What's your favorite large interior environment?
Astraffel
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Atriums, museums, lobbies, hangars, factories... I love spacious architecture, yet I'm cautious of the natural reduction in localized quality. Especially older models where they may look much better or worse in iray than the promos show.
Please, feel free to share your favorite large interior environment, something you think has great space and quality, or suggest one you wish were available here.
I'm curious what others have discovered.
If you were to image search "wdw lobbies" (disney) or "dc museums" (washington) that may better convey the breathtaking scale I'd love to animate cameras and characters within.
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I'm not sure that this qualifies as a large interior or not but Strangfate's Red Crow Inn is seriously awesome:
https://www.daz3d.com/rog-red-crow-inn
Cheers,
Alex.
I rather like Aslan Court for that
https://www.daz3d.com/aslan-court-1
https://www.daz3d.com/aslan-court-1-iray-addon
@alexhcowley
The detail in those ROG sets looks amazing!
Though subjective, I'd say it's mid-sized. While there's a portion of it that's two-story near the stairs, it's overall a dark and cozy atmosphere.
I'll very likely save up for their bedroom environment someday, yet the inn and their fantasy "underhill" home series also seem fantastic quality.
@WendyLuvsCatz
Ah, I've got those! (I think Daz gave them to me for free when I first signed up?)
Maybe I could mix and match those modular elements with my other sets like Driftwood Spa or The Colosseum and get something similar to my real-world references.
Thanks for the ideas!
Large interior..
Not sure I have one. Have quite a myopic view, with interiors being the size of my house.
If I really want a large interior my first port of call would be an HDRI at Polyhaven, TBH.
https://polyhaven.com/a/empty_warehouse_01
https://polyhaven.com/a/small_hangar_01
https://polyhaven.com/a/small_hangar_02
Regards,
Richard
That's a smart shortcut for still renders. As I'm working on animation, I only use HDRI's for skies. That's awesome if it works for you though!
A few more ideas of rather large interiors:
https://www.daz3d.com/borgia-s-opulent-hall
https://www.daz3d.com/mick-great-hall (base set is modular so you could create one as large as needed)
https://www.daz3d.com/fg-museum
https://www.daz3d.com/sun-hall (pre-iray but should convert quite well)
Yeah, those ones are only suitable for stills. Shame.
Some of the Polyhaven HDRI's are big enough to be skies etc, but often need a disguise for the transition to the ground & with animation it doesn't always work well.
Regards,
Richard
That's a great list! There's different elements I like about each of those.
The Borgia set, especially with the new add-ons bundle, seems like it could work well for either a hotel lobby or a museum.
Real quick off the top of my head, two PAs come to mind that I use a lot, Jack Tomalin and Stonemason. Both have huge stores and a wide range to choose from. Many of Jack's items are DAZ+ and he had been updating the older pieces for Iray. There is also Predatron, ROG, SloshWerks, Merlin Studios, powerage, The Alchemist, TangoAlpha, The Management, The AntFarm, First Bastion...
These are just a few of the great PAs doing environments (not necessarily focused only on landscapes) that I can write out quickly. May I suggest scanning and looking in the gallery, and finding the ones you are attracted to and note where the environment came from. Wishlist their store where it matches your needs. And remember shaders are your friends and a 3DL to Iray shader can update an old set.
@memcneil70
Thanks for the suggestions!
If anyone's interested, I experimented with a few of the sets I have and attached renders below.
For the first one, I wanted to try replicating the five-story lobbies I was referencing. The other two were far faster to setup, although the camera parameters are warped to better capture the space.