Hod Carrier
1959TS 03
After designing the lit Oslo tram, I thought I'd play around with Stud.io to see what effects could be attained using the various light settings and luminous parts palette, among other finishes. To give it a real test, I thought I'd push it as far as I felt I could by creating a fully enclosed scene, such as you might find in a London Underground deep tube station. I'd already got a virtual design for a deep tube train, so it just seemed like the natural thing to do.
And here is the result. This is a semi-fictional view of a Northern Line service entering the platform at a deep tube station. The scene looks a bit murky, but it is set in the 1960s/70s when the deep tube wasn't as brightly lit as it is now, so I didn't want to go overboard with the lighting. I've included an old-style "lightbox" destination indicator and some period-typical advertising.
Part of the problem with rendering in standard LEGO colours is that these parts tend to end up very reflective in the renders, which created a lot of unwanted light effects. To counter this I had to make fairly extensive use of the rubber colour palette and keep the standard finish for sections that would have been tiled rather than painted, as well as the sides of the train. I've rendered this at maximum resolution to allow folk to see as many of the details as possible and compare the different lighting effects. There's also one or two jokes hidden in there for folk to find. Enjoy!!
1959TS 03
After designing the lit Oslo tram, I thought I'd play around with Stud.io to see what effects could be attained using the various light settings and luminous parts palette, among other finishes. To give it a real test, I thought I'd push it as far as I felt I could by creating a fully enclosed scene, such as you might find in a London Underground deep tube station. I'd already got a virtual design for a deep tube train, so it just seemed like the natural thing to do.
And here is the result. This is a semi-fictional view of a Northern Line service entering the platform at a deep tube station. The scene looks a bit murky, but it is set in the 1960s/70s when the deep tube wasn't as brightly lit as it is now, so I didn't want to go overboard with the lighting. I've included an old-style "lightbox" destination indicator and some period-typical advertising.
Part of the problem with rendering in standard LEGO colours is that these parts tend to end up very reflective in the renders, which created a lot of unwanted light effects. To counter this I had to make fairly extensive use of the rubber colour palette and keep the standard finish for sections that would have been tiled rather than painted, as well as the sides of the train. I've rendered this at maximum resolution to allow folk to see as many of the details as possible and compare the different lighting effects. There's also one or two jokes hidden in there for folk to find. Enjoy!!