{"id":1423,"date":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/bootcamp-3d-modelling\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:42","slug":"bootcamp-3d-modelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/design\/bootcamp-3d-modelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Bootcamp: 3D Modelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breakfast<\/h1>\n
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Can’t go landscaping on an empty stomach!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fake it!<\/h2>\n

We started the bootcamp with a short introduction to \u201cGame Graphics Production\u201d followed by a Unreal Engine 101 where Tom also let us in on the game industry\u2019s biggest secret: fake it!<\/p>\n

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Tom Pauwaert: The art of copy pasting in ‘Horizon Forbidden West’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Don\u2019t create 6 different versions of something. Create just the one and then copy\/paste, rotate, enlarge, play with lighting, materials and no one will notice they are looking at the same thing copied over and over!<\/p>\n

As true developers this was easily accepted, and so we got to work!<\/p>\n

Lunch<\/h1>\n
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Taking a break after all that building and constructing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finishing Touches<\/h2>\n

After lunch, there were additional demos on some more advanced Unreal Engine functionality: make it all look even better by playing with light, fog, elevations and finish up the landscape with terrain and foliage assets.<\/p>\n

Closing<\/h1>\n

The Winners<\/h2>\n

The top 3 resulting screenshots, as voted by the itenium consultants:<\/p>\n

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\ud83e\udd47 Alexander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\ud83e\udd48 Michael<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\ud83e\udd49 Timo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honorable Mention<\/h2>\n
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\ud83c\udfc5 Sofie: manages to get on the podium every year with some out of the box thinking \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Also special thanks to @Tom Pauwaert for teaching us the ins and outs of the Unreal Engine!<\/p>\n

Extras<\/h1>\n

Other interesting reads<\/b><\/p>\n