Destroyed version
Ecumenopolis version
Blender screenshot of a 3D city made out of kitbash pieces from the Toxoids spaceships. This helped me gain a lot of time while coming up with unexpected shapes that fit the Toxoids theme.
3D Render
Quick GIF process showing the different steps I went through. The lights on the buildings are a separate render pass that I composited on top.
Process GIF²
Ecumenopolis GIF Process
This is the City Set that I made for the newest Stellaris DLC, the Toxoids Species Pack.
City Sets are very interesting to work on as the creative process is quite large, as long as the end result fits into the Art Style. With that in mind I was able to come with a failsafe method of my own to quickly sketch out buildings in Blender with kitbash pieces provided by the 3D team, originally used for the ships designs.
The most difficult part was trying to tie everything together so that the City Set matches every other environments, from Tropical to Arid, so testing all kinds of environments was necessary all along the way. Still a very fun challenge to take on and one of the works I'm most proud of for this DLC.
