Completed Project Application - Isle of Faces

[Ric]

Hey everyone!

I'm now applying for a redo of the Isle of Faces. You can find my application here.

Special thanks for Aek for helping me with the houses and for Emot for the many tips for the forest and caves.

 

[DutchGuard]

That's some tricky canon to navigate, presentation of the relevant information is great.
As for size, I would hesitate to make it much larger than it is now. Canon maps vary wildly on the size of the isle, with the largest showing a size similar to what we have now. Land of Ice and Fire shows an island a third the size of what we have. I wouldn't mind if the island was reshaped, but the area should not be increased significantly.

I was wondering also if you could include a terra test for the proposed coastline. It would be great to have a coastline crowded with dense undergrowth and large trees, dark and foreboding to anyone sailing past.

 

[Scubooty]

That's some tricky canon to navigate, presentation of the relevant information is great.
As for size, I would hesitate to make it much larger than it is now. Canon maps vary wildly on the size of the isle, with the largest showing a size similar to what we have now. Land of Ice and Fire shows an island a third the size of what we have. I wouldn't mind if the island was reshaped, but the area should not be increased significantly.

I was wondering also if you could include a terra test for the proposed coastline. It would be great to have a coastline crowded with dense undergrowth and large trees, dark and foreboding to anyone sailing past.

I agree with Dutch I think seeing some of the proposed terraforming would be great I was also thinking that there could be some rocky outcroppings and/or Dells along the water where it meets the land, I'd also be willing to help in any way with this!

 

[Ric]

Hey, thanks Dutch and Scub! I'll try to work some tests for your suggestions and post them here

 

[Ric]

Hey! I've made a test for the coastline. Tests are in the second floor on my plot.

Thanks to Eld for a tree suggestion and to Scub for helping with the rock formation he meant.

 

[DutchGuard]

Great stuff Ric (and scub)!

This goes a little outside the remit of the project perhaps, but if you were willing to do the coastline along the lakeshore as well that would be amazing. Otherwise we're going to have to split it up among a bunch of other projects and it might be easier to do it all in one sweep while you've got the technique mastered. That way God's Eye as a whole can be signed off, but it's a lot of work so don't feel like you have to.

 

[Emoticone11]

Approved!

I actually like Dutch’s idea - best way to ensure a consistent lakeshore for God’s Eye. If you’re willing to take on the work, it’d be appreciated. If so, I’d like to see a diorama for that coastline before you get to it (no need to do it now, just an update in the thread later).

 

[Elduwin]

Approved by me as well!
Don't hesitate if you need any help on the terra. Good luck!

 

[Ric]

Thanks Eld and Emot! I'll start working there soon

And sure, I can definetelly work on the lakeshore! I'll make a diorama for it in the near future. But I would like to ask: how should I work on areas of projects already done, like Willow Wood and Harrenhal? Is it okay for me to update there or should I leave them for another time?

 

[Emoticone11]

But I would like to ask: how should I work on areas of projects already done, like Willow Wood and Harrenhal? Is it okay for me to update there or should I leave them for another time?

I think you should try to work around the structures as much as possible, sort of like the Mander terra. That is, feel free to update the foliage and stuff to be consistent with the updated coastlines we decide on, but try to leave the builds at those projects alone.

 

[Scubooty]

Don't forget there's someone on the bottom of the lake too xD

 

[Ric]

Don't forget there's someone on the bottom of the lake too xD

 

[AerioOndos]

Aren't there two someones? Caraxes and Vhagar + Aemond and Daemon?

 

[Ric]

Aren't there two someones? Caraxes and Vhagar + Aemond and Daemon?

Actually, unlike Vhagar, Caraxes manage to somehow get out of the water and reach Harrenhal. No idea what they did with the bones, but they're probably not in the lake

 

[Scubooty]

Aren't there two someones? Caraxes and Vhagar + Aemond and Daemon?

Ric is correct Vhagar is the only skeleton left in the water. Caraxes crawls onto shore and dies and Daemon's body is never found. Aemon's remains were eventually reclaimed from the saddle of Vhagar and they recovered Dark Sister from his skull. The Skeleton of Vhagar is likely too large to be removed and at this point should probably be a little buried.

 

[Margaery_Tyrell]

Carexes' skeleton was distributed to the poor of the Riverlands to make bone broth as is traditional

 

[Ric]

Hey everyone!

After 10 months of work I'm happy to say that the Isle of Faces is finished! I'm still commited to finish the lakeshore for the God's Eye and will soon start working on a diorama that will be posted in this thread for further discussion on the topic, but the isle itself is open for post-approval and to anyone looking for a forest to explore

I'll write the wiki article soon too, in the meantime if someone wants to take some nice screenshots with shaders in the isle and send them to me it would be very appreciated!

Thanks,
Ric

 

[Jakethesnake8_8]

Heya Ric!
Love the project (you know its good when the forest is laggy )
A suggestion for the caves, make the floors less flat, so it looks a bit more natural.

Good Luck Mr Games

 

[AerioOndos]

by flat do you mean the same level? There's a reason for this that Ric can explain really well

 

[Ric]

Hey Jake,

Thanks for the feedback. Like Aeks said, there's a reason for that choice. When the water flows into the rock carving the caves, it goes through the soft rock until it hits a layer with a studier type of rock, then focusing in the areas where it could break through (that eventually become sinkholes). I've kept each level in the same height trying to demonstrate that effect.

Here's an image showing that:

Spoiler: Image