Like my modular architecture kit, this asset is part of the biggest personal project I have attempted this far: A very extensive fanart of book 1 of the amazing Heiko Hentschel's ingenious fantasy series of novels: The Hungry Glass (Das Hungrige Glas)! Heiko, who is not only a fantastic writer, but also a visual artist himself, has this fun cinematic way of descriptions and storytelling, that inspired me to make a 1-minute cinematic trailer based on his first novel. Definitely check out his portfolio!
https://www.artstation.com/heikohentschel5
This asset basically kicked off asset production for the very first shot. It is the Black Ship, that arrives on a foggy night in a small town by the sea ...
I will really try to go for a realistic style for all the shots, so I borrowed some inspiration from Pirates of the Caribbean (obviously), regarding texturing, especially. The ship model itself is based off a model of the "Eendracht" found on Sketchfab (https://skfb.ly/SupN), that I improvised on and added details, until the whole ship contained only geo modelled by myself (except the quarterdeck ornaments taken from this awesome Baroque collection on blendswap: https://blendswap.com/blend/14139). I learned quite a bit about shipbuilding along the way, but of course this model is in no way accurate! Lots of stuff still missing there, but it will be only visible in two shots, partly occluded and obscured by night and fog, so it'll do. Rendered in Blender Eevee.