February 2012 Custom Content Challenge: Oriental Additions

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <leaning to the east...>

usagreco66kg wrote...
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Dragon Turtles come to us from Oriental mythology, and I DO have need for a Statue of a Dragon Turtle.. though I'd rather see it based off this mini..
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I have a fondness for dragon turtles, though I have *shocked admission* never actually used one in campaign. Wow! I haven't? <nope. dragons, yes. world-turtle, once. dragon turtles - never>
Heh.

However, though I know you like that mini and it looks cool and ferocious... The dragon-turtle signifies long life and new beginings and is of the Eastern order of benign beings...

I just have a conceptual problem with her wearing a red-dragon head :-(

Luckily <srsly?> I am so freaking busy there's --><-- that much chance *I* will get around to modeling it <srsly>

OTOH, when I get around to my complete remake of all the metallic dragons to align with an eastern ethos, I'll undoubtedly add in a dragon turtle. Named Gamera. <srsly?> 
Would you *stop* that, Bother!<hehe>

<...cuz that's were the divine wind blows>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_gutwrench66kg]

               

Rolo Kipp wrote...

I have a fondness for dragon turtles, though I have *shocked admission* never actually used one in campaign. Wow! I haven't? <nope. dragons, yes. world-turtle, once. dragon turtles - never>
Heh.

However, though I know you like that mini and it looks cool and ferocious... The dragon-turtle signifies long life and new beginings and is of the Eastern order of benign beings...

I just have a conceptual problem with her wearing a red-dragon head :-(

Luckily <srsly?> I am so freaking busy there's --><-- that much chance *I* will get around to modeling it <srsly>

OTOH, when I get around to my complete remake of all the metallic dragons to align with an eastern ethos, I'll undoubtedly add in a dragon turtle. Named Gamera. <srsly?> 
Would you *stop* that, Bother!<hehe>

<...cuz that's were the divine wind blows>

Yep, I get that the Asian dragon turtles are peaceful looking symbols of peace, happiness, guardians of the carebears and they eat only 100% organic produce that's fertilized with pixie dust and harvested under a rainbow.

I picked that mini for 2 reasons..

1) I'm Greedy.

2) I couldn't possibly care less about /have less need for Oriental additions/content.  There are plenty of folks that do (hence the category winning, and having "Oriental additions" AND a seperate category for "Monsters from Asian Mythology.)


On my own hard drive, I will force the Oriental content and the Airships to duel to the death in horrific gladiatorial combat (Probably using the gorgeous tiles that Zwerkules is building).  The authors in those categories did some great looking stuff.. just nothing I really could find a use for:?


On my own PW project I even replaced the weapons in the katana and
shuriken slots, so that the feats could go to a weapon type didn't feel
"Wrong" in the setting   .We use the Western Heartlands in the Forgotten Realms setting, and use Loudwater in the 1370's as one of the main cities. According to various resources, the bank in town is "The Watchful Turtle", named after the statue of  a Dragon Turtle found nearby...  Was just my attempt at sneaking in a content request loosely using the theme (Disclaimer: Despite the similar look, the emoticon lurking about this post is not in fact a ninja, but a Shadowdancer that happens to have a head/face mask to hide his identity.)

That said, The content again looks great all! (As always!) '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par usagreco66kg, 19 février 2012 - 07:45 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_TheOneBlackRider]

               I just stumbled upon Na's DC_Village in another HAK collection (I couldn't locate the original HAK, though - sorry):



Might be an idea to merge this into your creations to have a nice complete oriental collection.

And here are some more nice ones:
Title: Polynesian Village
Author: Lodrezzon
http://nwvault.ign.c....Detail&id=3759

Maybe it doesn't fit for you at all, because you want to do new additions to vault contents. It's just that these creations or the idea of the possibility to merge it into your stuff doesn't get lost.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par TheOneBlackRider, 19 février 2012 - 12:08 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

                Blackrider, that looks like Coulisfu's Oriental Rural tileset or a modification of it.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_TheOneBlackRider]

               Oh, yes, that might be. Thanks for the link, henesua. "My findings" were from a PW-tilesetcollection and the set-file quoted "DC_Village". Maybe they added that oriental stuff - I don't know. The oriental content in that one is pretty small. I bet "Coulisfu's Oriental Rural tileset" is much bigger.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <rubbing his hands together...>

Although Coulisfu seems to have faded away, his work may continue on in the CTP:

This is one of the greatest sets that has been released on the vault. We, the CTP Team, think so much of this set that we have included it in our releases. We have taken this set, repaired the issues that we could, and added tiles where we thought it would help to expand the usage of this set.

CTP? Is this a planned release? Can't find mention of it in the forums...

<...*very* greedily>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Rolo Kipp, 19 février 2012 - 05:42 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               You should ask Bannor about this. He's working on CTP Tropical/Oriental and I'm pretty sure that those tiles are going to be in it.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

                <dragging his burro...>

Midmonth <sort of> Status Update:
A reminder of who is doing what <mostly to keep it straight in his own mind>
(CC Makers, remember to coordinate resources!):

For V1 (due March 1st):

• _six: Tileset - Oriental City
• The Amethyst Dragon: Prefab -  Training area for a seaside monk monastery
• Zwerkules: Tileset - Arabian City (depending on motivation - so motivate him!)
• Vibrant Penumbra: Weapons - Tessen (steel fan)
• Rubies: Creature - Lantern Ghost
• Mecheon: Creature - Oni
• Birdman076: Icons - Misc Oriental theme
• Cestus Dei: Creature - Shape-shifted Oni

Received:

• The Spirited Lass: Item - Paper Umbrellas. *Lots* of paper umbrellas. [edit: Oops]
• Shemsu-Heru: Body Parts - 11 Oriental Heads
• Shemsu-Heru: Item - Death's Hand Helmet
• Shemsu-Heru: Weapons - 23 Oriental Weapons
• Shemsu-Heru: Items - 32 Tessen fans, 2 Musical Instruments & toy

For V2 (due April 10th):

• Vibrant Penumbra: Shinobi-zue - staff with hidden blades (3 variations)
• Cestus Dei: Tail - Oni Possession Effect

Please correct me if I have anything wrong. <he's ok with that. really.>

<...out of bed>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Rolo Kipp, 22 février 2012 - 05:10 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               I would like to suggest....

I don't have the knowledge needed to do that by myself; but maybe someone more skillful could make one or more oriental dragons; Using the NWN 1.9 Mist Dragon model and animations  as base. I think the mist dragon is very close to  the typical oriental dragons. It only needs a few modifications, like removing the mist, increasing the size, and probably a reskin...

Thanks, that's all...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <peeking out...>

I do intend to re-cast the entire metallic lineage in the Oriental mold and I was planning to start with the Mist Dragon as a base. However, it won't be soon and it will be a major project. Among the things I feel *need* to be done are:

• Textures: Major over-haul with fine definition on head
• The head: Major over-haul.
• The body: about 50% more segments for truly serpentine anims.
• The limbs: About half as long.
• The paws: Major overhaul (4 fingers, thumb; 5 toes)
• Anims: Major overhaul.
• AI: Dedicated *intelligent* dragon AI

All that said, I'd really welcome anyone who wants to at least get started with the Mist Dragon for the Oriental theme :-)

Rather have *something* than a promise from the Prankster Wizard...

<...from under a mountain of paperwork>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Rolo Kipp, 22 février 2012 - 06:10 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               Hmmm... I think for an oriental theme the mist is necessary. Dragons are often associated with the water, wind and weather in eastern mythology. Although there are "earth dragons" as is mentioned in some Feng Shui writings.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               Forgive me I was talking without know about it.
Talking about the mist dragon, there is an interesting MOD "Nessa more Mist Dragons" which adds a new versions of the mist dragon in different colours...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               

Rolo Kipp wrote...
Zwerkules: Tileset - Arabian City (depending on motivation - so motivate him!)

I am motivated, but I'm not sure I'll get finished alot, unless I'd have the first weekend in March to work on this.

I have finished the basic terrains: mountains,  city and desert. Raise/lower doesn't do anything yet and probably won't by the time I'll have to upload this tileset.

What will be there are towers and gates for the city walls and a couple of small buildings. I'm not sure if there's still enough time left to make larger groups of buildings and palaces.


               
               

               

                     Modifié par Zwerkules, 23 février 2012 - 04:56 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               Shemsu-Heru: there is nothing to forgive. We are just stating our opinions here. All are valid. Mine probably less so however since I am not contributing anything other than my opinion. I do apologize if that felt like an attack. I'd rather that you were encouraged rather than discouraged from participating because your contributions have been wonderful so far.

Zerkules: Looking great!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_TheSpiritedLass]

               Ohhhhh Z!  Looking amazing as always!  I love the swirly iron? detail on the tower in the left front of that last screenie.  Very nice.  I'm up for doing the loadscreens if you like.  Just zap me out a map when you are done and let me know which bits you would like featured?