I don’t know how far I’ll go with this, but I want to experiment with LODs and I chose the Empire State Building for my model. I used a few images from Google as references to get the basic shape and proportions. I started with a cube to form the bottom-most section, and then used loop cuts to mark off the sections of the building and extruded them as I worked my way up. It was very easy to do.
chipmasque, I don’t know how long my patience will last. I don’t expect I’ll ever be able to detail the whole thing to a very high level, but instead I plan on spot-detailing certain areas, and then use them in an animation.
And yes, a giant ape and a few planes buzzing around are a possibility…
Wow progress is looking amazing! Well I can’t wait till the planes and the ape are hanging around! Also can’t wait to see how much detail you will add!
You just encourage me to continue, Deadway. :eyebrowlift: Right now I’m doing the very tedious task of adding frames to all the windows for LOD 3, and it’s taking forever, so no new images of my progress yet. Maybe tonight.
Speedthriller, I missed your post, so now I’ll look at that window add-on you gave me a link to. It’s just what I need. Although I have to use textures for most of the windows, I’d like to make my own (textures), and this will help.
On a general note, I’m at the point where I have to start thinking about the transition between LOD 3 ans LOD 4. LOD 3 will be textured windows (like you see now) and only the basic shapes for what will be detailed features in LOD 4. I’ll add most of this detailing to the observation decks and at street level. The rest of the building is pretty basic and only very close-up shots will need finer details. For those, I can just use small sections of the building rather than the whole thing.
I guess I need to get these windows finished so I can start the transition to LOD 4!