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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26(P17) [D] - different stuff

Postby cairnswk on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:05 pm

ZeakCytho wrote:Love the new statues, Cairns!

Thanks Zeak. :)
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26

Postby cairnswk on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:07 pm

gimil wrote:
-The arches to the left of Emperor CLAUDIUS don't look very evenly put together.
That is deliberate and i think looks good.


I disagree on this cairns. I would like to hear more opinions on it if you don't mind :)

Then new texture on the legends has added much needed character. Very nice! Although the general colouring of the title (and the text to the right of the title) arn't doing the map justice. Some golds and reds like the rest of the map and less glows and strokes around the text are what is needed.

Oh yes great one ;) Knower of all things artistic. :lol:
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26(P17) [D] - different stuff

Postby gimil on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:09 pm

cairnswk wrote:
qwert wrote:What these poll present :?
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert ;) They don't seem to like this map


Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker! ;)
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26

Postby cairnswk on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:10 pm

gimil wrote:
-The arches to the left of Emperor CLAUDIUS don't look very evenly put together.[/quote="cairnswk"]That is deliberate and i think looks good.


I disagree on this cairns. I would like to hear more opinions on it if you don't mind :)

Well you would disagree on it because you don't like. but good luck in getting some other opinions. :)
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26(P17) [D] - different stuff

Postby cairnswk on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:10 pm

gimil wrote:
cairnswk wrote:
qwert wrote:What these poll present :?
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert ;) They don't seem to like this map


Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker! ;)

Talking about yourself again Gimil. Bitch!!
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26

Postby gimil on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:11 pm

cairnswk wrote:
gimil wrote:
-The arches to the left of Emperor CLAUDIUS don't look very evenly put together.
That is deliberate and i think looks good.


I disagree on this cairns. I would like to hear more opinions on it if you don't mind :)

Then new texture on the legends has added much needed character. Very nice! Although the general colouring of the title (and the text to the right of the title) arn't doing the map justice. Some golds and reds like the rest of the map and less glows and strokes around the text are what is needed.

Oh yes great one ;) Knower of all things artistic. :lol:


It doesn't take a genius to work out that the title colours are brighter flame colours than the actual flames on the map...
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26(P17) [D] - different stuff

Postby gimil on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:11 pm

cairnswk wrote:
gimil wrote:
cairnswk wrote:
qwert wrote:What these poll present :?
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert ;) They don't seem to like this map


Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker! ;)

Talking about yourself again Gimil. Bitch!!


I do 10x more work that you don't see than you do see cairns ;)
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26(P17) [D] - different stuff

Postby cairnswk on Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:13 pm

gimil wrote:
cairnswk wrote:
gimil wrote:
cairnswk wrote:
qwert wrote:What these poll present :?
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert ;) They don't seem to like this map


Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker! ;)

Talking about yourself again Gimil. Bitch!!


I do 10x more work that you don't see than you do see cairns ;)

Good on you then, you're such a champion. :)
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V26(P17) [D] - different stuff

Postby Incandenza on Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:36 am

Call me crazy, but I liked the statues and columns the way they were originally... when I think of classical rome, I think of white marble, not gold.
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27

Postby cairnswk on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:01 pm

Incandenza wrote:Call me crazy, but I liked the statues and columns the way they were originally... when I think of classical rome, I think of white marble, not gold.


Yes I do too...so i have changed the statues back to almost similar to what the other statues are but with just s different tinge of grey around the outline to at least make them more visible on the white/grey backgrounds.

Both titles are now the same. I don't think putting the "flame" colours from the flames around Nero are going to do to tricks for the title, and since the title on the right is a sub-title, i'd am pretty happy for them to both have the same appearance - they do not look out of place.

The bottom legend section was previously replaced with a textured background.

The columns on all the building (except the God temples) have been redone with bitmaps so that no issues arise from propagation to large size.

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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby gimil on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:08 pm

I still don't like the title area cairns but if no one else agrees with me I am not going to hold it against you :)
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby the.killing.44 on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:10 pm

Here's a thought to improve the title: why not outline the archs in stone like around the Colosseum?
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby cairnswk on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:14 pm

gimil wrote:I still don't like the title area cairns but if no one else agrees with me I am not going to hold it against you :)

Mmmmm, that statement concerns me ;)
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby gimil on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:16 pm

cairnswk wrote:
gimil wrote:I still don't like the title area cairns but if no one else agrees with me I am not going to hold it against you :)

Mmmmm, that statement concerns me ;)


Well, we just have to wait and see!
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby ZeakCytho on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:23 pm

I don't love the title area, but I hardly hate it. And since I don't have any suggestions on how to make it better, I'm fine with the way it is now. But if someone else happens to have a better idea, I'd be happy to see it change.
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby The Neon Peon on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:30 pm

ZeakCytho wrote:I don't love the title area, but I hardly hate it. And since I don't have any suggestions on how to make it better, I'm fine with the way it is now. But if someone else happens to have a better idea, I'd be happy to see it change.

Second this.

Once again, the Cleopatra-Marcus Atonius connection has uneven shaking and is not even (the lower part extends farther left than the upper part.)

The gray columns are the right way to go, and congratulations on the awesome connections.
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby cairnswk on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:38 pm

the.killing.44 wrote:Here's a thought to improve the title: why not outline the archs in stone like around the Colosseum?
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tk44....i've just tried to see what that background would look like with a different "brick work" type texture behind the title. For it to look good and clear, I have to darken the whole colour behind there and that then throws the entire feel of the plastering effect across the map and borders. (click below)
Apart from that, I would have to build in brick by brick and i'm not wanting to spend so much time in order to achieve that affect. Let me know if you come up with any further, and thanks for the suggestion.

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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby cairnswk on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:43 pm

The Neon Peon wrote:
ZeakCytho wrote:I don't love the title area, but I hardly hate it. And since I don't have any suggestions on how to make it better, I'm fine with the way it is now. But if someone else happens to have a better idea, I'd be happy to see it change.

Second this.

Once again, the Cleopatra-Marcus Atonius connection has uneven shaking and is not even (the lower part extends farther left than the upper part.)

Yeh Neon Peon....that cleopatra connection was because of the bevelling...and i didn't notice it. :oops:
Thanks, and it is fixed as i ahve changed the bevelling on her tert there.
The gray columns are the right way to go, and congratulations on the awesome connections.

Cool :) Thanks.
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby the.killing.44 on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:52 pm

I meant something along the lines of the archs (black strokes) that you have being stones - this took me 2 1/2 mins, so sorry for the crudeness, but I hope you see the point (outlining with stones):
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby gimil on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:55 pm

Sorry killing, I can't say in my opinion that your idea fits the overall theme of the map.
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby the.killing.44 on Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:59 pm

gimil wrote:Sorry killing, I can't say in my opinion that your idea fits the overall theme of the map.

Yeah, upon looking it over and starting to brick it out it seems that way IMO too :x

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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby cairnswk on Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:02 pm

the.killing.44 wrote:I meant something along the lines of the archs (black strokes) that you have being stones - this took me 2 1/2 mins, so sorry for the crudeness, but I hope you see the point (outlining with stones):
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Are you using photoshop?
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby the.killing.44 on Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:07 pm

Yeah, but all I did was took the image I posted, erased around the arch, and duplicated the layer into the other file. I coulda done it in anything, most likely. I wasn't necessarily going for beauty, but after I started bricking it it doesn't look great in the map either so …

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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby MrBenn on Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:35 pm

Actually, I quite like the brick work in the title. Sure .44 made it too heavy, but the effect could work if it was toned down and blended in a bit more?
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Re: [POLL] POISON ROME V27(P17) [D] - L & S Preview

Postby the.killing.44 on Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:46 pm

cairns, why don't you try it on just a couple of the letters and post it? I think if done properly (and not in less than 5 minutes :D ) it could look nice, and you're certainly capable of that ;)

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