Rendered Views

I decided, because the scene being depicted is the gate scene and is meant to be cold and alone, I would put snow on the ground and have flakes falling.

texture list

http://freetextures.3dtotal.com/index.php?s=c:Stone&cid=18&sc=Texture/Cobblestones

door and current window design

door: here

cart & window designs

The design for the window is on the right. I'll be working with that later on: http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/gothic-architecture/images/gothic-architecture-6.jpg

gonna put shutters on the windows, as it is supposed to be a early 1900's French military barracks.

scene blocked out

Sketches

Tutorials

Great beginning to a set of the tutorials: 

Got it running finally...we begin by making a couple boxes:

BUT, come to find out Vray hasn't loaded on my system, so the next step of the tutorial is not able to be done (making a camera)

 8:27am- After a bit I saved my file and closed it down to take care of some other things, but when I went back to open it up I found it had been corrupted. I tried saving a few other things, but they, too, became corrupted. SO...I uninstalled 3Ds Max, sent Autodesk an email, reinstalled it this morning once I got my response from Autodesk. Ended up I had some malware that had decided to attach itself to one of the install files...Sophus took care of it quick enough when I scanned my comp. 

La Boheme story breakdown

La Boheme is a 4-act opera based in Paris, France in the early 1800's. Here's the breakdown for the first two acts:

Act I: Christmas Eve, 1830, Paris.  The poet Rodolfo and the painter Marcello are at work in their garret.  Two fellow Bohemians, the philosopher Colline and the musician Schaunard join them and they decide to go to the Café Momus.  They all leave apart from Rodolfo, avoiding the landlord as they do so.  Rodolfo is alone and intends to finish an article before joining the others at the café.  The young seamstress Mimi knocks at the door and asks Rodolfo for a light for a candle.  Their encounter develops into a love scene and the pair leave to join the others at the Café Momus.


Act II: The Latin Quarter, outside the Café Momus.  Rodolfo and Mimi meet the other Bohemians.  Enter Musetta, Marcello’s former mistress. She is with her wealthy admirer Alcindoro.  Musetta manages to get rid of Alcindoro so that she can concentrate on reviving her relationship with Marcello.  She persuades Marcello to accept her advances and, as the café bill is presented, the Bohemians make a quick exit.  Alcindoro is left to pay the bill and with the realisation that Musetta has left without him.

research videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8X89GIRUv0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiyT5_UipMs

tutorials

Other than Digi Tutors, I will be using this as well:

http://vimeo.com/8249572

research photos

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Gabé_Paris_revolution_1830_1.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wyv6LcHo_Tw/TjfmlHERuqI/AAAAAAAAh8U/ZMPrLHcuIOQ/s1600/Old+Paris+-+001.jpg
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/3470_h.jpg
http://theoryofmusic.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/gigli-in-puccinis-la-boheme-complete-recording-part-1-la-scala-orch-c-1932/

Images of the set

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sdoss.media/productionPDFs/LaBohemeScenery.pdf

3D Max tutorials screenshots

I'll post the screenshots from the tutorials viewed on this post:

Opera scenery

First project, due October 11th, is to model a scene from an opera (no animation) via 3D Max. I've chosen La Boheme, and the set I'll model is their living space (attic, or garret).