Nikola Tesla`s Laboratory, Long Island - Video Update

**Nikola** · 09-20-2011, 06:14 PM

Modeling is done by our student Milos Novakovic, great artist.
This is the room that we are populating.

**White Paper Games** · 09-21-2011, 04:59 AM

Maybe totally off the subject but you might find some good reference images from the new Captain America movie and also the The Prestige with Hugh Jackman. I appreciate they're big blockbuster Hollywood movies but I think you could find some high quality reference images from them.

**Nikola** · 09-22-2011, 04:12 AM

Thank you, it looks interesting.

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**White Paper Games** · 09-22-2011, 04:17 AM

Good! Hopefully you can find some inspiration in there. Keep up the good work guys!

**jak_carver** · 09-22-2011, 05:16 AM

@Nikola:
Good job with your work, looks real top notch. I'm curious though and wanted to ask you:

First, why are you working so hard on creating so much based on Nikola Tesla's labs, equipment, etc.?

Secondly, are you like a really big admirer of Nikola Tesla? I ask because you are working so much on recreating a bunch of his labs and stuff in UDK and because your user name is Nikola as well...?

What's the deal here? Again, I don't mean anything by it, your work looks fantastic, but I'm really curious.

**LittleMOM** · 09-22-2011, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Nikola

Modeling is done by our student Milos Novakovic, great artist.
This is the room that we are populating.

I`d like to meet you awesome 3D Artist

My fully Name is Novakovic "LittleMOM" Momir

**Nikola** · 09-23-2011, 05:51 AM

@jak_carver:

We are doing research of Tesla's work and of course I am big admirer of Nikola Tesla!
We have support of Nikola Tesla's museum in Belgrade, it is good for our students CV's too.

LittleMOM:
Nice to meet you cousin of Milos

))

**LittleMOM** · 09-23-2011, 05:11 PM

**Nikola** · 11-10-2011, 12:29 PM

Update, working on textures and materials. Comments are very welcome ...

greetings
Nikola

**Nikola** · 11-19-2011, 05:29 AM

Labaratory room is about 30% finished. Still importing models.
There are only 2 default metal materials in the scene and default generic lightning.
Still to go...a lot of texture work, materials setup, lightning setup,cube maps, postprocess
After this, one more room to go, workshop

**TheAgent** · 11-19-2011, 12:20 PM

It looks so real! The models look great.

**micahpharoh** · 11-19-2011, 01:55 PM

I love you so much

**etherbrain** · 11-19-2011, 02:55 PM

awesome dude....great work.

**iniside** · 11-19-2011, 03:43 PM

Uhm. This look better than real world.

**LittleMOM** · 11-20-2011, 01:25 PM

!!!!AWESOME !!! Great Texture,Modeling and Lighting Work!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!

**Nikola** · 11-21-2011, 12:24 PM

Thank you ppl

))
Modeling Texturing is done by: Milos Novakovic, Marko Novakovic, Mile Zlatanovic, Marko Stojkovic
some more pics...

Workshop, last room, half is finished

**Count_de_Money** · 11-21-2011, 05:09 PM

One of the most realistic scenes done in a game engine. Can't wait for the full release.

Svaka cast

**Nikola** · 11-22-2011, 06:21 AM

Thank you Count_de_Money (hvala brate

)
some PS exploration

**Dn2** · 11-22-2011, 10:29 AM

looking good so far...will keep an eye on this thread

**Boshko Savich** · 11-22-2011, 10:42 AM

OOOO svaka čast brate! Svaki respekt !

**Keiyentai** · 11-30-2011, 02:07 AM

Insane work there man. Keep it up!

**micahpharoh** · 11-30-2011, 09:22 PM

you could probably make a nice old photo style post processing for this

**ironbelly** · 12-01-2011, 03:18 AM

Wow, this is looking beatufiul.. you've got a definitely knack for texturing..

**Nikola** · 12-02-2011, 02:30 AM

Thank you very much friends, these replies force me to try harder !!!

I have imported half of the models for the workshop room, as soon as I have better render I will post an update ...

micahpharoh:
I have done something similar with Colorado Springs scene, only this time I will try to use old laboratory pictures as a reference

Hand made circular coil texture ...

greetings
Nikola

**Nikola** · 05-07-2012, 07:29 AM

Feel free to comment how to make it even better, thz

**hunharibo** · 05-07-2012, 03:47 PM

I have a question. Is the laboratory building made out of modular walls or is it one single mesh? If it is one single mesh, then how on earth did you make a proper lightmap UV layout for it in order to lightmass it?

**sittingducky** · 05-07-2012, 06:13 PM

awesome! is that tower climbable?

that would be so cool. maaaaybe, the walls and the floor could be dirtier here and there..really have nothing else to add, keep up the good work! : )

**stevelois** · 05-07-2012, 09:28 PM

Wow, look amazing so far !

**Nikola** · 05-08-2012, 02:50 AM

hunharibo:
Objects were sepereted by materials. It is not a single mesh becouse we had repetitive texture, this way we can use smaler difuse textures with a good resolution.

sittingducky:
Thz mate, We have read that Tesla was very clean and tidy but I think your are right it should bring more realism

. Tesla, tower will be climable as soon as we get back to polish outside part. There were railway and train for bringing coil etc...
Also next thing to do is machine animations, steam, electricity, sound and Tesla himeself

Thz stevelois.

**UDKKutigi77** · 05-11-2012, 11:16 PM

Nikola :

WOW!...beautiful work especially lighting process....love it. Thanks for sharing the power of UDK if correctly pushed to a level.

**Private Tux** · 05-12-2012, 04:32 AM

The screenies from early April 2011 to the present and the video you posted this month are beautiful and very amazing from time to time.

Very nice atmosphere, lighting process, fully functional 3D details, skybox, trims, wooden tables/chairs/furnitures, steams and other real life scenes you've inspired. Keep it up; and I reminded Nikola Tesla that I haven't seen him in my educational books yet.

**Nikola** · 05-14-2012, 08:27 AM

thz ppl

Tesla should be in educational books. He is very very very very important person from our human history!!!

**Skiz** · 05-15-2012, 05:45 AM

I think you should kill the (ingame) AO, it makes the shading unrealistic, especially near the roofbearing girders.

**Skiz** · 05-15-2012, 06:01 AM

*dubblepost

**Private Tux** · 05-15-2012, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Nikola

thz ppl

Tesla should be in educational books. He is very very very very important person from our human history!!!

You betcha.

Well, not on my educational books yet, so I will search some books at the university library that includes Tesla (or googling) to see how he improved his great creation from history till now.

**Nikola** · 05-16-2012, 08:40 AM

Skiz:
There is no AO in the scene (RT or baked). I will see what I can do to make it better, thz.

**LittleMOM** · 05-16-2012, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by Tux Android

You betcha.

Well, not on my educational books yet, so I will search some books at the university library that includes Tesla (or googling) to see how he improved his great creation from history till now.

ARE YOU KIDDIN` You don`t know who`s Nikola TESLA !!??

Well You can put it on google "Electricity or Magnetic Fields " and look at Results. Nikola Tesla is a Genius, but not wery known to the Public. He put his Notices in a Code Language(self developed) because he find out how to Use the power of very strong Magnetic Fields,but don`t know how to controll it. The Notices are in Beograd(Srbija) and not decoded till present days.

**Nikola** · 05-16-2012, 03:12 PM

Thank you LittleMOM.

Maybe in this way younger people can understand better who Tesla was

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

**neurosys** · 05-16-2012, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Tux Android

You betcha.

Well, not on my educational books yet, so I will search some books at the university library that includes Tesla (or googling) to see how he improved his great creation from history till now.

I am amazed like the others, that you dont know Tesla yet, no problem, but this must be corrected.

You can google it and you'll find loads but there are a few ways to find more technical, historical or less glamorized accounts than say popular publications. I have found the terms 'suppressed science', suppressed technology and 'teslas machines' to yeild very nice results.

I'm going to put up a link here but I'm not a spammer and its not my website, http://www.amazing1.com/books.htm
This has a lot of interesting books, geared for the hobby enthusiast and backyard mad scientist.
Back up to the main site and you can buy plans and parts for most of the devices, although its probably cheaper to get it elsewhere. Tesla is mentioned... alot.

I think the only person who intrigues me as much as tesla, is the coral castle guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Castle