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

[@AndersHaalandverby]

Stupid, ignorant question for me; did they use rebar in these constructions? it seems from the photos from partially destroyed structures, no rebar is sticking out..

[@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!

[@DECODEDVFX]

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

[@hbitproject]

Thank you! Love your content btw 👍

[@gabrielegagliardi3956]

You basically created this unique hybrid video between incredibly competent modelling skills, a documentary and an architectural masterclass. You are probably the best blender creator out there, hats off. You set a quadruple A, golden bar type of quality for yourself. You are great!.

[@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 🙏

[@manuel.camelo]

As an Italian, I'm crying Dude, Thank you so much for this beautiful reconstruction you made ! :')

[@aphenier]

How does one man capable of doing such a magnificent work

[@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.

[@graphguy]

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

[@kohpler]

Beautiful video! thank you very much for sharing!

[@mohammadmoshtaghi5724]

Can u please never stop posting video, your presentation is pure art.

[@makalacc]

Amazing results ! Well done.

[@AnthonyMalesys]

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

[@brunobordini7696]

Just WOW!

[@liam_ryd7265]

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

[@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.

[@MarinolaTorre]

Stunning

[@Cegor]

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

[@kras_gk]

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

[@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

[@MrDammed1]

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

[@Sam_crow.]

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

[@jakeperl5857]

This brings me back to what made me fall in love with Blender back in the day, and honestly had forgotten over the years: the ability to create or recreate worlds (fictional or historical), bringing them to life. This may not be quite a "world" yet, but it is a great start (along with the other pieces you've done), and a noble preservation of an important piece of culture that can now be explored and enjoyed in a way never before possible. The level of study you brought to this project is nothing short of inspirational. Thank you for sharing the process with us!

[@tiagomoraes9150]

INSANE

[@justinedomingo8975]

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

[@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 !

[@alborzdesign]

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

[@1zymn1]

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

[@f0042]

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

[@anzaklaynimation]

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

[@lucajenster8593]

What an inspirational work you did there! And what a time this must have been to be alive. Thank you for reviving the feeling of what a visit to the Colosseum must have been. I would love to see a rendered short sequence with an alive crowd watching. But this will propably stay a whish. Thanks for putting all the effort in and keeping with the studies from ages ago.

[@aaron6050]

Your work is absolutely incredible!

[@rvble]

Very cool video style, with all the bits if information and side by sides ...

[@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.

[@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.

[@Tgill2236]

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.

[@Nickel3D]

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

[@Actae0n7]

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

[@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! 🙏

[@thealmightysnark5878]

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

[@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! 😊

[@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!

[@dobaguy]

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

[@nooneer]

This video is awesome!

[@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...

[@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.

[@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!

[@don-baco]

This is insane. Well done!

[@fredtorres1703]

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

[@real2late]

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

[@BhathiMr]

Can't believe I watched 24 minutes! No words man! Perfecto!!

[@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 ... ... 😅

[@MrDebkumarbasu]

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

[@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!

[@tylerelliott4516]

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

[@saddamnaik-d2d]

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

[@pułkownikkaczodziobyzpodlasia]

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

[@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!!!

[@towelkeeper]

Wow, amazing work, this is looking fantastic! To make this super accurate you should paint the statues, as that is what the romans did with theirs. It's a small detail that is often overlooked in reconstructions, but I think it looks cool and is accurate. Edit: I see you talk about this in the video.

[@elwa_chin8604]

So impressive congratulations

[@tppnr]

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

[@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! 🙌

[@marc_2398]

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

[@Roeper437]

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

[@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 🙏

[@DKNS_DSGN]

I love science based 3D reconstructions!

[@AdVapidKudos]

Absolutely amazing. The research and skill is incredible and the result is beautiful. Slight historical nitpick though, Roman bricks were thinner and longer than modern bricks but besides that very cool.

[@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.

[@markus_blend16]

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

[@italianinkscapechannel]

Eccezionale, dalla ricerca storica alla capacità tecnica. Bravissimo.

[@roubatov]

An amazing mix of historical and technical knowledge!

[@mahadevovnl]

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

[@rosamente]

You are an absolute madman. Love this

[@davidlondon9242]

Excellent work! I learned a lot. Simply outstanding.

[@ifu69lek]

Love the dedication! You are an inspiration! Would love to see some more in-depth videos of your texturing, how you tackle UVs or trim sheets etc.

[@junechevalier]

Just wonderful! It looks so good

[@vipergx]

Amazing study. Outstanding effort. Congrats.

[@Funnerailles]

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

[@alfredomosquera302]

Absolutely outstanding job, dude!! What a pro!!

[@sebastiantv108]

Great video! Would've loved to see more renders and maybe even a video of the final result

[@michaelst4047]

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

[@taupepigeon2435]

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

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

[@kelligart4847]

Wow, hands down !

[@HANDYMATOR]

This video is amazing.... and also your PC

[@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!

[@hbitproject]

Grazie mille! 🙏

[@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.

[@original_M_A_K]

absolutely colossal effort

[@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

[@damienmescudi4596]

A timelapse of this process would get millions of views.

[@TheHornoxx]

...grooooßartig !!! 😯👍👍

[@rik8993]

Magnificent, 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.

[@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 🙏

[@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.

[@cgimadesimple]

great video!

[@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 👍

[@Folgemilch21]

this is insane