Dragon Lair UDK Graybox

Upon placing all of my assets within UDK, I found out that the room is a bit cramped. So my next step is to jump back into Maya to make sure that the player's have enough space to move around the room. Also, I need to build a basic ceiling and a couple more essential assets, that will require a bit more time and attention.

3D Start

 

I started basing out all of my assets for the greybox within Maya. I will be adjusting most of the hero pieces in Zbrush and created High Poly Models to then project normals onto the low poly.

 



Fixed Concept

I adjusted the concept to better fit the story. I am going to have to do some major work to get this finished in time.

Dragon Lair Concept

I decided to try my hand at a very saturated color scheme for this High Fantasy Hand Painted Scene. I think that when I am working in UDK the colors might have to be changed a bit or brought to more harmony. I had already completed the dragon eggs as a reddish orange, but once the painting was complete I am not sure if I am 100% on their color. This is a simple fix as I planned to adjust the egg texture before completing the concept.

Concepting

After a series of sketches I have finally decided on a direction for the Dragon's Lair/Treasure Room Scene that I will be creating within UDK. Below is the start of the concept, and I will be taking it to a completed painting to give the overall mood for the scene. I will update this post periodically to show my progress.

Dragon Egg Fixed

I did not like the green texture that I had on the dragon egg, so I decided to go back in and change the texture for it. I think this one came out a bit more interesting because of the extra depth that I put into it. I am still experimenting with the smoothing in UDK and I will have to figure out what texture sizes and poly count Fantasy/MMOs use. Once I find out this information I will build my entire scene around these rules.

Hand Painted Texture in Photoshop

3D Model Textured in Autodesk Maya

3D Models in UDK

Hand Painted Asset Test for Dragon's Lair

So I have decided to take on the challenge of creating a Fantasy Based scene using only hand painted assets. This will be my first time working with hand painted textures, and I think the project will come out very interesting. Below I have shown my process for creating one of the Dragon Eggs.

Hand Painting in Photoshop

Modeled and Textured in Maya

Placed into UDK