Oberhofen Castle by Sue88

Maya • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Apr 06, 2005

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Description

I saw a photo of this castle in a calendar and I liked it so much that I decided to recreate it in 3D. The castle is in Switzerland, on Lake Thun. Its coloring is a bit different in reality, but I liked the orangish sunset colors of the picture in the calendar and I emphasized that in my interpretation. I started the project in trueSpace, then, when I got Maya, I continued and finished it there. I used Photoshop for making the textures. I hand painted some of the textures, and for the rest I used textures from 3DTotal, ambientLight, and Dosch. I hope you like the image. Comments are most welcome. Thanks!

Comments (46)

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RimRunner

9:30PM | Wed, 06 April 2005

While I hate to see you move away from tS, I can honestly say that it looks like you're well on your way with Maya. Great work young lady... so! What's next? ;)

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madmouse

11:57PM | Wed, 06 April 2005

As RimRunner says we hate to see you go. But as long a you keep producing images of this quality it will at least soften the blow. Stunning first Maya post Sue :)

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Sue88

8:52AM | Thu, 07 April 2005

Thank you James and Steve. hugs:) I've updated the image with a less saturated version and less contrast.

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behzad

12:51PM | Thu, 07 April 2005

Love it, very nicely done. I made it my desktop image to enjoy.

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Sue88

3:27PM | Thu, 07 April 2005

Thank you Behzad. :)

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3dtrue

12:19AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

freaking stunning! looks sooo real

dcmstarships

12:37PM | Tue, 12 April 2005

Outstanding image! It all looks so real . . . Glad you found a 3D tool that serves your artistic needs. I look forward to your future posts.

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Sue88

7:20AM | Wed, 13 April 2005

Thank you all. :)

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woodkz71

10:58AM | Wed, 13 April 2005

I've never yet seen a model designed to look so real. Now I have. Just went onto Maya myself, hopefully in a few months I can produce quality as good as this. Can you export models from Maya?

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Sue88

7:03AM | Mon, 18 April 2005

Thank you, woodkz71. Yes, you can export models from Maya. :)

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3DKiwi

5:41PM | Mon, 18 April 2005

Wow, great work Sue. The reflection on the rippled water makes all the difference. :)

viaCreations

12:17PM | Tue, 19 April 2005

This is nice! Great work!

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adrian3Dart

1:31PM | Thu, 19 May 2005

Nice detail on the Castle... u must have worked very hard, but it was worth. Congratulations! V

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Sue88

3:13PM | Thu, 19 May 2005

Thank you all for the comments. :)

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criss

3:56AM | Thu, 26 May 2005

Awesome composition, a lot of work here... :) Excellent modeling and texturing! One single suggestion, IMO, the color of the sun don't fit with the sun's position on the sky and a little with the color of sky (aplhaplane). Anyway... a piece of art! v

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