DAMN. Thats some amazing work.
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| Author: | menace [ 10-30-2009, 03:38 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Cathedrae Noctis goes TerrainLinx (pic heavy) |
I have to admit, I’m totally blown away with the new Terrain Linx system. It is simply amazing. The only downpart is that with this amazing new system, I don’t really feel like constructing any of the older sets. The fact that you can build a flexible system just seems to make it more worthwhile to make TLX stuff. That and the fact that my wife kills me the next time she sees me building a big piece "which we don’t have any space for". That being said, I have always loved the cathedrae noctis. Without a doubt one of my favorite sets ever. So when Streets of Himmelveil came out, I was very anxiously waiting for when you guys would make a TLX version of it. After a few weeks however it dawned on me. First of all, maybe there never will be an official TLX version of Cathedrae Noctis. And what’s more, I’d rather have Matt Lyon making all kinds of new, shiny stuff, instead of waisting his time redesigning a set he already had done. So that’s where my mad Photoshop skills came in... Long story short: I’m making my first kitbash. And I’m going BIG. I’ll post pictures here of the work in progress as I go along, but I have to admit it is taking some time. Not alone does it take a hell of a lot of time to photoshop the PDF’s, it also takes a lot of time to construct the entire cathedral (stained glass windows, anyone?). The idea is that in the end, I’ll have a completely TLX converted Cathedral. Anyhow, here’s the first shots. These are from tthe groundplan for the cathedral. All in nice TerrainLinx tiles. Combined with some Himmelveil streets. As this is my first time posting, please let me know if I'm doing something wrong (pictures too big, that sort of thing). Also, if I’m infringing on any copyrights or anything, please moderators, take this post down. I don’t want to hurt anybody. Just going hyperactive like a true fanboy. |
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| Author: | CapnG [ 10-30-2009, 04:35 PM ] |
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Impressive work so far. I particularily like the way you adapted the SOH anchors to blend in with the floor tiles. |
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| Author: | Talae [ 10-30-2009, 06:12 PM ] |
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Great stuff! Keep those pics coming. |
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| Author: | Lord_Abbadon [ 10-30-2009, 08:27 PM ] |
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Very nice indeed - love the layering of textures on the anchors on the tiled area. Great work. Lord Abaddon of Wormwood |
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| Author: | Gamesmith Denny [ 10-30-2009, 10:26 PM ] |
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| Author: | menace [ 11-01-2009, 09:41 AM ] |
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| Author: | akanon [ 11-01-2009, 09:49 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cathedrae Noctis goes TerrainLinx (pic heavy) |
| Author: | Thraug [ 11-01-2009, 07:48 PM ] |
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| Author: | Gamesmith Denny [ 11-01-2009, 08:50 PM ] |
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| Author: | menace [ 11-02-2009, 06:58 AM ] |
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Hey guys, I’m afraid I ran into a bit of a problem. As you will all know, TLX uses posts between which you slide the walls. The problem is that this means the actual walls are 135 mm wide instead of 150 mm (6"). The problem with this is that, when I am converting the textures to the new system, I have 2 choices: Either I use the walls at full size, cropping the nice textures and losing some cool features: Or I scale the textures down, so I get to keep the sides of the windows and the statues and stuff: I prefer the second option, since I think the first one looks a bit awkward. The only problem is that in scaling the width of the wall, I also have to scale its height. This means that the walls are less high (about 15 mm), but especially that the doors are smaller. If I don’t resize, the doors are 43 mm high. After the resizing they are 39 mm. For me personally, I prefer the resized version, although I can imagine that the smaller doors could be a problem for other people. Please tell me what you think. Oh, and sorry for the metrical measurements. I’m afraid I live in the old world, where the imperial system is something rather exotic, reserved for strange games with tiny metal miniature soldiers. As such, I wouldn’t know how to begin converting. Again, my excuses. |
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| Author: | menace [ 11-02-2009, 07:12 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cathedrae Noctis goes TerrainLinx (pic heavy) |
| Author: | Kane [ 11-02-2009, 08:13 AM ] |
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Could you put the decorative bits on the posts? Best of both worlds that way. May be a bit small, but could be worth a shot. |
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| Author: | akanon [ 11-02-2009, 08:36 AM ] |
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| Author: | menace [ 11-02-2009, 08:48 AM ] |
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| Author: | Gamesmith Denny [ 11-02-2009, 09:56 AM ] |
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And here you've run into one of the MAJOR reasons we aren't currently investing time in older conversions. In many cases its not just a simple matter of slapping old textures on new templates. Some things will work but more often than not there's a lot of graphical tweaking that needs to be done to make the textures both look right and work on the templates. New strategies are often needed to transition between wall edges and posts, some graphic elements are squashed uncomfortably out of frame...yadda, yadda. Not that its impossible, its just a big time investment to modify things properly. |
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| Author: | Easy Rhino [ 11-02-2009, 10:46 AM ] |
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| Author: | CapnG [ 11-02-2009, 03:24 PM ] |
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| Author: | menace [ 11-02-2009, 04:00 PM ] |
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| Author: | menace [ 11-04-2009, 04:22 AM ] |
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Well, I promised lots of pics in the title. Time to make true on that. First of, here’s a picture of the posts. As you will see, there’s a few different ones. The difference between Himmelveil and this set is that the wall color is different on the inside and the outside, so I had to make different posts for the different corners. And here’s a couple of pictures of the posts, positioned on the floorboard. Something that really took me some time to get right were the arches and the pillars on the inside. I converted it so it would fit in between the posts I had made (I specially made a post with the same texture as the pillars for this. Next are the 3" walls. I made the tabs at the side a bit longer (and off course the slots in the posts are a bit deeper), to give the wall a bit more stability. I tried with shorter, normal-sized tabs, but the walls would get slanted at the bottom. The next shot is for the people who had suggested putting the decorative bits half on the posts. As you see, now the posts make for a more 3D-like feeling. Putting the decorative bits on there as well would have looked funny, I think. And finally, a few shots of the work so far: Next up is finishing the second row of pillars and getting the 6" walls done. |
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| Author: | vejlin [ 11-04-2009, 04:25 AM ] |
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just wow! |
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| Author: | Skunkape [ 11-04-2009, 05:36 AM ] |
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Very impressive! Nice job so far! |
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| Author: | Talae [ 11-04-2009, 05:48 AM ] |
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Great stuff! Do you plan to complete the entire file set and submit it as a conversion? |
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| Author: | doubleored [ 11-04-2009, 05:59 AM ] |
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Dang man! Awesome work! I love the pillars! |
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| Author: | menace [ 11-04-2009, 06:35 AM ] |
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| Author: | akanon [ 11-04-2009, 07:18 AM ] |
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WOW! That looks FANTASTIC! The stained glass windows turned out nicely. |
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| Author: | Easy Rhino [ 11-04-2009, 07:47 AM ] |
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Nice job. It's looking really good. My favorite part is the chunky archways and pillars section. That just looks killer. |
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| Author: | Kane [ 11-04-2009, 08:02 AM ] |
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| DAMN. Thats some amazing work.
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| Author: | nrobert [ 11-04-2009, 08:05 AM ] |
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| Author: | Gamesmith Denny [ 11-04-2009, 09:21 AM ] |
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| Author: | Riley [ 11-04-2009, 10:13 AM ] |
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