I took this screen just today:
So it seems like there should be some cliff-like formations around the city and the bay, given how it's already showed or mentioned in two TES games.
Also: "By the cliffs of Solitude!" is a cool expression for us to borrow.
roerich wrote:I like those pictures a lot, Worsas. Exactly how I imagined the colour and look of the wood and stone. I like the last photo in particular. Some of the buildings could be extended with an additional floor.
I agree. It's a pity we don't have them anymore. I wonder how these models would look like with greyish-tattered blue shingles, some of them could be dark-blue painted too. I think subtle touches with this gloomy colour would really fit in Haafingar, the city of Potema, and the contrast it would create with white and brown surroundings is consistent with our main motif for this hold:
edit: At least I think so. Because given on one hand:
roerich wrote:Haafingar
- Expansionism
- Political maneuvers
- A new order
- Strength and dominance
- Reviving the past
and on another stuff like Horme, Volkihars, other Potema's pals, a spirit or just a legend of Pelagius, whatever beings living in these damn vast forests and other 'regressive' forces, we receive the image of a struggling, contradictory hold. That kind of contrast in architecture would visually underline this image.
worsas wrote:If you put the blue palace on that forested hill as seen on your screenshots, the city will be much too big, I'm afraid.
Well, it doesn't have to be a part of the city per se. It could lay on it's own hill, next to a cliff edge, casting a shadow on the port below. I was thinking we could as well have some kind of royal park thrown between the palace and the Solitude. Additionally, I recall reading somewhere recently (in one of our books, or on teslore reddit, maybe?) how the palace was founded primarily with defence functions in mind, so that would require different approach to it than in TES V. Overall I believe it should much more grim as well.