How I rebuilt the Colosseum...in Blender!

[@LuxAlibi]

Just a fun fact told me by my professor at University of Rome, who made an interesting research on the the Colosseum structures: Vespasianus was already more than 60 years old when the building started, and was worried not be able to see it completed. For these reason he made this edict: if he was alive for the inauguration, then he would pay the total cost of the building from his private holdings, if he died before the inauguration, then Rome treasure would have to pay the bill. For this reason, to achieve the highest building speed, the structure was subdivided into independent sectors and each sector was designed to be able to start the next floor when the one below was not even completed (practically, before the pouring of the concrete into the stone mold). They managed to complete the building process in time, and Vespasianus was happy to pay the Colosseum with his own private money.

[@ai_is_a_great_place]

i wonder if you lost a heart with the edit lol but wow amazing info

[@sebastianlawh]

Very interesting sir!

[@iamthematti]

This! This is the kind of non-essential information i just love to learn about.

[@jmalmsten]

The roman era equivalent of George Harrisson paying for Life of Brian with the motivation "because I wanted to see it!" Though, with much more actual killing. :D

[@Miche-Miche]

I'm so impressed with the level of detail and depth of research, as always. Thanks for sharing this knowledge with us!

[@leonardosouza5066]

This more than about 3D, is about history, architecture... this is amazing!

[@suyashthakur4628]

never saw someone going deep down in the research and also sharing it all with the viewers. Hands down one of the best channel to learn blender arch viz.

[@aphenier]

How does one man capable of doing such a magnificent work

[@graphguy]

You are the master of Blender architecture! Having visited the Colosseum several times, I am in awe in your beautifully done videos.

[@Sam_crow.]

Bro you are the best man I don’t get why ur not the most famous blender 3d modeler yet

[@Actae0n7]

Only just started watching but my jaw is already on the floor...

[@jpdj2715]

At the ground level, between the arches, they had shops. The columns next to these arches have slots in their sides (in the opening) where they inserted wooden boards that got fixed with a wedge at top. When all the shops were closed, imagine a platoon of watchmen walked around the Colosseum. The idea of using columns for shops of variable sizes with "flexible system walls" already existed in the basilica architecture/building form. Here they had wooden sticks at, say, 8 ft high between the outer wall and the inside column opposite that hole. Tapestry over it and you had your system wall. Between two columns was a very nice shop, but fancy ones could have (afford) more than one section. The money and jewels traders would have their tables in the centre lane. Doors on one side, closed at night, watchmen, and nobody would get inside to steal. So the basilica form started as shopping mall.

[@tylergillihan6307]

It's an absolute relief to see someone else who knows their classical orders & details down to their correct parts, placement, profile, & proportions. It is an entire language that hardly nobody can speak anymore.

[@davidbennettarts2205]

This is one of the best modelling videos I've ever seen, I'm shocked by the detail. And that walk navigation at the end was breathtaking

[@MicheleAllori]

I knew about almost all techniques, but their combined use is inspiring and truly refreshing to see! Da un altro utente di Blender Italiano: complimenti davvero, l'intero progetto è una figata pazzesca!

[@Funnerailles]

Not getting a full tender for this was Criminal ! Seriously though this is so incredibly impressive, well done !!

[@magnusnils1]

Insanely impressive the amount of work you put in here - the attention to both architectural and historical detail is 10/10. One of my absolute favorite YT channels. Followed on instagram now as well! Would love to see you build a procedural system for ancient cities. Generating vernacular architecture for different building types

[@hbitproject]

Thank you! I confess that a procedural generator for ancient cities is in the backlog of my Trello board 😃

[@peaolo]

I really hope you reach that line on your checklist :-) Incrocio le dita!

[@justinedomingo8975]

I am an architecture student and my mind is blown away with this level of modeling skills and & research! YOUR SO GOOD!

[@thikimoanhnguyen6524]

I think this is my absolute favourite Blender Channel! There are not so many videos. But the skill level is on a completely other level, than many other channel with 500+ videos.

[@hbitproject]

Thank you very much! 🙏

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

Great job it looks amazing! I rebuilt the Colloseum a few years ago and still made some mistakes. Setting up and rendering 80 or more statues back then was impossible with my old computer. If someone masters the new Blender versions in connection with addons well, it is wonderful to see what is possible today. The interior with the walkways, the statues and the audience, just awesome. Big Respect And I think Procedural Crowds really needs some time-adapted people groups for stone age, ancient time, medieval ... ... 😅

[@DECODEDVFX]

This is insanely complex. I wouldn't even attempt to model something like this. Well done.

[@hbitproject]

Thank you! Love your content btw 👍

[@michaelst4047]

This is beautiful. I hope you feel happy and proud of your work!

[@ai_is_a_great_place]

I knew it would be beyond worth it to sub and wow! This video is so well done!!! like the walk through the steps is narrated and recorded perfectly, but then the inclusion of the studying that went into it as well is just phenomenal!!!

[@original_M_A_K]

absolutely colossal effort

[@roubatov]

An amazing mix of historical and technical knowledge!

[@liam_ryd7265]

As always, an incredible video! It's also really well-documented, and the video is truly enjoyable to watch! Thank you.

[@thomas7726]

omg this is so far the best blender channel. So daitaled... not that boring "white box" architecture or cllche sci fi hardsurface

[@ga-sa]

Nice to meet you. I am a student studying computer graphics in Japan. I have been struggling to create the Colosseum for the past few months, and I came across this video. I was very impressed with the detail of this CG reproduction of a historical building. If possible could you please let us know where you are finding your material? Keep up the good work with your creator activities! We are rooting for you.

Each detail serves as a guide for preliminary reconstruction studies of the traces of the Roman Empire in Istanbul. Thanks!

[@Cegor]

This has to be my favorite video on KZbin. Combing Blender and Ancient Rome. Magnificent

[@christianweller4288]

Amazing work. My main interests are classical architecture, Blender and I was recently working on an oval sports stadium in South East Asia. Very little has changed in terms of building organization and planning.

[@themrpancake]

I love your videos. The quality is amazing, your voice soothing and the information is priceless. Thank you so much and I hope you can get even a fraction of joy from my comment as I get from your videos. Thank you! 😊

[@RohanCreation5]

This Video is Really Educational not just about 3D and Blender but also about working stategy, History and what ancient peopels must have thougt during Building this architecture. i really loved it and become your subscriber i want to lear more ( Specially about Geometry Node ) please keep creating and educating us. Thankyou.

[@whynotanyting]

Beautifully made video. Not as complex, but reminds me of when I tried recreating the Brooklyn Bridge. This is making me want to go back to that project, especially now that Geometry Nodes have been implemented.

[@lezee2545]

Love your work, it is so inspiring. The research, explanation and building recreation effort you are showing us is exactly what motivated me to learn to use Blender this year. Thank you for sharing you expertise with us!

[@DKNS_DSGN]

I love science based 3D reconstructions!

[@kaydevious]

I am about to close YT for the night and the bell icon turns red. It's hbit... *grabs snack* Your models are not only phenomenally well done, but your videos are very well put together, too. Keep up the good work, sir.

[@hbitproject]

Thank you very much! I greatly appreciate it 🙏

[@TheParallel25]

I'm happy to be super early to this video, right on time for Lunch here in italy too. Fantastic work!

[@alborzdesign]

would love to see a rendered video of the final walk-through. amazing work as always!

[@JGeo1]

I built a 3D Colosseum (and several other Roman buildings) about 20 years ago (using Softimage) for the History Channel's Rome: Engineering an Empire. This video reminded me of the many considerations I encountered while reconstructing it.

[@ZERO_DESIGN]

It's just amazing what you do, and I always wonder how you gained this level of understanding and how you became this good in 3D.

[@SFE-Viz]

Simply amazing on all levels - research, details, modeling, texturing. Also great to get see a breakdown of the issues faced in the process both historically and in Blender and how they seem to line up. I could easily watch a full documentary on this process. Hats off!

[@adamward2175]

Absolutely amazing. Such attention to detail and a brilliant narration. Well done you. I hope you enjoyed modelling this as much as I enjoyed watching you do it. Simply brilliant! Thank you.

[@blackswan6386]

using myself Blender and procedual crowd, but i fall into a break of creativity when started filling a soccer stadium with procedual crowd addon, it is awesome to see someone did it ! absolute respect to this work sir ! its astonishing to see coloseum filled with epople !

[@anzaklaynimation]

I liked that you also covered some historic details about the Colosseum in a blender tutorial.❤

[@saddamnaik-d2d]

i have no words for your dedication,research,skills. never skipped single sec in video. love it

[@Nickel3D]

What an awesome blend with research and 3D skill! Super entertaining, keep up the great work

[@makalacc]

Amazing results ! Well done.

[@vipergx]

Amazing study. Outstanding effort. Congrats.

[@f0042]

He did it again. Such a great insight, awesome work.

[@raulberi4942]

It’s clear a lot of thought and effort went into this video, and it truly shows. This is exactly the kind of content that keeps me coming back to this channel. Great job!

[@hbitproject]

Thank you! 🙌

[@santiagosanzfeliu8095]

Spectacular work. Thank you for sharing!

[@omeizasanni]

Dawgggg! You are straight up phenomenal!

[@pułkownikkaczodziobyzpodlasia]

That is absolutely beautiful, I’m stunned. Your attention to detail is a great trait

[@tylerelliott4516]

Easily the best Blender video I've ever seen, and I've seen hundreds. I'm excited to see your future work!

[@theorixlux]

Awsome! Now you should rebuild a blender in the Colusseum

[@MrDebkumarbasu]

I just witnessed history in the making. Make of this statement what you will. This is mindblowing!

[@marc_2398]

Magnificent!!! I'm impressed and sure some producer will use this model to make a new 'Gladiator' movie.

[@fredtorres1703]

I'm at a loss for words and beyond impressed. Great work, this is a master class.

[@elwa_chin8604]

So impressive congratulations

[@user-Chikotillo]

I wish I found this video a month ago, when i visited Colosseum, i was really impressed by this ancient architecture, locals told me that no body cared about Colosseum until 1980s, when homeless, Gypsy’s, and other street elements lived inside of this great architecture….

[@junechevalier]

Just wonderful! It looks so good

[@chesterdays2299]

This is brilliant! Your usual accomplished mix of artistry and technical elegance. A joy to watch and an object lesson in Classical reconstruction. I just finished watching; now I am going to watch it again. Thank you!

[@hbitproject]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate your comments 🙏

[@davidlondon9242]

Excellent work! I learned a lot. Simply outstanding.

[@aaron6050]

Your work is absolutely incredible!

[@jorllima]

Salve! Awesome job! You are constantly pushing your limits one further step! Congratulations and thank you very much for giving us this tutorial for free!

[@taupepigeon2435]

this is amazing, both educationally and artistically, truly a marvel of ingenuity. Might as well recreate the city of Rome lol.

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

Fabulous work, and a great achievement. The careful planning and decision making to get the best result without overwhelming Blender or your computer is the most informative part. "Well done" seems inadequate, but sometimes language is the best we can do.

[@AnthonyMalesys]

I subscribed to your channel for this kind of content ! Love how you respect proportions and give life to Historical buildings !

[@MrDammed1]

wow, this is just beautiful work. amazing. very well done

[@kelligart4847]

Wow, hands down !

[@markus_blend16]

The research you did to reconstruct this is amazing, love to see more of your videos in the future.

[@apatsa_basiteni]

Impressive that all that used only 3GB RAM and 1.9GB of your 8GB VRAM in the viewport, don't know about the rendering. Amazing work.

[@zizzonedibattipaglia6247]

E vabbè allora dillo...sei troppo forte! the MAN went HUGE this time! Genuine Respect

[@hbitproject]

Grazie! 😊🙏

[@tppnr]

Amazing work. It might be very useful to documentaries and museums...

[@Learn-archViz]

Bravissimo! This video is simply awesome. So, so well done. This is a great subject for a video (I have wanted to do it myself) and you put it together so well. I hope you get all the views and recognition you deserve from this.

[@hbitproject]

Thank you! I really appreciate it 🙏

[@real2late]

There are very few environments that are this historically accurate & detailed!

[@savagesauron4147]

Amazing and beautiful work. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@FurkanKöroğlu-c1s]

My favorite KZbin channel tutorail shared

[@dobaguy]

how can this absolute banger video only have 62k views?

[@1zymn1]

Walking through it in real-time with Eevee Next would look pretty good I bet! Awesome work, you are an inspiration.

[@thealmightysnark5878]

Absolutely fascinating and learned a ton about the Colosseum's design in the process!

[@matthijsreus9656]

Loved the final tour. You can press ` to turn on gravity in walk navigation. This places you always eye level above your mesh. Looking forward yo more of these shots in 'human' perspective

[@peaolo]

Correct, but if I recall it correctly, on stairs the camera stutters a lot and sometimes there could be collision issues, especially with overlapping ground layers... But I didn't use this feature since a lot

[@chillazchillazius7634]

Wow, just wow!

[@Roeper437]

Instant sub... I love when artists do their research so deep. Amazing work.

[@kohpler]

Beautiful video! thank you very much for sharing!

[@don-baco]

This is insane. Well done!

[@mahadevovnl]

This is so cool to see :) Thanks for sharing!

[@TimiKokol]

Wow this was great... really ambitious project and you nailed it. would love to see more of the finished polished renders though :)

[@hbitproject]

Thank you! I will post a few renders on IG in the next few days 👍

[@auliauwaysalqorni1090]

only one word.. AMAZING..

[@whynotanyting]

23:20 You can also press tab after to enable gravity+collision with v to jump

[@djaktube]

this is phenomenal. thank you!

[@Deva-Jufan]

A very impressive model!

[@bahshas]

italians always knew how to put on a spectacle

[@BrummieFarmer]

WOW... this was an awesome watch... I have difficulty making a basic model like a house lol... trying to do something like this would make my head explode...

[@robuacostaellero]

por el amor de Dios, esto es una completa locura! pagaría con los ojos cerrados por un tutorial suyo!! por favor aviseme cuando tenga uno!!! Muchas felicidades

[@darkwave3d]

Bellissimo lavoro complimenti, so quanto è faticoso ma anche meraviglioso realizzare qualcosa del genere. Beautiful work congratulations, I know how tiring but also wonderful it is to create something like this.

[@hbitproject]

Grazie mille! 🙏

[@leliooo]

SPETTACOLARE !!!!! io ho in mente di rifarlo ( con meno dettagli) come appariva nel 1749.

[@AndrewJens]

Note starting with a cube = mind blown.

[@federicoperini3446]

fenomenale come sempre. Grande.

[@stefanomarchi3542]

Clamoroso! Sei veramente bravo, complimenti

[@kras_gk]

thank you so much for making such in depth videos! you are genius!

[@gustavagren2976]

okay i just started the video. but wow. impressive