Manor House - Modeling Timelapse - Low Poly Modular Game Asset
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2021
- Creating a detailed building exterior for a modular development pipeline.
The buildings modular prefabs can be used repeatedly for creating manny various designs in minimal time.
Overall model contains 58k faces
2k PBR Textures
Textures sourced from CGTextures.com
talblackwinter.artstation.com
sketchfab.com/Johnny_BlackWinter
Software used: Blender 2.9, Marmoset Toolbag 4
Music: www.epidemicsound.com - Ігри
This is very satisfying to watch. Good job!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your interest
Beautiful timelapse, thank you for sharing
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you! I especially enjoyed watching all of your problem solving and how you created modular units on the spot.
Much appreciated pal! Thanks for watching 👍
This was awesome, really helped me understand what goes into making a game environment :)
Glad it helped man, thanks for watching 😉
Man you need more exposure. keep it to your 10 thou subs. hope to have it before the next year. try to put blender on your title to make blender user aware of your presence.
Thanks for the tip, i'ts not a bad idea! I think one day soon blender will become a one stop shop for artists, that will be a good day! (I think the sculpting section needs a bit more love though 😉)
This is awesome, thanks for sharing! Really important for me to watch a creative process like this for my college course. Looks absolutely amazing!
Thanks bro, I'm glad it was helpful for you. I remember the college days well! 😅 Good luck on the journey.
@@JohnnyBlackWinter thank you :D
So fast! I start to belive this is rewinded and you are just taking the house apart! 🤣🤣 Great work!
You caught me 🤣.. Many thanks, thats appriciated
From Spain learning so hard with you 👌🏻👌🏻
This is what Sketchup should have become.
I remember Sketchup, its a real shame they only kept it as basic as they did. Your dead right, it could have been so much more
I can do everything here in Sketchup.
Sketchup isnt only about straight walls...You can use sketchup for curved designs and classic architecture as well.
Then export to UE to give it finishing touch.
Man this is so incredible. I dream of the day I can become this good. I’m getting there .. slowly.. I have worlds to build.. that won’t build themselves. My worlds are based on real locations tho.
Hey thanks man, really appreciate that. Your projects sound great! I will be uploading some related tutorials soon, hopefully they might help in some small way! Keep at it man. 🤟
Great work 👏🏻
Man youve got not only skills, but taste too
Thanks man 😎! I assume you are talking about my bitchin music choices 😁
Great content.. subbed! Keep it coming!
Hey thanks man, glad you enjoy 👍
Looks great!
Thank you!! thanks for stopping by😉
An entire course on this would be amazing.
I actually have one in the works, stop by every now and then and hopefully it will be helpful for you 😉
@@JohnnyBlackWinter thats great to hear! I'll keep popping in to see the development. Excellent work, some real solid modeling there. Is something like this good for game engines?
@@dominatorN4 Absolutely yeah. As long as you keep aware to optimize where possible and use camera culling to hide the unnecessary geometry, you wont have any problems. I have made entire cities in Unity using this technique and it never gave me any problems. Just reuse meshes and textures where possible and batch them to keep the draw calls low 👍
@@JohnnyBlackWinter hello, when we could expect it?
@@JohnnyBlackWinter i seen you already work on it, one more followers for your great and free work, thanks to you for share your skills !
Took me a couple hours.. days.. months.. a long time 😔 it turned out alright 👍🏿
this was amazinggggg please do a small castle lowpolly?
I would love to see something like this but it's raw footage, looks clean though!
Edit: Just looked at your channel and IM GOING TO WATCH EVERY VIDEO
Glad you found the series, hope it was helpful 😎
@@JohnnyBlackWinter I loved the series , you explain so much and it was a well worth subscribe 👍
I wish this was a tutorial rather than a speed play video. I would be far more interested in learning this than making a donut!
I have a small video tutorial series in the works, hopefully you will find it useful 😉
thank you for this lesson 👌
Thanks for watching 😉
Hahaha... just finished an architecture course (in Blender) making some modern looking building, but this is the type of building I was kind of hoping/expecting to be making, as it has so much character. Modern buildings are often, not always, so darn boring. The only thing missing is a small observatory on the roof hahaha... you got to have a telescope on your roof ;) Just joking, that's one awesome mansion you created there!
I fully agree about the telescope 😂. Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it !
what course did u go on, interested in blender architecture myself
Your attention to details on them corners nice. How long did the building take? What speed is the video? Thanks
Honestly, i don't remember! 😂 I think i worked on it off and on for 4 weeks with about 3 hours per day. Also i should mention that roughly 75% of the video was not recorded coz its just cutting UV's and its really hard to make that exciting to watch. The video recording itself is sped up x8
Hey, man. Realy loved the video, your modeling is great!
By the way can you tell me the name of the first song?
Once more, great job!
Thanks José, I appreciate that man. Thanks for watching! The song is called "Bleeding Signs" by Chris Shards.
Bro You need more subscribers you're awesome
Thanks so much 😁. Yeah, that UA-cam algorithm is hard to break but im grateful for every view. Thanks for being one 👍
Hello I just found your channel and love the videos. I was wondering if you sell your models, are they commissioned, or do you do them for your own enjoyment?
Hey Dallas, at the moment i mainly do them to keep the skillset sharpened and practice new techniques, although im always open to commissions. I like to keep as busy with it as possible
@@JohnnyBlackWinter where could someone contact you for questions about commissioned work? If you're taking any offers atm
@@foxywrath2598 Hey Foxy, i have my Artstation in the description, im easily contacted through there 🤘
Pretty Good
Thanks dude! 👍
Subscription added. 😊
Awesome! Thank you for the support. Muchly appreciated!
Thanks for this, learned a lot from your workflow. Just a question. Why would you want to construct your modular building in blender rather than in-engine?
Thanks for watching !😎 Yeah i put it together in Blender so i could make specific modifications on the fly as i went. I normally would bring in each of the components individually but for the sake of making corrections to textures or making cuts in the geometry for instance, to do it actively in blender first is better than sending the mesh back and forth between Blender and the Engines. I hope that explains it
@@JohnnyBlackWinter Yep that makes sense to me especially when you're messing around with textures and seeing what works etc. Saves a lot of time with baking textures over and over again.
Thanks again!
Would be cool if you took those pieces and made another building with it. To show the reason of modular building.
Noted! I will do that next time. Thanks for the suggestion
Super helpful video. I've been struggling with making complex architectures and this was a really good insight to how to make one. Can I know what's the name of the second software you used for adding materials? Thanks!
Hey thanks! Yeah the second software is called Marmoset Toolbag. Just gotta import your textures into there and build the materials, they can then be dragged onto your objects easily. Its a great rendering software 👍
what game or project was this made for? it looks amazing. i would love to explore the building
Thanks man, It was just a personal project i worked on to keep sharp with the Blender skill set. It didn't really have a purpose other than that. I did break it up in the end and use it inside a Unity project to create a few houses for a town but nothing really came of it in the end. The prefabs are just collecting dust on my hard drive right now 😂
Amazing work! Could you help to understand? Is unwrapping process for texturing was done automatically or there is kind of trick?
Yeah there is a bit of a trick to it in this case, to get the textures to line up seamlessly you gotta make sure you are filling the UV square as perfectly as possible. I actually have a tutorial series in the works that covers how i did it, hopefully you might find it useful 😉
@@JohnnyBlackWinter where is the series!?! we need it asap haha, would be very appreciative
So badass
Thanks man, glad you liked it 😁
video at 0.25speed is ok^^
way to go man....is it possible to upload the real time video
Unfortunately not man, the original videos have passed into the void! i will keep your request in mind for the next one though. Even if it will more than likely 9 hours long 😂 Maybe separated chapters might be the way to go
You have a great job! And I'm worried about 5000 faces of one building for a mobile game in Unity. Is that acceptable? How would you texture the same model but for a mobile game in Unity? Texture atlases?
Hey thanks man, much appreciated! Yeah with a model like this for mobile, a texture atlas is definitely the way to go. You could also make use of the camera culling to hide any geometry not seen directly by the camera to boost performance. For example, if you were stood at the front of the building, there is no need to render the interior or rear of the building. Camera culling can hide that geometry which is a huge save on draw calls and system resources. Hope that's helpful for ya man.
Great
Thank you 😁
I see you are working on a tutorial in the comments. Any idea when it will be released? Awesome timelapse , but it goes to fast for me as a beginner so a tutorial would be much appreciated.
Hey John, the first part is almost there, should be up within the next week hopefully. It's a fairly huge project so it will be uploaded in parts to make it easier for people to follow it
@@JohnnyBlackWinter Thank you for the answer and for your hard work to make the tutorial.
@@JohnnyBlackWinter that's really great to hear
Nice model, but is 58K vertices low poly ?
Yes, it is! I would understand why it might seem high but if you consider the objects scale, its a level in itself. Resident Evils "Spencer Mansion" for example was a base for an entire section of game and with further optimization and culling 58k for a level with todays engine capabilities is very very low. Consider Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn, her hair alone weighs in at 200k vertices. I think nowadays though, its considered better practice to optimize shaders and textures rather than models, but its always a good idea to keep performance in mind regardless of task. Thanks for watching!
Your work is freaking awesome. Would you consider making it an education? it would be great
Hey thanks Soner. Im currently working on a small tutorial series breaking this process down in smaller scenes, hopefully people can learn a bit from it. Check back now and then, it wont be too long now 😎
@@JohnnyBlackWinter this is great news. I'm following 👏👏👏👍
Woah.
😁 Thanks for watching
Hi, can you please tell me where can I learn more about the modular environment? Any good course or channel you can recommend?
I do not understand how to calculate the dimensions, as well as how to determine the required number of modules, and how to correctly texture all this
I think its more about learning how to use your grid snapping functions and understanding world space rather than having an absolute tutorial to learn from. I personally did not learn from a tutorial, i kind of just figured it out bit by bit. I'm not a master with modular design by any means, but if there was enough interest i would be willing to make a small tutorial about how i go about it personally. Again I'm not a master, i just figured out one of many techniques 😎
@@JohnnyBlackWinter it would be awesome if you'll make a tutorial)
One of the best things you can do for a modular environment if you want to practice making them is find a photo of a building, go into photoshop or any other photo editing software just to outline and spot where the building looks similar. Seeing where a building repeats itself can give you a good idea what pieces you need to make.
Next it would be best to block it out. (Aka work in squares) you don’t want to focus too much on making it look cool in the beginning, you just want to make the modular kit functional at first. Taking a 6ft cube or reference character can help you size the walls and door pieces properly. Just make sure that you use your grid to work in whole numbers. Working in 5s can give you more leeway but 10s can help with snapping the project together easier.
Just remember that pivots points are REALLY IMPORTANT! Make sure you have your pivot point on an edge vert of your mesh then drag that to point to be the center of your scene. The reason why this is important is because if you export it to a place like unreal and make the building in there you will need your pivot point will need to be on an edge in order to snap to other walls. It may look like a mess that your pieces are all in one place but have all your pivots at 0,0 makes it a ton easier when working with other engines.
I hope this helps, and if there are any questions feel free to ask.
de momento no soy estudiante, pero lo hice todo porque necesito usar es
Does the inside have planes sticking out or does it not matter? I always wondered if the inside is done as a different instance in a game or if it needs to be clean.
Yeah these modules are made to be interactive inside and out. I will be expanding on interiors once i get a chance so hopefully it will all make sense in the end. This is just the first section of 3 parts covered.
I hope that makes sense 😂
I just wish there were audio so that this can be a teachable subject. For example, I can build this mansion. - but the whole pipeline from Blender to Unreal has not sink in yet for me. For example, do you bake all the materials on 1 UV before exporting it? And do you do the lights and transparencies in the game engine? 1000 question that never gets answered.
Hey Joseph i have a step by step series in my playlists, might be of some use to you. It covers everything up to the game integration pipeline for now. A chapter on integration is planned for the near future
@@JohnnyBlackWinter Thanks I will have a look : )
i was wondering really how to deal with modular assets(for game assets), as a asset seller(just beginning, i'd like to rather make modular assets than non-customizable ones), so customers won't have same assets in their games projects
I get ya! Yeah its a confusing process to get at first but once you stick to a few small rules its actually very simple. I will be releasing a video tutorial soon covering the whole process if that is something that would interest you 😎
normally do we need to put all the animation and fonction to door/windows? for the game dev s team?. or juste do 3D
It usually differs from role to role, but there would usually be a separate department that would deal with that side of everything. That being said, it never hurts to have that ability yourself and if you do, why not do it as you go!
@@JohnnyBlackWinter ya I see it could be a good point for attach the dev s team to keep working with us.
how did you solve the lighting issue bleeding through the cracks where the modular parts connect ?
As long as you have used the snap properly and have faces with normals projected front and back you should not have any light bleed. If you do, its likely that your corners are not snapped together correctly which is a commpn issue
You can use vertex snapping to snap one vert directly on top of another, hope that helps
1:12 How do you get those gauges on rotation gizmo?
Im using the actual rotate tool instead of the "R" shortcut and then i lock the axis with the middle mouse button and move the object in the direction i want to move. Hope that helps
can you add keyboard inputs for new vids. i want to see shortcuts
Hey Irfan, the modular video series in my playlists has the entire process broken down with keybinds and explanations. Hope its helpful 👍
Bro I was making something like that but with interiors, do u think that is good idea make a modular building with interiors?
Yeah sure, the process is mostly the same but just be aware of optimization as you go. Once you stick to using the grid snapping there's no reason modular interiors should give you any trouble
@@JohnnyBlackWinter it is curious but when I made my pieces of the exterior it works well, but in the case of interiors, as every wall of the interior have a margin it is a little bit complicated, because Im trying to put everything like a lego, because almost pieces dont fit at all.
@@mishabytes8209 Yeah i get ya, once you are modeling anything with thickness like interior walls, it can be hard to calculate it properly. One way i go about it is to move the actual pivot point around to fix the rotations, very useful on corners and supports. I have a small tutorial series coming up soon, i go over some interior stuff. It might be worth checking out and seeing if there's something you can pick up from it
@@JohnnyBlackWinter thank u so much bro about tutorials, by the other hand, I made it planes pieces without thickness, try to make something like that :D, Im not sure but It is better use a modular pieces to make something can be great and it be able play with the pieces a few words let imagination fly
Are you looking at some references while you model?
In the later stages yeah, i always use reference. Starting off however i really just like to explore and see what i can come up with. I just let the design happen and i will polish up the smaller details by referencing real images
where is the UV unwrapping
hey please, i didn't get well the rooftop modeling, how do you guys deal with the modeling process?
Its made using a tool called sheering in Blender. I have a small tutorial series coming soon that covers the full process, hopefully you will be able to find the help you need 😉
Hey, ive liked this project a lot, is there any way you could release a project file?
Unfortunately not for this build specifically no, i am however working on a tutorial series where i make everything from scratch. I might go so far as to make the master file available at the end, but only maybe... Its a lot of personal work and time to just give away, maybe i will be in a great mood that day 😂
Good evening, would you have the explanation in French? because to mansion I really like and I would like to create it for my server. thank you for everything.
Awhh, Unfortunately my French is terrible at best! But i hope you can get something out of the videos at least 😎
Please send me this project link please
Imagine if he forgot to save
😂 I have done... Many times!
@@JohnnyBlackWinter it must've hurt you badly, I understand.
Where to download?
Fantastic house. It is a masterpiece. How did you learn Blender so well and in depth? Do you suggest the turorials you had when you learned Blender too?
You are very professional and I like all the details.
It will be very nice if you will create and the inside rooms too in both floors.
Thanks! I learned mostly by trying things out and seeing what works and what doesnt. There are some videos that cover the modularity basics but a lot of them feel partial and disjointed. Its best to get in and just start experimenting with the snap settings and see what happens 😎
Yes i will be expanding on the interiors hopefully soon, free time is very hard to find these days