Terraining Contest #2 - Mountains

redscores, you could just dump those plants (That's the easy way)
And Belgarath it's impossible to target those trees cause of the model that I use for sky.. unles I delete the sky, but with my luck I never get it to the right position again...

Edit: Meh here is a little edited version again.. I managed to get the sky back to it's normal position after I deleted it zomg.. btw any idea for that special thing to the foreground?

little update WIP for mine, heres another angle too.

MUCH better with the lots of trees. BTW, to do that with the sky, downsize it to 0.01.

EDIT: Wip 1 of new concept.

Some feedback on these so far please.-Note:This i only the 3rd time I have terrained-Not finished yet.

Belgarth: Looks so lush and peaceful. It feels so friendly, almost like I have been there before. The mountains aren't too visible though what is visible of them looks wonderful, the center of the lake is too boring, add in an island or something. Also watch the shrubs, make sure they don't dip into the water.

YAY_WOOT_YAY: The Ashenvale rock against the Lordaeron rock in the first screenie is horrible, green to gray. The second one is great though it could use some shrubs to the left of the trees. The fourth one is beautiful but you need to tone down the color on that grass.

Me: Here is a WIP for my second possible submission.
Description: Snowcap Pass is an Orc-controlled border that runs along a river sperating Icecrown Glacier and the Dragonblight. It is used to keep the powerful forces of the Scourge within their capital and away from any Horde Outposts. The river that runs by the border is, infact, powered by the flowing waters around the Frozen Throne.

Belgarath, you should decrease ur fog a bit.

No Belgarath, leave the fog, it looks wilder with it Aside from a bit empty lake or whatever it is, it's an awesome terrain, as always.

Updated version.

Belgarath, I think that dark blue on the water looks a bit... overpowering.

Looking great Belgarath, i like what you did with the island. btw thanks for the cobble path idea Here is a major update.

about Pyritie comment, i would disagree, imo the blue fits realy good.

but what i noticed it that the border to the water at the island doesnt look
so sharp as the border of the land to the water. mb some (little) more plants
would let it look more "naturaly"

I think the mega blue loooks bad. Any sugg's?
But before I change anything, Ill check what everyone else says.
Volvox, your cobbles are too high.

Sorry for the noob question , But how did you change water into that?

I thought so Is there a fast way of reducing their height cause i don't feel like clicking them all?

Yes. Click one, then go to Edit > Select all special. You're done.
I love how your pictures are forming, Volvox. Really simple and lovely.

Bel, your terrain looks good so far. Perhaps make those willows a tad larger, and lighten up the water.

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And here's the crappy WIP of my second shot. I am not at all happy with the background so far, so I will most probably change it.

go frostwhisper, give it a more natur bound look.
its hard to say how, thats up to y, mb a "randomly" composition form that Giant cames out. But the Idea is great with the waterfall. gj

The giant guy owns! Thanks for selection tip Maybe you could add some shrubs on him so he looks more static and natural?

Just another little pic of the Terrain.
so here it is.

Mmm, those green rock spires don't match the overall theme.

hm, ... hmmmmmm .... beeeeeh, damn u right
but i was bored to just use always the same ones...
meh, i think i change them.
Thx.

I definitely need to lighten up my water.. Willows, maybe, but I'm trying to keep them from raping the mountain up.

Hey, I updated my terrain, so thats my new version, I hope it looks better now.

wow. thats a lot better. I like it. I won't give suggestions as you are my competition.

Sorry if that is offending, but I am also in this competition. So, good luck.

Lots better, but the rocks look a bit weird.

Second WIP. Gonna try a few other ideas. But this one seems to be finished.

tough competition.

Doesn't look that mountainy, Child...

It definitely doesn't, frost.
Next wip.

Volvox, you can do the same with CTRL+SHIFT+~ while having one selected.

Update of my Terrain.

I will tell if the terrain is completed, then i will post the map too.

A tad greener tint on the water might result nicely.

On my map? or Belgarath's?

Bel's. We posted at the same time...

Nice, redscores. I suggest lowering that big rock in the river. You can see it clipping in the air.

4th wip. Probably last unless someone has a good suggestion.

I think you should let people see more of that mountain in the background, cause the sight is blocked by clouds
Meh this will prolly be my last WIP too unless someone gives any good ideas how to improve this.

'If you can't see the tip, it must be high'
So true. That's why I'm not really showing heaps of it.

Frost whispers:

Due to a great amount of WE crashes, lag and inevitable start-overs, I've decided to let the mountain giant rest and won't update it any more.

That being said, here's my final submission.

It concentrates on the steep hills of a mountain over which a storm is formed.

Good luck to all participants.

EDIT: Left the giant one behind, as the rules were updated.

How did you do the elemental? The Stone Giant.

He just used ashenvale rocks and made them fly and placed them verywell to make it look like that (Not sure if they are ashenvale rocks, but they look like them :O)

They're Ashenvales, yes. Used them because they look the most natural along with the Sunken Ruins ones, but the latter were too green for the atmosphere.

Well, here's my first wip. Thinking about making a view from a big mountain road. Tell me what you think....

nbah, you took my idea. Oh well, I'll commence on it anyway (continue it)

I'll add a more prominent mountain range in the background or something.

But, as Gilles said, he won't be too picky.

Gilles said:

I'm not going to be too picky about the theme guys. If I can clearly see it has something to do with the word "mountain", I'm happy.

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Yeah, but with your one it sorta looked just like a bit hilly land. Frost, I think you should use the 2nd picture. The MG is cool, but he looks just randomly placed and not doing anything special.

Frost.. If you're going to have so many rocks, the golem is what I am refering to, you need to do the same to the areas around the golem.

Childeric, your terrain will be accepted, but it's a big stretch. I mostly do this due to your constant activity in these contests.

frost, only one picture per person; sorry but it makes it more difficult to judge with two or three. I prefer the second myself by the way. I also updated the rules to include this. Not sure how I forgot to add that, but I think I stated it somewhere.

Edit: Here is where I said only one. I should have added it to the rules. My apologies.

Thanks a bunch Gilles. Although I haven't made this my final submission, still experimenting with a few ideas and such.

I am almost ready to show my first WIP. I just need to upload the pic.

Ooh, kk Gilles. I will update my entry.

well only one pic for the contest, but i just wanna show 3.
New WIPS

i dont know which one to submit but im probably going to use number 1