A Roman Watchtower

[Gaieus]

I am (kind of) "working" on this project with a Roman re-enactment group here in Hungary. They are located where there used to e a legionary camp (Brigetio, Pannonia) on the bank of the Danube and of course, along the bank, lots of watchtowers, too.

Now they are planning to build a "real" watchtower for themselves (not on an archaeological site though) and asked be to sketch up some ideas for them. Here is a very quick setup/render of the project. Easy 8, 22 passes, ~1h on my dual core at 1024x768. Roman soldiers from the Warehouse (thanks to MorBius - although huge files!!!)

[Frederik]

I like this one, Gai...
How did you make the grass...??
I struggle with making good looking grass in TWR...

[Fletch]

very very nice, you can't claim any longer that you have no render skills, mate!

[Gaieus]

Hi Guys and thanks...

Kim; the grass is the "default" grass clip and plane that comes packed with Twilight. I used the fur plugin to populate certain areas then put the faces on a hidden layer (with TL rendering them).

Fletch; I really know it's far from perfect. But thanks anyway...

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I also posted some plan and elevation SU exports over SCF:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtop ... 27#p280027

[Pg09]

Very cool render!!!

Is this on a real location in (south) Hungary?

[Gaieus]

No, it is not a real location (these guys actually want to build it and they would not be allowed to in a real location).

It's also not in the South but in the North (the opposite bank of the Danube is Slovakia already)

[Fletch]

10mins - just for fun, G, hope you don't mind...

[Gaieus]

Hehe... Certainly not. I tend to neglect PP all the time so it is a kind of refreshment!

[Gareth]

nice work again Gaieus....i like these historical projects of yours...

...keep 'em coming...!!!

[Gareth]

....perhaps an animation to the Jimi Hendrix song "All Along The Watctower"....

....then again, maybe a bit inappropriate....!!!