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Title: Mongolia
Post by: Hannes on January 23, 2009, 09:45:58 AM
The terrain was created with GeoControl. I added a strata and outcrops shader and three fake stones shaders in different sizes.
Grass is from Lightning's legacy.

Guess how I did the surf  ;D (Yes, it's there!!)
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: RArcher on January 23, 2009, 10:01:00 AM
I really like the way you distributed the grass.  The shoreline also looks really good.
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Post by: PorcupineFloyd on January 23, 2009, 10:28:45 AM
Fantastic. Water looks very fine and grass distribution isn't boring.
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Post by: mr-miley on January 23, 2009, 10:51:24 AM
Outstanding  :o (as per usual)
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Post by: Seth on January 23, 2009, 10:56:23 AM
awesome render ! great job
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Post by: moodflow on January 23, 2009, 11:05:43 AM
This is fantastic!  Very nice surfacing and population distribution.  Scale seems right on as well.
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: rcallicotte on January 23, 2009, 11:47:29 AM
Looks like a photo.  Like has been said, the scaling is spot-on.  The lighting is tremendous.  Would you mind sharing your Lighting, Environmental and Render settings?  Good lighting is key to the whole, I believe.
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: darthvader on January 23, 2009, 12:05:12 PM
I agree with everything already said, my only critique would be that the color of the grass doesn't quite seem to fit in with the other colors in the scene. That said this is a very well done image!
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Post by: old_blaggard on January 23, 2009, 12:51:30 PM
Wow, fantastic work! This is one of your best scenes in my opinion (and that's saying a lot ;)). Very nice!
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Post by: inkydigit on January 23, 2009, 03:39:57 PM
very excellent work... reminds me of a tg 0.9 render,,, love it!!!
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Post by: nvseal on January 23, 2009, 03:42:59 PM
Fantastic. That has to be some of the best, most natural looking grass I have ever seen in TG 2.
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Post by: Saurav on January 23, 2009, 04:58:07 PM
Love the shoreline in this render, very realistic.
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Post by: efflux on January 23, 2009, 05:55:49 PM
Excellent. Very nice terrain, stones and grass. Lots of details and nicely lit.
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: Volker Harun on January 24, 2009, 10:58:32 AM
Dat is man jut! Saecht der Hamburger Jung.
(^- Good one ,-) )
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: schmeerlap on January 24, 2009, 11:22:04 AM
This gorgeous scene emphasizes the importance of good surface deployment. Excellent.

John
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: Hannes on January 25, 2009, 11:07:11 AM
Thanks a lot!!
(@Volker: Donge vum Hessekniddel!)
The shoreline is a very thin white layer (just a few units above and under the water level) on the terrain, not on the water. It's not working on steep slopes.

Btw: I increased the contrast and the saturation a little bit in postwork. So the lighting is not very complicated. I'll share it anyway in the next post (a bit in a hurry)
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: Marcos Silveira on January 27, 2009, 04:13:49 AM
 :'( I'm amazed...
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: moodflow on January 27, 2009, 01:11:55 PM
Looking forward to more.   :)
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: Tangled-Universe on January 30, 2009, 03:38:10 AM
hmmm I thought I already commented on this image saying I really like it. But apparently I didn't :)

What stands out the most for me is the natural look of this image. Very nice atmosphere and depth. The mosses and grasses work fine together, though I think the grass is a tad bit too saturated.
The wind-patches on the water look great, as well as the shoreline.

So, what are you going to share with us? ;)

Martin
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: Feyszar on January 30, 2009, 11:53:20 AM
Nothing to add... simply outstanding and beautiful !

(Nochn hesse)
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: Hannes on January 30, 2009, 12:46:55 PM
Ok, here it is. I tried to add the GeoControl terrain, but the file is too large. Play with your own terrains.
The grass is the long grass from lightnings grass pack. I didn't add it because I'm not sure if it's allowed anymore :(

Btw you may notice that my nodes are a little chaotic because I tried a few things until I was satisfied. So there are some "dead nodes".
Probably the program may ask for some other maps I initially used but the only things that are missing is the grass and the terrain.

Have fun with it
Title: Re: Mongolia
Post by: rcallicotte on January 30, 2009, 01:11:47 PM
Thank you Hannes.