Topic: Barbarian Warehouse Remodel

I like #2 , mainly because the darker look makes it look less modern to me and that meshes better with the barbarians in my mind. also I prefer less player color - otherwise it looks quite circuisy to me. I see that the view angle of the buildings is different. Is it the correct one?

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SirVer wrote:

I like #2 , mainly because the darker look makes it look less modern to me and that meshes better with the barbarians in my mind. also I prefer less player color - otherwise it looks quite circuisy to me.

Yes, #1 is a bit over the top, especially for the barbarians. I could see the empire doing something like that though.

I see that the view angle of the buildings is different. Is it the correct one?

I will triple-check the stage settings, but the camera and light angles should be the same as that used on the rest of the models I have created. I was not surprised by this because I have found similar discrepancies with most, if not all, of the original barbarian buildings. While I am thinking of it, I'll check the stage settings in those original blender files that we do have and, if necessary, re-render those models to match the standard. A bug report will be generated if any are found.

It is great to see you back in action again.

Thanks! It's good to be splashing color bits on monitors again.

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My work is not done on this yet. I have a sample #3 coming that borrows a lot of its elements from the barbarian barrier building which shares a similar design. Believe it or not, the size that some of these structures attained has only recently dawned on me.

Sample #2 I envision would be 6-7 meters (20+ feet) high for example, maybe more.

Aside from that, the modeling technique is different between the barrier model and Samples #1&2. In the barrier and a lot of my earlier models, where you see a log there is actually a model of a log not just a material that looks like logs. That technique (which stemmed mostly from my inexperience with 3D modeling) results in a very complicated and vertex-intensive model. Yet it yields a model that can be constructed like a real building with elements that can be shared across many models to provide a more consistent look to the collection of buildings in this case. You wouldn't believe how many elements (i.e. parts) are in the atlantean ship model, for example.

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Like the others I also like #2. Especially the crossing beams (I don't know if that's the right word) at the top of the roof are a nice feature

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Looking good!

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