For Those Just Beginning To Terrain...

I see that there has been a lot of new people aspiring to become good terrainers in these forums, so I thought I'd help out and compile a few helpful links to further progress anyone new to terraining:

Ultimate Terraining Map Ultimate Terraining Map: The Ultimate Terraining map provides hundreds of custom doodads to be used for all of your terraining needs. Mor)L(une has created an extended version with many more doodads in the same thread. Ultimate Terraining Map Tutorial Ultimate Terraining Map Tutorial by HermanTheGibbon

Misc. Data Misc. Data: Misc Data is another thing that hopefully does not need to be linked. However for those that do not know, this file allows you make very steep cliffs (but remember to keep them realistic looking).

101 Do's and Dont's of Terraining 101 Do's and Dont's of Terraining: This was a list compiled a while ago that had a crapload of helpful tips but was lost in a mound of other threads. A must read for those new to terrain.

WC3Campaigns Wc3 Campaign Terrain Gallery The Hive Workshop isn't the only Warcraft III modding site! And both have extremely talented terrainers for people to follow. This is one of the main places I would reccomend you go to get a good idea of great terraining. Wc3 Campaign Terrain Forum Another terrain forum you can visit to exchange ideas and view terrains. Wc3 Campaign's Weekly Terrain The weekly terrain forum comes up with new themes to terrain each week. Highly recommended for practicing new ideas and creativity. Wc3 Campaign's Terrain Challenges Wc3c's terrain challenges are similiar to THW's terrain contests and offer a great opportunity to explore creative use of doodad that show just how many ways you can use simple doodads. (My personal favorite was Beam's pirate ship made out of only 10 doodad models.)

Terrain Showcases:
Terraining Showcases are one of the best ways to gain ideas (but not copy them) and learn new techniques through studying the terrains of others. Here are a few showcases for people to look at and study.

Old Showcase Thread Old Showcase Thead This was a showcase started by VGsatomi that includes terraining work from talented people that seem to have been forgotten as time went by . Take note of how ordinary doodads were used to create extraordinary structures.

HernanG's Showcase HernanG's Showcase Although it's probably not necessary to link this, HernanG's terrains deserve to be linked in case people forget about them.

HappyTauren's Showcase HappyTauren' s Showcase HappyTauren is a good terrainer.

[Death}'s Showcase [Death]'s Showcase [Death] is another very talented terrainer and probably one of the best. His terrain is usually flawless and it is recommended that you study his terrain thoroughly.

demonsofdante's Showcase My Personal Showcase As modest as I want to be, I'm not gonna lie and I think mine are up there near HappyTauren's status and I hope people can learn from them as well.

Craka_J's Showcase Craka_J's Showcase Craka_J is one of the best terrainers still in the Warcraft modding community, so learn all that you can from his work.

~Void~'s Showcase ~Voids~'s Showcase ~Void~ has become one of the leading wc3 terrainers here on the Hive. I highly recommend his work.

Edit [Edit by Craka_J] Terrain Tutorials: How to make smooth Rivers How to make Waterfalls How to place, scale, and move doodads Underwater Effect

Might want to sticky this.

*STICKIED*
I also editted the first post and added a couple very handy tutorials.
~Craka_J

Lol thanks for the sticky bro. If hteres any other links or showcases people want here just let me know and i'll update it accordingly

Can't seem to find the old terrain tutorial HernanG made a while ago. Was a good one too :/
~Craka_J

Poo, know of any link to MC !'s terrain thread i thought he had one on Wc3Campaigns? Or i may be mistaken.
Same goes for Beam, theyd be great examples

I don't. I checked for them but still cannot find them. *sigh*
~Craka_J

Where is your showcase Craka? I guess WC3:WoW is one big showcase?

Here's my showcase:
Craka_J's Terrain Showcase

Hope you guys like what I've done. Almost all of it is WIPs but still pretty good :D

PS: Oh and I didn't post all of the screenshots in the first post. A couple other posts of mine have different screenshots as well.
~Craka_J

Why would people just new to terraining want to know about Wc3c weekly terraining or their terrain gallery? They would get sabered down there and torn to pieces.

Also please fix up the thread so it looks better, has just somewhat correct spelling and stop using "lol" everywhere in something that should seem "important" and guide-like.

Seeing the work at Wc3c was what inspired me to give terraining a shot. I don't see why it's so wrong for people to see what you can actually do with terraining and try to take a swing at it.

I did not intend for this to be a guide or to be stickied which is why its so informal. I fixed it up a bit but let me know if its not up to everyones standards.

I organized the first post a little bit. I might work on it more later if I spot any more flaws.
~Craka_J

There should be a link to [Death]'s showcase, he is IMO, the best terrainer around, not to insult you Craka ;)

No offence taken. I don't like considering myself as the best terrainer ever anyway, makes me sound cockey.
I'll add it in a minute.

[edit]:
Okay, I added a tutorial and [Death]'s Showcase to the first post. Anything else?
~Craka_J

I forgot about death, ill go snooping around for it later when i have more time.