Khmer encore
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You could get away with basing the normal buildings on the Ta'i set. There would have been comparatively little to differentiate the two. As to temples, Angkor Wat represents the high point of Khmer architecture. Even if it isn't the nicest example.
Good to read 
I already modeled the Angkor Wat, and i used as the towers some Indian hellish tower i made for the indian set... The model of the entire AW is a bit over half a million polygons!!! (for reference: the average Civ4 model is less than 1000 polygons) My computer is having a hard time with the program now...
The rest of the buildings are ancient Japanese and they are placeholders
I already modeled the Angkor Wat, and i used as the towers some Indian hellish tower i made for the indian set... The model of the entire AW is a bit over half a million polygons!!! (for reference: the average Civ4 model is less than 1000 polygons) My computer is having a hard time with the program now...
The rest of the buildings are ancient Japanese and they are placeholders
Followed your advice, since i want this to be a Khmer set:
Are there any other known celebrated or characteristic buildings of that culture? Any pics of them?
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
Pa-go-da.
I first created the gazebo for the ancient Greek set, but then was too lazy to have it as something altering as well; my second set was a byzantine one so i made some minor changes to it to have it look more medieval (you can see it in the bottom row).
But i think that having the gazebo in all sets helps set them apart from other graphics, since they are more of a collection of the same style this way
Btw this is the new textured Angkor:
But i think that having the gazebo in all sets helps set them apart from other graphics, since they are more of a collection of the same style this way
Btw this is the new textured Angkor:
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
Wi-th-drawn.
So, i read that the Khmer empire was medieval, which sucks for me since i already have Siam as a medieval power in that region. I wanted this to be the ancient set of the south-east asian civ in my collection But anyway i also read that Khmer was a major power before the rise of Siam, so in a way it is not that bad to have it as ancient and the first era of the 'siamese' set...
But anyway i also read that Khmer was a major power before the rise of Siam, so in a way it is not that bad to have it as ancient and the first era of the 'siamese' set...Ehhhhhhhh there was a Khmer kingdom right up until the mid-1800s. The Khmer Empire however reached a high-point in the 900s and descended into internecine Civil Wars in the 1000s with occasional periods of lucidity before limping off to die in 1431. Sukhothai the first Thai Kingdom of note stopped sucking in the mid-1200s and was replaced as the predominant Thai polity by Ayutthaya in the late-1300s.
plarq
Crazy forever
Where's Korean?
yep I can do. but not as graphic specialist sir.
Siam was a vassal to Khom empire yes. I came from a city of Sisaket and there's ALOT of Khmer sanctum there. but If the modern Khmer never considers Siamese as their kins. (or vice versa). try looking for Lanna architecture instead.
the oldest Lanna city, Lam Poon, was aged about 1,000 years or more. older than even Chiang Mai itself. so can't we say that Lannna also serves as 'ancient' Siam?
Lanna was the first 'Siamese' nation. ancient even beyond Sukhotai kingdom.
and don't forget there's another 'southern' ancient nation called 'Sri Vijaya'. one could claim that much of medieval Siam culture hails from there but I'm not quite believing it. I'm for Lanna influences.
Siam was a vassal to Khom empire yes. I came from a city of Sisaket and there's ALOT of Khmer sanctum there. but If the modern Khmer never considers Siamese as their kins. (or vice versa). try looking for Lanna architecture instead.
the oldest Lanna city, Lam Poon, was aged about 1,000 years or more. older than even Chiang Mai itself. so can't we say that Lannna also serves as 'ancient' Siam?
Lanna was the first 'Siamese' nation. ancient even beyond Sukhotai kingdom.
and don't forget there's another 'southern' ancient nation called 'Sri Vijaya'. one could claim that much of medieval Siam culture hails from there but I'm not quite believing it. I'm for Lanna influences.
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