motte

[Dune]

Dutch for a simple fortified wooden or stone building on a hill, usually inside a circular canal and some defense stuff around it. This a very premature WIP. Lots of stuff will be added and changed.

[inkydigit]

it is the same in English too... (Motte & Bailey)
the beginnings of another intriguing scene Ulco!

[Dune]

Yes, that's right, now that you mention it.

Here's a slight update (a freshly built model as the client wishes it to be). Now for the greens.....

[otakar]

So jealous of your modeling abilities (in addition to already being such an expert in all things Terragen) and your composition skills. Thanks for sharing all these projects with us! They always provide so much inspiration.

[Dune]

Thanks. Then here's something to drool over again  Not finished yet though....

[yossam]

Show off.......................

[archonforest]

man whatever u touch that turns to gold...

[choronr]

Drooling all over myself. Terragen is your kaleidoscope ...this is outstanding.

[Dune]

The cloud lifted 10m so you get a tad more light on the building, added a area of fields, more shrub and distant trees across the river. I think I need another tree type (beech) in the woods.... and angle the shrub on the hill a bit, and edit some shrub near the bridge out.... etc.

[choronr]

You've transformed this very nicely.

[DannyG]

Yeah this is pretty awesome Ulco, nice job

[kaedorg]

Awesome.

from test-4 to test-5, contrast is so improved. give a nice deepness

[Dune]

I added some big old beech trees, but I'm not satisfied by how they turned out.

[choronr]

Maybe just make them a bit farther apart?

[Dune]

I made some new ones, with more subtle leaf 'planes'. But it's getting very wooded, and I don't know if that's what is asked of me. Have to check first. There's supposed to be some distant villages with fields, but from this POV they won't be very noticable. A little smoke might be enough. With just these fat medieval (1300 AD) woods it's a bit boring, I'd love to add some fields up close.....