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    • A Offline
      And_And92
      last edited by

      Hi all, I'm using sketchup to completely rebuild Minas Tirith. I'm using Vray as the render engine. C&C will be welcome. I'm still working on the right side of the first level. If you have any question, ask me ๐Ÿ˜„

      http://lh6.ggpht.com/_AlVroeykbJM/TGxzEMJBsTI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/FNgDqLHudcc/birdview4.jpg

      http://lh5.ggpht.com/_AlVroeykbJM/TIOAtkZX2-I/AAAAAAAABD0/Rb-3Oh9lAo8/re1.jpg

      http://lh3.ggpht.com/_AlVroeykbJM/TIabIvS2NDI/AAAAAAAABF4/RaeEhBV9DIs/re3.jpg

      http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3774/47041615.jpg

      http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6590/83605952.jpg

      http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9240/94709323.jpg

      http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3290/77990792.jpg

      http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/7834/25475031.jpg

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        And_And92
        last edited by

        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

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        • mitcorbM Offline
          mitcorb
          last edited by

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

          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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          • daleD Offline
            dale
            last edited by

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

            Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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              And_And92
              last edited by

              Thank you guys, hope you'll help me to improve my modeling skills ๐Ÿ˜‰

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              • numbthumbN Offline
                numbthumb
                last edited by

                Quite an ambitious project! I donยดt dare to imagine the size of the completed project - probably several hundred buildings plus rocks ๐Ÿ˜ฒ
                Impressive work, will be following with great interest! ๐Ÿ‘

                Comfortably numb...

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                  And_And92
                  last edited by

                  Vray brokes down when I render the whole scene, so I have to use 3ds max to render... ๐Ÿ˜„ 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 ๐Ÿ˜„ so I'm not using only SU I use its mot powerful features ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

                  PS: thank you for compliments ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    @mitcorb said:

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

                    Indeed amazing! (and indeed enjoying...) ๐Ÿ˜„

                    Looking forward to more images! ๐Ÿ‘

                    Gai...

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                      liam887
                      last edited by

                      @and_and92 said:

                      Vray brokes down when I render the whole scene, so I have to use 3ds max to render... ๐Ÿ˜„ 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 ๐Ÿ˜„ so I'm not using only SU I use its mot powerful features ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

                      PS: thank you for compliments ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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                      http://www.robotsvdinosaurs.com/

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                        And_And92
                        last edited by

                        I don't have a clear plane but I think it will take me mre than 2 years to finish everything ๐Ÿ˜„

                        http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4152/23795385.jpg

                        http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/8158/minastirith.jpg

                        http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/8143/66582752.jpg

                        http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/927/66341236.jpg

                        http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2811/42797050.jpg

                        http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/6649/41829174.jpg

                        enjoy ๐Ÿ˜„

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                          pbacot
                          last edited by

                          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.

                          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            See Lemog for other crazzy reconstructions ๐Ÿ˜‰

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                              derei
                              last edited by

                              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 ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ฒ ๐Ÿ‘

                              DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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                                Pherim
                                last edited by

                                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.

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                                • DanielD Offline
                                  Daniel
                                  last edited by

                                  Very impressive!

                                  My avatar is an anachronism.

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                                    And_And92
                                    last edited by

                                    @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... ๐Ÿ˜‰.
                                    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 ๐Ÿ˜„

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

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                                      (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.

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                                        TLD
                                        last edited by

                                        This work is amazing

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                                          Fletch
                                          last edited by

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

                                          Fletch
                                          Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                                            ScottyBoomBotz
                                            last edited by

                                            This is great, did you ever finish it?

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