Gnome Castle

[Moderator]

13:52, 22nd Jul 2014
MiniMage: It's a good looking model. Feel free to work on it more even though it's approved though. ;D

 

[Heinvers]

It looks like a furnace. It's some sort of gnomish "town hall" structure. While it's simple shaped at first when it becomes upgrades it looks cooler. Nice.
5/5 for Creativity.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I'll be honest... I'm not that much into Gnomes. This could use a lot of work, but since we have nothing (I think this is literally the first Gnomish building I've seen, much less Town Hall), kudos for breaking new ground.

In my mind, the biggest issues are 1) overuse of Steam Tank textures, 2) "not epic/town-hall-ish enough", and 3) "not particularly like a building". 2 & 3 are kinda related (and can be helped by changing 1); this could really look more like an actual building, then be all the crazy Gnomish contraption stuff (which, by the way, I love ). Take a look at the (also only existing) Goblin Town Hall; it's primarily a building with the additional Goblin-ish touches (granted, it's not that ideal either, but again it's all we have. Actually, on second thought it might fit well for Gnomes too...).

Not exactly sure how best to proceed or offer advice... But yeah. (If it's a "factory" for "Gnomish MechaPeasants", where's the opening? The conveyor belt? The robo-arms? Maybe you can redesign it to look like a Red Alert "War Factory", sorta... Workshop as base, but rotated & manipulated?)

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Well reason I'm using a lot of steam engine texture because of the Brass metal thing. Steampunk tends to be brass, which is why I'm using that thing.

Unless, of course, might you have a suggestion for this Brass metal thing? Because I'm unsure of other stuffs except that texture lol
But hmmm...I do have an idea now, and it involves pipes

Nope, the pipes didn't work.

But I did changed the texture for the gates now. It just didn't seem obvious I guess.

 

[Hardtime]

Where's the door? How can the gnomes enter the building? xD

 

[knight26]

I have to agree with Kyrbi0 on this one, although this is fresh for THW, this could more efficiently be used as some kind of 'laboratory' or 'research' rather than a town hall.
But other than what you meant it to be, it looks really awesome as a tech building. So I'll be judging a 4/5 due to the textures being obviously overused, otherwise with an update on the textures, this deserves a well 5/5.
Also, I think you could go for darker textures as well, gnomes are know for their contraptions but not necessarily made of shiny gold.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Well, I guess my suggestion is to 'pull back' a little bit on the Steampunk/Brass metal. I suppose things like this are open to interpretation, but generally Steampunk is how things are 'modified', not 'made' or 'consisting of entirely'.

I would suggest coming up with a more 'normal', "building-type" mesh (y'know, wood/steel/stone constructions primarily), and tweak it to be more Gnomish (not just flat gears & thin arms, but perhaps big twisty pipes or furnaces & smokestacks &... (looking up Gnome architecture on Google)... Y'know, I can barely find anything on Gnomish architecture. I'm getting the feeling that they really don't do a lot in terms of buildings. I guess that's why they're always paired with other races (esp. Dwarves), who can focus on building the buildings while the Gnomes work on the techno-gizmos & such...

Well anyway, if you're dead-set on making Gnome buildings anyway, consider starting with a base mesh that is a combination of a couple existing pieces, liiiiiike take 3 towers from the Barracks and replace the 'center-section' with the Workshop. ooooooorrrrrr a rewrapped Spirit Lodge sitting on top of the Human Racial Shop (ANTI-GRAVITY BUILDING). Take a look at this and this for good examples.
When re-wrapping, take a look at alternate textures, and use the Steam Tank/Brass stuff for parts of it.

Good luck!

 

[sunshinex3]

This looks great, I hate gnomes but I have to appreciate that file size well done sir, ty and keep of the good work.

 

[Edge45]

Well reason I'm using a lot of steam engine texture because of the Brass metal thing. Steampunk tends to be brass, which is why I'm using that thing.

Unless, of course, might you have a suggestion for this Brass metal thing? Because I'm unsure of other stuffs except that texture lol
But hmmm...I do have an idea now, and it involves pipes

Nope, the pipes didn't work.

But I did changed the texture for the gates now. It just didn't seem obvious I guess.

Yes, Steampunks do use these for their buildings, but I'm not quite sure this is a Town Hall, just like knight36 said, its more like a Laboratory or reactor I think,
but its creative enough, 4/5

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Wouldn't it actually make sense to look like a laboratory? Cause that's what they live for.
According to lore anyway, they tend to live together with other races, so if they were to ever build their own town hall i think it would resemble a laboratory more because that's all they've been building - more and more labs for building stuffs.

 

[Splub]

We should have a Gnome section, there are certainly enough models and this great model you've made here would be a great addition.

 

[knight26]

Wouldn't it actually make sense to look like a laboratory? Cause that's what they live for.
According to lore anyway, they tend to live together with other races, so if they were to ever build their own town hall i think it would resemble a laboratory more because that's all they've been building - more and more labs for building stuffs.

As I said, for what it looks like, it looks great. But the whole idea of them having a town hall is new, which means it takes some getting used to. Oh and together with that worker contraption you uploaded, it does make sense.
In fact, gnomes really are an undiscovered area of Warcraft, I suppose because people, including me, always think of them the same as dwarves, or better yet, as their 'technicians', and that's not too far from the truth, since even Blizzard didn't bother to give them a proper lore. According to wowpedia.
So yeah, what you're saying is true, it makes perfect sense for them to be 'tech' oriented. Maybe as a stand alone custom-race they'd not really put much of a fight.

 

[Pvt.Toma]

As I said, for what it looks like, it looks great. But the whole idea of them having a town hall is new, which means it takes some getting used to. Oh and together with that worker contraption you uploaded, it does make sense.
In fact, gnomes really are an undiscovered area of Warcraft, I suppose because people, including me, always think of them the same as dwarves, or better yet, as their 'technicians', and that's not too far from the truth, since even Blizzard didn't bother to give them a proper lore. According to wowpedia.
So yeah, what you're saying is true, it makes perfect sense for them to be 'tech' oriented. Maybe as a stand alone custom-race they'd not really put much of a fight.

They'd blast your face off with a lot of firepower though. Since lore-wise, it is the gnomes who invented gunpowder and the flying machine for the humans and the techs and stuffs. But yeah, that's basically the idea I was going fer.

 

[Maximum_Evil]

I am not much a Gnome lover, but this looks sick, very usefull for a Gnome custom race

 

[Zed]

Nice :3

 

[demonpuppet]

Yeeeessss cool model