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Boldogkő Castle during snowstorm

I visited Boldogkő Castle, a fascinating medieval ruin in Hungary, and decided to create a 3D model of it for an environmental piece. To build the castle walls, I used Blender's 'Wall Factory' add-on, which proved to be incredibly useful. I also added Hungarian historical flags and coat of arms to make it more authentic. For the snowy surface effect, I sculpted the terrain and stone elements, and used shader nodes. To save some time on rendering, I added the falling snow in Photoshop using noise textures instead of rendering it with particles.

Final piece

Final piece

Another version from side view

Another version from side view

Without snow after color grading

Without snow after color grading

Solid preview without trees

Solid preview without trees

Final render to solid preview comparison

Final render to solid preview comparison