My project is based around a forest and the forest of choice is Missouri forest, not only for it's exceeding amount of history and amazing scenes but also it has a very clear list of trees, shrubberies and all vegetation that grows within it. They have set up a government website showcasing all of the history and vegetation that surrounds the forest and what animals inhabit the forest. Using this website I've gathered enough information to see what needs to be made and finding references from the information given. 'Approximately one-third of Missouri is covered by forest land, featuring some of the finest oak, sassafras, pine and red cedar trees anywhere' meaning my scene will mainly consist of these 4 primary trees, along with tree stumps and logs containing textures for these trees. Although there is over 70 different species of trees in this forest I've decided to bring it down to at least 10 because of scope as we can't forget about bushes, shrubs and prairie forbs.
With this in mind I now have a plan on how to make the textures needed as well as the levels of bark and moss needed for the overall textures. A lot of extra vertex painting will be needed for the dilapidated feel of the train tracks/tunnel but nothing too major on that front. Alphas are going to be in high demand so finding the correct ones will be a necessity.
Now that we have a overall of what I want, I decided to look into detail at certain areas of the forest seeing as it's such a large and robust forestry. I would like to take the time to study the western end of the forest seeing as it's the part where most towns/cities go to take holidays or even hike. As you can see from the image below. This means trees are shaped certain, they would primarily be disturbed by humans and sculpted for pathways etc.
Western trees consist of hike paths, some train areas, forest fires and many more human made marks. This is why I chose to add the train track to my scene alongside a small train tunnel that goes through the building to show civilization on the other side. This is something I've personally made up but as you can see from the north-western side of the forest this is probably more likely to exist than not because of settlements and towns on the other side (Post apocalyptic). This would be man made and done after the zombie apocalypse has happened, meaning because it's a hunting ground that it will be scarce of zombies due to them being shot and burned small bullet marks here or there as well as nature trying to take back what it owns.
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