Reclaiming the throne

[Oziris]

After Wolfe gave up on his terrain which I really admired and couldn't let burn into history, I finished it for him.

Credits to Wolfe for the starting plot.

The army idea was mine, the humans are reclaiming their throne that the Undead overtook.

 

[Azurot]

I love the apparent combination of your style blended with Wolfe's. It makes for a really great atmospheric effect, somewhat generic in it's approach to wc3 aesthetics, yet very unique in the same way. Well done.

The shadows, however, are very random, you may want to replace them.

 

[fladdermasken]

Very atmospheric indeed, however I felt the immediate need to scroll up to expose more of the vivid and imaginative setting. Consequently I'd suggest you to diminish the foreground and furtherly reveal the sky and the background. As of now the foreground is pulling for too much attention.
Furthermore, the building textures are very plain and polished for what appears to be a city under siege. And quite frankly, too montonous for medieval structures period.

 

[Wolfe]

Looking at this, I kind of regret pulling out of the terraining contest. =P

Very well done. But, I agree with fladder, gazing upon it, the structures look quite 'neat' for a city under siege. Perhaps creating holes in the buildings, debris, using some SFXs to create that genuine effect of a siege.

 

[indomitable1319]

I love it.
The fire pit seems rather large though...

I agree with Fladdermasken; I think you should show more of the sky to project a more intense feel with the screenshot.

+Rep anyway.

 

[chilla_killa]

Where can I find those shrubs?
Looks very nice in my opinion

 

[Oziris]

You can find them in the UTM, they are called "grass animated 1" and I've tinted them to 100 255 0

Yeah, I'll see what I can do with the sky and make it better. I'm also considering deleting the army and adding a landscape of trees.

 

[indomitable1319]

Where did you find those awesome buildings; by the way?
They look magnificent.

And I love the rocks in the horizon; NICE WORK.

 

[Oziris]

Here: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models.php?search=Gondorian&d=list&r=20&u=Fingolfin

 

[indomitable1319]

Wow; thanks.

 

[Oziris]

Okay, UPDATE!!

 

[indomitable1319]

Try moving the camera a bit forward, I'd like to see the rest of the sky.

 

[Oziris]

That would screw up the sky, because behind the right tree, there is no sky, it's stretched to the maximum.

 

[indomitable1319]

Ah; I see.

 

[chilla_killa]

Thanks for the hint
Now it looks even more better.
But can you tell me?
Is there a special technique to get a good sky?
Or how do you create it if I may ask.
You know I'm just a little beginner in terraining.

 

[Oziris]

Well, when I'm making a sky, I experiment a lot, add different colours, different clouds etc. It's all about experimenting, and when you feel this is the right sky, then your done.
In this sky I used clouds, blue/green glows and stars. Clouds are tinted to 10 10 10 which makes them look a lot more natural, blue/green glows well, they can be used if you want a more colourful sky and the stars are "star white" model in the UTM. Also, it's very important how you capture the sky and what will be under it.

 

[indomitable1319]

Nice effect.

It's easy to tell you've been terraining for the longest time to know these tricks.

 

[L2love]

What cloud model do you use?

 

[Oziris]

The standard one in the UTM, 1 2 3. Also you have to know what cloud you want to use, they are all different but that's on to you to find out.

 

[chilla_killa]

So you create a custom sky, not just use the skies of blizzard.
Okay thanks for your information.
Let's see if I can do something with my Fallout terrain.
I never made a sky before

For me you are already the winner of the Terraining Contest

 

[darkzxx]

different ? i thought the only difference was their size

 

[Oziris]

You thought wrong then.

 

[darkzxx]

what's their other difference ?

 

[fladdermasken]

The difference is huge, they're different models altogether. I personally like the third one best. A nice and warm cuddly feel to it.

 

[Dr. House]

Looks very nice only thing you might wana work on are those pointy mountains in the background but besides that it looks nice.