Cape Fear Memorial Bridge - Revisited by MadDog31

Bryce • Modeling • posted on Jul 30, 2003

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Description

The gateway from the fearsome Cape Fear River to Historic Downtown Wilmington stands this structure, the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. Built in 1967, it not only aided traffic going in and out of town, it also has created many a story as years pass us by. Not too many of these lift bridges are left in existence, which makes this bridge even more special. It is a signature of Wilmington, North Carolina. I decided to re-texture this after figuring that photo mats are much better off being used instead of DTE textures. I utilized Photoshop to mix the painted metal and rust together, and used the texture editor to customize each mat that was applied to the objects. I also tried a new sky technique, of which I think it turned out pretty well for a first shot. I hope you, along with myself, appreciate this bridge and also enjoy the image! :) Regards, Ian "MadDog31"

Comments (29)

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Flak

2:37AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Some good modelling work done here. Well done.

amethyss

2:40AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Sure is an excellent image.You should make the sky available(hint).The more I look the better it gets. Can I make one suggestion?The leaves in the foreground tree.Be nice if they had a bit more texture.However this is very well done.

unityboxer

3:09AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

WOW! this is exellent,any chance you might post up the textures you used.The bridge is very good,ive seen it for real,good job!

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zfigure7

3:37AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Well constructed bridge scenary. Love the angled shot of the bridge and its surroundings. Excellent!

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Doublecrash

5:34AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Superb result, Ian! The textures are too good to be untrue :). Overall a most excellent work.

mloates

6:08AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Superb work. The sky looks great, and I love the texturing. Excellent!

eelie

6:33AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Oh wow! You've had some great images but this is spectacular! The sky is perfect (can you share techniques?). I agree about the foreground leaves but that's just a minor tweak.

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TheBryster

6:57AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

A lot of hard work must have gone into this. And it shows in the results. Great work!

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gregsin

8:31AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Great image, everything looks perfect too me. I think you've done a fantastic job on this.

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castaneda

9:19AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

A superb image. Seemless, and a wonderful sky; what's the technique?

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Incarnadine

11:12AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

This is indeed a big step up qual wise - well done!

jstsittinghere

11:38AM | Wed, 30 July 2003

excellent work!so real

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danamo

12:32PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

I love bridges too Ian, and you've done a wonderful job with your modeling, texturing, POV, and Environment here!

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bikermouse

12:35PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

One of the best bridge models I've seen so far. You managed to get the sky and water to blend into the image very well so that they don't steal the show but rather help to emphisise the bridge. Nice work! - TJ

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Ang25

2:32PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Looking real nice. So many improvements, the sky, the bridge, the plants, great job!

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ITAK

2:56PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Unbelievable modeling! Excellent work!

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pakled

3:25PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

well, the sky's about the right 'Carolina grey'..;)..I can see NC 17 from here..;)

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deemarie

4:24PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Wonderful details - Lived in that part of the country and you really do it justice :)

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catlin_mc

5:00PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

You've done a really good job on this Ian and I'm most impressed with your textures and sky. Very realistic. 8)

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BecSchm

6:20PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

The new textures really add to the realism. Really fine work!

MuddyGrub

6:30PM | Wed, 30 July 2003

Fantastic revision. The textures are top notch.

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EYECON

5:58PM | Thu, 31 July 2003

still the magic grows stronger to you at every image... i see here that the image has really changed and is very much better looking! This was very good (the old one) before now i think its alive... well done and a vote!

alvinylaya

9:28PM | Thu, 31 July 2003

Beautiful improvements, looks so much better! I love it!

Wahnfried1959

5:00PM | Sat, 02 August 2003

It looks like a photo, so fantastic realistic! Brilliant modelling!

bigbigblues

8:09AM | Thu, 07 August 2003

Goodness. That's some wicked modeling. Superb.

linkinpark

4:03AM | Sat, 09 August 2003

My goodness, really awesome modeling job!!!