What’s this, a daytime render of Titanic’s Grand Staircase?
It would seem so.Just so our followers know we have not disappeared in recent days: We’re still updating our models, which includes adding more detail, changing some details, making them more realistic, fixing errors, and running them by our consultants to determine their accuracy and make them more accurate.
We’re also working on our rendering capabilities, obtaining what we need for this phase of the project, and getting our new computer hardware in order, not to mention gathering some more resources and help for various other aspects of the game, particularly where Southampton is concerned. So, we’re still steaming along. :)
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What’s this, a daytime render of Titanic’s Grand Staircase?
It would seem so.
Just so our followers know we have not disappeared in recent days: We’re still updating our models, which includes adding more detail, changing some details, making them more realistic, fixing errors, and running them by our consultants to determine their accuracy and make them more accurate.
We’re also working on our rendering capabilities, obtaining what we need for this phase of the project, and getting our new computer hardware in order, not to mention gathering some more resources and help for various other aspects of the game, particularly where Southampton is concerned. So, we’re still steaming along. :)
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A render of what our exterior model of Titanic looks like as of now, a little treat for our successful completion of our Indiegogo campaign. What you see here is a work in progress with many details yet to be added.
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An old render of Titanic’s First Class Restaurant Reception Room on B-Deck, around the Aft Grand Staircase and adjacent to the a La Carte Restaurant and Cafe Parisien.
Some of the details in this model will surely be improved later on, so it’s a work in progress.
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Old renders of Titanic’s First Class Reading and Writing Room.
Some of the details in this model will surely be improved later on, so it’s a work in progress.
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WE DID IT!
We met our goal on our Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign! For those of you who donated, you have our unending gratitude, and a few things to look forward to in the coming weeks, months, and couple of years in terms of the rewards, depending on how much you donated.
We’d especially like to thank Thomas Nice, who donated over $3,200 to get us to our goal at the last minute. Thank you, kind sir! It’s clear your name is more than just a name.
Donations will not be stopped 100%, however. In the coming days we’ll get our Paypal donation links back up, and anybody who still wants to donate at any time should still be able to do so that way. More details on that later.
Remember that this campaign was also mostly meant to fund Phase 2 of our project, which is mostly tech upgrades, software, 3D modeling, research, etc. $20,000 is a lot, but the final cost of this project will surely be much more. In the future we will likely have another crowdfunding campaign for the future/final phases (probably on Kickstarter). For that, we will be better prepared and have much more to show.
Again, thank you all for your generous contributions!
Note on occasional non-TH&G posts:
This blog is run from a side blog, and on occasion, through a Tumblr error, a post goes to the wrong blog. Apologies for any such posts that may creep in.
Renders of some of Titanic’s First Class Staterooms decorated by H.P. Mutters and Zoon of Holland.
- B-59, decorated in the Old Dutch Style.
- B-57, decorated in the Modern Dutch Style.
- B-63, decorated in the Modern Dutch Style.
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - Legendary Artist KEN MARSCHALL Joins ‘Honor And Glory’ Team As Visual And Technical Consultant!
Artist Ken Marschall has joined our team as technical consultant and visual advisor to help us make this game as authentic as possible. Ken has consulted with many Titanic projects in the past, and worked with James Cameron on a few occasions - notably as an advisor for his 1997 film, and part of his team in Ghosts of the Abyss and The Final Word. It’s an honor to have Ken assisting us on this endeavor!
Many of you are no doubt familiar with Ken’s paintings. His paintings are used frequently in books, on book covers, in documentaries, and elsewhere. Ken worked with Marine Archaeologist Robert Ballard when he discovered the wreck of the Titanic to piece together photographs and create accurate paintings of the wreck.
From the entire Honor and Glory team: Welcome aboard, Ken!
Artist Ken Marschall’s bio:
Artist Ken Marschall is best known for bringing Titanic back to life with his many magnificent, haunting paintings of the liner. Since the late 1960s, what started as a hobby evolved into a far-reaching and fulfilling career. He has been repeatedly asked to portray this most famous of ships from almost every angle, taking pride in making each photo-realistic creation unique.
To satisfy his drive for accuracy and detail, Ken has amassed one of the most extensive archives of reference plans and photographs anywhere. His familiarity with the ship has made him much in demand for consultation on everything from model kits to motion pictures, documentaries, and other projects too numerous to count.
Paintings have been commissioned or are in the collections of such notables as the late Walter Lord, the late astronaut Neil Armstrong, Robert Ballard, James Cameron, the National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery, and his art has been featured in numerous books and on the covers of Time, Life, National Geographic and many others.
Ken has illustrated many books by explorer Robert Ballard and accompanied him on expeditions to Lusitania and Britannic. He descended twice in a mini-sub to Lusitania and spent nearly 48 hours exploring Britannic in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear research submarine NR-1.
The artist’s impressive work in the New York Times best-selling book Titanic: An Illustrated History inspired Writer/Director James Cameron, someone else who wanted to bring Titanic back to life––not on canvas but on film. Ken’s knowledge of the ship’s appearance earned him the position of Visual Historian for the sets and miniatures where he worked closely with Cameron’s team, opening his photographic library and sharing artifacts from his personal collection with set designers, model builders and prop makers to enable the best accuracy possible. The influence of Ken’s paintings and expertise can be seen throughout Cameron’s stunning motion picture which went on to win a record-tying 11 Academy Awards®.
In the summer of 2000 Ken made his first dive to Titanic. The following year he accompanied James Cameron to explore Titanic for the large-format 3-D film Ghosts of the Abyss. Ken assisted in dive planning and dissecting the imagery brought back by the two mini-rovers that explored deep inside the wreck for the first time. In 2005 he was again asked to join Cameron on a Titanic expedition, this one documented in the Discovery Channel’s Last Mysteries of the Titanic, and made his sixth dive to the wreck.
Ken also spent many years as a visual effects artist for the film industry and television. His work is immortalized in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Terminator, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, Baby Boom, The Josephine Baker Story, Roswell, and many others. He shared in an Emmy® Award for his many matte paintings in The Winds of War.
(Original photo above of Ken holding painting taken by Günter Bäbler.)
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Renowned Titanic Historian, Author, and Titanic II Consultant STEVE HALL Joins the Honor and Glory Project as Technical Advisor!
Steve Hall is one of the world’s most knowledgeable people when it comes to the technical aspects of the Titanic/Olympic Class Liners. Welcome aboard, Steve!
Steve Hall’s Bio:
Steve Hall is an internationally renowned author, historian and novelist. He has co-authored several landmark Titanic books including Titanic: The Ship Magnificent (2008), Titanic In Photographs (2011) and Report Into The Loss Of the SS Titanic: A Centennial Reappraisal (2012).
He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the technical aspects of the ship’s construction, general working arrangements and photographic record.
As historian, he has been engaged as consultant to auction houses, the media and museums around the world.
In 2012, Blue Star Line Chairman Professor Clive Palmer appointed him as design consultant and historian to the Titanic II project.
A render showing details of the center anchor and anchor well, anchor crane base, and anchor chains and chain races on the Forecastle. The model is still a work in progress.
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A render of Titanic’s fantail as it appears now on our exterior model. The model is still a work in progress, with many details yet to be added on the Poop Deck, but this view is fairly complete.
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In honor of the 101st anniversary of Titanic’s sinking, we have created some images to depict various points in the sinking:
- The night of April 14th, 1912 - Titanic sails towards New York, not a sign of danger to her passengers.
- 11:40 PM - Lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee spot an iceberg directly in Titanic’s path. The bell is rung three times, the bridge is phoned, orders are given to stop the engines and turn the ship, but she still strikes the berg on her starboard side and begins to take on water through an area of damage totaling about 12 square feet in the form of opened seams between the steel shell plating across 5 watertight compartments. Shortly after, her engines are stopped for good and crewmen are sent to inspect the damage.
- 11:55 PM - Titanic’s Post Office is flooding as postal workers struggle to save as much mail from the hold as possible. Meanwhile, some passengers emerge from their cabins to find out what happened.
- 12:07 AM, April 15th, 1912 - The boiler rooms continue to flood. Thomas Andrews, the ship’s head designer, meets with Joseph Bell in the boiler rooms to inspect the damage, and concludes the ship will sink within an hour or so. Still unaware of the danger below, John Phillips and Harold Bride, Titanic’s Marconi operators, are told by Captain Smith to stand by and prepare to send out distress calls.
- Approximately 1:30 AM - Officer Lightoller orders the Boatswain’s Mate to go down and open a shell door on D-Deck so that they can attempt to load passengers into boats from there. This is never done, and water eventually begins flooding into the open door.
- 2:00 AM - Water floods the Forward Well Deck and Forecastle. At this point, it’s increasingly clear to the passengers that the ship will not stay afloat.
- 2:02 AM - Water begins to pour into the Third Class Dining Saloon on F-Deck through Scotland Road on the deck above. There were reports that a few third class passengers were stuck in the saloon until the very end.
- 2:05 AM - The water reaches B-Deck. The final distress rockets are launched around this time.
- 2:15 AM - The water breaks over the Boat Deck, submerging the bridge, washing the two collapsible lifeboats out to sea, and accelerating the sinking. Number one funnel collapses, and water rushes through the corridors.
- 2:20 AM - Rising approximately to an angle of 23 degrees, the hull is no longer able to take the stress and the ship splits in two, cutting out her lights forever. The stern falls back, and then is pulled down by the bow. The bow breaks away, leaving the stern to sink on its own. With the ship on its way to the bottom of the ocean, over 1,500 people are left to freeze to death on the surface, or have already drowned or are being taken to the bottom inside the bow and stern sections. Only 705 survivors in the lifeboats are rescued by the Carpathia.
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Titanic sails into history.
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Anonymous asked: Awesome! I love your guys' work! It's so cool to get to feel like your walking around through the great ship. This new video is really a treat to see! Especially when you went down to the F Deck landing and the swimming bath! Really cool! I feel bad every time you guys post something you get tons of nit-picky comments of a work-in-progress. It looks boss! And I love the lighting! Dim, just as I imagine it really was. The main stairwell is a little over-exposed?
Thank you!
What you see in the video is definitely a major work in progress. Barely any major work or tweaking as been done on the materials and there’s more work to be done on the lighting.
We’re also changing the wood color in the Grand Staircase. It’ll be less yellow, more red/orange, and darker. There are also other changes to be made, but we cannot say at the moment what those changes are.
About me
"Titanic: Honor and Glory" is a project aiming to create a video game set aboard a fully detailed and near-100% virtual recreation of the R.M.S. Titanic and utilizing Crytek's CryENGINE 3. It is a work in progress, being developed by Four Funnels Entertainment. Welcome to our Tumblr blog, where we will post updates, information, photos, and videos of the project. So please follow us if you're interested in Titanic and want to stay updated with our project!
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