Icy cave walls

[Zwiebelchen]

Hey fellow modellers!

I noticed that hive doesn't have any ice-cave models, especially cave walls.

See the picture below for reference; an icy stalagmite might also be useful. If possible, with ingame textures (there should be plenty to be usable, especially among the terrain tiles).

 

[Ardenian]

If this is not matching ( you could work with it, changing it a bit and you would have a nice icy wall),
maybe check this out: Fantasy Environment Cave
Or both solutions, could match greatly.

You could/ someone could easily re-skin and re-model it to make it fit an icy environment, including stalagmites.
I myself already did once for a dropped project.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Hmm, the model from blood-raven looks a bit to comic-style for my uses. I need something that looks more HQ and fits with a realistic terraining style.

The cave pack actually has some excellent models (I like the meshes of the stalagmites); but the walls themselves are a bit lowpoly, imho. If you cut away the ground and opposing side, I guess they could be a good basis to start with, though.

 

[Ardenian]

I actually did this already. The attached pack includes a few straight walls, one outer round wall and one inner round wall.

I did not remove the black parts, simulating underground, so tell me please what to do about them.
About the re-skinning, well, I can see whether I am able to, but I cannot promise anything.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

I actually did this already. The attached pack includes a few straight walls, one outer round wall and one inner round wall.

I did not remove the black parts, simulating underground, so tell me please what to do about them.
About the re-skinning, well, I can see whether I am able to, but I cannot promise anything.

Some of them have unused materials and geosets. I actually like the black parts... the problem is that they look too "regular", as in unnatural with the straight cut-out. I still also have a problem with the texture. Seems like there is no real way around importing a custom texture...

 

[Ardenian]

I experimented a bit with Northrend and ice textures, it could look neat if done professional.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Tried a combination of various ingame textures (undergroundNatural3 and elwynn_rock), combined with a doubled mesh with some transparency on top... looks pretty nice for such a small model (8kb) and blends quite well with the northrend tile.

I just need to add a bit more polys to make it more spiky. .... and maybe create another variation or two.


EDIT: Another variation added, such as a rock stump and a spike that can be used in both directions and combined. Have fun with this mini pack to everyone who is reading that.