Kultiras Buildings

[bakr]

I think that altar is good as it is. What needs work is arcane sanctum because it doesn't feel kul-tiran at all.
Kul-tirans are connected with the sea, their tidesages worship enigmatic Tidemother and wield hydromantic powers. This should be reflected in the sanctum's design.
You can try to have inspiration in Stormsong Monastery of Boralus - a square with a fountang, I guess, a spire-like building with a tentacle on it and, maybe, some enchanted stones like these.
The same thing is about arcane tower - maybe it's better to replace it with some kind of hydro-tower?

thanks for the suggestion but I guess it will take a while before I edit this pack again. But for reference it was inspired by WOW but I actually wanted it to still reflect the wc3 vibe.. but I'll take note of it for future use. thanks!

 

[Kyrbi0]

So much effort has gone into this amazing set of structures! IMO this beauty deserves the highest score once you're done fixing the issues

Spoiler: you might not want to read this

I know that it is not too polite to point out the flaws, but I do not intend to somehow criticize your creations. Instead I write this so that in the future it will be much easier to keep track of all the corrections, just like a modeler for a modeler, because I know how painful it may be to repair things over and over, and also because the pack is too awesome to let it stay unfinished

Lumbermill: Stand anim - the saw is spinning, should be?
Aviary: Stand Work anim - you might want to have the blue glow always face the camera, I mean billboarded bones?
Barracks: Stand Work anim - the doors get completely slammed but a new door appears behind them instead
House: just wanted to say it looks perfect!
Shipyard: Stand Work anim - should the glow rotate too?
Altar: the glow has a strange wrap
Tower: I guess you know about the particle issues, just wanted to say that the team color stripe changes its colors or material type
Townhall: isn't the bell moving too fast? By the way, it might be a very little thing but the shutters on the windows of the tower (the 2nd tier and 3rd) are not simmetric and that's why some of them look like doors.

My stupid and insolent ideas:
Eggs in hay in the small birdhouses may also support the idea of the Aviary, Blizz know a lot about their own Aviary
Maybe make the anchors bigger (since they play a role of an identification mark for the race) and give them another texture, like something rusty, or from more shiny metal to let it be more noticable over the grey walls They can also be put on the facades of the other buildings as there's enough suitable space for it, just like spicing up your dish, good idea?

I don't know why you hide/caveat this so much; this is exactly why public resource forums exist. Modelers should appreciate the kind of constructive critique (different from criticism) that you are giving.

 

[bakr]

I don't know why you hide/caveat this so much; this is exactly why public resource forums exist. Modelers should appreciate the kind of constructive critique (different from criticism) that you are giving.

Actually I failed to notice his suggestions thanks for pointing it out!

 

[bakr]

So much effort has gone into this amazing set of structures! IMO this beauty deserves the highest score once you're done fixing the issues

Spoiler: you might not want to read this

I know that it is not too polite to point out the flaws, but I do not intend to somehow criticize your creations. Instead I write this so that in the future it will be much easier to keep track of all the corrections, just like a modeler for a modeler, because I know how painful it may be to repair things over and over, and also because the pack is too awesome to let it stay unfinished

Lumbermill: Stand anim - the saw is spinning, should be?
Aviary: Stand Work anim - you might want to have the blue glow always face the camera, I mean billboarded bones?
Barracks: Stand Work anim - the doors get completely slammed but a new door appears behind them instead
House: just wanted to say it looks perfect!
Shipyard: Stand Work anim - should the glow rotate too?
Altar: the glow has a strange wrap
Tower: I guess you know about the particle issues, just wanted to say that the team color stripe changes its colors or material type
Townhall: isn't the bell moving too fast? By the way, it might be a very little thing but the shutters on the windows of the tower (the 2nd tier and 3rd) are not simmetric and that's why some of them look like doors.

My stupid and insolent ideas:
Eggs in hay in the small birdhouses may also support the idea of the Aviary, Blizz know a lot about their own Aviary
Maybe make the anchors bigger (since they play a role of an identification mark for the race) and give them another texture, like something rusty, or from more shiny metal to let it be more noticable over the grey walls They can also be put on the facades of the other buildings as there's enough suitable space for it, just like spicing up your dish, good idea?

Lumbermill - the stand anim issue is already fixed in the newest update
Aviary - i'll be working on this one soon
Barracks - the first door is actually a gate bellow the battlements the second door is the entrance to the main structure.
Shipyard - uhmm I actually just wanted it to glow and not rotate
Altar - i'll check it
Tower - I guess it was fixed in the newest update but if it still have some issues please let me know
Townhall - with regards to the bell I guess I'm fine with it moving fast to force the peasants to work faster lol
- window shutters to be updated

additional note for the Aviary I guess I will not be adding more geosets to the model since I am now working on reducing their polygons. I'll try to reposition the glow in future updates.
the anchors are originally wooden and large and placed on the roof of the structures during the early stages of making them but I decided to remove them since I don't want them to be overflowing with details and look as simple as possible to reduce the fantasy vibe.

thanks again though watch out for future updates!

 

[Villagerino]

Shipyard - uhmm I actually just wanted it to glow and not rotate

Yea, I mean, when you press DEL in game, the glow will become flat meanwhile standard buidings' glow will be facing the camera

Tower - I guess it was fixed in the newest update but if it still have some issues please let me know

In some of the animations:

the anchors are originally wooden and large and placed on the roof of the structures during the early stages of making them but I decided to remove them since I don't want them to be overflowing with details and look as simple as possible to reduce the fantasy vibe.

Gotcha. I meant that these are not seen from above since custom maps are played with even bigger game camera distance:

It's not a secret that Bliz uses a stylistic technique when changing details to transfer lore stuff from WoW by making that stuff look more simple, and I think it's a good idea since the games are different. You also strive to reflect your ideas in WC3 vibe you mentioned above. Thus, if you change your mind and decide to leave anchors as a main banner of the race and save polygons, I guess you can take and use only 1 single anchor as the racial sign, delete more chain links and cut off unseen layer on the back part of the anchor. Or even make a 2D model, as there plenty of 2D details over the classic buildings players are used to seeing.
I believe that if you add more sea-theme stylization on the facades, the set will become even more unique and Kultiras

 

[bakr]

thanks for the feedback It helps a lot!I'll be working on it real soon!

 

[MasterHaosis]

Man you nailed it! Awesome pack! 5/5 rating + like

 

[Ian The Red]

Love the update! I actually prefer the older Arcane Sanctum though as it feels more unique to the elven-esque vanilla one. Perhaps the temple of the damned would be a better building base to work from to better resemble the sanctums seen in WoW. Nitpicks aside I am loving all the updates otherwise!

 

[Poluroslik]

I don't like the gun tower. The rest is awesome.

 

[Null]

You should ve left the old ones too :/. Tbh it's all about taste and i liked the old forge more than this one

 

[bakr]

You should ve left the old ones too :/. Tbh it's all about taste and i liked the old forge more than this one

I'll try to put them on other sections and linked it to this pack. thanks

 

[TTT]

verrrrrrrry good

 

[firewood]

wow, very beautiful.

 

[Explobomb]

Great pack where several buildings have their own unique outline, making them easy to recognize on a glimpse.
Was looking at the barracks and I love the anchors above the entrance but think they perhaps could have something behind to make it pop a bit more.
Otherwise, it's quite easy to miss as it is now.
The altars in WC3 are usually based around the same idea with a statue of an entity with two archs on the sides. Perhaps a lowpoly model of a captain with a different hat from Proudmoore using the Mountain King Avatar texture could work? Just an idea though.

 

[Tryndamere]

The human division whose building is very grand and cool and you make it very cool bro

 

[Nneshan]

Gorgeous pack!

 

[cvc21]

I love the town hall