Favorite Sci-Fi Environments?
Stormlyght
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I'm working on some sci-fi renders for a client. I don't have many environments that could be used for science fiction renders (GIS Nova and GIS Project) and none that are iray. Would you please share with me your favorite ones?
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I tend to favor construction kits.
Indoors
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-interior-construction-kit
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-interior-kit-2
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-brig-construction-set
Sci-Fi Characters Can Have Normal Rooms Too
https://www.daz3d.com/small-room-kit-bundle
https://www.daz3d.com/collective3d-create-a-room-base-set
https://www.daz3d.com/collective3d-create-a-room-xpack-1
https://www.daz3d.com/collective3d-create-a-room-xpack-2
https://www.daz3d.com/collective3d-create-a-room-xpack-3
Cityscapes
https://www.daz3d.com/greeble-city-blocks-bundle
https://www.daz3d.com/greeble-city-blocks-04
https://www.daz3d.com/moebius87
There's a distinct possiblity that I own no specifically sci-fi street level environments but Stonemason and AntFarm are always good bets and the Dystopia stuff while old is nice especially retextured.
Depending on what you need, this might be useful: https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-bastion
https://www.daz3d.com/cyberpunk-city - good for near-future sci-fi-ish exteriors
That one I own; KindredArts also has some I'm not familiar with:
https://www.daz3d.com/orion-dynamics-vulture (sci-fi aircraft, so maybe not relevant)
https://www.daz3d.com/poseidon-station
https://www.daz3d.com/the-citadel
There are also a bunch of Daz Originals, some for the PC Club so they may be lower cost. Most seem to be by Mely3D or Petipet, so some of them may hang together thematically:
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-corridor-b
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-base-2 (primarily exterior)
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-square
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-interior-construction-kit
https://www.daz3d.com/retro-sci-fi-star-ship-bridge
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-corridor-a
The question is, what exactly do you need it to do? What does your client want besides "sci-fi"? GIS Nova and Project are both specific to the same space station, in theory; is that what you need? (Also, they convert tolerably well to iray, although the process is a bit tedious.) That can help narrow things down to what you need.
KIndredArts and Stonemason might be the PAs to look at, if you're trying to get a certain space-station-like feel.
These two items are upgrades for the GIS series to add Iray materials:
Future Series Part 1 Iray
Future Series Part 2 Iray
Don't forget https://www.daz3d.com/vector-corp-sci-fi-construction-set
...being into near future cyber apocalypse settings, these are my favourites:
The Aforementioned Greeble City Blocks
https://www.daz3d.com/urban-future-5
https://www.daz3d.com/city-ruins-bundle
https://www.daz3d.com/after-the-war
https://www.daz3d.com/urban-sprawl-2-the-big-city
https://www.daz3d.com/urban-sprawl-3
https://www.daz3d.com/the-dark-side-of-the-city
https://www.daz3d.com/urban-future-4-street-level
Cannot provide liks to these as they are at Renderosity)
Razor Rider Hotel
Razor Rider Diner
Post Apocalyptic Bar
I also have more futuristic Sci Fi sets like:
https://www.daz3d.com/cloud-city
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-sets-and-vehicles-bundle
https://www.daz3d.com/skyline-hall
https://www.daz3d.com/retro-sci-fi-star-ship-bridge
https://www.daz3d.com/space-base
Ones I would recommend (which are currently on sale at 40% or 50% off):
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-kit-2016
https://www.daz3d.com/modular-sci-fi-kit-01
https://www.daz3d.com/utopia-labs
https://www.daz3d.com/utopia-cityscape-blocks
(yeah, a lot of Stonemason stuff, but his attention to detail is worth the price). I listed a number of modular interior sets as they definitely give you more flexibility
Other sets of note
https://www.daz3d.com/mv-stella-crew-deck
https://www.daz3d.com/mv-stella-command-deck
https://www.daz3d.com/moon-360
https://www.daz3d.com/space-dock
The best however is to set the store genre filter to "Sci Fi" and browse though the offerings as there are many and some not mentioned here maybe just what you are looking for.
Wow! Thank you all for your responses!
Agent Unawares I really like the idea of construction kits. I’ve wishlisted the items you shared for Cityscapes. I had completely forgotten about the Greeble City Blocks kits by Stonemason.
@vwrangler right now the client wants a space station look for the renders. I wanted to see if I could get a consensus on favorite interior sets before purchasing. I really like the Sci-Fi Bastion by Kindred Arts. That set looks like it could definitely appear to be out in space with the right HDR lighting.
Thank you @JamesJab I took a look at those after being frustrated in retexturing and converting the materials to iray for Nova and Project. I may still go that route to limit expenditures for the rest of the month.
Cris Palomino thank you, great set. Constructions kits look like they’re definitely the way to go.
Kyoto kid, I appreciate all of the recommendations. I do like Stonemason’s sets and if I could wait until January (new budget), I would definitely purchase several that everyone has listed.
I did filter for Sci-Fi in my search but it pulled so many that I wanted to get some feedback from others on what they liked. You’ve all gone above and beyond in recommending some great sets. Once again, I truly appreciate it!
Trish
A couple other that you might be interested in.
https://www.daz3d.com/space-base
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-outpost
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-outpost-props - good for futuristic furniture even if yyou don't use the outpost
https://www.daz3d.com/new-colony
https://www.daz3d.com/new-colony-props
https://www.daz3d.com/trouble-brewing-poses & https://www.daz3d.com/centauri-freehold - poses for the New Colony
Also, the Micro Motel Room by Richabri over at Renderosity could be used as individual quarters in a space station, base, or spacecraft.
Has anyone tried rendering this set in 3Delight or converting it to 3Delight? If so, how does it look?
Of course, Stonemason has quite a few SCIFI sets and they're all pretty sweet (and on sale at the moment...). If you need sets that look fantastic and are a bit more budget-friendly, take a look at the Platinum Club SS Marcoor line of products:
https://www.daz3d.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=ss%20marcoor
Since it's for a station, I highly recomend https://www.daz3d.com/iray-hdri-space to give it that floating in space look. It renders out beautifully, and is very easy to use. You just have to rotate the dome to get the scene where you want it outside the windows.
Thank you for the link to the Marcoor product line. I didn't even think of those!
Trish
Hi @dragotx
I love the space HDRI by Kindred Arts! I use them for all kinds of things and they will now be used for probably what they were intended for...space scenes
Trish
Yeah, I love those and use them all the time. Probably my most used HDRI set to date
Nice! I'll have to think about getting some of the sets from Petipet's store. I appreciate the recommendation for the Micro Motel Room and the price is right with the holiday sale at Renderosity.
Trish
That's a hard one because I have some good free stuff as well as paid. Here some of my favorites.
https://www.daz3d.com/sci-fi-cockpit-interior
https://www.daz3d.com/orestes-iray-hdri-skydomes-vol-3-vega-system
https://www.daz3d.com/iray-hdri-space
Free:
https://sfman.deviantart.com/art/Free-Modular-sci-fi-kit-by-sfman-680313880
I use TerraDome3 alot to create alien environments.
https://www.daz3d.com/terradome-3-iray
https://www.daz3d.com/terraluna-3
Also, you can create planets by creating primatives and applying textures to them. You can download free planet textures like Mars and Jupitor, etc from NASA.
Hi @tkdrobert
I love both of the HDRI's you listed. I use the one by Kindred Arts the most.
I also have Terradome 3. I didn't even think of using it for creating off-planet landscapes. Thank you for the idea!
Thank you for sharing the link to SFMan's deviant art page! The free modular sci-fi kit looks awesome. It has a creative commons license and I'm not sure if it can be used for commercial use--but it would be fun to use for general "in space" renders.
Trish