Old Architecture help thread?

[Kyriakos]

Maybe some could help with specific questions on old (up to late medieval, i suppose) architecture?

For example, does the following look decently close to ancient-->early dark age northern european (so-called 'germanic') architecture?

Colors and buildings mostly, i know i used an anglo-saxon one (the palace, main building in the south-eastern part of this set), the other two main edifices are viking.

 

[Cutlass]

Roofs are likely to be thatch. Which would be tan rather than green.

 

[Ajidica]

Perhaps add some greater contrast between the buildings and the ground? They sort of blur together into a pea-green slop (or it could very well be that I need to adjust my monitor again).

As far as strict historical look goes, I agree the roofs would be of a tan thatch. Also, I seem to remember that a lot of Anglo-Saxon buildings -especially in a village- would use a 'wattle-and-daub' method on the exterior walls rather than timber. That would make the walls more of a beige than brown.

 

[Domen]

I might be able to help but what exactly do you want? Anglo-Saxon buildings? Or some others too?

 

[Kyriakos]

Well, it is an ancient--->early dark age northern european (germanic) set, so it does not really have a very set period or culture...

Going by the suggestions, i now have this:

It is not finished yet anyway. Do the new textures look nearer the supposed 'authentic'?

 

[Domen]

This is a 12th century church in Borgund, Norway - it is from a much later period than you asked for.

But I suppose, that it has some features of earlier, pre-Christian architecture:

https://www.google.pl/search?q=kośc...GS7Ab2h4GAAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=638

Inside:

And here dwelling houses of Germanic Angles, Saxons and Jutes exactly from time period about which you asked:

 

[Kyriakos]

Thanks Such stave-churches will be in the medieval era of the culture.

 

[Domen]

What is this large long building with columns?

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Danish long houses from ca. year 980 (Frykat):

http://www.octavia.net/anglosaxon/earlyEnglishArchitecture.htm

 

[Kyriakos]

Thank you Domen I will get back to the viking set later...

For now i finished the actual lighting/shape of the sets, and i think my models look better in this format. This is the new Byzantine Empire metropolis:

Colors are close to historical, i suppose, although some things are more generic due to color limitations as well...

 

[NedimNapoleon]

This is a 12th century church in Borgund, Norway - it is from a much later period than you asked for.

But I suppose, that it has some features of earlier, pre-Christian architecture:

https://www.google.pl/search?q=kośc...GS7Ab2h4GAAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=638

Inside:

Is that the church Varg burned down?