Help with terrain

[Arvedui]

I hope this is the correct section, first off. I don't make many threads, but I do believe this is right.

I want to ask everyone what they think of the terrain I'm in the process of making for my newest project (Lord of the Rings: The Banished.. tentative name). It's about Beleriand after the Dagor Aglareb but before Dagor Bragollach. Anyway. I wanted some opinions on what I was doing right and wrong. I'm not a terrainer and any comments would be useful. I attached the map and some screen shots. Also I attached a picture of one of the maps that I'm working off of.

EDIT: Also, by no means do I think I'm done, I just wanted some opinions on what I can change/add for the terrain so far.

EDIT2: New/different screenshots added, removed the map file, as it's not the one I'm working off of anymore.

 

[Gilles]

You barely have anything done. Don't show overview like that as we can't see anything. Give up close shots, or overviews of a smaller area.

 

[Arvedui]

Added New screen shots, sorry it took so long, working off of two different computers.

I mostly wanted advice w/ my mountains and rivers, as I've never really done them before. I know it's lacking of doodads for the most part, but I want to get the actual terrain down before I move onto that.

I've only recently started to read the tutorials on terraining, because so far, the only other map I've been working on was a Hero line war and doesn't need opulent terrains to be good. All other maps I've worked on have gone to scrap because I could never exactly get the terrain how I would have liked it.

 

[punwisp]

Eh, heres some advice I learned

Dont use cliffs, they make the terrain look ugly

Just use raise/lower tool and use rocky tilesets to make them look like rocky mountains.

Use cliff types for outlining the shores of your terrain.

 

[Arvedui]

The mountains were made with raise tool, and the rivers with the lower tool. The cliffs are there to stop units from getting over mountains, because that would be bad. I know they look ugly, but so do doodads placed at the top.

EDIT: what do you mean cliff-type for outlining the shores.

 

[punwisp]

Use pathing blockers, its in the doodads

 

[Arvedui]

I'll look at it.

What did you mean cliff-type at the shores? I specifically did the rivers/ocean like that for a reason. It looks better.

 

[punwisp]

Yea, what you did is what I meant, for rivers and shit

 

[Arvedui]

Ahhh ok. Well thanks, I'll look into the pathing blockers. I knew about them, just never really bothered to use them.

 

[punwisp]

Same, i just started using them

 

[Arvedui]

Have to make a butt load or can they be spaced out?

 

[punwisp]

dunno, i just started to use them like a hour ago, i was told to use them to keep units from going over them

 

[Arvedui]

Ah, well ok. Thank you. I'll try to start using them. And Yeah i wanted to use rocky/snowy tile-sets but the cliffs got in my way. Thanks.

 

[Arvedui]

Sorry for double post.

Ok Added changes and Screenshots:
1.) No more Blizzard cliffs
2.) Added more/different tiles
3.) Started to do some Doodad placement

 

[Gilles]

It's looking quite good. Although that 's the easy part, now you have to make it pretty with doodads.

 

[Arvedui]

Thanks! I know lol I'll be updating it eventually. I only have time to work on it at night so yeah.