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[Released] The Roman Colosseum

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  • GhostofMacbethGhostofMacbeth Posts: 1,634

    Looks absolutely awesome

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,462

    Could not agree even more - awesome work.

     

  • SamanthieSamanthie Posts: 308

    Beautiful work!

  • JonnyRayJonnyRay Posts: 1,744

    While the included billboard crowd looks nice, maybe we can prod @RiverSoftArt to make a new Now Crowd billboard set as well? :)

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202
    JonnyRay said:

    While the included billboard crowd looks nice, maybe we can prod @RiverSoftArt to make a new Now Crowd billboard set as well? :)

    +1 Yes, I certainly hope so. Be great to easily put in a crowd watching for various scenes.

  • mcorrmcorr Posts: 1,089
    edited October 2019

    I requested spectators (for an arena, sports game, or whatever) a long time ago from Riversoftart, but that must not have been deemed a lucrative project because nothing was ever forthcoming on that front. Looks like that request has now become mute given the billboards included here.

     

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  • ProtozoonProtozoon Posts: 554
    edited October 2019

    I thought I'd share some information about the billboards included. The billboards are about 20.000 spectator cards that take the front and backside of a "character" from 2K maps with lots of pre-rendered characters. If you like, you can put your own characters, even yourself into them :)

    Lower stands are populated with upper class people (fancier clothes) and upper tiers with more common citizens.

    There is a little easter egg hidden in the crowd XD.

    I quickly rendered a bit closer look to the billboards. The billboards are extra to the set and meant to be pictured from a bit more far away, a bit blurred maybe. Here I didn't use DOF etc to blend them.

    Billboards.jpg
    1275 x 562 - 747K
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  • mcorrmcorr Posts: 1,089

    It looks like you now have people seated more closely compared to the original promos ... I think that's a huge improvement. In fact, the billboards are fantastic and will make any scene in the arena far, far more realistic and believeable. Excellent. Hoping this won't bust my budget. Looking forward to buying it.

  • ProtozoonProtozoon Posts: 554
    edited October 2019
    mcorr said:

    It looks like you now have people seated more closely compared to the original promos ... I think that's a huge improvement. In fact, the billboards are fantastic and will make any scene in the arena far, far more realistic and believeable. Excellent. Hoping this won't bust my budget. Looking forward to buying it.

    I haven't changed them since the promos. The camera angle makes a difference with these. Billboards have their restrictions, for example for this occasion revolving/camera facing billboards would use too much computing resources (tens of thousands of spectators).

    I'm glad you like it :)

    -P-

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  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,362

    It seems you made the crowd all male, if I recall females were not allowed in the arenas for at least some of Rome’s History. 

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202

    The crowds look terrific. Still, if you were doing a modern scens, it would be good if someone came up with crowd billboards with a modern look. 

  • ProtozoonProtozoon Posts: 554
    edited October 2019
    Havos said:

    It seems you made the crowd all male, if I recall females were not allowed in the arenas for at least some of Rome’s History. 

    Yes. I did a lot of research, also on Lex Iulia Theatralis, which stated the seating order in theaters and public mass happenings. I came to conclusion men occupied the lower seats and women were or weren’t (it’s still debatable) allowed to the top tier standing area. The wooden sitting structures were built later on the top tier.

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  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202

    Fantastic amount of research, that you did. Also reminds me of Shakespeare's time in that women were not allowed, at least in court, to attend a theatrical performance. They dressed as men, as Shakespeare himself pointed out in, e.g., Romeo and Juliet. Queen Elizabeth herself sat behind a scrim to hide her presence. I'm not sure about the Globe theatre: did the groundlings there, and other women, have to pretend to be men, or were they just barred from attending, or were they in fact permitted to enter? They, of course, were not viewd as "ladies." Sorry for the diversion, but the barring of women provoked that.

  • FrankTheTankFrankTheTank Posts: 1,131

    Wow. Another thing I never knew I needed until I clicked on this thread. Really outstanding.

  • HaddixxHaddixx Posts: 88

    I can't wait for this to come out.  Insta-buy!!

  • SwanSwan Posts: 134
    Protozoon said:
    Havos said:

    It seems you made the crowd all male, if I recall females were not allowed in the arenas for at least some of Rome’s History. 

    Yes. I did a lot of research, also on Lex Iulia Theatralis, which stated the seating order in theaters and public mass happenings. I came to conclusion men occupied the lower seats and women were or weren’t (it’s still debatable) allowed to the top tier standing area. The wooden sitting structures were built later on the top tier.

    Seating was arranged by class as well. While not all women were relegated to the lower class seating areas, the exceptions were likely few.

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    Protozoon said:

    I thought I'd share some information about the billboards included. The billboards are about 20.000 spectator cards that take the front and backside of a "character" from 2K maps with lots of pre-rendered characters. If you like, you can put your own characters, even yourself into them :)

    Lower stands are populated with upper class people (fancier clothes) and upper tiers with more common citizens.

    There is a little easter egg hidden in the crowd XD.

    I quickly rendered a bit closer look to the billboards. The billboards are extra to the set and meant to be pictured from a bit more far away, a bit blurred maybe. Here I didn't use DOF etc to blend them.

    wow that is very impressive. I have tons of props and clothing from the roman era to use in this set too. those billboard crowd prop is awesome can they be loaded separate as prop to kit bash them into other scenes? 

  • ProtozoonProtozoon Posts: 554
    edited October 2019
    Ivy said:
    Protozoon said:

    I thought I'd share some information about the billboards included. The billboards are about 20.000 spectator cards that take the front and backside of a "character" from 2K maps with lots of pre-rendered characters. If you like, you can put your own characters, even yourself into them :)

    Lower stands are populated with upper class people (fancier clothes) and upper tiers with more common citizens.

    There is a little easter egg hidden in the crowd XD.

    I quickly rendered a bit closer look to the billboards. The billboards are extra to the set and meant to be pictured from a bit more far away, a bit blurred maybe. Here I didn't use DOF etc to blend them.

    wow that is very impressive. I have tons of props and clothing from the roman era to use in this set too. those billboard crowd prop is awesome can they be loaded separate as prop to kit bash them into other scenes? 

    Yes, crowd for every "wedge" per tier of the stands is an individual prop, 24 of them. You can load the whole set at once or each at a time. You can also delete the ones you don't need. (Ultimately with the geometry tool you can easily even delete people one by one or separate just one spectator if you like.)
     

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  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    Protozoon said:
    Ivy said:
    Protozoon said:

    I thought I'd share some information about the billboards included. The billboards are about 20.000 spectator cards that take the front and backside of a "character" from 2K maps with lots of pre-rendered characters. If you like, you can put your own characters, even yourself into them :)

    Lower stands are populated with upper class people (fancier clothes) and upper tiers with more common citizens.

    There is a little easter egg hidden in the crowd XD.

    I quickly rendered a bit closer look to the billboards. The billboards are extra to the set and meant to be pictured from a bit more far away, a bit blurred maybe. Here I didn't use DOF etc to blend them.

    wow that is very impressive. I have tons of props and clothing from the roman era to use in this set too. those billboard crowd prop is awesome can they be loaded separate as prop to kit bash them into other scenes? 

    Yes, crowd for every "wedge" per tier of the stands is an individual prop, 24 of them. You can load the whole set at once or each at a time. You can also delete the ones you don't need. (Ultimately with the geometry tool you can easily even delete people one by one or separate just one spectator if you like.)
     

    you sold me . laugh

  • TATSU 3DTATSU 3D Posts: 224

    Is there any date planned for release as yet?

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,011

    Note that PAs aren't supposed to state release dates. Among other things, any release date we are given is only tentative.

     

  • XpiderManXpiderMan Posts: 426

    Outstanding work. It shows you put a lot of effort to detail. Great job!

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 5,937

    I would pay for an appropriate add-on crowd for your Recital Hall.

  • TATSU 3DTATSU 3D Posts: 224
    Oso3D said:

    Note that PAs aren't supposed to state release dates. Among other things, any release date we are given is only tentative.

     

    Fair enough, but still, even a tentative timescale would be nice to know.

  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,889
    xyer0 said:

    I would pay for an appropriate add-on crowd for your Recital Hall.

     

    Indeed! Billboards of people in evening or even business wear would be perfect.

  • ProtozoonProtozoon Posts: 554
    John Alexander Hopper said:
    Oso3D said:

    Note that PAs aren't supposed to state release dates. Among other things, any release date we are given is only tentative.

     

    Fair enough, but still, even a tentative timescale would be nice to know.

    When I originally posted this thread I didn’t know even myself. Now I know and it is soon :)

  • ProtozoonProtozoon Posts: 554
    vwrangler said:
    xyer0 said:

    I would pay for an appropriate add-on crowd for your Recital Hall.

     

    Indeed! Billboards of people in evening or even business wear would be perfect.

    I will take a look into this.

  • inquireinquire Posts: 2,202

    I would like a crowd that could be put into the background for a wrestling ring.

  • TATSU 3DTATSU 3D Posts: 224
    Protozoon said:
    John Alexander Hopper said:
    Oso3D said:

    Note that PAs aren't supposed to state release dates. Among other things, any release date we are given is only tentative.

     

    Fair enough, but still, even a tentative timescale would be nice to know.

    When I originally posted this thread I didn’t know even myself. Now I know and it is soon :)

    In that case, I am loking forward to it's release immensely! :D

  • TATSU 3DTATSU 3D Posts: 224
    inquire said:

    I would like a crowd that could be put into the background for a wrestling ring.

    Very much seconded!

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