Updated my map again, I moved the cliff area in front of the foward third, changed the xel'nage towers, reduced the size of the main by a little, did some aesthetics and decided to call it Korhal's Ruins
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And G

Germany491 Posts

March 01 2015 16:10 GMT

#3222

Something new and original (2v2):

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Anything that needs fixing?

SwedenTheKid

567 Posts

March 01 2015 17:54 GMT

#3223

Seems like everyone's making Blue Storm remakes lately, including myself. It's pretty cool And G, not sure what I would change.
Edit- And G what texture are you using for the mid ground? I like that color blue.

SwedenTheKid

567 Posts

March 02 2015 02:54 GMT

#3224

What lighting is best? I like Mar Sara Night but it's a bit blinding...

Ice World
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And yeah, redoing aesthetics. I'm quite the perfectionist.

Edit-
Changed the fog so the lighting is not as strong, how is this?

Coppermantis

United States845 Posts

March 02 2015 04:47 GMT

#3225

Your edit version and the Ice World example are my favorites.

SwedenTheKid

567 Posts

March 02 2015 04:59 GMT

#3226

Ok, thanks. Guess I'll upload progress. So much for the surprise.
Changes-
Tile Set
made space for units to pass behind the 4th's mineral line
Gave more room to the natural.
Changed forward 3rd/4th back to a standard base

And G

Germany491 Posts

March 02 2015 06:13 GMT

#3227

On March 02 2015 02:54 SwedenTheKid wrote:
And G what texture are you using for the mid ground? I like that color blue.

It's not blue, it's white.

Seriously, it's Meinhoff White Sand. What makes it look blue is the lighting which has been stolen from Cloud Kingdom LE.

OtherWorld

France17333 Posts

March 02 2015 06:14 GMT

#3228

Ice World is the best, it's not hard on the eye at all and retains that "icy" feeling.

SwedenTheKid

567 Posts

March 02 2015 06:58 GMT

#3229

On March 02 2015 15:13 And G wrote:

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It's not blue, it's white.

Seriously, it's Meinhoff White Sand. What makes it look blue is the lighting which has been stolen from Cloud Kingdom LE.

Ah, I actually thought that it was meinhoff white sand with MarSaraNight-ish lighting. Thanks for clearing it up.

And G

Germany491 Posts

March 02 2015 16:36 GMT

#3230

Ugh. I'm trying to give it a Blue Storm-esque look but I'm just no good at this.

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Anyone interested in finalizing (a.k.a. probably redoing) the aesthetics? I think this would be an awesome map for the next 2v2 tournament but it should have decent aesthetics first and apparently I can't do that.

SwedenTheKid

567 Posts

March 02 2015 17:54 GMT

#3231

I guess we are having a bit of the same problem AndG. I would want to help, but you are probably the better map artist anyway. I could recommend making the fog darker blue/purple and that should mix with the lighting you are using (see my lighting post above). It's a shame though, since we really don't have the same blue tile set as in BW. So yeah, I think darken the fog, or switch from the ice textures to the dark-blue sandy tile set. But tbh I think what you have so far is one of the best BlueS looks I've seen.

Aircooled

United States79 Posts

March 03 2015 06:28 GMT

#3232

So I've gotten to the point where i'm carving out the Phaethon Rock Rough texture on every side and suddenly wasn't sure if it was worth doing, the layout has changed since my other post too. Also is the gold 6/12 base orientation better than the rest? It's now 152x152. (Tryin' to get an abandoned Klondike look goin.)

Zweck

Germany211 Posts

March 03 2015 12:33 GMT

#3233

heyho guys, what do u think about this layout?

have a nice day

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

March 03 2015 12:44 GMT

#3234

Looks really constricted. I think you can open up a lot of the area in the center and outside the third base in particular.

Zweck

Germany211 Posts

March 03 2015 13:16 GMT

#3235

Hm im gonna try make more space around the third, but the center is actually pretty vast

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The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

March 03 2015 13:26 GMT

#3236

On March 03 2015 22:16 Zweck wrote:
Hm im gonna try make more space around the third, but the center is actually pretty vast

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That's surprising, but I meant these locations.
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Although now I'm no longer sure how big those areas are either :D

Zweck

Germany211 Posts

March 03 2015 14:56 GMT

#3237

Thx for feedback. I changed the space around the third and the fourth a little, i think its better now

IeZaeL

Italy991 Posts

March 03 2015 16:26 GMT

#3238

Looking for feedback!

OtherWorld

France17333 Posts

March 03 2015 16:33 GMT

#3239

I feel like the center and corner bases are pretty close and thus it makes it a bit awkward (?), but apart from that it looks pretty cool.

Tric

United States21 Posts

March 04 2015 21:38 GMT

#3240

Here is a map that I am currently working on, any input on the layout would be appreciated. I am more than happy to change things around to get this map to work. The only thing that I would like to have remain the same would be the middle area, everything else is subject to change.

Map Top Down View

Analyzer Image

Also note that I started painting terrain textures, but they are currently (VERY) unfinished, as to stop from having to redo them when I need to make some changes.

-Sorry for the links, I am still not able to use the image code when I post since I am so new.