Terrain Mini-Contest #2 - Mysterious

[~Void~]

Terrain Mini-Contest #2
Mysterious

IF YOU DON'T POST YOUR ENTRY IN THIS THREAD IT WILL NOT BE COUNTED!

THEME: The second mini-contest theme is Mysterious. It has been a popular poll choice for the larger contests, but has never been chosen, so I figured I would use it here. The interpretation of this theme is up to you.

DEADLINE: Monday 15th of March. A new contest will NOT be hosted after this, but instead about a month after this, due to the upcoming major terrain contest. I tried to get this up as soon as possible so the Ancient Mythology contest can start on the Ides of March ;]

 

[raid1000]

you gief us to much time >

 

[CoBrA b]

Count me in. I may or may not be able to make the deadline. I have a big test coming up on the 14th which I have to study for. I'll see if I can get this done in my spare time.

 

[Oziris]

Yeay, i will be doing it! Good luck all!

 

[~Void~]

I hope this is as successful as the previous contest

 

[CoBrA b]

Count me in. I may or may not be able to make the deadline. I have a big test coming up on the 14th which I have to study for. I'll see if I can get this done in my spare time.

I feel there must be some irony here, considering how much I've already done.

Here's a quick preview of my terrain. Of course, it's far from done, and still needs a lot of fine-tuning, but here it is. I call it "The Hooded Man."

 

[Just_Spectating]

i thought someone said these contests were Biweekly, and i thought, so that means this week, but i guess that guy thought a new one would start next week LoL

well count me in, sounds fun

 

[~Void~]

CoBrA b, I suggest you remove the sun flare blob that you put above the sun. Just leave the sun without flares. If you're going to put sun flares, I want you to, at least, know that sun flares point toward the center of the lens (screenshot) and are, essentially, like the radius of a circle which has a midpoint of the center of the screenshot and a circumference that intersects the position of the sun. It's a little more complicated than that, but that should do for terraining, at least.

 

[Belgarath]

Mysterious ooooooh. I got lots of ideas.

 

[CoBrA b]

CoBrA b, I suggest you remove the sun flare blob that you put above the sun. Just leave the sun without flares. If you're going to put sun flares, I want you to, at least, know that sun flares point toward the center of the lens (screenshot) and are, essentially, like the radius of a circle which has a midpoint of the center of the screenshot and a circumference that intersects the position of the sun. It's a little more complicated than that, but that should do for terraining, at least.

Okay. I took your advice. Which looks better, with or without the flare?

 

[~Void~]

First one, I like the flare there, it's nice and subtle.

 

[Deathcom3s]

I've already got an idea, and I've started working on it already. I'll post a WIP tomorrow.

 

[~Void~]

Naw, this isn't an entry. I just figured I'd post something to get the rest of you started :]

 

[Celaquil]

I'm in and I got a good idea about what to make.

 

[raid1000]

will gief rep for ideas...

 

[Gilles]

Zombies coming out of their graves to kill the innocent?

 

[raid1000]

noez there is a difference between creepy and mysterious

 

[CoBrA b]

will gief rep for ideas...

Mysterious: Create a terrain that invokes a sense of mystery. Perhaps a spooky wood, or a lone corpse in a field.

My ideas (not the best, but I think they're okay):

A secret gathering of _______s in front of a _______ under cover of night.

A lone figure walking through some ancient ruins (at night).

A dead body inside of a temple or church.

A mysterious rider riding through misty mountains.

A simple ghost town.

A deserted ruined city.

A shrine to a dark god high up on a mountain.

A lone figure rushing through the night to get somewhere or do something.

 

[Megafyr]

Yay, this contest sounds really fun!! Good luck to all!

 

[raid1000]

yay found my inspiration

 

[Ziggen]

What a theme... Gives you a lot of choices wich is hard, means you can choose between many things so you have to come up with something yourself . I like it more when you get a "do this" theme and then just do it.

 

[Grave_Digger_]

will gief rep for ideas...

You mean like you need ideas?

I dont know what i will make in this mini-contest but something of these (u can use 1 if you want)

•Some Acolytes doing something in a cave
•A human walking on a scary road in a scary forest.


Uhm, well thats all I've got now =D

 

[raid1000]

•Some Acolytes doing something in a cave

lolz what are they doing in there? xD

 

[Megafyr]

lolz what are they doing in there? xD

I don't wanna know that.. It's kinda gay xD

 

[Celaquil]

yay found my inspiration

So... What you gonna make? A man pulling a ship through a creepy desert?

 

[Grave_Digger_]

lolz what are they doing in there? xD

They are standing there beeing mysterious.

 

[Naze]

yay found my inspiration

YAY D

Awesome, you'll do something really amazing with that song!

 

[Ziggen]

It's not fair.
raid will win all times if his terrains are of the same quality as the elven one. D:
I have begun working on mine, will finish it tomorrow. I'm not sure if it fits the theme, and I'm not sure what the hell I have done, but it looks pretty good in my eyes D:

 

[Deathcom3s]

Alright, here's my first WIP, and what a Work in progress it is. I still have some things to do with it, but i thought i'd post what i have done so far.

And i didn't steal anyone's ideas, i got this idea yesterday, long before anyone else started posting ideas

 

[raid1000]

raid1000's submission

 

[~Void~]

I suggest you lift the camera off the ground just a little bit, right now you can see the tile textures in front of the camera have lost their 3D-appearance.

 

[Naze]

It's not fair.
raid will win all times if his terrains are of the same quality as the elven one. D:

No, you're wrong, raid's terrains will get better in time. *evil laughs*

 

[~Void~]

They won't win if he keeps overusing those rocks ;]

 

[Naze]

True.

EDIT: We must stop him until he becomes better than you!!! D:

 

[Deathcom3s]

They won't win if he keeps overusing those rocks ;]

Yeah, i'm getting tired of that effect. But i think he meant to do the crappy rock spam for that one, he's being a good sport and not beating the crap out of all of us.

 

[~Void~]

True.

EDIT: We must stop him until he becomes better than you!!! D:

He won't. =]

Unless I stop, of course, which I won't.

 

[Deathcom3s]

He won't. =]

Unless I stop, of course, which I won't.

Your a terrain mod, you should continue terraining.

 

[raid1000]

rocks > all!
so will it be better to use the rock tile which sux? or maybe teh steinlords model which sux even more
im happy with my rocks so far :>

 

[syltman]

Alright I'm in

Edit: Are you allowed to use high-res?

 

[~Void~]

Sure, if you can manage to do a good job with it, which is 10 times harder than with the normal UTM models.

 

[syltman]

Sure, if you can manage to do a good job with it, which is 10 times harder than with the normal UTM models.

*Goes for the rock*

 

[raid1000]

rock what rock?

 

[Grave_Digger_]

my submission

Ahh, good idea with the chimeras =D They are cool, reminds me of that legendary terrain where a bronze dragon is flying away with a city or something =D

 

[Oziris]

Here is my terrain. I dont know if it is strange or scary or even Mysterious, but i did it. It my be not the final screen shot (i dont like to update terrain, only when i have nerves for it) . I used the world tree because of its HQ.

 

[Ziggen]

Okay, here comes mine. As I said, I don't know if this fits the theme, but I tried. Was a hard theme...

EDIT: Updated.

 

[Celaquil]

Ziggen, the background of your terrain owns. But I dont like the foreground, wont give any hints on how to improve though And Oziris...

ITS TEH MASSIVE TREES!

 

[Grave_Digger_]

Ziggen, yours is kinda cozy =D Acoltyes ftw, i like the "mountain" and the vampire but i dont like the forground as keji said.

Oziris, I love the grass and the rocks in yours. But the mist should be start at the start of the picture not in the back of it. And the tree in the front, the trunk must be thinner.

 

[raid1000]

@Oziris needs to tint down the rock chunks and the strategically placed cloud and maybe add some ferns or something to make it look fuller
@Ziggen the foreground needs a lot of work, the cave entrance just pwns, the ship is kinda random and pls tell me how you made the blueish fog in the background

 

[Oziris]

I was thinking to add some ferns but, i started working in the older UTM.....yea, i forgot to tint the rocks, thx for remaining me!

 

[~Void~]

Okay, here comes mine. As I said, I don't know if this fits the theme, but I tried. Was a hard theme...

Hmm the tiles. Tiles are usually built in some kind of pattern, or at least to form some kind of path... Tiles like that, which look rather fancy and ornate, are usually built inside buildings to make some kind of symmetrical path or floor. It could be a ruined floor, but no, it couldn't, because the edges of the tiles look like they were meant to be there.