When I first started this image I was thinking Mordor, then maybe the Emyn Muil, then maybe nothing to do with LOTR at all ;) . So you can take this anyway you like. Either way I think it came out okay.
very nice, i love the clouds, and terrain detail is good too. It does remind me of lOTR, but I can't think of a particular place
nice, what type of clouds are those? and would you mind sharing the depth and density settings?
Quote from: John2k6 on March 09, 2007, 05:18:13 PM
nice, what type of clouds are those? and would you mind sharing the depth and density settings?
Those are cumulus clouds. Density=24; edge sharpness=0.00477837; depth=2085.58; fake dark power=0.71875; sun glow amount=4
Nice image overall. I like the level of detail you've achieved on the ground, and the clouds look superb. The image map shader you used to color the larger stones seems a bit too exaggerated, though.
I think the image looks like it is from somewhere near a volcano (like Mordor), but looking away from it...
Excellent work.
Low edge sharpness and high density looks to be the way to go for dramatic clouds. ;D
Mordor at the start of the fourth age?
That's what I was thinking.
I only wish I had deep so I could make the image bigger. (although it would probably kill my poor little laptop's ram) :-\
I was playing with camera angle and redsky decay a bit and got this. I'm thinking about returning to the original angle and turning the decay down so the light is white.
Great lighting! I love the terrain as well. I like the color of the light as it is; while there is no single "best" way to depict a specific scene, this is certainly one of the "bests."
Quote from: old_blaggard on March 13, 2007, 04:32:52 PM
Great lighting! I love the terrain as well. I like the color of the light as it is; while there is no single "best" way to depict a specific scene, this is certainly one of the "bests."
agreed! ;D
Regards,
Will
I like the colors terrain and overall composition, the clouds are really awesome. My only point is about left side darkness, you should put a rock, a city with lights or a spaceship there to broke the big black area. Beautiful scene and reminds me of LOTR ( which would exclude the spaceship option).
This looks like it could become yet another great example of the vast number of images you can get out of one terrain.
While I like the second version, Wicked sky; The first one shows off the work you have put into the foreground.
The second version has a "Post nuclear" look so not LOTR unless Saruman was doing more than breeding Orks at Orthanc.
I was thinking the same thing. Reminds me of what Black Isle woulda done if they had this tech for the Fallout games.