The Volcano

[CoBrA b]

I'm tired of all the stuff that gets uploaded here with cheesy lava and even cheesier rocks (no offense to those who post such things). This is what a volcanic eruption really looks like!

You may recognize the mountain I based this on.

Comments and criticism always welcome. Enjoy.

 

[syltman]

The volcano thingy look really wierd still

 

[~Void~]

It looks nice and realistic, I love it, but it could use a LOT more polish.

Also, try making a few of the rocks from that rockspam in the foreground a little bigger just for variation.

 

[Trillium]

very nice, but something feels weird... maybe the fact, that snowy volcano comes right from snowless ground? if it is the height, where mountains become snowy, then why other mountain don't have snow?

 

[BlinkforFear]

a new definition of retard ^^

...its cause the other mountains arnt as tall

 

[Wheepodee]

I don't think the whole mountain should be snowy, only the tip of it. Judging by the looks of the mountain, everything else should be covered in snow too.

 

[~Void~]

Real life disagrees with you

http://www.courier-journal.com/blog...nt_st_helens_distance_05-18-80_med-786227.jpg

I mean, maybe the snow line could be raised up a little, but still.

 

[Trillium]

maybe the snow line could be raised up a little

that was the point

 

[Deathcom3s]

Umm, that smoke looks like it was edited in GIMP...

 

[CoBrA b]

Umm, that smoke looks like it was edited in GIMP...

It wasn't. I don't even use GIMP.

Basically, I took the Smoke Smudge doodad, turned it on its side, and scaled it up x30, so that I had a huge, black, semitransparent, circle. I copied and pasted that until I had a huge, black cone, then placed a few of B2M's Cloud Model: http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=98645 in front of the black cone, tinted at 32;28;16, to give it a smoother, more realistic appearance. Finally, I took some http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/cloudoffog-53864/?prev=search%3DSmoke%26d%3Dlist%26r%3D20
and spammed it around the cone for the final effect.
(Steps show below).

P.S. @~Void~: Nice job knowing which mountain I based it on.

 

[Deathcom3s]

.P.S. @~Void~: Nice job knowing which mountain I based it on.

You could tell because of the way it was shaped, most people know that mt. st. helens blew out sideways.

 

[thedeathunterxx]

i like that smoke effect.

and its a unique mountain, different then alot of other volcanoes.

However, with something like this, you should continue to enhance the terrain, Like give it a nice fog, sky, etc...

and ohh, make the smoke effect HUGER like, on top of the mountain, make it like cover the whole sky