Custom Content Challenge: April 2015: The Hyborian Age

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

The theme for this month's challenge: "The Hyborian Age":

  

The Hyborian Age: A challenge focused in the universe of Conan the Barbarian; novels, comics, films, etc...

 

This theme was suggested by Shemsu-Heru.

 

Guidelines:

It must be fully working in game.

Use of vanilla NWN or publicly available texture is fine.  Just remember that NWN textures must have dimensions in powers of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.).

Teamwork is welcome.

Beginners most welcome. Don't be afraid, just try, you'll be surprised!

"Custom Content" includes many sorts of things: models, scripts, prefabs (areas, items, creatures, conversations, quests, etc.), sounds, portraits, or anything else new for the game.

All submissions must be finished, working, and emailed to NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com (or a non-Vault link provided) by April 1st, 2015. Sooner than that is perfectly fine too. ;-)

 

Somethings you could include in the download/email that would make packaging everything up easier and faster:

2da lines needed.

Screenshot from in game for use on the vault page (this also gives me hints on how to display the new goodie). Formats: .bmp, .jpg, .png, or .tga

Portraits (if needed) of your new goodie. Placeables and monsters should include a portrait.

Inventory icons (if needed) of your new goodie.

Any credits you would like listed.

If this is your first entry, please tell me what name you would like your work listed under and provide a link to your other NWN content if you want that displayed as well (the link bit is totally optional).

Also if you would like an invite to the CC Makers group, send Rolo Kipp a friend invite. The group is nothing spectacular, mostly just documentation on 2da lines.

 

Remember, the Challenge is all about fun, sharing, creativity, and surprise!

 

This thread is for all sorts of discussion about this month's theme: ideas for things to make, questions/concerns, announcement of what you intend to make, screenshots of work in progress and/or finished projects.  

 

If you want to discuss the Monthly Custom Content Challenge idea as a whole or wish to submit ideas/themes for future monthly Challenges, please post in its thread here. 

 

When submitting a new theme, please provide a title and short summary of the theme.

 

If you have a technical question about some custom content creation, please create a separate thread so that the answers can be found later by anyone, not just people interested in this Challenge. 

 

We'll try to help!

 

Have no fear and join the fun!

 

And finally, you can: 

 

Submit theme suggestions. 

Vote for April's theme.

Email content to: NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

Yeah, didn't even realize it wasn't February anymore, so I'm a day late on starting this up.

 

Emailed/Downloaded Projects:

Conan's Axes (weapon models) by GunnersaurusRed

Serpent Cult Shield (shield model) by GunnersaurusRex

Serpent Cult Standards (placeable models) by GunnersaurusRex

Serpent Cult Standard (holdable model) by GunnersaurusRex

Hyena Lord (creature models) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Hyenaman (creature model) by PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

Conan's Axes (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru

Conan-Father's Sword (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru

Conan's Shield (shield models) by Shemsu-Heru

The Fangs of the Serpent (weapon model) by Shemsu-Heru

Rexor's Triple Axe (weapon model) by Shemsu-Heru

Thorgrim's Hammer (weapon model) by Shemsu-Heru

Thulsa Doom's Helmet (helm model) by Shemsu-Heru

Valeria's Sword (weapon model) by Shemsu-Heru

Map Mats: Hyboria (placeable models) by Tarot Redhand

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Thanks for have chosen the Hyborian Age. BTW Today is my birthday so double thanks for this present.

 

Welcome to the Hyborian age where every man is strong and every woman is beautiful.

 

The Hyborian Age is a fictional period within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, in which the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the barbarian and Kull of Atlantis, are set.

 

 

I have prepared a parallel forum with referential info:

 

 

http://forum.bioware...2015-challenge/

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Wall3T]

               

Id take up the mantle and add the Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan The barbarian Music, but im actually against putting that up. i have alot of respect for the artist, but if there is a request i "may" upload some ambient music that might interest someone.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

Does this theme include Red Sonja?

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Ssythilac]

               

Great theme this month!

 

TR: Red Sonja is not in the original writings of Robert E. Howard about Conan; she is a character of one pseudo-historic tale of the autor, called "The Shadow of the Vulture". Anyway, she is an iconic hyborian character thanks to the comics, so I suppose that she is definitively included in the challenge. I personally prefered Valeria or Bêlit, by the way. '>

 

The hyborian age is a very interesting universe to work with. This is not epic fantasy, but sword&sorcery, and this guarantee that a certain flavour must be captured; the original writings of Howard about Conan were mostly tales of horror with a great components of violence and adventure. He was influenced by his friend Lovecraft and other colleagues of Weird Tales in the concept of cosmic horror, but he is maybe the first in the act of merging this concept with some elements of the emerging heroic fantasy to create a literary genre.

 

In my oppinion, any approach to the hyborian age must include things related to dark magic, ancient ruins that hide cosmic terrors, pre-human evil races, temples dedicated to alien gods, grim-faced barbarians and mercenaries, exotic and old cities fulled of mysteries (and a bunch of harems, of course) and things like that. But, above everything, to resume the spirit of sword&sorcery. A genre as different to the epic fantasy as could be the movie westerns of Sergio Leone against the ones of John Ford...

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Mecheon]

               I'm pretty sure Conan has snake cultists, as well

They can always be repurposed in NWN as more Yuan-Ti
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Id take up the mantle and add the Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan The barbarian Music, but im actually against putting that up. i have alot of respect for the artist, but if there is a request i "may" upload some ambient music that might interest someone.

I think that, he great soundtrack of "Conan the barbarian" 1982 by Basil Poledouris, have been already converted to NWN. So you don't need to disturbing yourself with such conflict of interest....

 

Does this theme include Red Sonja?

 

TR

TR, I agree with Ssythilac about Red Sonja. She is a Howard character, but not an Hyborian one in novels, however she is truly hyborian in comics and movies; Which  are also part of the challenge. So, Red Sonja content is completely suitable for the challenge.

 

I'm pretty sure Conan has snake cultists, as well


They can always be repurposed in NWN as more Yuan-Ti

Snake cultists yes, of course; But yuan-ti are exclusive creatures of D&D. However there is others, "similar"  serpentine creatures and races in the Hyborian Age. Please just check the hyborian bestiary in the referential forum.

 

http://forum.bioware.../#entry18714493

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_werelynx]

               

Could I suggest to do a beastie from Lankhmar (sword and sorcery as well)?

Marsh Leopard to be specific. I would involve making glowing blue eyes on standard model of leopard '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

 

The difference between "sword & sorcery" And "high fantasy".....

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Ssythilac]

               

Yes, that is the spirit! '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

By Crom Indeed! '>

 

 

"Coin Armor?"

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

Definaly have to give love to the Darth Vader of Conan, Thulsa Doom...

 

 

"Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they learn why they fear the night."

 

 

 

 

 

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

Id take up the mantle and add the Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan The barbarian Music, but im actually against putting that up. i have alot of respect for the artist, but if there is a request i "may" upload some ambient music that might interest someone.

 

I posted the conan movie soundtrack on the IGN vault and was asked to take it down, due to copyright concerns.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

 

"For no one, no one in this world, can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts.

...This you can trust." (Conan's father - Conan the barbarian 1982)

 

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The sword forged by Conan's father in the beginning of the 1982 movie. Recreated by myself, and added to NWN as longsword and bastard-sword models.