Terraining Contest #11 - Battlefields

[AyeKantSpel]

Happy new year!

What about Maghar orcs?

They are brown skinned, much less vibrance than their evil counter part.


All credits to the 3rd party rock pushing suggestion go to sPy.

@frutz: Hmmm... Adding too much barrens pillars won't be good too, it looks like the rocks are falling. However, the way you're adding makes it looked like someone has just pushed the pillars, making them fall to the lowest ground, which is good.
Anyway, it's just my personal opinion.

See ^.^

How do you create that water reflection?

by the way, happy new year all!

Follow this link to the tutorial by fladdermasken, it's very good. Then to make the units reflected you create a destructible with the unit model and no pathing and you can place it right on the same spot and it will be flipped (max roll has to be at -3.15 like it says in the tut).

 

[Adiktuz]

Happy New Year!

19 more days! ^_^

This

we're not required to follow any default lore right?

and alliances are allowed right?

So

alliance + non-default lore + Thrall + Fel Orcs = Fine

 

[Deolrin]

It's fine, but looks stupid and awkward.

 

[David_89]

Are special effects triggers allowed in this contest?

 

[InfinateAnswers]

No, it says on the first post

* You are allowed to use triggers for animation purposes (showing animation of units) and therefore take a screenshot ingame, however every other Trigger use will disqualify your entry. This does not go for the necessary camera and weather effect triggers aswell as teamcolour triggers that are needed to gain the possibilites of a WE shot for an ingame shot

 

[Adiktuz]

this:

You are allowed to use triggers for animation purposes (showing animation of units) and therefore take a screenshot ingame, however every other Trigger use will disqualify your entry. This does not go for the necessary camera and weather effect triggers aswell as teamcolour triggers that are needed to gain the possibilites of a WE shot for an ingame shot

EDIT: IA beat me to it...

Edit2: and special effects (if ur talking about adding effects like explosions etc.) are doable in the WE...

 

[David_89]

I just wanted to add meteor falls and explosion of the farm and lightning strikes on building, but I do not know whether is it doable or not...

 

[Adiktuz]

its doable on the WE... just create Doodads and use the model of those effects...

 

[David_89]

its doable on the WE... just create Doodads and use the model of those effects...

Ok...Thank you... this is my 3rd WIP, going to be final submission after changing some doodads and re-adjust the terrain.

Please let me know if im using prohibited triggers. Thank you in advance

 

[Oziris]

18 more days!! So long, just an advice to you all, never start making a terrain when the contest starts, you'll end up like me. Thank you.

David89 Why are infernals falling down the sky when it's humans vs orcs? The burning Legion is interrupting the battle huh?

 

[David_89]

David89 Why are infernals falling down the sky when it's humans vs orcs? The burning Legion is interrupting the battle huh?

Haha...just an effect that catapults are firing to the orcs. Is it looks awkward?

 

[Adiktuz]

maybe add some fog on the background...

 

[David_89]

Ok...thanks...but which fog is better?

 

[Adiktuz]

just try to see what color fits for the background, but I think a dark shaded color will be good... (its just to cover the back part of the pic a bit)

and the main battle scene is too chaotic, its hard to see the units... maybe try to put some space between units...

 

[David_89]

Ok...sure...

 

[Tleno]

@tleno - It took me ages to understand that this is dwarves against humans. Making the units have different team colors will help realize this much faster.
The combination of so much stone props (benches, buildings, floor) collides very noisily with the crates positioned in the map, and the clash of colors is very annoying to the eye. Perhaps you could use something more grayish or something that could make it look better?
Otherwise great job.

Kinda late response, but anyway see, my forces are brown, Trolmanian are black. Authentical teamcolors you know...
And TlenoTech has dwarves and humans in it's army, but whatever...

And thanks for criticism...

 

[idodik]

Perhaps you could state that in your entry post.

 

[Tleno]

Oh, sure... thanks for suggestion. Anyone remember on which page my post is?

 

[David_89]

I remade all over again my map because suddenly I came up with new idea. So this is my new entry

 

[InfinateAnswers]

the sunken ruins wall model doesnt match the rest of the picture. Its a grassy area, no water, no naga, dont use sunken ruins.

 

[AyeKantSpel]

the sunken ruins wall model doesnt match the rest of the picture. Its a grassy area, no water, no naga, dont use sunken ruins.

This, I would suggest gettng the wooden wall model, it would fit well there.

 

[darkzxx]

bad timing of screening....look at that kael

 

[Phoonix]

as some people said that it would look better at night, i tried it and gues what, it did. This is probably my final entry, unless i find more time to abide to your wishes.

 

[AyeKantSpel]

That's really nice Phoonix, I like it.

 

[Frutz]

ooh, musketeers, nice
I like it

 

[Frutz]

my fourth wip
feedbacks are welcomed
and title suggestion are welcomed too

 

[InfinateAnswers]

it looks like a wc3 version of the Battle of Thermopylae

 

[L2love]

I haven't done much on my terrain but I added some of it near the front.

Da WIP!

 

[InfinateAnswers]

that actually looks really good, first modern looking terrain ive seen. I love it.

 

[Adiktuz]

@L2love - cant see the pic... unless I open it in a new tab...

its a siege scenery?

@IA - modern? it looks like a scenery from the middle ages...

 

[David_89]

Is outland sky fits to my terrain? along with loedaeron rain

 

[SA Dashie]

hey do you think a troll hunting a dear in a forest is a good theam and is allowed?

 

[AyeKantSpel]

hey do you think a troll hunting a dear in a forest is a good theam and is allowed?

I don't think that would classify as a battle.
Maybe a troll and an elf hunting the same deer, unknown to the other.




@frutz the sky, holy crap it's an air raid!

@L2love, that's cool, love the siege machines.

 

[InfinateAnswers]

It looks like trenches in a battle field to me. Middle ages are still technically more modern then Wc3.

 

[M0rbid]

hey do you think a troll hunting a dear in a forest is a good theam and is allowed?

Nope, that is not a battle but a hunt and does not represent the feeling of a battlefield.


@Frutz: Please refrain from double-posting by using the Edit-Button on the right downside of your post!

 

[Adiktuz]

@IA - ahh, I thought by modern ur saying about really modern things... ^_^

 

[David_89]

This is my final submission if nothing to change,

 

[Adiktuz]

try to smoothen the cliff where the blood mage is a bit... and maybe add something to the background to somehow hide the "end of the world" effect...

 

[David_89]

try to smoothen the cliff where the blood mage is a bit... and maybe add something to the background to somehow hide the "end of the world" effect...

Ok but how to hide the "end of the world" effect? Using fog?

 

[Adiktuz]

Ok but how to hide the "end of the world" effect? Using fog?

depends on you, you can use fogs, or add some hills etc...

 

[David_89]

Like this?

 

[Oziris]

The End of the World is still visible, raise the ground in the background!

 

[David_89]

What does the "end of the world" effect is? is it the explosion caused by the meteor fall?

 

[Adiktuz]

it is the phenomenon where you see the edge of the map...

 

[David_89]

Oh I see....ok...thanks

 

[David_89]

Can I know whether is it still has the "end of the world" effect? I have raised the cliff up

 

[Adiktuz]

hmm... raise it more or add doodads...

 

[AyeKantSpel]

Yeah, the top left is simply empty, there's nothing there, a little to the right, at the very top of the shot there's an empty spot as well that could be easily covered with a wall or something in the far back.

For the top left I'd say put a few rocks/trees and hills in the background.

 

[Oziris]

Why is that cliff going in a straight line? Make it more natural, and you can see the end of the world on the left side of the picture too.

 

[Skycraft]

Those rocks behind the explosion look really.. odd.
Needs more fine-tuning and adjustments to your terrain, but keep up the good work!