Help with pics of western medieval buildings

[Kyriakos]

Here is a pic of the walled town, with yellow roofs:

Dark red, or black would be other alternatives to try.

 

[Gen. Rommel]

Sorry Gen Rommel but i cannot model intricate gothic buildings. They would need millions of polygons, and take at least days (if not weeks) to create.
And in city scale you would not be able to see much of the detail either

I guess that sucks for me then...oh well, maybe someone else will eventually make the dome.

Anyways, the new city looks really nice. The Stave church in the center looks brilliant. Keep it up!

 

[Kyriakos]

This is #1 and metro..

 

[Bjornlo]

I would suggest a lighter shade to the stave church. More wood tone, less dark red clay.
I would also suggest that this building be smaller. Maybe 2/3's the size.

 

[Kyriakos]

I am interested in keeping it more or less in the same size the other centerpieces have.
The cathedral obviously would be far larger, but again i had to be conscious of the analogous buildings in the other sets

 

[Bjornlo]

I forgot to mention it before, but the hill look is a nice touch. Especially for the north.

I understand your goal of uniformity in the centerpiece. I just think a little variety won't hurt. When viewed side by side with the cathederal, the stave church is really out of scale. The cathederals tended to be large and grand structures, and the stave church is much larger in the scene with both. I think the prominent location would do as much to call attention to it as the height. Alternately, if it is a height issue you are trying to preserve, just reduce the x & z and keep the y coordinate. Some of the stave churches are moderately tall (though nothing compared to a Cathederal). And, in the above images the stave church is by a tiny bit the largest.

Also, I do think the color is both too red and too dark.


Here is a fun thought... early Norse cities were entirely made of wood.... Hmmm.

 

[Kyriakos]

I could make the cathedral the centerpiece, and the stave church the second monument. But then you would have a big cathedral in size #1 (although that is pretty much what is happening in the serbian set as well, but at least there the church is not that massive)

 

[Bjornlo]

Or have the center piece change from the more modest building to the more glorious one.

 

[Kyriakos]

I have thought of such variations. Having different centerpieces in #1, #2 and #3, altering the positions of the ones used as the centerpiece in the next size, so that #3 would have the new, largest building in the center, and the centerpieces of #2 and #1 as peripheral monuments.

But i think that it is better to just keep a stable center.

 

[Yoda Power]

I like it.

But I agree that the Stave church could be lighter and more brown.

The red clay colour would look good on the Århus Cathedral though.

 

[Kyriakos]

Not sure what kind of colour you mean.

Also, what about changing the second roof colour to this?

 

[Bjornlo]

I would leave the cathederal roof as green. They are actually green, please see the reference photos. It would look cool to actually use some texturing on both the cathederal and the church. And I agree with Yodo Power thaqt you could use the same shade of red (or a red-brick texture) on it that you are currently using on the on Stave church.

The color on the stave church is not a wood color. Make it a wood color, please. Or better still a wood texture, I can share one if you do not have one.

here I eyedroppered out the color you are using and placed it side by side with actual wood.

 

[Kyriakos]

I meant what about changing the second group of roofs from yellow to dark green

And i will test the stave with the new texture.

edit:

 

[Yoda Power]

The stave looks great. Now just make the cathedral green roofed and red bricked.

 

[Bjornlo]

The stave looks great. Now just make the cathedral green roofed and red bricked.

textured prefered to colored, but right colored is probably close enough

 

[Kyriakos]

Sigh... What about the colour of the ordinary roofs?..

Anyway, i think that the cathedral is done. Lets hope that 256 colours will be enough this time.

 

[Bjornlo]

Ok, sorry misunderstood what sort of feedback you were asking for.

Most roofs would have been:
thatch (yellow, brown and straw textured)
stone slate (gray with a hint of blue and light gray)
grass (green and stuff)
Occasional use of other materials such as tiles and bronze

Important buildings would have been bronze or slate
Minor buildings would not include bronze.

The rose colored sides would have been exceedingly rare. Common were red (usually blood red or guards red), yellow (bright to mustard shades), white (pure white to those with a hint of yellow(egg shell)), natural wood, stone (especially common on the larger buildings and on the lower 1/3 of all buildings), red brick was moderately rare, but was certainly in use.

In looking at that Stave church again... the height to width is not quite right. it is too wide and bulky for how tall it is. Just squish the model slightly in Bryce, no need to re-model anything.

 

[Kyriakos]

Not to spoil the fun, but the set has been created.

Find it here

 

[cubsfan6506]

Are you making a non scandinavian one.

 

[Kyriakos]

Yes, i will be making a western european, and an arabic.
Would need pics for them too