Environments

[Akralon]

Hey fellow 'Scapers. I've been messing around with making particular environments and also doing a little painting. Here are some pictures of a Marro swamp-type setup. I'm also working on a little 'high-elf' like garden.

Marro Drudge guarding home territory.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2231/marrodrudgeob5.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrodrudgeob5.jpg)

Looking through the Marro Hive as they amass.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4833/marrohivead1.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrohivead1.jpg)

The brutish Stingers poking out of the brush.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9493/marrostingerspg1.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrostingerspg1.jpg)

Su-Bak-Na looking down over his drones and giving orders.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9831/marrosbn2ud9.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrosbn2ud9.jpg)

My favorite Marro, a shot stole through the foliage. He looks like he's spotted the observer.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9726/marrongslt0.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrongslt0.jpg)

Marro warrior taking aim.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1518/marrowarriorhz4.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrowarriorhz4.jpg)

The Marro-witch.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3281/marrokmsbc3.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrokmsbc3.jpg)

A frontal view of the Marro and their Hive.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4715/marrofrontalnn0.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marrofrontalnn0.jpg)

[nonexistantnonexister]

Very nice

[Bloody the Marro Stinger]

First question!
Why is this in the Fan Art section?
Even so, extremely nice work there. That Stinger picture might be my first sig. How did you get the swamp water to look like that?

[Akralon]

To answer your first question, I posted here because this is fan "art" and fiction.

I wasn't building a map, or setting up for any actual game play. I just made an environment to look more realistic.

To me, the creation of the environment and trying to capture it in some pictures (which I have no skill with a camera or any kind of photoshop programs) was a sort of art. Sort of like setting a stage or creating a scene from a movie or something.

To answer your second question, I didn't do anything to the swamp tiles, so I'm not sure. As you can see, it was done over sand, so there is sand everywhere, and the light of the sun may have effected the glossy tile tops.

[johnny139]

Very nicely done. I do that kinda thing all the time, making dioramas and such. Too bad I don't have a digital camera; I'd make my own thread. I like the shot of Ne-Gok-Sa (who's my favorite, too!) best. It's like a scout taking a picture from a hideaway.

[Grungebob]

Nuthin but red X's here...

[Akralon]

Morsbane leads a small band of elves into the swamps. They unwittingly stumble into the territory of Braxxas.

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/497/braxxas2qm0.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=braxxas2qm0.jpg)

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/6241/braxashrasj5.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=braxashrasj5.jpg)

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5870/braxviewpb7.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=braxviewpb7.jpg)

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2593/braxmorsbanecy7.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=braxmorsbanecy7.jpg)

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8064/braxxasux0.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=braxxasux0.jpg)

[nonexistantnonexister]

Nice red X's.

[Chimpy]

I can see them.

Nice work by the way.

[Akralon]

Here's a couple I put together really quick. Try to see past the rough backdrop attempt and imagine what it could look like if someone with actual skill worked on it.

Inside the high elf gardens, a golden wire gate with white marble statues.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4510/helfgatekk8.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=helfgatekk8.jpg)

Sonlen on a calm night.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1508/sonlen1ne1.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonlen1ne1.jpg)

Kyntela alone.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7016/kyntela1vw9.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kyntela1vw9.jpg)

Another Sonlen.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3303/sonlen2xk5.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonlen2xk5.jpg)

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

I can see them too! Oh, and those are awesome!

[Bloody the Marro Stinger]

You repainted Sonlen already? :shock:
Very nice work! Those are awesome.

[Akralon]

I wanted to add that I didn't make this thread specifically for me, so if anyone else has made some cool environments/ battle scenes that they haven't put up, I encourage you to post them here.

It'd be interesting to see everyone's unique environments. I was going to try and do an arctic one next, and I thought of different ways to try and depict characters frozen in ice. Any ideas?