Project Description

Purpose of the project

The theme of my work is about the Qing Dynasty in China. As we all know, the Qing Dynasty of China fell into disrepute during the late Qing Dynasty for various reasons, but the truth is that if the Qing Dynasty had not been a monarchy, China would have been a superpower in the world that was more developed than the European countries. In my artwork, I want to show the scene that the Qing Dynasty did not fall.

On the technical side, I’m hoping to use a variety of software that I’ve been taught on the course to make them, but of course as it stands, I’ve used all sorts of 3D software now except for NUKE, which is so difficult that I really don’t think of how to use it.

How I have planned my project?

In the beginning, I would make a detailed plan for each week, including learning new content as well as making projects, but of course, I’m not someone who can always keep on learning hahahaha, so I would have a few weeks off or travelling, I really love travelling around, it allows me to get more energy as well as inspiration, I think for most people travelling can drain you a lot of energy, but I’ll always travel and have fun all the time.

When it comes to my work, the most I do is plan a week or two in advance, for example, I’ll be travelling for 20 days during my winter holiday month, so I’ll get the final finishing touches done in advance, and then when I’m back in the UK I’ll finish off the effects breakdown video and uploading the process to the BLOG.

What research I have done?

I’ve mainly done research into the armour of the Qing Dynasty and the history as well as the design of weapons during this period. The research will be shown in my video.

Most of the research comes from my life, because I am a very interested in history, so I might make a production on a certain period of history, a lot of the research comes from what I learnt in my daily life, and this project is also.

In terms of the history of the characters, I chose Lyu Bu from the Three Kingdoms period as the protagonist, and he is also the figure of the Qing dynasty emperor in my work.

Lyu Bu was born during the Three Kingdoms period of China, a time of warlordism and armed forces from all over the world striving for the centre of the country. He was married to Diao chan, the daughter of Wang Yun, the chancellor of the Han Dynasty. Diao chan was the first of the Four Great Beauties of ancient China, which is also very much in line with how I imagine the Qing Dynasty to have been in its heyday.

Lyu Bu, was one of the most forceful people in the Three Kingdoms period, and many of China’s current words or ancient phrases are related to him. Lyu Bu could have set up a local armament at that time just by force, and if he had more chancellors to assist him, he could have even set up a state in the pre-Three Kingdoms period (which is true, after the Yellow Turbans Uprising, Lyu Bu did capture Xu zhou(a state in China), which was owned by Liu Bei, and was then fame reached its peak) In the end, Lyu Bu’s death was due to his failure because he was too arrogant and never listened to his own chancellor. If Lyu Bu had listened to his subordinates, he could have taken over the Central Plains of China and unified the country in the early Three Kingdoms period.

Therefore, I used Lyu Bu, a representative of force, as the main character because if the Qing Dynasty could be strong, it would definitely need a general who is good at fighting to be the emperor.

What I have learned so far?

Everything taught in class！ (but don’t ask, asking means I might forget lol)

Video Presentation

Click on the link above to see a video of my project.

Special Effects Breakdown Video

Hardest Part

Part I: When using ZBrush to make weapons, I couldn’t use it at all because I hadn’t used it for so long, and I watched a lot of tutorials to learn how to do it.

Part II: Just started using UE, originally felt that this software is very simple, and then found that I want to do what, what can not be done, and then only one by one to see the tutorials to learn, but I now find that the blueprints are really difficult, especially the blueprints of the characters, simply and other software is not a difficulty!