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Terrain Contest

181 posts
#76
While some of those terrains are nice, none of are Barrens terrain

And we're dealing with the Barrens already

And my hyena (Or Gnoll Wolf as you call it <_<;;; ) has been in the model section for ages. Go and gawk at it. My version is a bit slimmer than the uploaded one though
#77
Don't take it as an insult O.o Gnoll wolf, hyena whatever. It's funny one way or another :P

-Rui
#78
If the contest is still going, I have some barrens screenshots...
#79
Meh we should have passed Barrens already... but oh well just show your screenies.

-Rui
#80
Aight, give me a little bit to refine it, it uses the Gaiascape doodads like Mecheon's but the take is quite different in my opinion.
#82
Alright stuff Punisher, but the the theme is barrens still (as far as I know), my orc fortress is nearly done, it's a complete naval fortress kinda like Mecheon's... But I won't say any more yet...
#83
No offence to him, but i think that all mecheon's terain was just modeling. None of it was terain at all, exept for map 3, and that was nothing special.

Maybe if you put your castle into a modeling contest, you would do superb, but all of it was modeling(exept for screen 3)

All of it was totally flat ground with models on top. That is not teraining, even if the models where superb.
#84
Ehmmm that doesn't actually change mutch. Maybe Mecheon imported too much models for the barrens yes, but, I think it's ok.
Barrens tileset is closing this saturday.

-Rui
#85
My terrain is ready, I just need to get some good screenshots ready. And to those who think mecheon's terrain is just modeling, you don't just place a doodad and expect it to scale/rotate/pg-up/pg-down/etc./etc. In many ways, doodading with models requires a lot more patience, something not everyone has.

EDIT- I'll put them up tommorow. I saved them as pngs for good quality, but the filesizes are about 600kb apiece, I'll just thumbnial thme so you can see them at will.
#86
Terraining is the use of doodads as well as making the actual terrain do something

I don't know where YOUR idea of terraining comes from, but a terrain without good use of doodads is more worthless then a totally flat ground with doodads piled on top

And its not totally flat either. I'd upload the map, but there are too many models that certain people would kill you for having
#87
Ok, 8 screenshots of Barrens terrain.

Be wary traveller, you have are nearing one of the mighteast fortresses ever to stand...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort2.png

Not only does it have housing for an army, but it holds a great dock system that can store many small trade boats in it's keys.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort3.png

A sprawling residential area houses an array of habitations for the orcs, most notably the appartments, which save valuable space for tents and the like.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort4.png

Shamans visit on a regular basis to offer spiritual guidance to the soldiers, and they are accepted with great hospitality.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort5.png

Not only does the fortress offer housing for armies, it is alos self sustaining. The great forges [img]echo day and night, molding metal into weapon.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort6.png

Whilst entering the fortress, you will notice it's dynamic setup, the industrial section occupies one side, while the trading complexe snakes throughout the other side.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort7.png

One of the main appartment areas, this section is built upon multiple sections, allowing orcs to scout at the top level others explore the multiple sections underneath it.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort8.png

Another feature of the fortress are the great trees have been hollowed out for observation use. On a good day, you can view 5 miles around while standing on the highest one...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/Keenan122/BarrensFort9.png

PS: Sorry for them being so small... They were 3 times that size when I uploaded them. Ah well.
#88
... i thought i would enter this contest.... but these people are not posting terrain... terrain is the stuff in the menu labeled "terrain"
#89
Then what do you consider terrain, a bare landscape without doodads?

Give me a break.
#90
doodads and stuff is fine but that is more doodads than terrain....