After design Crit

Richard

There is a roof on the right part or it's a land were it's never raining?

Mate, some models (different style) will have a roof, this design only has a pergola!

Stinkie

Lovely image, Richard.

utiler

Hey cobber, how's things? Saw this on your FB page late last night but thought I'd have a look at a larger screen on the computer today to get a real idea what is happening.

Have you thought about loading the model into Sketchfab and embedding it here to let us wander around it a bit? I'd like to get an idea of whats going on inside and out before jumping in...

Always nice and clean images, mate.

Richard

@utiler said:

Have you thought about loading the model into Sketchfab and embedding it here to let us wander around it a bit? I'd like to get an idea of whats going on inside and out before jumping in...

You forget that I'm bloody lazy! No more than needed!

Rich O Brien

Some baked textures would make it sing in Sketchfab

Richard

I'm not sure there is a proper renderer that bakes textures yet is there?

Here is a quick mock up Post Pro!

Rich O Brien

Blender will bake textures, ao, normals, full render. Basically anything.

Richard

@rich o brien said:

Blender will bake textures, ao, normals, full render. Basically anything.

Yeah but no one want to learn blender just to do that!!

Rich O Brien

[mod=:103sfoc2]Removed SketchFab embed as it caused load time to increase for page[/mod:103sfoc2]

But when the end result i this then the time spent is worth it

massimo

I have to admit that I never really understood the utility of those baked textures. In that sketchfab model the shadows seem all wrong and way too soft. I mean it's like the light is coming from any point and the result is fake and cartoon-like at best.
A raw Sketchup model with shadows is 100% better than that IMO.

Very nice work Richard btw.

Rich O Brien

[mod=:2c4n0eqd]removed SketchFab embed[/mod:2c4n0eqd]

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massimo

Really nice.

Richard

Yeah I'm never sold much on walkable or navigable models mate. Buyers aren't impressed by them, they just click in to watch it move get lost and give up.

Not if you consider the other option is to spend some money on good images. There is a saying they use in advertising, if you haven't got good images - don't use images. Same I think with these!