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terrain // Work in Progress
Post by rjeff // Oct 7, 2007, 10:50am
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Ok I am really having a hard time making a cliff face look right. Does anybody have any good ideas on how to this and make it look right? |
Post by Jack Edwards // Oct 7, 2007, 11:25am
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Is it above an ocean where the waves have worn caves and arches into the base, or is it near a river with a waterfall cresting over the middle? Or maybe it's a plateau with sheer drops around 3 of it's sides. Then again maybe it's a ravine?
;)
Try thinking about how it fits into your image and concept of the surrounding area and then search out photo references.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff :)
-Jack. |
Post by rjeff // Oct 7, 2007, 2:46pm
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Well I know exaclty what I want my cliffs to look like. Think Petra and that is what I want. |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Oct 7, 2007, 2:51pm
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I think Petra and all I see is the dog from the childrens TV programme Blue Peter. That's the only Petra I know of so you'll need to be a bit more specific. Unless, of course, you want your cliffs shaped like a canine?? |
Post by Steinie // Oct 7, 2007, 3:08pm
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Oh no there is a much more popular Petra then a dog...
http://www.bibleplaces.com/petra.htm
Cool history too. |
Post by rjeff // Oct 7, 2007, 3:26pm
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Bingo Stiene...Well here is the start of my cliffs. I think they are a pretty good start. |
Post by splinters // Oct 7, 2007, 9:09pm
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Looks like a badly cast anvil...:D |
Post by rjeff // Oct 8, 2007, 2:42am
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Yeah I know I though the same thing..It is still in production. This is gonna the hold up for my image. I may have a DNF this month. The cliffs are a very important part of my image. |
Post by jayr // Oct 8, 2007, 4:40am
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think about how the grain in the cliffs should be running. dirrerent rock run different ways.
i did the cliffs in this image by boolean-ing loads of shapes together then adding
SS, they're not perfect but i works in places
http://www.lothissen.co.uk/images/Burning FortressFS.jpg |
Post by rjeff // Oct 8, 2007, 5:32am
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hmm...I will give that a try. |
Post by classic12 // Oct 8, 2007, 5:38am
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omg jayr that picture looks amazing must have taken ages |
Post by jayr // Oct 8, 2007, 9:03am
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it's fairly deceptive, the castle took the longest, but all the texturing was fairly simple, and pyrocluster finished it off with the fire. I think it took about 3 or 4 days. |
Post by rjeff // Oct 8, 2007, 4:44pm
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ok just so I will know..is ss different thatn sds? |
Post by jayr // Oct 9, 2007, 4:05am
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nope, same thing. You could try making a cube and sweeping it out in different directions to get a similar result without the hassle of booleans, like this (sorry i don't have the images of the un-smoothed rock, lost it when i crossed to model side):
http://www.lothissen.co.uk/rock001.jpg
http://www.lothissen.co.uk/rock002.jpg |
Post by rjeff // Oct 9, 2007, 5:27am
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Thanks for the reply. I am currently expermienting in Bryce 6 ussing it's terrain generator. I think it does a pretty good job of terrain. If that does not work then I will give yours ago. |
Post by rjeff // Oct 9, 2007, 5:29am
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question? I was looking at your castle..how does rock burn? |
Post by jayr // Oct 9, 2007, 6:24am
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castles often had a wooden hoarding built around the battlements, the interior of the building, the floors and roof would be wooden also.
Of course the real answer is 'i thought it would look good', the there was more wood in a castle than most people think. |
Post by rjeff // Oct 9, 2007, 8:17am
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yeah well you are right..it does look cool. |
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