Sky

I chose to get rid of the physical sun and sky attribute I had, and replaced it with an image backdrop of clouds. I felt this would help give a better sense of depth for my scene, and reinforce the fog-like atmosphere I was creating. I now though will need to add ambient lights around my area, as there is currently no indication of sunlight.

large surround of my scene

Development

Here are some screenshots of the development of my scene. All elements are now added, it is only a matter of touching up and creating the camera fly through to explore the scene. 

I created the wooden arches and chains using a mixture of polygons and a chain generator that I found using python script. I took reference to the chains used in the How to train your Dragon Battle Arena- 

As for the Brazier, my original design had two miniature ones situated at the edge of the cliff face. I decided though after analysing more scenes from the film, that in wide open areas Berk often had just a large Brazier to light the area. I also felt it suited the cliff area better.

The rock I created holding inscriptions for the rules and code of conduct of the Training area. I loosely based it off the stone Hiccup writes on whilst teaching citizens of Berk about dragons-

The weapons rack allows the vikings to borrow the communal training equipment which consists of an ax  sword, shield, and bolas. I referenced viking weaponry from historical paintings and previous research as well as the weapons from the How to train your Dragon film.

This bridge leads the trainees from the landing cliff to the main training area. Originally I designed it not to have side poles and a rail, but after watching more scenes of How to train your Dragon realized most of their high bridges have them. It would be extremely unsafe otherwise.

Music

For my camera fly through,  I have decided to use music from the How to train your Dragon movie soundtrack. This will help entive the viewer and reinfore the How to train your Dragon theme. After listenening to the songs I have narrowed it down to a few options that I believe enhance the mood of my scene:

"Dragon Training"
"The Dragon Book"
"Focus Hiccup!"
"Forbidden Friendship"
"Test Drive"
"Dragons Den"
"Ready the Ships"
"Battling Green Death"
"Counter Attack"

They can each be found here-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23LvPOCU508&list=PLA212A6139481A024

Meeting with Durgesh

I had a meeting today with Durgesh as I was having trouble the size of my scene. He helped me change some settings and remodel my cliffs to give them a lower polygon count. Also recreated my caves to a seperate polygon because holes in shapes are bad! (@.@) 

Visual Referencing

Whilst working on my scene, I have been constantly referencing and rewatching sections of How to train your Dragon. This way, I can keep developing my scene to as similar an aesthetic style to the film as I can. In particular, I have looked at certain elements they use that I am creating /or replicating with a different purpose to better suit my scene. For example braziers, fire, bridges, etc.

bridge

brazier

weapons rack

weapons

fire

Development

I have now created and incorporated the wooden arches and chains that surround the cliff area. I also created a new brazier, that better fits the How to train your Dragon aesthetic style.

Development

Here I have made a bridge allowing the vikings to access the second cliff platform, and stables for them to keep the dragons inside-