High Elven City Tileset

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               

WoC_Builder wrote...

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Yet another great shot of Elven architecture; this a close-up of one end of an Elven Inn.  This (and the watermill, and glass-topped dome) reminded me very much of Zwerkules' work.  '>

My inspiration for future elven buildings comes from pictures that someone, who creates incredible models with an amazing level of detail from wood, put here:

Rivendell

The elven houses in my rural tileset already resemble some of those buildings even though I only found those pictures after I made the models. So new elven house models will use the green roofs and some wood like the models I already made, but will also resemble some of the buildings in those pictures, especially those with
buildings with turrets.

Edit: At the bottom of those pictures it says 'gidian-gelaende.de'. I just looked at that website and a few of the fantasy models (only a few because there are so many) and they are a great source of inspiration. What those people built is simply amazing!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Zwerkules, 12 décembre 2013 - 03:51 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               In case anyone needs a couple more inspirational pics, here are a couple that I've got from deviavtArt.

far_edge_by_nm_art-d5wlg35


and shangorila_by_camilkuo-d64nal3


Hope these are of use to someone for ideas.

TR
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Nevercallmebyname]

               

Tarot Redhand wrote...



TR

I want all of these things as tile groups.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Mecheon: the tiles are half because I wanted a decent elven treetop city for some of the Yuirwood areas in my module and half because I played The Prophet series a couple of months ago and was really impressed by the elven tree city there (Bloodmonkey's Rocky Mountains could do with some updating graphically but those modules show just how versatile it can be).

Thanks for the beautiful images of inspiration.  This is just the kind of thing I like to see.  I've been having some trouble deciding what approach to take to the building terrain and these have given me some ideas.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Nevercallmebyname]

               If you're after suggestions/inspiration then could I get a couple even buildings built half in the water for my elf character's hometown?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               I wouldn't rule it out!  No promises on when it might be done, though.  '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Current status: working on a building terrain inspired by some of the images posted above.  '>

Overall, I will work on getting the treetop version of the tileset into a releasable state and then focus on a stone version.  It's going to take a fair while, but at the very least I should make a fair bit of progress over Christmas.  Whenever I have nice-looking screenshots to share, I will, though there are no new ones quite yet.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               *rubs hands together in anticipation*

looking forward to it, Este.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bannor Bloodfist]

               Estelindis, that set looks great already!

I won't make a formal promise just yet, as I am still attempting severe restoration on my pc, IE reinstalling 3ds, and I will have to search through about 300 or so cd's I have on 25 piece spindles, so to find original nwn cds, and the associated keys will likely take me a bit of time.  I also have to clear space on what hd space I have left.... anyway, without that formal promise, send me a copy of the set and/or a skydrive link to it, and I will see what I can do to create some fences for you.  Most likely I will use a completely solid style object and texture as I am nowhere near as good at texturing as you are.  No more that two different wall types, and no connections to buildings unless you are willing to wait considerable time for that.  Depending on raise/lower issues I may or may not create fence tiles for all of that as well.  Just depends on how long I can last building for NWN again.

Up to you of course, and I will NOT force the issue either way.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Thanks, Bannor.  That is really generous offer!  Let's not rush anything, given your PC issues.  Let me know when you are in a relaxed situation with your system just as you like it.  Then we can talk ideas.  '>

Anyway, it's been a much busier holiday period than I was expecting, with a few PC issues of my own, but I can at least post a picture of a couple of tiles from the building terrain I'm trying out.  The roof is a placeholder while I figure out what I want it to be.  At the moment, the key thing for me is to decide how much variation should go into this terrain vs. how much of a uniform look I want it to have.  The house crosser is quite uniform, leading me to think that a bit more variation would be good with the building terrain.


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Master Jax]

               Beautiful. I didn't think it would turn out so... artistic... 0____0
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DM_Vecna]

               Love love love it!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Thank you!  '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_WoC_Builder]

               *sighs in contentment*  That is beautiful.  I'm sitting here like Mr. Burns and rubbing my hands together saying "Excellent".  '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Athain]

               Oh, my goodness.  I always wondered why it took do long for a High Elven city tileset to happen to NWN.  Thanks for filling this conspicuous absence, Estelendis.