Author Topic: Got me in the mood (Bran Castle)... (Read 7660 times)

jitspoe · « **on:** April 13, 2007, 07:38:53 PM »

I was looking at castle pictures for Clipz and saw one that was just to irresistible to pass up trying to make. I don't know how far I'll go with this -- it's really messy because of all the angles. I gave up using any sensible grid size and threw most of my other mapping practices out the window in order to be able to somewhat reproduce it.

Photo: http://www.bestbrasov.ro/sc2006/images/bran-castle-large.jpg

y00tz · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2007, 08:07:15 PM »

very cool Jitspoe, I'm not nitpicking but I am curious, are you going to reproduce that roof texture from the pic?

TinMan · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2007, 08:40:27 PM »

Ooh...cool looking, you gotta make that huge pot thing man...and the roof texture would be great, it wouldn't match up with the pic too well without it.

kNoC · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2007, 01:53:19 AM »

that excrement is gonna look fly, once all the corners are smoothed and you use hr4 textures, will look beautiful...

Clipz · « **Reply #4 on:** April 14, 2007, 08:25:14 AM »

darn jitspoe looks nice...

Dirty_Taco · « **Reply #5 on:** April 14, 2007, 11:25:57 AM »

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Termin8oR · « **Reply #6 on:** April 14, 2007, 12:03:20 PM »

lol...
it is nice jitspoe just you need to finish it cause that so far looks killer.

Dirty_Taco · « **Reply #7 on:** April 14, 2007, 03:32:47 PM »

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jitspoe · « **Reply #8 on:** April 14, 2007, 03:58:29 PM »

Quote from: Dirty_Taco on April 14, 2007, 11:25:57 AM

another map jitspoe will never finish

Most likely.

Maps are a lot more fun to start than they are to finish. I don't really have any plans for for what I'd actually do with this. I don't know what it would be good for gameplay wise -- basic deathmatch, I guess.

After searching around for more pictures of the castle, I discovered that Dracula's castle was loosely based on it. Apparently several Dracula movies were filmed there. I might have to see about watching them for reference material.

y00tz · « **Reply #9 on:** April 17, 2007, 09:09:29 PM »

Have you done any other work on this since the screenshots? I found the floor plan if it helps, and I'd like to see this map finished.

jitspoe · « **Reply #10 on:** April 18, 2007, 11:52:15 AM »

Quote from: y00tz on April 17, 2007, 09:09:29 PM

Have you done any other work on this since the screenshots? I found the floor plan if it helps, and I'd like to see this map finished.

Nice, where's that at?

And no, I haven't.

y00tz · « **Reply #11 on:** April 18, 2007, 03:19:37 PM »

http://www.brancastlemuseum.ro/galery/y1.jpg
it's just a floor plan, but good for the layout, you know?

I really like this map, you ought to finish it

bitmate · « **Reply #12 on:** April 18, 2007, 03:30:07 PM »

That layout would perfectly match to a DM map.

I'm gonna vote for finishing this map on the 2007 Vote Thread!!!

jitspoe · « **Reply #13 on:** April 18, 2007, 04:35:15 PM »

Ooh, that is pretty helpful. 4 is the area I started working on. The stairway at the top of the layout would be just to the right of the first screenshot I posted.

spacepirate · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2007, 07:29:06 PM »

Wow, that's just plain amazing. Nice job so far, jitspoe.

y00tz · « **Reply #15 on:** June 05, 2007, 10:26:32 PM »

Maybe this will get you back in the mood?

Taken from a hi-res shot of Bran Castle.

jitspoe · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2007, 02:06:01 AM »

Those grass blades are bigger than the shingles.

Been pretty busy with other stuff, so I don't know when I'll get back to it.

ashkenaz · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2007, 02:07:19 PM »

nice jits, i like it ...............now get back to it!!!! really cool dude

Termin8oR · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2007, 02:59:30 PM »

lol.

anything more?

Apocalypse · « **Reply #19 on:** June 09, 2007, 07:17:14 AM »

Come oooonnnn Jits you've got to finish this one.