The Domus of Victory Courtyard

GreyFaun

An extraordinary, magnificent roman courtyard ! https://www.daz3d.com/the-domus-of-victory-courtyard

One question, though : can the statues and low-reliefs be used as separate props ? I get they are loaded with the whole scene, but is it possible to save them as scene subsets separately ?

James_H

I liked the look of this, but deciding whether to continue buying new at the moment. So can't answer your question, I'm afraid.

GreyFaun

Maybe Deepsea (whose egyptien products are absolutely stunning) will have a look at my question ?

Deepsea

Good Day

You can save some statues as figure from scene subsets but fountain and low reliefs need 3d software to be edited.

Each statue and low relief have their own texture.

 

 

richardandtracy

I think it looks very nice. Peaceful, calm and something I'd love to have as part of my garden.

But.. it is a modern interpretation of a Roman domus rather than a Roman interpretation. There is archaelogical evidence that shows every square inch of pillars, statues & niches tended to be painted (except coloured marble facings on buildings), sometimes in incredibly garish colours. The wealthier families had better painting, and poorer ones had worse painting, but all were painted. I fear 21st century tastes would probably regard Roman taste as 'tacky'. Perfectly reasonable to show it unpainted when selling to a 21st century customer than a Roman customer, though. Love it.

Regards,

Richard.

 

GreyFaun

Thank you very much Deepsea ! The Courtyard is in my cart !

As for what Richard said, maybe we can hope for a colorful texturing add-on, like the one for yout Egyptian Temple ?

James_H

This is very much on my wishlist, but reconsidering how to adjust to the new 20% policy. Useful reminder that I can't buy everything I want, especially as things are in the UK at the moment. But really like the look. 

GreyFaun

OK : I bought it, I tested it, I love it.

It's even better than I thought, and the parts I had in mind (even the fountain) can be used separately, or in small subsets (computing memory-friendly) where it's easy to hide the rest (for exemple, the fountain is tied to a wall, but the surfaces are made so that you can easily hide everything except the fountain per se, if you want to use it alone).

Incredibly well done, thanks Deepsea !

Havos

richardandtracy said:

I think it looks very nice. Peaceful, calm and something I'd love to have as part of my garden.

But.. it is a modern interpretation of a Roman domus rather than a Roman interpretation. There is archaelogical evidence that shows every square inch of pillars, statues & niches tended to be painted (except coloured marble facings on buildings), sometimes in incredibly garish colours. The wealthier families had better painting, and poorer ones had worse painting, but all were painted. I fear 21st century tastes would probably regard Roman taste as 'tacky'. Perfectly reasonable to show it unpainted when selling to a 21st century customer than a Roman customer, though. Love it.

Regards,

Richard.

The problem is that you are making renders for people from the 21st century to look at, not for Roman people, so you need environments that look Roman to the majority of viewers, and they are not expecting to see the statues and wall reliefs painted. I remember someone pointed out that most medieval armor was painted, and not shinning looking metal like we see in museums. If this was true, it is again not what modern viewers expect, and they would look at an illustration with painted armor as somewhat garish, and fantasy, even if in fact it was closer to the historical truth.

richardandtracy

Havos, I completely agree with you. I did say: "Perfectly reasonable to show it unpainted when selling to a 21st century customer than a Roman customer, though. " which addressed the point.

Havos

richardandtracy said:

Havos, I completely agree with you. I did say: "Perfectly reasonable to show it unpainted when selling to a 21st century customer than a Roman customer, though. " which addressed the point.

Yes, I understood you agreed, just making a point, indeed a sad point that historical accuracy is not always the best policy. The good news is that this type of fake news can be adjusted over time. I am sure a lot of viewers would have seen nothing strange 40-50 years ago if all the fighters in a viking movie wore horned helmets. I think the average viewer now knows that never happened, it was just some invented myth, and so would not expect to see viking soldiers wearing them in any modern movie/game/render etc.