Ancient Persian city Susa

For my shortfilm I have reconstructed an ancient city of Susa. Took me a while but things are coming together for the final shot :slight_smile:

“By the middle of the 6th century BC the ancient city of Susa had come under the rule of Persians, whose powerful Achaemenid dynasty rapidly conquered a vast territory. Darius the Great (522-486 B.C., see the previous posts) recognized the importance of the city and its administrative role in the region and made it his lowland capital. Once again, Susa became a vital, cosmopolitan city and a centre of interchange between peoples of the Mesopotamian plain and the Iranian highlands. Darius also began a significant building operation there, which resulted in the construction of a new column hall apadana , a complex of palaces and a large eastern gate.”



I tried to piece this model together from various sources, but I mostly got inspired by the amazing paintings from Balage Balogh at archaeologyillustrated.com

I used just Blender, some Megascans textures and Botaniq trees and bushes.

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Just had a look on original picture from Archaeology Illustrated and they look so much alike :slight_smile: Very nice work.

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Great work, congrats.

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Martin, this is amazing; great work! Also, I recently purchased your blender landscaping course on CG Boost Academy. Incredible value. Thanks so much for putting that together

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I am so happy to find someone taking interest in the ancient civilizations :blush:
Keep up the great work! :+1:

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Thanks everybody! Appreciate it :slight_smile:

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Nice work! Hope to see your short film soon. :kissing_heart:

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Looking good, looking forward to it.

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Aiming at the end of the year! :slight_smile:

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cheers :slight_smile:

I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!

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Thank you Bart!

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Impressive artwork Martin. I just saw a short animation on your website and I am very impressed :star_struck:

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