November's 2010 Custom Content Challenge: Ancient Civilizations

[Legacy_TheSpiritedLass]

               *Note to self*  Budget to purchase a new office chair as I am likely to break the current one from all the happy squirming and wiggling that is going to take place this month. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Kendaric Varkellen]

               

Xialya wrote...

This is a Macedonian/Greek shield.
I'm starting with Greek stuff, then certainly moving on Egyptian shields and maybe weapons since I was looking for that myself.

So there's a good chance we'll get a khopesh (egyptian sword)? Another thing that would be useful are egyptian-style kilts/skirts, as NWN is utterly lacking in that regard.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_TheSpiritedLass]

               Should any of y'all enjoy tileset work, this is the most desired item on my hak wish list. These screenies are from Pompeii.

Just outside the Temple of Jupiter looking towards the Temple of Apollo.


Garden section next to the Temple of Apollo.


Housing section just inside the northern gate.


The tiles were done by Grass Master and Tom Banjo. Which have been upgraded in our tileset hak. The original vault entries are here:
http://nwvault.ign.c....Detail&id=5224
http://nwvault.ign.c....Detail&id=2498

My wish list (in order of importance, highest to lowest):
- gate/door version of the arched wall exits.
- need more columned buildings. Houses 1x1 and 2x1 (long and narrow). The 2x2 one is used over and over again.
- 2x2 version of the 5x4 temple
- smallish 2x2? new domed building for temples or government office.
- 2x2 version of the 1x1 gazebo
- add fade-able tops to the bigger buildings - two temples, forum entrance.
- walls need repeaters at map edge.
- columned building terrain like in city exterior.
- anything else y'all can come up with!

*edited to get the screenies to ohhhhh actually show up.*
               
               

               

                     Modifié par TheSpiritedLass, 02 novembre 2010 - 05:28 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Xialya]

               

So there's a good chance we'll get a khopesh (egyptian sword)?

That's exactly the weapon I had in mind. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               



Hi Mistress!



I know it is right at the bottom of your wish list and you were also asking for columned building terrain, but I'm going to make a mini tileset with a building terrain based on roman insulae.

Well, they don't have columns, but who needs columns if you got running water and restaurants in the building? '>

I'm not going to make these an addition to the Bioware city exterior. I got my reasons for that. So you won't be able to use them with Gr****s tiles. The building terrain by itself isn't much and maybe of little use, but a whole tileset as a contribution to the Costum Content Challenge would be a little too much.

I work far too slow to make a whole tileset in a month. I will add the small temple and a larger version of it to the tileset.

http://www.rpgmoddin...ttachmentid=767

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               *laugh* Look what the forum did to Gr-a-s-smaster '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_TheSpiritedLass]

               Hello Mr Wonderful.  *grins*  Warned ya! '>

I know it is right at the bottom of your wish list and you were also asking for columned building terrain, but I'm going to make a mini tileset with a building terrain based on roman insulae.



Well, they don't have columns, but who needs columns if you got running water and restaurants in the building? '>



I'm not going to make these an addition to the Bioware city exterior. I got my reasons for that. So you won't be able to use them with Gr****s tiles. The building terrain by itself isn't much and maybe of little use, but a whole tileset as a contribution to the Costum Content Challenge would be a little too much.



I work far too slow to make a whole tileset in a month. I will add the small temple and a larger version of it to the tileset.

*snorts*  Oh yeah, right at the bottom of my list.  You should see the huge grin on my face right now.  Mostly that is at the bottom of the list cause I figured working from existing stuff would go faster for people?

Now you have me curious about why you don't want them added to the city exterior tileset.  Honestly, I won't be able to use them otherwise, but there are certain to be others out there that would love to have 'em!

*boggles*  I never expected to have a whole tileset made.  Just hoping/wishing for anything along those lines that I can get my hands on.  If nothing comes of it, I'm still thrilled to have what is already present in the toolset.

Yeah, I had to split his name into 2 pieces to not have the forum censor it.  *rolls eyes*

I should have some loadscreens to post shortly.



               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               Okay, I can give you a few reasons: The most important one is that the Bioware tilesets use tilefade and shadows. The models are pretty simple, so shadows work well. Buildings without shadows would stick out badly between buildings with shadows. I always turn off shadows though and I don't use tilefade for two reasons:
a) because animated parts of the models stay visible and you get floating lit windows at night.
because I like to have walkable roofs, balconies, etc which you can't have with tilefade.

[I just editied this to add a third important reason.]
c) because the fading of tiles totally kills immersion!

Another reason are the textures. The old standard city textures just aren't what I want to use for my tiles, but if I use my own textures they won't blend in with those textures. And then there are
so many people using NWNCQ. Chico did a great job at adding roofs to the tilesets, but I dislike the blurry textures he uses and even more those pseudo bump maps.
And before more people tell me how they won't use my tiles because they like Chico's textures so much more I'll just make my own tilesets or none at all.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Zwerkules, 02 novembre 2010 - 08:21 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_TheSpiritedLass]

               These where done from either personal photographs or ones I dug up on wiki commons (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kezd%C5%91lap).  There are a lot of them so maybe just include a selection of people's favorites?  I know photographs aren't everyone's favorite for content.  So I'm not gonna be irked if y'all don't want these. 


1-1. Photograph by Geraki – Academy of Athens
1-2. Photograph by StaraBlazova - National Monument Edinburgh
1-3. Personal photograph – Temple of Poseidon
1-4. Photograph by Haiduc – Pompeii Palestra (gymnasium)



2-1. Photograph by AlMare - Pompeii House of Vettii
2-2. Photograph by Thermos - Porch of Maidens at Erechteum
2-3. Personal photograph – Trevi Fountain
2-4. Personal photograph – Base of an unknown statue


3-1. Photograph by Veronica - Oculus of the Pantheon 
3-2. Photograph by Ravedave – Paris Pantheon
3-3. Photograph by Gryffindor - Nymphenburg Palace
3-4. Photograph by (oops! I have to find this one) – English Garden in Munich, Germany



4-1. Photograph by Photocity - Pavlovsk Park
4-2. Photograph by Daderot – Temple of Diana – This one if my favorite.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_TheSpiritedLass]

               Shows ya how much I know about tilesets.  Thanks for explaining. =)



-- Mistress, moving a couple piles of leaves into Zwerkules' yard when he isn't looking.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rafhot]

               here's some screenshots from my indians head pack
i know everybody are looking for more greek and roman things but anyways heres my south america indians.


               
               

               

                     Modifié par rafhot, 03 novembre 2010 - 05:36 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               Nice work, rafhot.  It looks like the heads could use a little more highlighting and shadows (to bring out details and match up with the torso and arm textures), but definitely nice.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               The hair looks very good, Rafhot, but the amethyst dragon is right about the highlighting and shadows.

Especially on the green parts of the faces more shadows under the eyes and along the noses are needed. While you can see the noses well in the faces without the green paint, the head that is half green and half red looks almost as if it didn't have a nose.

The expressions on the faces, especially the first two, are well done. I was just wondering why they all have red eyes.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_TheSpiritedLass]

               *Stage whisper*  They are all vampires.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Xialya]

               Done with the Greek shields.







               
               

               

                     Modifié par Xialya, 03 novembre 2010 - 04:59 .