Plane and adjusted the frames from 1-20.
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I turned off Gravity completely and set the Lifetime of the animation to 250.
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I placed the particle system in front of the Camera and had it so the Particles would come towards the view of the ‘Player’.
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I duplicated my asteroid model and set the Particle System group to it.
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This made the smaller particles into several little Asteroid models.
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I then unchecked Emitter in order for my Plane to not show up during the Render.
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To make the particles different, I adjusted the Rotation random amount and randomised the size of the particles.
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Now the asteroids were all different shapes and sizes as well as rotations.
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Once I played the animation, the asteroids would move towards the camera in my Space environment, which represents the positioning of the Player as they are dealing with incoming asteroids.
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I imported a Starry Image background however this did not show up in the Render, which Is something I have to now work on.
RENDERS
Single Asteroids
After Duplication & Modifier Adjustments
Compositioning of Light and Colour
PARTICLE SYSTEM - ANIMATION VIDEO