Details: ATSF water tower, based on the 1907 one in Chapelle, NM. 24' x 29'. The building next to it is what I assume to be the pump house. The details and general overview were taken from this picture: http://atsf.railfan.net/tanks/wtchapel1.jpg
The model has about 3,500 rivets, and took me all of 15 minutes to build. Simple texturing and rendering took the rest of the morning, 'cause Inventor's so intuitive about that. The model will look drastically different in UE4, as I'll have to retexture the whole thing.
Heaven knows when I'm going to be able to start really working in Unreal on this; while I've gotten some experience already creating models and importing them, the progress is still slow, and there's a lot I need to learn. Between the model nuances (export from Inventor to 3dsMax, then save for UE4) which loses details and finesse, to learning how to texture, I figure this will be a long trip. Plus, DTG will have to release the editor before I can work on the route.
Incidentally, does anyone know what sort of color the Santa Fe used to paint their water tank roofs with? I had to assume white for now.
I'll also probably try to modify and upload a previous project I'd been working on, the former GM&O depot in Alton, IL. It was demolished last year by the UP.
