The Occupation: Thor's Settlement
This is a remake of a project I had done almost 4 years ago. The original project
started as a model of a medieval tower
and turned into a massive build which lasted 5 months. I just recently decided to
redesign the scene as my Skills have grown since those days and my software has gone
through a few updates. Thus size and scope of this project is huge, this is probably
the biggest undertaking I have had yet, a completion time is well into 2008 so I will
keep this page going and up to date.
~gp~
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This is the original scene done 4 years ago. The original design called for a dome
to encompass the settlement but in doing the renders I thought it was a good idea
to get rid of it. For some reason the settlement looked better with out the dome.
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The revision landscape and dome is 25% larger than the original and the method of
landscape construction has improved.
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To produce the landscape I used the program Terragen and then imported the file into
Lightwave for the construction. The size of this landscape is 9 square miles.
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This is a basic render of the landscape exterior and dome. I chose the Tessellated
dome for structural reasons as this design adds strength to the structure and lessons
the need for framework.
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Inside the dome I am building a terrain plate/platform, that will hold the structures
that will eventually rest on the ground level. This image shows a basic idea of building
placement .
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This is the final mesh for the lower level plate all of the domes first level buildings will rise up from here. The dome is going to have 3 levels at 600 ft each.
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The first building I constructed for the settlement was the Hyline Building.
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The hyline building complex is made up of 3 towers which are designated as commercial complexes. They stand 210ft tall and are 125 ft in diameter.
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The complex is located in the center section of the plate and is the the center of commerse for the settlement.
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Construction time for this building was 80 hourse from nuts to bolts, hopefully the rest will not take as long.
