Slow progression

Making slow progression. I think I got a little too hooked on the details of those smaller towers... But I really like the way it is starting to take form!


Added some VERY basic lighting which will be replaced with a nice skylight + spotlight combo.
Need to thicken the centre of the bridge - make the triangular sections which would normally rise - also this will help to bring the design back slightly to what it was before.

Fences made using the lattice tool - which is fast becoming one of my favourite modifiers!

Going to add some more bank either side of the river and maybe a plan in preparation for the water texture.

I think I am also going to add some fences here and there and also maybe some picnic tables and chairs.

details now. so moving slowly, but moving forward none the less!

Starting to take form.

Something I forgot to mention earlier - I decided to make the Ferris Wheel a lot larger in the end - to make it the main feature of the towers. I really do like this idea - however I think I need to make the columns fit together with the wheel a little more naturally.

Here is some more progression: I have started to make the entire bridge - gave it a bank and also started making the smaller towers. I think I will leave the smaller ones more or less how they were originally - maybe having some form of stand on the inside. and also excluding the roof type bit at the top. :)

Cylinders

just starting to refine it down. This is one of the big towers. The columns themselves were made using a cylinder and extruding certain lines and polys to give that shape. The start of the wheel of the Ferris wheel is basically a cylinder with the lattice modifier.




Here is one from a bit later. Again - just blocking out the parts. Made the carriages for the Ferris wheel and also made the big tent-like bit at the top. Also began to look at the bridge itself and the fences

Initial Blocks

I thought I'd post a render by render sequence to show my work flow.

Here is the tower blocked out roughly - using the reference as planes and making sure each part is to scale.


Here I am still finalising the designs in my head. So nothing big in the way of progression or style choice at first.

Tower Funfair!

Okay... thinking about it - I've changed my mind again. I think I will go for the fairground as what I will change the bridge into. Just make the ferris wheel's bigger ^_^

I've gathered some reference for it:

This sort of slide thing I could use for the towers themselves. I do actually really like that idea. I love the vibrant patterns that you get with these. - It's questionable whether I will make the tower itself patterned (second image) or whether I will simply just make the slide patterned (top image)

I think I will definately go with some form of spinning swings for the top of the towers :) But their top will be pointed almost like a circus tent. I think these have really interesting and intricate designs to them. The second one especially has a lot of texture to it which i think is really nice. Also the patterns are repeated so hopefully it shouldn't be too difficult to model in 3d max


I think this image will come in very handy for making the big ferris wheels! It's a very simple drawing but one I can base mine on.



Again, this is only a model of a ferris wheel but it shows clearly how I could go about constructing it.

Some designs

Here's a couple of ideas.

I can't really think of anything else to do with the fairground idea. So I think I will just go with the office block one - despite it not being that colourful.

More Reference

Here are some reference photographs I took.

I would really like to keep some element of detail from the original in my design - to keep that character.