Terraining Contest #2 - Mountains

[Just_Spectating]

yeah, no ones seemed to critique mine either, or even say anything lol.. i feel like im talking to myself this whole thread.

 

[Hawkwing]

I haven't had a critique yet.

I still cannot find a good idea. The most recent one I did looks horrible.

 

[Gilles]

I might participate to the competiton.. but i hate imported models.. cause with imported models.. everyone can make something look awsome.. so i will do my best .. without any imported models.. I might loose.. but at least i will show that the model in warcraft is enough...

How very wrong you are. If you can make something that can be put in the Legendary Terrain thread, then you can say that. Not to be rude, but I highly doubt you can make a terrain to compete with some of our top terrainers.

Is it too late to join? If not, I'd like to join.

Try looking at the first post with all the information.

 

[Pyritie]

varsaigen, the rocks you used to build the houses don't really work right, as I can see through the bottom of them. Also, to be honest, it looks like a big mess. :/

 

[vnakira]

+All hail lord vnakira, he will be one of the judges for our hororable paladins' campetition...^^

 

[jonadrian619]

I haven't been active in THW or TH.net for a while, but I've been waiting for Terrain Contest #2 so I decided to join and earn some +rep and an additional pic in my terrain gallery. I'm wondering why my entry at the last gloomy terraining contest was ignored. As a nice guy I don't care about that and I'll have a fresh start here.

I'll do my best in this competition, good luck to the others!

 

[varsaigen]

Pyritie, Those were just something basic (all i could find) until I find the ruined buildings. The "Ruins Buildings" are way too colorful for it and I wanted to give it a "desolate town" look. Any suggestions to improve it would be helpful. Thanks!

 

[FamousPker49]

Hmm... I hadn't even looked at this. But I did make a terrain that involves a mountain!
Crits pl0x?

 

[varsaigen]

did you edit that5? It looks like Paint or Corel... Also, I can't even see the terrain below. For all I know, he might be on a hill.

 

[FamousPker49]

I DO NOT EDIT! And it's supposed to be a mountain so high that it pokes above the cloud cover, therefore you cannot see below...

 

[varsaigen]

but the clouds look like it. Thats all. And I like the effect on the city. It looks like a city on the clouds. Nice. But you have to make a terrain specifically for the contest. if it was made before the contest, you cant use it. (FIRST POST)

 

[FamousPker49]

Ya know... I made a terrain, just now(today) before I opened up my Internet Explorer, and thought it was interesting that it fit with the theme of the terrain contest. I am quite aware of the rules, as I have been in the Hive quite a while and participated in quite a few contests. But thank you.

 

[varsaigen]

OK. I understand. I was just making sure everyone knew the rules. Because I read that you said, "Hmm... I hadn't even looked at this. But I did make a terrain that involves a mountain!" so I figured I would make sure. That's all. And also, I like it. But there's a bit too much fog. Its like a bright light!

Edit: I have (largely) improved my submission. Now, it is Pompei.
Please tell me what you think.

 

[Belgarath]

Cloud city, famous

 

[Gilles]

+All hail lord vnakira, he will be one of the judges for our hororable paladins' campetition...^^

What? Not sure what your talking about, could you explain?

Hmm... I hadn't even looked at this. But I did make a terrain that involves a mountain!
Crits pl0x?

Could you possibly make them a little more prominent? At least one, to give a real good sense of the height, and mountain theme. I would suggest making one poke up more.

 

[varsaigen]

I have widened the street and have added fog. It is a distant fog so it still has that "falling ash" look. Any ways, PLEASE tell me what you think.

P.S. I NEED to know what I can change to make it look much better. I NEED CRITICISM!

 

[Gilles]

The fire on the mountain isn't very realistic. Mountains don't generally explode like that.

 

[Belgarath]

...the picture is bloody tiny.

 

[varsaigen]

The fire on the mountain isn't very realistic. Mountains don't generally explode like that.

Ok, I will try to make the fire more concentrated so it look like it erupted, instead of exploding.

...the picture is bloody tiny.

Ok, I will double the size again. I tried to make it big enoufgh to see. I guess I failed on that part.

Thx you guys. i'll fix that now.

EDIT: DONE! So, is this an improvement?

 

[Belgarath]

Its improved, but its still really, really blurry. Turn your image settings and your resolution up.

 

[Just_Spectating]

I think i have to reread my Laws of physics book again, maybe i missed the chapter that said fire could exist when it is snowing.

 

[Pyritie]

I think i have to reread my Laws of physics book again, maybe i missed the chapter that said fire could exist when it is snowing.

I think the snow is supposed to be ash.

Varsaigen, I suggest you add smoke. And lots of it.

 

[Volvox]

You realize that molten lava covered Pompei 2-3 meters above the roof level, right? Aside from that historical error, roofs are the only thing i'd complain about.

 

[Belgarath]

Ash completely covered it too. There's a lot of historical errors

 

[Equal]

once again, my next step in creating a nice mountain pic ^^
hf and critic it.

 

[Darkimp]

Hey all, im thinking about joining in this little comp.
Heres a Wip of my idea.

 

[frostwhisper]

Hey, that's actually quite good. Original technique, by no doubt.

 

[Belgarath]

Definitely original, pretty good too.

 

[FamousPker49]

Alright, will do. I think I will actually reveal the entire mountain and such rather than having the clouds block it out.

 

[Firelord213]

I like your terrain a lot DarkImp.

 

[FamousPker49]

Dark Imp, it's nice, but I think you should place something to show the scale that they are in fact mountains. Cus they look kind of like rocky hills. But it is very cool.

 

[varsaigen]

I think the snow is supposed to be ash.

Varsaigen, I suggest you add smoke. And lots of it.

Pyritie is correct. It is ash. History says that it was many tons of ash that covered the city of Pompei.

I am starting to wonder if I should rechoose my idea. Looking at other people WIP's I am starting to think that with this one, I'd lose. That, and my resolution is pretty sharp and more smoke would make it so no one could see anything.

 

[FamousPker49]

I have a question, because I redownloaded the UTM, because I had lost it, but I had downloaded the other UTM 4x or w.e it is, and I was looking through it, and started to terrain, and well... I made my submission with that UTM instead of the third version not knowing it. Which is kind of a bummer, does that mean I would have to recreate this with UTM 3? Or will it slide? Cus there are actually less doodads in the version I used....

Oh, and Gilles, I think for some reason vnakira thinks he can judge the competition? That's what I got out of it. But I'm quite sure he's sadly mistaken....

 

[Darkimp]

Thanks for the positive replies, i'll get to waork on the scaling thing asap

 

[vnakira]

Well, here is mine, not good as i wished...but glad to join this competition...

 

[Pyritie]

That, and my resolution is pretty sharp and more smoke would make it so no one could see anything.

The smoke should go in the sky, especially near the top of that volcano.

 

[varsaigen]

Ya, I was thinking about how to get the smoke to rise out of the volcano. Any ideas?
So far, i have the black "smoke/sludge thing" what ever its called from the cinimatic section. I tried that but it didnt turn out too well.

 

[Megafyr]

what do you think?

this is how far I've come..

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

That naga statue doesn't blend to too well into the pilar.. Maybe try different type of pilar or something.

 

[Gilles]

God damn I'm going to have to judge a lot of people. Which is a good thing, it just sucks for me.

It's also going to be tight. There are a lot of quality, although noting has blown my mind.

 

[varsaigen]

If anyone have any ideas on how to get the smoke effect coming out of the volcano, please tell me. Thank you

 

[Belgarath]

Use the 2nd smoke.

 

[vnakira]

God damn I'm going to have to judge a lot of people. Which is a good thing, it just sucks for me.

It's also going to be tight. There are a lot of quality, although noting has blown my mind.

Well, and remember to vote for me, my friend, kaka....
-So you are the only judge till now, Gillies???

 

[Belgarath]

Gilles is. But I think he'll get someone like ghenjis or [death] to help, since they don't seem to enter these contests on the hive.

 

[varsaigen]

Use the 2nd smoke.

Im sorry, but I didn't see it in the "Ultimate Terraining Map".

Edit: is it "Flames&smoke"?

 

[Belgarath]

Flames 2. Yes, flames&smoke.

 

[varsaigen]

Ah thx.

Also, I noticed its like a pillar of flame and smoke. I'll upload it and see what you think. ok guys? Ok.

Edit: version 5 of my WIP "Pompei"



Note, this is just after the vocano exploded and the ash is just falling down for those of you who don't know.

 

[Cham[p]ion]

I'll do my best to blow your mind Gilles (There is no sexual inuendo here). Probably gonna just do a whole new terrain.... again.

Just can't be happy with any of em...

 

[varsaigen]

How is my WIP now? better?
I forgot to add the fog. I will reload the pic so it has fog.

Edit: Done

Please tell me what you think.

Random Thought: Maybe I should show what really happened in Pompei. A giant firelord did it.

Edit2: I added the pic with the firelord in it. So, which one is better? I tend to think the first one looks best.

 

[frostwhisper]

That looks too blurry. Save at a higher resolution if possible.