Morroblivion

This is definately a good start. It could use a few less verts ofcourse - a bit of tweaking here and there. Also if you want this model to have certain value to the project, you will need to unwrap it - cause probably noone is going to do this for you :)

I would ask someone smarter than me, im just a newbie trying to finish the models i started some time ago. Also i'm sorry if that came out offensive or something, just wanted to make sure you know you need to uv and texture it yourself. Some people tend to hope someone else will do it for them.

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UV unwrapped rendered using random rust texture.

Custom texture for the "hammer" table and thing on the tank (if that´s ok).

Hope that the unwrap is good enough.

Is this a Dwemer machine, or something built by the Dunmer copying something of their's?

They should look like the rest of the ruins.  Dwermer nearly extinct, no one should be maintaining this stuff.

We should probably determine what kind of corrosion, if any, we want for Dwemer brass metal.

Brass resists corrosion, quickly green from the copper, but with the thin green layer protecting the underlying metal from further corrosion, unlike iron or steel, which rusts.

Here's some handy pictures of naval brass corrosion after ling treatments of salt water, to show that the grooves are still viable.  And it's the right color too.

The rust texture was just to show the unwrap (the first texture i found on my computer that looked semi like).

When imported the most will use the stander dwemer texture right?

Haven`t worked a lot recently, Ive improved the uv unwrap slightly.

Also, does the wireframe look good?

Thank you. I will be very excited to model some Dwemer stuffs :) 

From what I've seen in the concept I assume it's more like a steam-powered press, the structure on the right looks like a steam boiler to me (There is steam floating behind it), the one in the middle something like a temporary steamtank (some big pipes connecting this with both others), whereas the left one seems to be the actual press. The ventile at the temporary steamtank could toggle steam flow, the one at the press the local steam flow which would raise the rammer. Probably all this is working automatically, I'm not sure.

Something I would add is (If my description turns out to be true) something to open the heater at the steam boiler. And I'm not sure what the connection between the press and the boiler is meant for, as I'm not a historical mechanic:) Would the concept artist be so kind to clear some things up?

-Seneral

I like the idea of how it functions, but is the design a bit too modern?

Perhaps something like this?

Smitehammer wrote:

Well it's not THAT modern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-7bz7bmDg4

"The concept of the steam hammer was described by James Watt in 1784, but it was not until 1840 that the first working steam hammer was built to meet the needs of forging increasingly large iron or steel components. In 1843 there was an acrimonious dispute between François Bourdon of France and James Nasmyth of Britain over who had invented the machine. Bourdon had built the first working machine, but Nasmyth claimed it was built from a copy of his design."

" A steam hammer built in 1891 by the Bethlehem Iron Company delivered a 125 ton blow. In the 20th century steam hammers were gradually displaced in forging by mechanical and hydraulic presses, but some are still in use."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_hammer

Its not too modern and early versions used the power of steam. Dwemer who used a lot of strong metal probably would need such a large machine and honestly the idea behind it is not that complex as the basic principle is the build up and of release pressure to create extraordinary levels of force. I'm sure the dwemer who created automatons could figure it out.

LP is done

@lukkar 2.6k vertexes 3k quards

Does it look like dwemer? I'm not sure. And remember it's not dwemer script!

So let's post a little

Textures are not corrected for dwemer

More details and effects will be added when I finish connections and tubes.

Btw, green suits to inscription better than blue.
You can show that letters have thin layer of this glass (with inner glow).
Not sure that green tubes can be good. You can experiment with brass dwemer metal.

Anyway. Green glass is what it need.

Lots of dwemmer stuff will have bright blue glowing runes as far as i know, it's there in the concept for a reason too. In matter of consistency i think it's better if it stays that way – anyway i think it's up to Mo... since he is the one creating assets.

I hope blue will be used very exclusively.
I would use only old Morrowind palette in this case.

I thought Aetherium was supposed to be very rare, and something that may not even exist among Dwemeri clans this far to the east. I'm in favor of non-glowing runes more reminiscent of the Dumac clan aesthetics, as seen in the rest of the Skywind concept art for Dwemer architecture. Aetherium runes on the forge would look out of place with the tileset that is already being modeled.