Terraining Contest #6 - Ancient Mythology

[Wolfhelm]

Ha, yeah you got me there...
Ok nevermind crap about titans thats my submission its mythological end of story.

 

[HFR]

Man, too much final submissions already! I gonna wait more, and improve mine as far as I can!

And, Gilles, if they stop offering Dial Up, it will be the end of HFR's life in the Hive...

 

[Celaquil]

Did I ever say mine was final? >.> I said it will MOST LIKELY be my final

 

[HFR]

Ops.. Sorry! But it looks like an final submission, so detailed.

 

[Ziggen]

Just want to say, don't count my WIP in this. And I can't be bothered to continue on it, I have no imagination at the moment... We'll see if I can come up with something the next time, or possibly in another mini contest (if it will continue).

Oh and I just want to say that all terrains looks really nice, good job all.

 

[HFR]

Thanks, remember to check all the final submissions!

 

[leet.firefox]

Is it too late to get started?

 

[Wolfhelm]

Not really, you still got like 8 days..

 

[HFR]

8 days to make a terrain... I said to you: "Start soon, or you'll not made in time!" Run!! Run!!! You have 8 days!

 

[leet.firefox]

Well I've been busy with other terrains and real life stuff. I don't even know when I can start. I don't want to half-ass it so I won't begin until I know exactly what I am doing and that I will finish it.

 

[HFR]

So, gooooood luck them, as you have now a bit more than 8 days. pressure, pressure, pressure, MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Actually, some people can make really godly terrains in a matter of hours, so, maybe you're on e of these...

 

[leet.firefox]

maybe I am....

 

[Acvong]

My WIP

 

[ArcticInferno]

I should start naow.

 

[Celaquil]

Alright guys.

This IS my final terrain for the competition.

 

[Pyritie]

That white smoke is awfully bright.

 

[Deathcom3s]

Rofl @ ~void~ wtf is that, looks like a big blue turd in a cloud of blue blob.
Im sure its the image quality and not your work.

Looks like potential to me.

 

[HFR]

What do you guys think? Another WIP, of course!

ps: I'm too noob to put the image in a hidden box...

 

[Wolfhelm]

That looks so much better HFR its coming along really well, take your time.. its almost there.

 

[graystuff111]

forest must be thicker I think

 

[HFR]

Yeah, I'll thick it a bit. The final submission will be better.

And Wolfhelm, I almost there! And your terrain is very good too, that fortress is epic!

 

[Just_Spectating]

its getting better and better HFR

 

[HFR]

Thanks, and it'll be even better!! I'll work more on it, for sure.

 

[Pharaoh_]

HFR, just notice your lightning a bit.
I guess it's night (?). Well, then, either remove the moon (which i do not suggest) or remove the Light from above model (which i do suggest, since it's kinda clumsy with the surroundings) - i am speaking of the one on the back of that hill.
Then, checking the castle is like seeing another lightning, making nearby trees have a glow indicated by a source of light --> the castle. The yellow-green trees have a nice lightning, but the green ones (not only they make no good blending with the nearby yellow-green ones, but they have no lightning effect at all). I suggest you used midtones of red and remove the snow tile. It's also unnatural using snow and the trees are normally green and the rest yellow-green, which refers to autumn. Try a more elven blending. Unless i know what this WIP has to do with the contest theme, i can advise you to add some pixies here and there, but i don't know if it follows the contest's theme -what yours represents?-. So, finally, what i mean is that the pic seems to have a strong global lightning, when your castle's seems to interfere and outstrips it. Plus the total global lightning is kinda unnatural: your moon -the source of light- is behind the hill and the light from above seems to begin from another sky lighting source, which would of course mean another moon and so on. Anyway, likeable, i would invest more in a much better forest, more detailed and not another placement of tree doodads. Good luck [No itention of being offensive, i just give you my opinion]

 

[thedeathunterxx]

b -b -b -b -blasted !

but na seriously, keijis luks really nice Its not epic, but so far it has my vote...

 

[Belgarath]

I do wonder, real texture pack allowed or no?

 

[Acvong]

2nd WIP
btw HFR the trees need plants etc and i dont like how those hills are really pointy like this "^" but the castle hill isnt

 

[Ziggen]

Nice sunray effect.

 

[~Void~]

Everyone's into purple and orange lighting now... lame... fuck you and your burning sky, FamousPker (and frost) D;

I'm totally going to bring back the blue, you just wait ^^

 

[Wolfhelm]

@ Acvong, you really gonna leave that light house tipping over like that?
That tree in middle has another tree behind with same variation and rotation...
Otherwise its looking alright for WIP.

 

[frostwhisper]

The general trend of terrains getting more and more redundant has been bothering me.

Also, the fact that I've seemingly forgotten how to terrain bothers me as well.

 

[Gilles]

We should go old school on these guys, frost.

 

[frostwhisper]

Hmm...

 

[thedeathunterxx]

lol

old sckool. thats dead and gone.

purple and orange are in lmao ( thanks frost )

 

[HFR]

What the??

I'm using blue fog...

Anyway, thanks for all your tips, I'll try to implement they but, today, I was improving my terrain a bit, and them I entered in the "View Entire Terrain" mode. But something strange happened. When I set the camera (like the one in my last WIP) the castle, the nearby trees and some rocks disappeared!!! I don't know why, but only these doodads disappeared, the others don't, and this only happens in that camera angle and in the View Entire Terrain mode... Strange, and I can't proced with my terrain now, as whitout the mode, the Yggdrasill and the clouds are covered by the fog...

Here's a screenshot, and I'm not joking!

 

[thedeathunterxx]

lol

everyone will tell you that this is the most annoying and common Blizzard bug in the world....

all terrainers hate this bug. but there is nothing you can do about it.

You are going to have to change the camera angle somehow, and change it until you can see everything. Many believe that it has something to do with the models.

just try and fix the camera some more....try and get camera angles with closer distances or less FOV

 

[Wolfhelm]

Wow, thats wierd..
When you turn fog back to way it was does it still looks that way?
Can you see those doodads from other angles, or through another cammera?

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

Meh, I think I shall join this (It's never too late!)

Hmm... This must be asked before, but too lazy to read all comments, but can I just come up with something of my own or do I really need to base the terrain on some mythology?

 

[~Void~]

The general trend of terrains getting more and more redundant has been bothering me.

Also, the fact that I've seemingly forgotten how to terrain bothers me as well.

Just mess around in the UTM for a while and you'll pick it up again.

We should go old school on these guys, frost.

Fuck yeah.

 

[HFR]

Wolfhelm, this only hapens in the "View Entire Map" mode, but, whitout fog, my terrain would be an mess...

 

[Wolfhelm]

Why are you in view entire map mode?
Cant you just hold ctrl + roll back on mouse scroll?

 

[shadow3]

Really nice terrains. I'm thinking of joining aswell, is before-the-big-bang ancient enough? I'm thinking a black hole of nothingness (but blackness).

 

[~Void~]

Hah, that's not really what I meant by ancient mythology, but go for it xD

 

[Belgarath]

I HAVE BEAT YOU TO IT

No, but seriously, is real texture pack allowed?

 

[raid1000]

Submissions may use any imported model in the Ultimate Terraining Map or Contest Sanctioned Models thread, but nothing else. EDIT: In addition, TWO imported UNIT models may be added. You may also use the hi-resolution cliff doodads, but PLEASE use them in moderation.

 

[Belgarath]

I was making sure. I can read after all.

 

[HydraReaper]

Although i am abit bad at terraining i will give it my best shot!

 

[HFR]

Wolfhelm, his is a new screenshot, of my map in normal view mode:

As, you're seeing, the castle and nearby tress stay completely normal.

 

[ArcticInferno]

Bah I was tryin to do atlantis(before it sunk) turned out quite meh after awhile :/

scraped wip lulz

edit:

@HFR

That looks pretty good but I think you need to tint the trees in the background

 

[graystuff111]

The walls should probably be higher, but the tower looks good