Create an Underground Subway Scene – Part 2 of 2

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Discover dozens of tips for realistic materials and compositing.

Length:
36 minutes
Software:
Blender 2.57
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Rate:
VN:F [1.9.17_1161]
Rating: 4.8/5 (95 votes cast)

Part 1 | Part 2

In this tutorial you will discover:

  • How to create realistic reflections and materials
  • How to create glowing lights
  • How to add atmospheric fog

Welcome back! Last week we conquered Part 1, which was all about modelling the subway scene, and this week we’re getting into the materials and compositing.

Finished Result

Textures used in this tutorial:

At a Glance

Screenshots from the video:

Further inspiration

Not sure where to go with this tutorial? Check out these links for some inspiration:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! As you can see my finished result includes a signal box, warning signs and little pebbles on the ground. All of these things are optional, but they really help to sell the authenticity of the scene. So go nuts and see what you can come up with!

Download finished .blend Create an Underground Subway Scene – Part 2 of 2, 4.8 out of 5 based on 95 ratings

About Andrew Price

User of Blender for 9+ years. I've written tutorials for 3d World Magazine and spoken at three Blender conferences. My goal is to help artists get employed in the industry by making training accessible and easy to understand. I'm an Aussie and I live in South Korea ;)
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  • Jesse

    So i have this problem at the step where you create different render layers. Im pretty sure, along with another post, that it has to do with the “light” layer. Rendered fine until i created different render layers. Everything is the same but when i render, it goes from rendering a block, and then blacking it out. alls im left with are the lights in the final render. Can anyone help please, i have a lot of hours in this tutorial and would LOVE to finish it :D

  • zoso

    Here’s my render…

  • zoso

    Great job on this tutorial… makes me feel like a pro completing it.

  • Ilias

    Andrew…you are fantastic! I never thought I could something like this!
    http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/858813_10200715676921220_1063210738_o.jpg

  • Jakub

    Thanks Andrew for this tutorial. It has opened the new horizons for me. And this is my work: http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3965/tunelwys.jpg

  • http://twitter.com/Cbastuiter Cbastuiter

    Thank you!

    It´s not perfect… but i learn a lot!!

  • blend guy

    what i learned from this totourial .very helpul

  • James

    Thanks for another great tutorial! Here’s my effort: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8016716@N07/8241825648/in/photostream/

  • Samm Hi

    This is the third tutorial I’ve completed, and I’m learning alot :D Thanks!
    Here’s what I made :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/miguel.barroso.14 Miguel Barroso

    Thanks a million. Having a blast learning from you. Here’s my crack at the underground subway http://imgur.com/PcUu0

  • fergus

    when I check backdrop, it comes up with a black square but not the image. I can’t fix it. please help!

    • fergus

      sorry fixed it.

  • Miles

    I have a problem were the floor texture only shows the ConcreteLeaking texture no matter what I do, I do exactly the same as Andrew and yet it doesn’t work. I am using blender 2.63.

  • Jim

    When I go to download some of the textures, there are several images that make up the texture. Plus there is one that’s called “image tiled”. And you don’t have the option of getting the same size in that one as you do in the others. May be a retarded question but which one do I use?

  • anonymous

    for some reason, my camera is a square. I cant fix it

    • http://www.genesis.net.au/~mds Matt

      Go to the render tab => dimensions => resolution and change the values to whatever you want.

  • JOE

    i have a problem, when i turn off shadeless in the wall texture. The scene is very dark. How do you solve this?

  • http://x Carlos Ramirez

    Hello Andrew

    I solve this problem

    shift + A > output > composite

    And then, connect the render layer whit the composite node, and now I can make a render.

  • http://x Carlos Ramirez

    Hi! Great tutorial, you are amazing!!!

    After I made the composition, I want to make another render, I can’t. The message is: “No render output node in scene” I hope you can helpme!

    Excuse me my English I just a English student

    Thanks a lot!!!

    greetings from Mexico

    • fergus

      I had this problem too. you need to go shift+A to add new node, output, and open a composite node. You don’t need to connect it up to anything, but it ensures you can get a render. Hope that helps!

  • Patrick

    Damn i folow the instructions step by step but i cannot get depth of field work anyone same?

  • http://www.genesis.net.au/~mds Matt

    Great tutorial! You have really helped me learn how to use blender.

    Here is my version: http://www.genesis.net.au/~mds/dump/subway.png
    I have one question: see how there is a very sharp edge to the shadow on the roof, how would I get rid of that (without using cycles)?

  • krispy

    I swear you are giving away every secret of the Wow Factor :P

  • http://www.lulebe.de Lele

    Thanks! This tutorial helped me a lot! Please make some indoor things like living rooms or a kitchen, I often don’t know how to texture and shade it.

  • Iaknihs

    Thanks a damn lot for the Tutorial!
    When i started i barely knew how to expand a cube, but the results after this tutorial are pretty damn impressive!
    Time to start the next one…

  • Pablo

    Hi! Congratulations, great tutorial.

    I have one question: When I reopen this blender file blender, composition doesn’t work anymore unless I render the scene again….I have tried to use an image input node instead of the scene, but I loose Z value. Can this be done?

    • Erik

      Hey,
      Same here. Would be awesome if anyone could help. My scene took almost 2 hours to render :/

  • Lawrence

    Great tutorial! Just finished. Did the city one last week, loving your structural tutorials! I’m a student (17) studying a Games Development in Plymouth UK, I’m about 9 months into the course and loving blender. More architectural, structure tutorials please ;) I love your work as much as my sexuality stretches, Keep it up!

  • http://www.patrick-allen.nl Patrick

    Wow, I just started with blender and it’s amazing what you can dowith free software these days..

    Very good, I’m intimidaded and impressed ;)

  • EC

    If your scene turn black, its cause by the “light” render layer.

  • EC

    Its something to do with the “light” render layer. Don’t know how to fix it yet, but Im sure thats the problem

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