Dragons Den

[Wolfhelm]

Somthing i been working on for a lil while now. It didnt really take me that long the hardest part was the cave cuz i didnt like the way natural archway looked. Any comments/critisism welcome.

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Oh, added a attachment for anyone having probs seeing hidden image tag.

 

[Revolve]

Me like x)
Though I think the sky should be darker and more dramatic don't think it fits too well right now.
Also the tile could use some more variation, and the hills in the background and on the sides on the cave looks a bit too pointy. Otherwise very cool

 

[Megafyr]

Nice cave you got there! I <3 the way you made it. However.. I suspect you for using the noise tool, which I personally don't prefer. I really think you should make the terrain look smoother and also try to make heigher mountains in the background that fill up the picture.

 

[Celaquil]

I love the cave, and hate almost everything else. The srubs dont go well with the Felwood tileset, the camera is too close to the foreground, making the texture of the tiles look fucking ugly. And The green fog can be completely taken away, cause it looks un-natural on the cliffs, and your mountains are too spikey. Also, work a bit on the atmospher. Now, thats something to improve

 

[Wolfhelm]

Heh, thanks both i appreciate your advise guys!

Your correct Mega - i very much use noise, mainly cuz its fast and if i can speed anything up its helps cuz i have like ADD and dont like working on same terrain for long.

Keiji i understand esactly what your saying - I spent almost no time making everything but the cave and i agree with you on fog but i very much like un-natural (fantasy) stuff if you havnt noticed much of my terrain comes out kind of cartoonish.

Any suggestions on what kind of plant life i should use? Cuz i wanted to make all vegitation dead like the trees but thats not really possible so i threw in ferns to fill empty spaces.

 

[Celaquil]

If you tint the ferns they might work. Also I would suggest the dead ones >.> Or half dead ferns, maybe try them? Oh, and saying you like it cartoony isnt an excuse for making pointy mountains

 

[HFR]

Right dead forest, dead ferns.

Lol, everybody now uses that moon model, go back to the light blobs! (No, the moon is much better...)

I liked the cave, but the fog is too unnatural, even in cartoonish terrains.

 

[Wolfhelm]

Yes there is no exscuse for pointy ass hills lol, i must stop doing that and using noise all together.

I made some changes, moved the cammera back a bit, changed those stupid hills and played around with fog - was trying to make it more natural lol

Let me know what you think!

 

[RaijinSpark]

Nice!! i might add this on my collection list

 

[HFR]

One of the best changes was the new color of the clouds. Now it's fitting perfectly with the fog.

 

[Turminator8]

How did you do that moon/planet??

 

[Slaydon]

Maybe some glowing lights Inside the cave, maybe Crystals :O

 

[HFR]

How did you do that moon/planet??

Using this model.

 

[Hawkwing]

Lindorm Dragon.

 

[Just_Spectating]

what a very small looking den for that big dragon.

 

[Slaydon]

as i say, insert Crystals that gives light

 

[Wolfhelm]

Ok new update... added some buggies and crystals like Slaydon mentioned - i think it looks good.

Just_Spectating i agree with you - the cave is a bit small for that dragon but the dragon didnt make the cave thats just the way he found it xD

I kinda like it without any sky so i got 2 updates 1 without skybox and 1 with ill let you guys decide.

 

[Slaydon]

Yay, you took my advice, and Nice (that rimes)

 

[Celaquil]

I like the one with black sky the most >.> But maybe add some stars?

 

[HFR]

Dark sky for sure. But some starts would be good.

 

[Wolfhelm]

Ok this is final i guess.. unless someone has somthing else to add.

I loaded up the sky with stars but most of them are hard to see with the black background - must be a partical thing, i dunno much about that stuff.

 

[Sephalo]

Nice terraining.
Gotta ask you, how did you get that cave so dark? You gotta use a special effect for it but I don't know which one since I never tried things like that before.

 

[Wolfhelm]

I +Rep first person who can answer Teuncreemers question.
I dunno maybe other terrainers know esactly how i did it or maybe not. xD

 

[Sephalo]

I +Rep first person who can answer Teuncreemers question.
I dunno maybe other terrainers know esactly how i did it or maybe not. xD

Is it that black cinematic smog effect?

 

[HFR]

It's the sky behind the cave. Or a big black colored model.

 

[FrIkY]

At first, I thought that the dragon was headless, but later I noticed it's not. I just don't like the background. :/

 

[Megafyr]

Nice terraining.
Gotta ask you, how did you get that cave so dark? You gotta use a special effect for it but I don't know which one since I never tried things like that before.

Just find a random doodad and scale it so it fits in where you want it, then go to the object editor and tint it black.

 

[Wolfhelm]

Well yes you could collor a doodad black and fit it in there - its actualy abyss tyle on the side of a hill just behind the dragon

 

[HFR]

O RLY? But it could had been the sky, as it's totally dark.

 

[Wolfhelm]

Not really HFR cuz the background goes far beyond the cave itself - i dont think it really possible to do like that unless it was right near edge of map.

 

[HFR]

Well, it's an possibility...

 

[Malcous]

Great