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SteamLondon Modeling Project

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SteamLondon is a set piece I designed in FAKK2 to show off a series of environmental models and textures that I created. Over a five-month period, I gathered reference materials, created concept art of each model and the overall environments, took texture-reference photos, modeled, unwrapped, and textured approximately 60 static meshes, created environmental textures for the BSP-architecture, and built and lit the level. I created everything that you can see in the level other than the trees outside the window (thanks to Hung Pham for the tree model). I was attempting to mix the vintage science fiction feel of "The Time Machine" and "The Wizard of Oz" with a little bit of the post-modern apocalyptic vision of more contemporary tales such as "Blade Runner" and "Dune." A Victorian house with an attached steam- and coal-powered laboratory provides the setting for my level.

Download the SteamLondon map here: Steamlondon.pk3 (requires FAKK2 and 44MB of free hard disk space); an installation guide can be downloaded as either a 22kB word doc or an 86kB pdf. Renders of some of the models I created for SteamLondon can be viewed on my Environmental Modeling page, while some of the concept art that I created for the project can be viewed on my Concept Art page.