Bathroom revisited (Podium v1.5)

[kwistenbiebel]

Hi SU'ppers,

I am re-rendering an older design using Podium v1.5, to see how that bathroom would look with bump maps applied (tiles,plaster and water).
Also a little experiment on visualising an open water tap.

The model is all sketchup, except for the rose which is .3ds 'entourage' import.

Link to bigger resolution:
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/bathroomwithbump1.jpg

A more general view:

Comments are welcome.
Cheers,
Kwistenbiebel

[solo]

Nice one Biebel, and great tips on the waterflow.

[kwistenbiebel]

A close-up on the water tap:

[kwistenbiebel]

A screen shot of the Sketchup setup:
The scene is entirely lit by 'LEMs' (= light emitting surfaces).

A screenshot of the water tap:
To model the water I started with a tube. I selected the lowest circle and rotated it horizontally around its center, thus creating the twisted form. Then I applied a water texture with according bump map and added reflection of about 50.

[kwistenbiebel]

a fragment of that latest image to show the detailing:

Cheers and thanks for watching...

Kwistenbiebel

[marked001]

wow...these are really awesome, kwisten!! i never would've guessed these were done in podium.. really need to mess with it.

[Frederik]

Yeah... They look really excellent, Kwistenbiebel...

Only crit I can come up with would be on the missing caustics in the water and the too shiny tiles...
But it would definitely make my client happy...

[kwistenbiebel]

Thanks Marked001 and Frederick.

Frederick,
In reality, the tiles are really as reflective as in the rendering.
On the site images, however, the tiling caught some dust because of the work going on there so the reflection is less visible there.
I discussed the risks of that type of tiles being slippery with the client in design phase, and he decided it was best choice to use.

Indeed caustics (=light patterns on objects caused by refraction of light in the water)would enhance the realism, but in my experience (other render engines),using caustics shoots render time through the roof. (Podium doesn't support caustics in current version).

[kwistenbiebel]

Thank you sir

I thought I'd throw in some earlier on-site images of the real thing.
The bathroom is finished some time ago, but due to circumstances I haven't been able to get in there afterwards to shoot photos of the finished thing.I should have done that when I was still supervising the works.

first shot:When you look closer you can see one of the earlier rendered images lying on the bathtub. Showing the rendering to the contracters sure did help to explain what I was aiming for.

And another shot:

[Roger]

Kwisten, bowel problem?

[Roger]

It is a play on the name of this thread. The bowel is part of your intestinal tract and if you have a bowel problem, it would cause you to revisit the bathroom (Bathroom Revisited). In English this is what is known as a bad joke.

Sometimes these wonderful insights just appear to me in the middle of the night. What can I say?

[kwistenbiebel]

Now I get it

[kwistenbiebel]

@roger said:

Kwisten, bowel problem?

Sorry for my poor knowledge of English, but does bowel mean?

[Edson]

hi kwisten,

great work indeed.

i had seen this bathroom on PPB2 and had even saved the pictures, as well as from a great kitchen you posted there.

cheers,