The room that Lino wakes up in after having his dream is modelled after the Obel Palace environments from the video game Suikoden IV. Suikoden takes place in a fictional fantasy world, but it still takes influence from real world cultures. The kingdom of Obel seems to be mainly influenced by Japanese styles, so I also googled a lot of old fashioned Japanese bedrooms for inspiration. Lino's bedroom doesn't actually appear in the video game, you can only go as far as the entry hall and throne room when you explore the palace in the game, so the layout for Lino's room had to be invented.
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| Four pillars support the cieling in Lino's bed chamber. They are built
from wood, and have shiney golden guildings for decoration. A red
carpet leads to the king's bed. |
The images you'll see here are very dark - thats because i wanted to keep the lighting as natural as possible. there are no candles or torches keeping the room alight while Lino is sleeping. But I have included some very pale and subdued looking omni lights to shed light on areas such as the red carpet leading to the king's bed. I also added some raytrace maps to the metallic materials to create a shiney surface effects. 3D modelling is still vastly new to me, so I'm still making gradual progress with my modelling skills.
The material for Lino's bedding is from my lense cloth that I use to clean my glasses. I scanned it in and messed with the colours a bit in photoshop. I wanted the sheets to look creasy, as it reflects Lino's personality - that he's not concerned for neatness and formalities, and that also, he's just awoken in this scene from a nightmare, so the sheets will be crumpled from where he's been tossing and turning in his sleep. The logo that you see in the background is the banner of Obel - four rings linked by a fish tail. I've placed two banners at the back of the room, flanking Lino's bed, and the head of the bed itself also has a wood carving of the logo.
The cupboards in this room have a material that I used from photos of some old cupboards in Osterley House (some of the old furniture they have there is in oriental style)
