My scene is looking quite industrial, which is fitting for the film "Metropolis" as it was set in a 'futureistic' age of industrialization. I would imagine that in this age - the environment would be heavily polluted. Rotwangs house sits in the middle of a massive city dwarfed by tall buildings and bridges. It says in the film that his house had been overlooked for centuries, so I gathered that his place would probably be a bit worse for wear. His garage is crumbling to pieces.

However, some of the additions to his garage are quite recent - like the large contraption extending from his roof. I wanted to juxtapose this idea of the old with the new. I used a blinn material to give the sphere on top a bit of shine.

I like how the texture came out on the sphere, The patchiness was accidental but I think it only adds to the scene. it isn't perfect - which I think in this case is a good thing. It looks like something Rotwang might have built.

I did a bit of research into what makes buildings look old. I have used images like these to inspire some of the detailing in my model.

I added some more detailing into my model. I decided to create some cracks int the walls themselves, instead of just using painted textures. This gives it some more depth and realism.

I created some old bricks. The aren't perfect rectangles, I adjusted the vertices to make each one unique and a little wonky.

Bricks coming through wall. - Like the wall is breaking away revealing the bricks underneath.

I created this in a new scene. I need to add more detailing to the right hand side of the garage, so I decided to add an old window. Its barred because Rotwang is paranoid about people stealing his inventions.

The edges of the winnow sill are cracked and a few bricks around the edge are expose. To the left of the wind I created a hole where one of Rotwangs experiments went wrong.

I added the wall to the side of the garage. I also added the metal sheets that Rotwangs has used to roughly patch up his garage. 

Further patchwork added to the front of the garage. i also replaced the cylinder supporting beam with this metal looking one. Similar to the one below.

I designed it so that the cracked texturing extends out from under the patchwork, Making it look like Rotwang is trying to cover up how badly his garage is deteriorating