Ice Base

Idea

For this Blender project the idea was to create a sci-fi building in an ice environment. To make it more realistic I looked at currently existing polar stations and other buildings used in this kind of environment. The buildings should be massive to withstand the harsh weather and protect the inhabitants.

Concept

Based on this I created some sketches for the general look of the buildings.

The overall layout of the base would look like this with:

the central main building
generators for the whole base
antennas
living quarters

Modeling

First I blocked out the basic geometry with placeholder objects:

Compared to the additional design I added another level. The idea behind this was that the building would not be positioned directly on the ground.

The result after the modeling can be seen below. All placeholder objects have been replaced and additional details cables and power lines were modeled with Nurbs curves.

Texturing

For the texturing I unwrapped the objects and created textures in Photoshop.

Final rendering

The final rendering can be seen below. I added additional lights at the walkways and glass materials for doors and other surfaces.