New Terrain Variations

Post by **Boucman** » November 22nd, 2006, 6:49 pm

can multihex terrain be applied to castle floor ?

I guess it can, any WML expert around ?

-> What i might be working on · Post by **Eleazar** » November 22nd, 2006, 11:20 pm

Boucman wrote:can multihex terrain be applied to castle floor ?

I guess it can, any WML expert around ?

Probably, but i'm not sure i see the benefit in this situation.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » November 23rd, 2006, 7:55 am

Eleazar wrote:
Boucman wrote:can multihex terrain be applied to castle floor ?

I guess it can, any WML expert around ?
Probably, but i'm not sure i see the benefit in this situation.

it means that the paths between the patches of grass can be done better, and the honeycomb effect can be removed

Post by **pekka** » November 30th, 2006, 2:36 pm

Eleazar wrote:If Elves don't build castles out of white-ish stone who does? Gondolin and other Elvish dwellings come to mind. It also differentiates it from the other castles.

Jetryl wrote:The one, the only "concern" I had about your idea, actually seems to be a moot point. I decided to investigate it right now, and knocked together a cheap recolor of pekka's tower on your castle. The concern was - with a castle adequately constructed to look like the same design that went into the elven villages (which pekka's achieves with the keep towers), would it still look enough like the villages if it was a different color of stone?

I think it does look enough like it, so I don't think there is really any problem with a bright castle. I think either color would work fine.

I'm fond of the original elven village color scheme. It is quite sure there will be more different kind of buildings/castles in the future (for example I'm working on an orcish castle). Because of that the upcoming elven castle shouldn't be differentiated too much from the village (color) design, so that the castle would be associated for certain to the right villages.

I still don't have spare time now, but I couldn't resist to push this project forward.

Here is a proposal for the keep front wall design - with the colors of my taste. I also changed the shadows back to the old design, in the name of congruence.

BTW: sorry, these files are saved in photoshop - no other programs available atm.

Post by **Jetrel** » November 30th, 2006, 9:38 pm

pekka wrote:BTW: sorry, these files are saved in photoshop - no other programs available atm.

For what it's worth, both Eleazar and I use photoshop, primarily.

Not sure about freim, though.

-> What i might be working on · Post by **Eleazar** » December 2nd, 2006, 2:05 pm

pekka wrote:I'm fond of the original elven village color scheme.

And i've played with the bluish castle for a while, and to me the color is perfect.

I suppose it will come down to whoever does the work first.

The shadow in keep-wall-se is strangely disconnected from the tower.

Post by **pekka** » December 5th, 2006, 1:59 pm

Eleazar wrote:The shadow in keep-wall-se is strangely disconnected from the tower.

No, it isn't:

-> What i might be working on · Post by **Eleazar** » December 5th, 2006, 2:34 pm

pekka wrote:
Eleazar wrote:The shadow in keep-wall-se is strangely disconnected from the tower.
No, it isn't:

My mistake.

Post by **turin** » December 5th, 2006, 11:02 pm

To use Silmarillion terminology, The bluish castle looks more Noldorin to me, while the tan castle is more Sindarin... it would be nice to have both, since they do serve two distinct purposes.

Post by **Darth Fool** » December 6th, 2006, 12:26 am

turin wrote:To use Silmarillion terminology, The bluish castle looks more Noldorin to me, while the tan castle is more Sindarin... it would be nice to have both, since they do serve two distinct purposes.

remember that if it is just a matter of recoloring, this can be done in wml.

Post by **Jetrel** » December 6th, 2006, 5:24 am

turin wrote:To use Silmarillion terminology, The bluish castle looks more Noldorin to me, while the tan castle is more Sindarin... it would be nice to have both, since they do serve two distinct purposes.

Yeah.

It's not my decision to make, but I agree that having both of these would be nice.

Post by **pekka** » December 17th, 2006, 9:45 pm

Trying to push this little project forward..

Here is a try for the elven castle tower and the lower wall. I'm not happy at all about the top of the tower, but I'm out of ideas ATM. It seems a little bit crude to me. Any ideas to make it better?

However, if the general consensus here is that this version is okay, I'll convert this one to the terrain tiles.

EDIT: Hee.. I already might have a solution to polish these..

EDIT2: Original deleted. Alright now, here is a version I'm more happy with. Any argumented opinions? Is this stuff (almost) okay-to-go?

Post by **mog** » December 17th, 2006, 11:14 pm

The wall looks a little strange IMO. It seems to be behind the towers and not connected to them. A smooth transition between tower and wall might look good, it would fit in well with the patterns on the towers.

Post by **pekka** » January 21st, 2007, 3:33 pm

mog wrote:The wall looks a little strange IMO. It seems to be behind the towers and not connected to them.

I'm trying to hasten the merging of terrain branch here - the elven castle is now complete. I tried to fix the wall. I'll finish the keep soon.

EDIT: zip-file deleted

Post by **Darth Fool** » January 21st, 2007, 6:51 pm