Feudal Japan Challenge - UE4 Environment 2nd place

My entry from the Feudal Japan challenge, won second place :) I set out to use this as a teaching opportunity and decided to VLOG the process with a series of tutorial videos. Check below for the full playlist, you can find more content like that on my Polygon Academy youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/polygonacademy

or dive deep into my work in progress thread to squeeze every ounce of info out of the process!
https://www.artstation.com/contests/feudal-japan/challenges/51/submissions/36680
Original concept by Vincent Lebocey and Z-up Shader was provided by my good friend Lincoln Hughes
https://www.artstation.com/vincentlebocey
https://www.artstation.com/lincolnhughes

some fog planes were pulled from the UE4 blueprints and particle effects starter content.