18th Century Naval Battle | Houdini
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2021
- Must have been pretty annoying for the monster!
This was the final project for my Bachelor degree, that I worked on together with Maite Leukering (www.artstation.com/mleukering).
She modelled and textured a destruction-ready, late 18th century battleship and I was responsible for the simulations, rendering, compositing and sound design.
This was my first big dive - pun intended - into Houdini and especially Flip Fluids. We had only 2 month for this so it was a pretty crazy ride. But it was one hell of a learning experience as well!
The destruction of the ship was simulated with Thinking Particles in 3ds Max (which I am way more familiar with).
I will definitely do some more shots with this ship... but without time constraints! :)
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Hey! The scene of the spyglass was absolutelly amazing. Kept me thinking of how a creative scene adds to a movie. If it was only the battle it would be awesome, but we´ve seen that before. This scene, however, is something that took me off guard. Congrat´s, not just a technical masterpiece but also great storytelling!
Thank you very much! :)
ships firing reminds me of the Empire Earth intro, good stuff
that cinematic is an all time great, so nostalgic
Insanely underrated. It is a shame that your super beautiful work does not get a lot more views but some shitty videos on the internet does. You may not be doing it for exposure but god I just hope it gets naturally rewarded more. Good work!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Holy, this is absolutely incredible piece of work. Love it.
Thank you!!
Absolutely Incredible, the quality of your Renders is Feature Level, keep it up!!!!
Thank you so much!!
Dope man. Killing it with the houdini sims!
This is mindblowing. I know Houdini is a great program, but this single piece of work shows what great mastering of the program you have! Congratulations!
in truth amazing, a huge bow to you
Superb! I hope your talent and hard work is paying off for you.
Excellent work. I'm impressed.
Dios mio este trabajo es refinado...
OMG this is so good
This is super good!!
Very well done!
Oh really amazing
I love it!
this is one of the most impressive student shorts ive seen holy shit. Did you guys animate everything too? Because the animation is also on point, mwah.
what a masterpiece!!!
Thank you!!
Well done!
Fantastic job!
Thanks!
Wow 🤩🤩
Incredible work !
Thank you!
This animation is great!
Impressive muh man!
Amazing work!
Thanks! And thank you as well for your awesome scans!! I will soon post a few characters for a project I'm working on, which are using some of your amazing head scans :)
Perfect dude!
Thanks!
Fantastic!!
thank you!
👍👍👍Beautiful effects and thoughtful coloring and grading. i would like to learn and try to do some great ideas, awesome
Thank you!
Tout bonnement spectaculaire !
Tu gagnes un nouvel abonné français (le 500eme.).
this needs more views! algorithm, do your duty!
reporting for duty
excellent work, this convinced my boss to let me pee in the breakroom 👍
You should make historic Animations
nice short maybe one day we'll get a nelson movie
This looks amazing! Is Houdini free to use, and could I export something like an explosion from it into Blender?
Hey fun, hope you made the grade!
So great....wants to know how it's goes on...
how this has not hundred thousand views?!!
Very very cool! Anything special about the sail wind simulation? Standard workflow?
Thank you very much! No, not really anything special for the sails. I simulated them in two passes. First had low res sails and all the ropes, second pass was an upres sim for the sails to get finer details. Can't actually remember if I used vellum or tyflow for it... I think tyflow :D
@@_LescArt_awesome, thanks for the answer!
And to think battles like Trafalgar had dozens of ships-of-the-line that were armed with 80 - 100 cannons. The amount of smoke and noise would have been immense.
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Hi there I was wondering if I could use 6-7 seconds of the audio in this scene?
Bro, that’s not the twist I was expecting.
Looks awesome! What render did you use for rendering, Mantra?
Thanks! Yes, for the shots above water it's all mantra. The shots below are vray.
Realistic: ❎
Immersive and dope as f*ck: ✅✅✅
wow that is amazing ! can you give me tips on how to get junior level job in the vfx industry and how much experience should i need to get a job ? im still learning houdini it's not easy lol
Hey sorry, missed your comment. I would say it all depends. Might be different for different studios. Also there is a bit of luck involved (how much work they currently have and what type of work). Internships might be a good starting point. That way you can get a look at how a studio is operating with a pipeline and all that, you probably can learn a few cool things and the studio can get to know you. Could lead to a junior position right away or not but at least they might have you in mind after the internship.
I did a 5 month internship at scanline and they offered me a contract at the end (it was kind of a perfect scenario though, I was definitely lucky).
Another advice would be to do whole shots. Doesn't make sense from the very start of course but studios really like to see complete shots in a reel because it proofs that you can do the work. An explosion on black almost always looks kinda cool but it's way harder to get it right in a shot context. Stuff like scale, speed, interaction, integration are playing a much bigger role if you have some footage to match it to.
And last but not least, you will never stop learning in this industry so don't forget to have fun with it :)
Wish you all the best!
Amazing. I was just looking what’s the name of the movie :)
Honestly, this might be a stretch but you should do an animation video of Civilization. Here's a little idea if I had the time, PC quality, and knowledge to do this.
The video starts in the Nomadic Age. It's earth but a cute miniature version. You see tiny little people travel across the map for what seems to be ages as time is quick. These people hunt and gather until they discover fertile land and settle near a river. Fast-forward centuries passed by as the small settlement grew in numbers. The small stick huts soon became stone structures with institutions and banners with Yellow color on them. Time then normalizes, as the settlement becomes a bustling city with caravans coming in and out, people on horses and pulling goods. In big words, it says [THE ANCIENT ERA] As the camera pans away from the city, you can see a Yellow Army marching out of the city. As the camera travels across, it meets an Army carrying red banners marching towards the city. The next slide is two armies meeting on the battlefield, having a large ancient battle before the Yellow side breaks in retreat. The camera pins back to the city with no walls and is easily overcome by the marching army as the city burns ablaze, smoke rising and you can hear the civilians desperately trying to fend off the invaders. The next day, the city fell to the army. Black smoke rises as the Yellow banners are dropped from the palace building.
Timeskip forward, the city grows more with walls being erected around the city, and farms being spread around the walled city. Large stone structures like Castles and Forts are created. The infrastructure begins to have stone paths and refined stone structures with a mix of brick structures. Time normalizes as the Red City enters [THE MEDIEVAL AGE]. The Red Banners still fly, now appearing on the tower walls. You can also see a church with a symbol above the roof. You can see priests, armored horse knights patrolling, and a mixed class of poor and wealthy civilians as well as horses pulling wagons. Outside the city, another army arrives. An army carrying Green Banners this time, and a large religious symbol that is different from the Red city. The church bell rings in the Red City, farmers outside the walls, and civilians come running into the city as the gates close. The Green Army begins to set up the Trebuchets. A tiny messenger from the Green Army approaches the walls and hands a note to the soldier. The soldier delivers the note to a small man with a golden crown on his head. He rejects as the soldier goes back and tells the messenger no. The messenger goes to the Green Army, and the general nods and sets up camp. Time passes by as the siege weapons are constructed, then they are used to siege the walled-in city, by launching large boulders covered in flames. Time flies by and the city walls are severely damaged, battering rams break the gates as the army now rushes in. A huge fight erupts once again, and time passes by as the battle is over. Smoke rises once more as the city is in ruins, the Red Banner falls and is replaced by a Green Banner instead, and the religious symbol tumbles upon the church and is replaced by the Green Army religious symbol.
Timeskip forward, the city starts to grow more in size, the structures become large and more buildings are becoming bricks, smoke stacks are seen with trails of smoke following them, multiple-story buildings are created and the city itself grows beyond the walls. Population booms and expands large like never before. You can start to see more updated institutions and start to see a mix of low, medium, and high-wealth civilians. Time then normalizes as the Green City enters in [THE INDUSTRIAL AGE]. The Green Banners are replaced with Green Flags, and they fly mighty high with the soldiers carrying muskets, patrolling in groups around the city. Let alone horses pulling fancy carriages. One night, at a tavern, people gather in it, as some are outside. Seems to be a meeting and what seems to be angry discussions. The group seems to be plotting as messengers are sent out around the city. Slowly more and more people go to this and many taverns. Soon, military soldiers storm one of the taverns and arrest many civilians, even gunning some who tried to escape. The next day, thousands surround a wooden platform as the popular civilians are hanged. Many cheer, some cry, some leave, and some are angry. Time passes by as unrest begins to show with occasional riots and looting around the city. Eventually, a large mob marches towards the barracks to storm the area, charging at the soldiers to break in. The soldiers tried to fight back but some civilians had guns of their own. Eventually, the armory is broken into, and the civilians are armed. The people march towards the palace to wave the banners of Yellow once more. The Green Army meets with the Yellow-armed civilians, and a large fight occurs with musket firing and cannons bombarding them. The Green army breaks as the people charge after them. Eventually, they reach the palace building and kill the nobles, the leader, and torches the rich palace building. Revolution occurs overnight as the fires spread, and skirmishes occur around the city before finally the flags of Green fall and are replaced with flags of Yellow. Time skips as the city continues to grow with now lights being introduced alongside a Coal Power Plant and Model-T cars being introduced. At some point, the city sends its army to fight a massive world war. The camera pans to a World War 1 scene with trenches and large artillery hitting one another. Eventually, the camera pans back to the city as the army marches back home. Skyscrapers begin to rise as more armies are sent out once again, this time the camera pans to a large land with World War 2 tanks and places fighting one another. The camera pans back to the growing city once again as the army marches back.
Time skips forward once more. The buildings are no more stone structures or bricks but more of cement, and wood. The city greatly modernized with many skyscrapers being constructed mostly in the center area around the newly built and expanded capital building. The coal power plant gets abandoned as a Nuclear Power Plant is made. An airport is constructed with jets and airlines flying around the bustling city as well as a Space Station is built away from the city as well as Nuclear Silos are built away from the city. The Model-T cars evolve into different styles from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and the 2000s. The time resumes as the Yellow City enters in the [MODERN AGE]. You can see many institutions, people, and everything you see today, being represented in the modernized city. The camera pans to the space station as a large orange rocket with a white stripe can be seen. The Rocket ignites as the vehicle is launched into the air. The Camera follows it, not looking down at each. Eventually, the rocket reaches space, angling as it does. It then detached at certain stages until the last thing that appears is a Rectangle item. It unfolds its glass wings, a Satellite. The satellite has a green bulb above it, it seems to be off before the satellite angles here and there, getting the right position, the green bulb turns on, and the satellite sends a single back down. The camera pans down to earth as other cities can be seen. Most notably the Red and Green City. Once we approach our yellow city, the camera flies down towards the city, resuming its fixed view of the city.
Time skips once more, as the city continues to expand and grow. The world is ever more changing as slick skyscrapers are built with unique designs, tall and slim buildings with lots of techno billboards, and eventually become a cyberpunk type of city but not too much. Time normalizes as the Yellow City has entered [THE SPACE AGE]. A rocket is launched from the space station which reaches high up into space, the camera follows it and lands on the moon, which has a base colony. From that base colony, another rocket launches and heads towards Mars. The rocket lands on Mars in the Yellow-domed colony base. Nearby is the Green and Red domed colony. You can see the colonies are helping one another to build and expand, building large machines to attempt to terraform Mars. The camera zooms into the dome as an adult shows the kid a telescope. The kid looks through the telescope as the adult talks. The camera pans upwards to see a bright green and blue ball. It’s earth. The camera then races up through the dome and across space, traveling back to Earth. The camera resumes a fixated position at the Yellow City.
Time flies by as the environmental conditions begin to worsen, as industries expand, natural disasters begin to occur more frequently, the area becomes a bit more redder as pollution takes a toll on the world, trash slowly builds around the area, and unrest grows once more. The Yellow City sends out its army once again, and the camera pans to a battlefield, with a small oil town in ruins as the Yellow Army fights off the Green and Red Army, who are also fighting each other. The Camera pans back to the Yellow City. The city looks a bit poor, some buildings have no light. Then suddenly, the sirens blare as from the blurry distance you can see white missiles with red stripes flying into the air, and they don’t seem to look like the orange rockets you typically launch to deploy satellites or to carry a space shuttle. The sirens continue to blare as red lights and alarms blare at the nearby military base. Silos open up one by one. Big white missiles with a single red stripe are launched from the silos. People scream and panic ever since the sirens blared, and absolute societal mayhem spreads through the city. Bright flashes occur in the distance one by one, and then a single white missile with a red stripe races down above the city before the screen is white for 5 seconds. A mushroom appears before you, the city collapsing in a firing blaze as it expands and rises high into the sky. The camera moves to the Yellow City satellite. The camera is focused on the satellite but looks downward onto Earth. Earth is blurry by missiles can be seen racing across the area, multiple of them as bright flashes continue to appear around earth. The green bulb on the satellite goes off, before turning an ominous red, angling itself to aim at another incoming satellite. The Satellite shoots a projectile, destroying the other satellite before another projectile destroys the Yellow City satellite. The moon base power goes off as missiles from Earth attempt to hit the moon base. The moon base missiles counter with their own, trying to intercept the incoming missiles. However, the camera looks up to Mars, making it unknown if the missiles hit the moon.
The camera heads towards Mars, seeming to be somewhat terraformed. The Red, Green, and Yellow Base hear the news of the situation as the leaders meet in a field, with some soldiers. Although there was an argument and a near fight, they all concluded that it wasn’t worth it. They each shake hands with one another and head back to their bases. The camera pans to the yellow base and time fast-forwards once more. Mars becomes greener and greener, looking ominously like Earth. Eventually, the bubble-like city deconstructs its dome and eventually, the city sprawls out with futuristic skyscrapers being constructed once more. The cities look like the cities from Earth, but much more futuristic and cyberpunk. The time normalizes once again, and the Yellow City has entered [THE NEW AGE]. However, time does not fast-forward, instead, the camera zooms down to a house on a hill. An adult shows the kid the telescope as the adult begins to talk. The kid looks at the telescope, excited about it. The camera then pins up towards space. Looking at the stars and what used to be the green-blue ball, now an orange-red ball. Then the camera zooms out incredibly to show our Milky Way Galaxy. The video dims out as it eventually ends.
However, that's just an idea. It’ll probably take you years to do that and a decade for me-
But a guy can dream, right? XD
Sorry for the spam though ; -;
should extend this by like 3-5 minutes and submit to Love Death Robots
@0:12 the sails are so wrong LOL
18th century sail driven warships could not sail in opposite directions to each other
Outstanding work.
how long you have been practicing Houdini?
Thanks! I would say maybe a year and a half, on and off. But I'm using 3ds Max for 12 years now, so I only needed to learn the software, not every aspect of 3d.
DId you animate red eye in 3dsmax?
yes, just a couple blendshapes. Nothing complicated
Average Disney movie 💀 ☠️ 💀
holy cow what kind of PC you need for this
At 0:10 the ships are sailing on opposite courses, yet both have the wind behind them.
They use the engine lol
But WTF is Sauron doing there?!
Гюйс по ветру ..!!!😅😊😊
It reminds me One piece.
Csn i get ship 3d models for free link please
Default trailers of napoleon total war, age of empires 3 😂
More give use more
Quuestion, how old are you and how long you've been doing cgi for?
26 and I started with cg stuff when I was 14
@@_LescArt_ thank you so much im 16 and started when i was 15 there is a long way in front of me but im tempted to achieve my goals
@@makskocemba2608 that's awesome, wish you the best of luck on your journey!
f** i waited some real original footage... :(
That's just cheating, you were meant to create something not just use historical footage
hahaha damn, you got me