Continued Maya Progress... Part 2

Just more of an update using more renders...

Wood Tower Scale Render - 1 - I had to make sure that these were set to the correct scale... it looks a little bit too big for this character...

Wood Tower Scale Render - 2 - This looks more correct in relation to the character beneath it.

Wood Tower Scale Render - 3 - This look a little better compared to the first image... If I was to create a a few characters for this scene, they would have to be this size (of the character pictured)

Trees...

I attempted to use the trees that I created within SpeedTree only to find out that since this version of SpeedTree is "exclusively" of use with the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), you cannot export it as a Maya file or as and Object file (Obj)... So, I have a problem...

I have decided to make a tree using the good old fashion way of modeling one in Maya... I have looked at a few tutorials (since I've never really modeled a tree before). I did try and model one but it looked rubbish so the tutorial I found has allowed me to create this tree with the branches... it has no leaves on it yet but I'm thinking that I might just leave it the way it is due to this scene will be set within an Autumn / Winter season so it will be brownish/yellowish grass and leaves on the floor... so in this instance, I have actually made a decision on what the environment will look like now... this has helped.

I only created one tree, duplicated it a few times (with a rotation) and placed them within the environment and I think they look cool.

Tree Render Layout - 1

Tree Render Layout - 2

Tree Render Layout - 3

In fact, I have changed the textures slightly on the Viking Barns... I taken all the textures of my models and added the normal Lambert so that it will run quicker... I deleted them from the Hypershade due to have my machine freeze a few times yesterday... I'm running a Quad Core 2 and I'm getting little problems! Boo... I actually made this computer for this but yet things still happen! Anyhow, here's a few more shots at it current stage.