Viking Village: Seer's den - Julien Genin

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Name: Julien Genin
Country: Belgium
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This is the early blocking of my diorama.
This is the working area of a seer/shaman who uses an artifact (coming from an ancient civilization or aliens (haven't decided yet)) as the source of his "magic".
The artifact will be the center piece.

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progress on the blocking

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Finally, I’m happy with the blocking. I gave up on the sci-fi artifact in the middle and decided to replace it with a blood pool that the seer can use for his forbidden magic.
I also created a Trello board for planning, detailing how many days I can spend on each part.
I probably won't be getting much sleep over the next 35 days, but I think I can finish it in time.😅

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small update : I made the first high poly

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another high poly 🙂

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I made a few props to fill the scene

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baked the props in painter to see the result in unreal

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rock

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Found the time to get back to the diorama. Let's see how many days I have to finish it... Oh...

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update

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almost done 😴

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FINAL SUBMISSION
Viking Village Challenge 2024
Julien Genin : Seer's Den

Beauty render

Detail lighting

Wireframe : I was short on time, so all the low-poly models were created using ZBrush's decimation.

Albedo

Assets

Sculpts

Moss : I used photogrammetry to capture the moss texture and baked it onto a plane, then scattered it across a shape.

Rope : I created a seamless high-poly model and baked it onto a cylinder to generate a seamless texture.

CONCLUSION
I had planned to spend much more time on this project, but unfortunately, I couldn't find enough time. As a result, I had to take some shortcuts and rush certain parts. While I'm a bit disappointed that I couldn't fully realize my vision, I'm genuinely happy that I was able to complete something presentable in the end.