Minas Tirith Rebuild

And_And92 · 6 Aug 2011, 12:26

if you want more images here, in english:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=904953&page=1&pp=15

and here in italian

http://www.treddi.com/forum/topic/81746-minas-tirith-la-ricostruzione/

the italian one is more updated than the english one

mitcorb · 6 Aug 2011, 12:40

Hi, And_And92:
This is just amazing! Gaieus is going to enjoy this presentation.

dale · 6 Aug 2011, 12:43

Very fine modeling.
I'll certainly be following your work.

And_And92 · 6 Aug 2011, 16:43

Thank you guys, hope you'll help me to improve my modeling skills

numbthumb · 6 Aug 2011, 17:09

Quite an ambitious project! I don´t dare to imagine the size of the completed project - probably several hundred buildings plus rocks
Impressive work, will be following with great interest!

And_And92 · 6 Aug 2011, 17:35

Vray brokes down when I render the whole scene, so I have to use 3ds max to render... there are nearly 5 milions of polygons.... in the end there will be more than 100 hundred polys in the scene... more than 300 buildings... but 3d studio is able to support everthing, however sketchup is the quickest way to model this kind f models... for rocks I use sculptris to add detail so I'm not using only SU I use its mot powerful features

PS: thank you for compliments

Gaieus · 8 Aug 2011, 12:30

@mitcorb said:

This is just amazing! Gaieus is going to enjoy this presentation.

Indeed amazing! (and indeed enjoying...)

Looking forward to more images!

liam887 · 9 Aug 2011, 18:33

@and_and92 said:

Vray brokes down when I render the whole scene, so I have to use 3ds max to render... there are nearly 5 milions of polygons.... in the end there will be more than 100 hundred polys in the scene... more than 300 buildings... but 3d studio is able to support everthing, however sketchup is the quickest way to model this kind f models... for rocks I use sculptris to add detail so I'm not using only SU I use its mot powerful features

PS: thank you for compliments

Stick with this and it will be amazing, whats your time-scale for a project of this scope?

And_And92 · 26 Aug 2011, 13:55

I don't have a clear plane but I think it will take me mre than 2 years to finish everything

enjoy

pbacot · 26 Aug 2011, 15:42

I think your models look great and, to me, it all looks very "Gondorian" and seems to be like Peter Jackson's (Alan Lee etc.) take as well. Seems very consistent Romanesque/Gothic mix. Where is the map from? How will you get it all together with the limits of SU? Thanks for posting.

pilou · 26 Aug 2011, 17:27

See Lemog for other crazzy reconstructions

derei · 26 Aug 2011, 18:22

awesome works ! ...but is a little annoying to follow a thread with such big images inside posts. Maybe the shown image should be displayed scaled down and for full size to open it in new window? (this is for forum admins)

Again, I remained

Pherim · 30 Aug 2011, 16:01

This is amazing. And you are doing it all by yourself? Have you ever heard of the "Minas Tirith Team Project"? That was an attempt to create the entire city and make it as an interactive 3D model which can be walked in like in a first person shooter game. Unfortunately, the project is dead now for over three years, but the results nonetheless were breathtaking. They even released a preliminary version of the walkthrough-application where you could have a close look at everything that was done already. Many of the houses were still only placeholders and textures were mostly missing, but it was still quite impressive. To see more about it, follow the link: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=153431

I am really looking forward to what will become of your project.

Daniel · 30 Aug 2011, 16:09

Very impressive!

And_And92 · 2 Sept 2011, 09:53

@Pherim: I know very well The minas tirith project and more than two years ago I annoyed its members asking for suggestions, tips and references.... they didn't help me so much, and were quite unpolite... with the exception of Nerick, who gave me tons of images and not only... .
However I'm doing everything on my own, slowly the older buildings are a year old. To be honest, I haven't work at the project for 9 months.

@Daniel: thank you

EscapeArtist · 2 Sept 2011, 13:47

This is a little OT, but there are obviously some Tolkien fans here so I thought I'd share:

The page is not found

(www.herr-der-ringe-film.de)

It's an illuminated manuscript of the Silmarillion done by a German art student. Absolutely beautiful, and there are lots of images floating around on the web if you search for "Benjamin Harff" and "Silmarillion". I'm a fan of all things Tolkien, so this work has me drooling and wishing I could be so dedicated.

TLD · 3 Sept 2011, 16:52

This work is amazing

Fletch · 25 Sept 2011, 17:46

Wow! I will definitely have to keep an eye on this ambitious project. Thanks for sharing!

ScottyBoomBotz · 20 Oct 2011, 23:44

This is great, did you ever finish it?

hellnbak · 22 Oct 2011, 20:25

This is so impressive! I don't know which I'm more in awe of - your talent, or you ambition. I'm a huge Tolkien fan, and if I wasn't terrified of heights I would love to live in Minas Tirith. I really hope you will continue to post updates as this project develops.