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    pbacot
    last edited by 26 Aug 2011, 15:42

    I think your models look great and, to me, it all looks very "Gondorian" and seems to be like Peter Jackson's (Alan Lee etc.) take as well. Seems very consistent Romanesque/Gothic mix. Where is the map from? How will you get it all together with the limits of SU? Thanks for posting.

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      pilou
      last edited by 26 Aug 2011, 17:27

      See Lemog for other crazzy reconstructions ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Frenchy Pilou
      Is beautiful that please without concept!
      My Little site :)

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        derei
        last edited by 26 Aug 2011, 18:22

        awesome works ! ...but is a little annoying to follow a thread with such big images inside posts. Maybe the shown image should be displayed scaled down and for full size to open it in new window? (this is for forum admins)

        Again, I remained ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ฒ ๐Ÿ‘

        DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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          Pherim
          last edited by 30 Aug 2011, 16:01

          This is amazing. And you are doing it all by yourself? Have you ever heard of the "Minas Tirith Team Project"? That was an attempt to create the entire city and make it as an interactive 3D model which can be walked in like in a first person shooter game. Unfortunately, the project is dead now for over three years, but the results nonetheless were breathtaking. They even released a preliminary version of the walkthrough-application where you could have a close look at everything that was done already. Many of the houses were still only placeholders and textures were mostly missing, but it was still quite impressive. To see more about it, follow the link: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=153431

          I am really looking forward to what will become of your project.

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            Daniel
            last edited by 30 Aug 2011, 16:09

            Very impressive!

            My avatar is an anachronism.

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              And_And92
              last edited by 2 Sept 2011, 09:53

              @Pherim: I know very well The minas tirith project and more than two years ago I annoyed its members asking for suggestions, tips and references.... they didn't help me so much, and were quite unpolite... with the exception of Nerick, who gave me tons of images and not only... ๐Ÿ˜‰.
              However I'm doing everything on my own, slowly the older buildings are a year old. To be honest, I haven't work at the project for 9 months.

              @Daniel: thank you ๐Ÿ˜„

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                EscapeArtist
                last edited by 2 Sept 2011, 13:47

                This is a little OT, but there are obviously some Tolkien fans here so I thought I'd share:

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                (www.herr-der-ringe-film.de)

                It's an illuminated manuscript of the Silmarillion done by a German art student. Absolutely beautiful, and there are lots of images floating around on the web if you search for "Benjamin Harff" and "Silmarillion". I'm a fan of all things Tolkien, so this work has me drooling and wishing I could be so dedicated.

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                  TLD
                  last edited by 3 Sept 2011, 16:52

                  This work is amazing

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                    Fletch
                    last edited by 25 Sept 2011, 17:46

                    Wow! I will definitely have to keep an eye on this ambitious project. Thanks for sharing!

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                      ScottyBoomBotz
                      last edited by 20 Oct 2011, 23:44

                      This is great, did you ever finish it?

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                        hellnbak
                        last edited by 22 Oct 2011, 20:25

                        This is so impressive! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ I don't know which I'm more in awe of - your talent, or you ambition. I'm a huge Tolkien fan, and if I wasn't terrified of heights I would love to live in Minas Tirith. I really hope you will continue to post updates as this project develops. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

                        "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                          And_And92
                          last edited by 22 Jan 2012, 22:34

                          updates:

                          http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4152/23795385.jpg

                          http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3549/46663757.jpg

                          http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5858/83199853.png

                          http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6214/25957976.png

                          http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6461/68586143.png

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                            Roidsan
                            last edited by 24 Jan 2012, 01:21

                            And,

                            You must be familiar with the phrase "breath taking" because you keep doing it. It is hard to stop looking at your work because it just keeps astounding.

                            You undoubtably use repetition of components. I've enjoyed identifying some of them. Would you comment on that and also what might be some favorite techniques (in case I ever decide to do a mega model)? Is there a particular shape that saves you a lot of time or do you have one that is important to the overall design?

                            I noticed some flying buttresses that are a subtle accommodation to Gothic building techniques, which by the way are still in use. Most notably in the tallest building in the world, the Burj Dubai or Dubai Tower, that uses Y shaped flying buttresses

                            Do you differentiate the purpose of a building in your mind, or in your plan when you build it?

                            Speaking of a plan, do you have a "design guideline", or any preplanned approach to this model?

                            I didn't mean to hit you with so many questions, but once I started, they just spilled out.

                            Any insight you are willing to share will be greatly appreciated.

                            Lloyd ๐Ÿ˜„

                            Everything's alright now, the photographer's here.

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                              And_And92
                              last edited by 26 Jan 2012, 20:32

                              First of all the unique component I use is the colum.... For obvious matter of time... I don't want to get bored modeling lots of different column, in addition to this Romanesque stile has not a rich variety of columns types. However, each building is built from scratch... Nothing is reused. If windows look similar in different buildings , you will be' sure they are not the same. My approach to this model is guided by a raw model of the city made of boxes so that i know nearly the measures of the building i'm modeling, Nothing like sketches of similar ideas putted on paper. Monover i would emphazise that each building is completly unique.. Lots of walls are not normal to the ground ect ect.... ๐Ÿ˜† hope you enjoied My explanetion. Hope my italian/english is enough good to be understood.

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                                irwanwr
                                last edited by 26 Jan 2012, 20:51

                                amazing ๐Ÿ‘
                                it took almost 2 minutes for me to see the clay render only.
                                wonder how long it would take to see full coloured render ๐Ÿ˜„

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                                  kingsi
                                  last edited by 26 Jan 2012, 22:06

                                  I have been wandering the forums for a while now and so glad I stumbled onto this little (Ha Ha) project. Mightily impressed ๐Ÿ˜„

                                  Noobtastic

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                                    And_And92
                                    last edited by 27 Jan 2012, 12:41

                                    Thank you guys ๐Ÿ˜„look at this:

                                    http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3862/23682012.png

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                                      zapwizard
                                      last edited by 27 Jan 2012, 19:35

                                      I just finished watching the Lord of the Rings after getting the bluray. This is a sizable project, but your quality so far is amazing.

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                                        Roidsan
                                        last edited by 29 Jan 2012, 03:02

                                        And,

                                        Would it be possible for you to reduce the size of photos that you post? Your last one is 142+ cm wide, which is three times wider than my screen, and I have a very wide screen, so it requires me, and I presume others, to scroll and scroll and scroll to see your great work. ๐Ÿ˜„

                                        The 72 dpi is fine; itโ€™s the width that makes it hard to appreciate the whole image without doing some resizing or viewing in another program.

                                        Iโ€™m posting your image at 40+ cm just to see if it makes sense. By sizing it down to 15+ cm, it looks great on my screen. At that size I can appreciate the overall design of your building which is going to beautiful with the textures mapped. (The plus is the difference when converting from inches to centimeters, the 72dpi is โ€œdots per inchโ€, Iโ€™m not sure how you designate video/monitor dot density in Europe, 2.54cm?) โ“

                                        's Jan27PicPost.jpg

                                        You mentioned a โ€œboxโ€ model that you work from. Did you actually mean like cardboard boxes arranged like the city? I would really like to see a photo of that is possible. I build models out of card stock and foam core, and imagine if I understood you correctly, that yours is quite a collection of boxes.

                                        I have a lot of card stock models that I plan to use the textures from, to put onto SU models. Here is an example of a very simple model I did to introduce young people to card stock models, and you can see why I would be interested in your โ€œbox modelโ€

                                        Village6687Comp.jpg

                                        So far Iโ€™ve only done a 12th Century Norwegian Stave Church model (another very simple building) in SU with my textures. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=39872#p3524232

                                        My biggest problem is setting aside time to get better in SU. You must have time or you work very fast. Thatโ€™s why I thought you used a lot of components.

                                        I will be watching for more of your great work. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

                                        Cheers

                                        Lloyd

                                        Everything's alright now, the photographer's here.

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                                          Drumstick
                                          last edited by 12 Aug 2012, 21:49

                                          Just mindblowing... ... I sent you a PM.

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