Medieval Docks by Faveral

zombiewhacker

Two questions about Medieval Docks by Faveral. One, how well does this old Poser environment render in DAZ Studio and Iray? Second, in your opinion, what medieval era (what century or centuries) do you think it evokes?

BlueFingers

I don't have the product myself, but do have non-iray models of a similar age and those render just fine. Close ups probably won't look that well, I usually use DoF to camouflage it. Half-timbered houses are often quite old, dating back to the Middle Ages, so it could be any age since then as there are still quite a few around. Timber framing was a popular building technique in Europe during the Middle Ages. It continued to be used in various forms throughout the centuries and became more widespread in the 16th and 17th centuries. The popularity of half-timbered houses waned in the 18th and 19th centuries. Looking at the houses in the model, give me renaissance vibes more than anything.

FirstBastion

There is a physical skydome that needs to be removed,  and an iray water added.  You would want to adjust the bump channel for the cobble stone and stone walls. I would also say it is more Renaissance than Medieval.

Taoz

Here's a quick render of the DS version, right out of the box, using the Iray dome.  About 10 minutes on a GTX 1070

zombiewhacker

Thanks for the feedback. The set does look late medieval to me as well. For some reason, the render by Taoz is giving me a Witcher 3 vibe, though I've never compared images side by side.

frank0314

Mid-1450-1500 style architecture I believe, so late Medieval times. Not an expert on Medieval times so could go even earlier for start time

chris-2599934

Widespread use of chimmneys and glass windows suggest a later date, rather than an earlier one. Steep roofs suggest northern Europe (somewhere where it snows). Absence of any bricks or classical architecture suggest pre 1600. Those very tall houses to the right of Taoz's picture frankly look rather implausible for timber-framed buildings, but I'm no expert.

It could, of course, be much later. Lavenham still looks like that today. People didn't say "oh, the renaissance has started, we need to rebuild all our medieval buildings." Still, sooner or later, a big fire generally made that decision for them!

WendyLuvsCatz

I always thought it was meant to be French Medieval, a quick Google image search of Medieval France Architecture supports that

Strasbourg especially

PixelSploiting

It could be anywhere between late 1400s to even as far as as definitely not Medieval 1700s. Lots of glass windows and majority of cities still were mostly Medieval buildings.

 

If it was a rich merchant quarter then you'd have quite a few glass windows for showing off the wealth even in the late 1400s.

alexhcowley

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I always thought it was meant to be French Medieval, a quick Google image search of Medieval France Architecture supports that

Strasbourg especially

Luc was born in Brittany so it makes sense that his work would feature a French influence.

Cheers,

Alex.