[Concept Art/Request] Western Reach Rural

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ThomasRuz
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[Concept Art/Request] Western Reach Rural

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Introduction

To be able to start, and give content to, the Western Reach in general, we need to decide on a somewhat definite idea or concept of the aesthetic of the rural house sets.

We have already made quite some progress on the Discord, even having a model already available. However, because the Western Reach is such a big encompassing region, a common Western Reach Rural tileset will be invaluable in creating the atmosphere of the super-region.

Context
After discussion and some thinking, the Western Reach Rural set should be a combination of the already established Reachmen set (They occupy the same geographic area after all), and the underlying images. The houseshapes themselves should mostly be Triangular/Trapezoid, with addition square and domed half-cones(with maybe some forward tapering?).

The main inspiration should be The first picture, which is what we mostly, if not wholly imagined from the start. The difficulty is finding a good intermediate between the different ideas, that will not seem Nordic (It shouldn't emanate the feeling of a longhouse), nor look like the Morrowind Imperial Town set.

In the first image, the most important aspects to keep are the way the windows are used, how the materials are use, how the houses are build into the ground, and their interaction with eachother. The materials predominantly used are straw, stone and wood.

Second, a practical example, an asset by Asylum that was designed for this set.

Third, an image containing Reachmen buildings for inspiration.

Inspiration and Design
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Source: Low Quality Rural Houses by Asylum
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What I'd like to see

-Small & Large windows
- Houses in different configurations

From these we can decide on what kind of parts are viable, and create them into a full tileset


06/07/2019

I worked out some:
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>This is when ThomasRuz made a new discord channel about maps and the conversation died.

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