I'm looking for a residential type neighborhood much on the order of the Dystopia type models or something on the order of what stonemason creates (NO I'm not buggin' stonemason to create one). What I want to do is make a backyard scene and I want house to be seen over the backyard fence in the background. I have tried using odd and end houses and cottages but that means more models and more polys in my images.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Micheál

A low-poly alternative would involve using displacement-mapped blocks with appropriate textures.

Try Baument.com- I think he has some. I've seen some buildings in Freestuff as well

Cool suggestions lads! I'll have to check them out!

Cheers,
Micheál

Though he might not have exactly what you look... there's a contender coming up in the 'ranks' to challenge Stonemason...

Look at Predatron's work, here, at content paradise, his own site (google the name), poserpros, 3dcommune, and elsewhere.

Pretty impressive. The two combined will give us all some really nice high detail backdrops.

poserworld might also have something - they have a very large library of urban scenes.

I tried to use some low-poly models but when I rendered them in firefly they looked really bad and deformed. What's up with that? I've noticed that a lot with some models. When you render them using the firefly render engine they be come deformed. It's really strange.

I will have to take a look see at some of Predatrons models. thank you for the info!!

Cheers,
Micheál

Check to make sure you are not using some kind of polygon smoothing. I think firefly has a smoothing option. Avoid it like the plague with anything square, cornered, and (or maybe just or) low-poly.

theres Acacia Ave...
http://www.contentparadise.com/us/user/22_acacia_avenue_product_20966

Uncheck the smooth polys feature in firefly.

There is a "Smooth Polygons" option under the properties tab for each individual object.  It is on (checked) by default.  Uncheck the box and polygon smoothing will ignore that object.  Each prop has only one of these.  Figures, on the other hand, have this for every body part.

Jeff

3dcritter makes really nice houses...

http://www.vanishingpoint.biz/marketplace.asp?memberID=4310

Quote - 3dcritter makes really nice houses...

http://www.vanishingpoint.biz/marketplace.asp?memberID=4310

 

Yes I bought those this afternoon just for my scene I'm working one. They are great! I also picked up Richabri's garage as well!

Also there's a software called 3d Home Architect that you can use to design your own houses (if you want you can even do exteriors only to jkeep the poly count low), then export them as 3ds to build your own residential neighborhood.

Depending on exactly what sort of shot you need, you might get by with positioning a photo of an actual residential area in the distance, and concealing the join with the foreground by means of a wall or fence.