Iron Age (series)

[Dune]

A new commission will bring 4 visualizations into this world, starting with the Iron Age. All the exact same area, to show how the land was used and habitation shifted. This is a WIP at small size, and I at least need to work on the field colors; flax and wheat in august/september. The rest is heather and woods, and if anyone can spot the grave hill... (which, by the way, is just a simple shape shader, very easy).

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[DVA99]

That's what I call a thick forest Dune and it looks good.

I like your idea and I am looking forward to the next age.

Good work.

[Henry Blewer]

I really enjoy your work. This is looking good so far. Somehow, I don't think you have quite found how you really would like this to look yet. There may be more trails needed. It doesn't have the lived in/at look you usually portray.

I think the barrow is in the lower center area?

[otakar]

The usual brilliance here, but rectangular fields in the Iron Age? Maybe that's entirely normal, I don't know. Looking forward to more of the series!

[Dune]

The barrow/tumulus is at the right side, where you can just see a hint of some remaining beams of a broken down farm. The amount of detail is very low here, that'll be better...
The fields were rectangular in that time (celtic fields), but I'm still waiting for answers by my archaeologist before I can continue with more details such as paths and life (cattle). Roman time is brewing now.

[Dune]

Roman times + detail @3300px wide. I'm not sure about the purple heather patches yet, and the grains and flax need refinement. I might try to do it procedurally, as they are so tiny...

[Oshyan]

Are the crops actual populations in these? They're looking more "dimensional" than usual, and that's a good thing.

- Oshyan

[inkydigit]

these are looking great, reminds me of the bollenstreek!

[Henry Blewer]

I like the Roman times settlement better. It has more of a 'lived at' look.

[otakar]

Thanks, I googled for "Celtic Fields". Fascinating. Really appreciate that I can learn some history as well

The scale of the trees seems to be off in the Roman times renders. I really love those dirt paths of yours.

[Dune]

The scale of the trees seems to be off in the Roman times renders.

Thanks, now that you mention it... it seems so. They are the XFrog oaks at full age, so they could be 38m high (ancient times, you know, you still had those immense trees). The houses were max 6m high. I'll check it out.

[Zairyn Arsyn]

fantastic as always ulco

i'm liking these square / rectangular populations
gonna have a go at it sooner or later.

[Gannaingh]

This is looking really good! My only complaint would be that the ground looks very desaturated and grey, this is probably intentional and more accurate that a more saturated brownish color, but it just looks slightly off the my eyes. Keep up the good work!

[Dune]

The ground is supposed to be blooming (purple) heather, its leaves already dying in places (brown), some patches of mossy and grassy ground (greenish), and larger patches of tall moor grass (greenish, when drying out in September brownish yellow). But I like desaturated colors, as indeed, they are more natural.
Thanks for your comments all, really helpful.

[Dune]

Iron Age.