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[< Shved >]

NeW Zealand sea and mts


I will try to make something...

[ccllnply]

Is it possible to make water different colours for diferent locations? It'd be great if the Elven seas were that bright blue (from the new pics) and Mordor seas for instance could be dark red/black.

But the original is best I think for normal water. Fantrastic job either way! + rep

Can I ask why water in Mordor would be dark red or black? :hmmm:

[Varjon]

I'm wondering that, too. Water must have been pretty pure since there were huge fields around lake Núrnen where slaves producted food for armies of Sauron.

[Pvt. Parts]

Ok...

[Alexios Komnenos]

I've been looking at this mountains, and even the former pics had something strange. And this, I think, is the all-grey mass of "mountain". Look at this satellite picture of the Alps, which we'll call Misty Mountains:



Mountains are not grey, they have plenty of colours, from browns to greys, but never totally grey. They are grey where the highness does not allow plants and trees to grow. And usually those areas are white by the snow.

But we can assume the gray mountains. What I really find that lack are valleys. Look again at the Alps. There's not an entire spine, like back bones, massive and running unstopped through the Middle Earth like a gray worm.

I suggest, then, that you apply a more green color to the small valleys that can be seen in order to make the mountains look more natural. Here you have a picture of the Alps at spring, with beautiful green valleys:

http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/4465/A....1240.250m.jpg

This valleys don't have to be "crossable". In fact they shouldn't, they're just a visual addition.

Take care!

[STELLover]

Any difference I see in the new pictures is the more realistic waters and whitened mountains and saturated colors... Still good job

[nic1794]

yes but obvioulsy these arent real mountains...and it was the misty mountains...so there wud be mist covering the mountain making it harder to see the green in the valleys... it would be cool if you could implement the some kind of mist around the mountains..like make a constan storm like in vanilla around it to make it look like mist... idk if it could be done but it wud be cool.

[< Shved >]

@Alexios Komnenos
Nice! But mts color depend from height...

[Pvt. Parts]

That seriously is the most beautiful country on Earth...

Next to Australia of course.

[Alexios Komnenos]

@Alexios Komnenos
Nice! But mts color depend from height...

Damn!

[< Shved >]

@Alexios Komnenos
At all desire to make similar it is impossible. If do colorful texture, it will look unnatural. Today I make new texture, maybe it will be better.
New sea - more darken


Tell me, that you think

[cherryfunk]

Well, it's better, but still too bright I think...

[Muffer Nl]

It's better. Theya re also still better then the original one but I also agree with cherryfunx. They are still too bright.

[Devils_Advocate]

I haven´t seen blue water for my whole life, it is just a cliche.

[Saruman the white wizard]

I haven´t seen blue water for my whole life, it is just a cliche.

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That's true most of the time it isn't blue, but i have a few times seen a blue sea: In greece and in the south of france.
Any way it looks nice and maybe sea looks more blue when looking from a distance to the earth.

[Muffer Nl]

Any way it looks nice and maybe sea looks more blue when looking from a distance to the earth.

It does.

[Mithrandir]

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Maybe sea looks more blue when looking from a distance to the earth.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Sure does.

[Saruman the white wizard]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Sure does.

Thats what I mean and MTW II is also from a distance so...

[Devils_Advocate]

Do you see any trees on that? From space of course it does, but thats a matter of atmosphere. Even from plane it doesn´t really look blue. But nevertheless what I actually meant was to give the water a less intense blue, maybe a tone of green or somethin like that.

[Mithrandir]

Even from plane it doesn´t really look blue.

Look again, I added a photo taken from a plane. The water is very blue.