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[Tarot Redhand]

Now here's a sixteenth century Swedish novelty that's bound (6 ways no less) to impress. Anyone up to the challenge of making this?

 

TR

[Tarot Redhand]

I seem to recollect that there was a discussion a while ago regarding castles and castle ruins. I think this castle ruin should help if somone is thinking of making such a tileset or addition.

 

TR

[Jedijax]

looks a lot like the ruins for Wild Woods.

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[rjshae]

I think this project is interesting from a model-building perspective:

 

Creach: The Depleted World

[Tarot Redhand]

Interesting use of the unreal engine. My first thought upon reading the opening description was dark sun. I hope it gets finished. Definitely one to watch.

 

TR

[Tarot Redhand]

In an oblique way this web page ties in with this months ccc (Sept 2015 if you're reading this on the way back machine), in that everything illustrated here would end up with the rest of the trash.

[Tarot Redhand]

Oh, for an interior tileset that has the same vibe as this pic.

 

TR

[Tarot Redhand]

For those interested in the hell creek formation (hint dinosaur fossils) this new beastie should be of interest to some (yes I'm thinking of you PHoD).

 

TR

[Mecheon]

For those interested in the hell creek formation (hint dinosaur fossils) this new beastie should be of interest to some (yes I'm thinking of you PHoD).

 

TR

Good reconstruction, and I do love what those guys do, but reading the actual paper, huh. They forgot the memo that Nanotyrannus was most likely a juvenile T-Rex

[Tarot Redhand]

If that reconstruction is correct, then there is a problem with the juvenile T Rex theory - namely that oversized claw.

 

TR

[Tarot Redhand]

OK, it's Halloween so... It's a dinosaur but not as you know it and the truth is out there but not what you expect or want.

 

TR

[PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

Dakotaraptor is unlikely to turn up in my Mesozoic Menagerie, simply because it's too similar to Utahraptor, which has already crept in alongside Deinonychus and Velociraptor...

 

As to the (unproven) feather arrangement, that's basically a no-go area. I've been attempting two feathered Dinosaurs already, Archaeopteryx and a generic Oviraptorid. The Oviraptor is just going to stay bald - ugly sod anyway - but Archaeopteryx kind've has to have feathers since the impressions of them are hammered into the holotype fossil in Ultimate Blatantvision (which is what led many to speculate that it was actually a bird of some sort despite having the exact skeleton of a small theropod Dinosaur - at the time, science essentially worked on the lines of "if it has feathers, it's a bird" regardless of how completely, utterly and self-evidently saurian it is).

 

Convincing feathers are difficult in NWN, much like long, shaggy fur, only worse. They can be done through a combination of creative texturing and A LOT of extra weight in the poly count for the bigger wing and tail feathers added individually and layered up, but it's slow and frustrating. I mean, just look at the BioWare Angel wings. They're perfectly OK, but they don't really look convincingly feathery.

Mind you, in terms of polycount, the Archaeopteryx feathers probably aren't actually much worse than all the millions of spikes and scutes that I've been nailing on the Rajasaurus and Carnotaurus, so...

[Mecheon]

Dakotaraptor is unlikely to turn up in my Mesozoic Menagerie, simply because it's too similar to Utahraptor, which has already crept in alongside Deinonychus and Velociraptor...

Based on unpublished stuff it does actually seem quite different, Utahraptor is proportionally really differently from other maniraptorians outside of Achillobator in that they're far more robust than gracile Velociraptor. I know someone (Though I can't remember who for the life of me) did a really good Utahraptor recently based on the unpublished stuff, but I can't find it, while this seems to suggest that Dakotaraptor has similar proportions to the smaller ones

 

And yeah, all birds are dinosaurs, taxonomy is a mess. I mean, look at Balaur Bondoc, that recently went from "Maniraptorian" to "Bird" and people sort of just shrugged. That's how close they are

 

Polycount wise the trick I use for feathers is to just 'bake' them into the skin and only worry about feathers on the arms and the tail. Cause c'mon PHoD, you gotta have an Oviraptor (Which is probably Citipati because we have nothing for Oviraptor and lots for Citipati) with feathers . Rather than modelling, I'd just use an alpha-layered texture to simulate it.Sort of like the fur on the Wereboar.

[Tarot Redhand]

And now for an inspiring landscape picture. I don't suppose the black hills have terrain that looks like this do they?

 

TR

[Zwerkules]

Something similar: http://www.deviantar...teine-208765665

[3RavensMore]

And now for an inspiring landscape picture. I don't suppose the black hills have terrain that looks like this do they?

 

TR

 

As I remember, the Black Hill do have terrain like that. 

[Tarot Redhand]

The thing is I don't know if the following website will be of any use to anyone on here. This site is really designed to be used by the p&p fraternity. I hope only had a quick look around and think it is interesting but there may be permission issues surrounding the content. Anyway enough of me waffling, here is the link to myNoise.net.

 

TR

[rjshae]

Something I've been experimenting with are miniatures sites as sources for modelling inspiration. Here's a nice example:

 

http://www.tabletop-world.com/

[3RavensMore]

Something that might catch an ambitious modder's eye.  Behold the Blue Dragon (aka the Glaucus atlanticus).  So he's just a little sea slug, he has dreams of becoming so much more.

 

[Tarot Redhand]

Just a single link this time. For some reason this reminds me of the work of a couple of people on - it's sort of like a cross between somethings done by PHoD and MD. Anyway here's the link to what I have called a Beware-Bear in the comments on this deviantArt page.

 

TR

[Tarot Redhand]

Not the usual fare that I post in this thread, but it sooo reminds me of spelljammer. Oh and the pistols fit with this month's ccc .

 

TR

[CaveGnome]

For sure... That's a big pair of pistols ;-)

[PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

Me being me, I had to look at the picture a second time, 'cause I didn't actually notice any pistols the first time.

 

PS:- Fifi just hit me again.

[Tarot Redhand]

Well, as CaveGnome went for a play on words... As the other one has a pair of swords is she a cut-lass? 

 

BTW Fifi seems to have a remarkably good aim...

 

TR

[3RavensMore]

And here I didn't think silicone was invented until around 1900 or so.