[FCG] Helkori Plains, and its flora

Post by **Haplo** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:07 pm

Graph paper is the antithesis of concept art. That design is square and angular and ew and reminiscent of your other art.

aro101 · Post by **aro101** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:08 pm

I don't really consider this as inspiring, Harke... You should try to spend more than 5 minutes on a concept.

evergrey · Post by **evergrey** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:48 am

Ahh, browns! They can be interesting if you can mix in purples, oranges and golds.

[img]http://www.niceboots.org/~evergrey/Tamriel/Helkori1thumb.jpg[/img]

Larger:
http://www.niceboots.org/~evergrey/Tamriel/Helkori1.jpg

Mmm feels good to make plants again!

*edit* Hmm, it looks a little related to lb00's plant... which could be good or bad, I guess. But now that I think about it, in a lot of places there are different plants in the same biome that share some similar traits, so it could make things look not as piecemeal?

Anyway, lemme know what you think.

aro101 · Post by **aro101** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:41 am

This one's sweet

For me it looks more like that one made by Elfane, only that his had spikes, and your has leaves. I'm not sure yet which to choose(from all of the posted concepts)

evergrey · Post by **evergrey** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:44 pm

I think the two, well all three of the having stuff in common plants would be complimentary.

Mine, if it wasn't clear from the illustration, grows in spirals.
I think, taking the stuff that's in this thread, that it'll look really cool. Great designs in here, imo.

PS- cracked dried mud is cool looking- be sure to only use it in flat areas. When I lived out in the desert, I only ever saw it happen in relatively flat, low parts where water would pool after a rare rainstorm.

Elfane · Post by **Elfane** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:14 pm

[img]http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3396/vinetreeqc8.jpg[/img]
This one is not really a tree it is a vine that takes over trees hence it can look very different from case to case.
It starts out as a small vine at the base of the tree, as it grows it starts to hug the tree all around. By the time the vine reaches the trees crown it has grown enough to "steal" all the water from the host. The hosttree dies and makes room for the vines leaves.
To the right of the tree you have a small bush that have berries that grows two & two. To the left you have an ugly ass flower.

[img]http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2743/mushtreewb1.jpg[/img]
Just a damn tree, I call it a mushroomtree.

Also no savanna like region is complete without Acacia trees
[url]http://www.veeriku.tartu.ee/~ppensa/Acacia1.jpg[/url]

They are'nt coloured because I am tired of plants and trees.
Enough is enough!

aro101 · Post by **aro101** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:54 am

Request completed! All needed flora claims are now aviable for claiming for modellers. Thank you, Concept Artists

Sidenote for Gez: We still need rocks for Helkori. I'm gonna consult you via PM about this.

Gez · Post by **Gez** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:46 pm

aro101 wrote:Sidenote for Gez: We still need rocks for Helkori. I'm gonna consult you via PM about this.

Okay.

skydye · Post by **skydye** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:54 pm

I don't have a scanner. So If no one minds I'll just be painting some of these in to give a model maker a sense of depth.

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:22 pm

Elfane that tree encased in vines rocks my socks.

Seriously, your art is awesome.

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:11 pm

pulling some atmospherics from wiki:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/View_from_connors_hill_panorama.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Botswana_Nxai_Pan_NP_Baynes_Baobabs.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Kiang_West_savanna.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Gazella02(js).jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/African_safari_route.jpg

Obagovo · Post by **Obagovo** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:21 am

Would fauna for the region be appropriate to place in this thread?

Gez · Post by **Gez** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:02 am

Well, not the original topic, but why not?

Four Greyhounds · Post by **Four Greyhounds** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:07 am

sorry if this is necromancy, but i didnt know where to put it. i recently went to ohio and i thought these plants were cool for hammerfell.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23193006@N02/2683023589/

Tyrion · Post by **Tyrion** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:35 am

WTF

My summer job is gardening, and I just realized I haven't contributed at all to flora!

I've got some ideas, namely herbs that could be useful in alchemy. Also, a lot of herbs like dry soil which fits the Hammerfellian climate. Lavender, rosemary, and thyme all do well in dry, Mediterranean-like climates, appropriate for Hammerfell.

There's a lot I could think of off the top of my head... echinacea is also fairly drought resistant, as is nepeta (catnip). There's more, I just have to sit down and think about it.

pics

rosemary
[url=http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rosemary.jpg][img]http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2397/rosemary.th.jpg[/img][/url]

nepeta
[url=http://img269.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nepetawl.jpg][img]http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3499/nepetawl.th.jpg[/img][/url]

lavender
[url=http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lavender6.jpg][img]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4158/lavender6.th.jpg[/img][/url]

thyme
[url=http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thymehighlandcream.jpg][img]http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9848/thymehighlandcream.th.jpg[/img][/url]

echinacea
[url=http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=echinacea600w.jpg][img]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2286/echinacea600w.th.jpg[/img][/url]

RelinQ · Post by **RelinQ** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:26 pm

Elfane your art totally wins!

Tyrion, some of those plants are pretty cool actaully, and you got me thinking, maybe also a tumeric plant, those are pretty rockin' and hardy plants,

Tumeric
[img]http://www.oller.net/turmeric2.gif[/img]

also, some Wierd Mushroom I saw once:
[url]http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/nara_mushroom.jpg[/url]

And I can't forget this Australian beauty called a Sturt's Desert Pea which would probably work quite well in hammerfell.
[img]http://www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org/general/plants/p_spec/images/wildflo/sdp.jpg[/img]
Another example:
[url]http://image16.webshots.com/17/8/7/59/188280759shrIFF_fs.jpg[/url]
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lb003g0676 wrote:I thoguht the manticores were found in the mountains. Not in the plains. To be honest I ahve no idea anymore.

Also, HOLY SHIT, we have Manticores?! I love those things!, thats fucking epic! Mwhaha... (pardon my language)

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:06 pm

the Helkori has more than enough flora, but we will keep these in mind for the next region.

Sadrice · Post by **Sadrice** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:26 am

Tyrion, Lavender and Echinacea are already in Oblivion, and it would be trivial to add them into the Helkori Plains, however, I don't think they have the right feel.

And as for Harke's oxalis (yes I know that was forever ago), why bother to draw concept art when you can just ink to the plant you wer talking about?
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OxalisTriangularis.jpg[/url]
Anyways, Oxalis don't really fit well, as they have high water requirements and tend to be found on moist forest floors among redwoods.

For trees, might I recommend some large Euphorbia, like, say, these Euphorbia candelabrum?
[url]http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/69/Euphorbia_candelabrum488340183.jpg[/url]
[url]http://fichas.infojardin.com/foto-crasas/euphorbia-candelabrum.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/41289/dsc00222.jpg[/url]
They are cool and exotic looking, and are from the deserts of Africa. Interestingly, they have an extremely toxic latex (white sap) that will burn your skin if you get it on you, which in the dried form might make an alchemy ingredient (with Damage Health as a prominent effect), though you might not be able to harvest it yourself, if trees aren't harvestable. Would a cactusy thing like this use speedtree?

Katze · Post by **Katze** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:18 pm

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but I'm pretty sure cacti (or whatever that plant actually is) cannot be done well using speedtree, it would have to be a static/container, and so easily could be made into a harvestable plant.

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:06 pm

Cathartis wrote:Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but I'm pretty sure cacti (or whatever that plant actually is) cannot be done well using speedtree, it would have to be a static/container, and so easily could be made into a harvestable plant.

ive seen cacti done well with speedtree (they have some in the Trees of Pangea demo), however, its in the .spt format which would not be usable for static plants. theoretically you can make it in speedtree, export as an obj, and convert into a nif, but by that time its too much work and you might as well model from the ground up (which will give you much more control over structure are well)

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