Darkmod: Inspiration thread

[freyk 391]

Nice one.

Dont break your legs.

[Aosys 224]

Wrong era, but talk about loot...

 

[lowenz 500]

Vampyr is now out, I am not a fan of third-person combat from a developer whose past history is bad teenager drama and a game I can't seem to recall right now, but I sure do like victorian london settings! Unfortunately, 50 dollars is too high of an admission ticket to just gawk at architectural pieces, so I'll just settle for the concept art from the game:

 

 

 

 

 

It's a good game.....not awesome but good. Dialogues are very good, LOTR War in the North/Shadow of Mordor style

Level design is Thi4f / Dishonored inspired (and characters too)

Gameplay is Witcher inspired (and bosses are frustrating hard)

Music is haunting, being Arcanum (YES, that Arcanum!) inspired

Story is a bit convoluted, sometimes rushing too much.

Edited July 15, 2018 by lowenz

[Snehk 74]

Uploading these pics in a new post, so they won't get buried without bumping the thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2018 by Snehk

[MirceaKitsune 162]

I recently saw this video someone shared on Twitter:

 

https://www.facebook.com/GLOBALinformers/videos/658135374563127

 

I did not know steampunk fans existed, nor that candle-powered fans would legitimately work to begin with! In any case this is a great asset TDM could consider adding

[Obsttorte 1440]

Definetely cool. Although I am not sure whether one could call it a steampunk fan, as there does not seem to be any steam involved (actually I am not sure how this thing works in detail).

[peter_spy 1355]

That looks cool. The video shows some kind of piston, so that might be a kind of minature combustion engine there? Definitely steampunkish, and even if it doesn't work that way, there's no problem for imaginative modeler to make it look more steampunk

[rich_is_bored 281]

It's probably a stirling engine. This looks like a good video to explain how it works...

 

[Obsttorte 1440]

Surprisingly simple and elegant.

 

 

I've heard about stirling engines before, but never took a closer look at how they work. Thanks for the video.

[MirceaKitsune 162]

I just now remembered I've seen something similar before, didn't make that connection. Stirling engines of various sorts are a decoration we could very well introduce to TDM.

 

And yes: When I said steampunk fan, I didn't mean a fan powered by steam... just a steampunk era fan

[Obsttorte 1440]

I know. I just wanted to play the wise guy

[Obsttorte 1440]

BTW: https://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stirling+engine&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Astirling+engine

[peter_spy 1355]

Nice catch, those closeup shots will be useful.

 

Btw. I'm making a furniture set right now, and I stumbled upon this page: https://www.havertys.com/furniture check out their tables, beds, cabinets, or bookcases, IMO they're pretty good reference material for modeling.

[Snehk 74]

Digging through my old stuff, I found some photos from Wieliczka salt mines. I wasn't a really good photographer back then, so there are some imperfections on these.

 

 

 

[ERH+ 645]

There was a firearm project for TDM guards, but looks like an airgun have some advantages compared especially to muzzle loaders:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCoUWJHhDZ0

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dZLeEUE940

Edited July 27, 2018 by ERH+

[Dragofer 963]

An idyllic small manor enclosed by a moat, a little more emphasis on the vertical dimension in the small space available. It'd be suitable as someone's first map.

 

[ERH+ 645]

But be aware of traps that comes with this kind of map - my Crystal Grave was hard to visportal, the structure have to be quite enclosed looking from afar.

[NeonsStyle 484]

delete me

Edited August 2, 2018 by NeonsStyle

[NeonsStyle 484]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellworn/comments/8yh83h/these_medieval_steps/

 

 

Just think of the millions of people and stories that have walked those steps. It's also interesting the step wear is

greater than the water wear from the gutter on the right.

[Bikerdude 3737]

So randomly whizzing around London in G-maps and found this, a perfect example of a cobbled and paved street, notice how the change in direction of the cobbles is done - perfect use in TDM. And there there is the curbstones and pavers.both of which are sorely needed in the mod -

 

Edited August 5, 2018 by Bikerdude

[Aosys 224]

 

A map of Bridgeport that looked like this would be amazing

[Dragofer 963]

How about this kind of optic for our steambots?

 

Steam Walker by Keithwormwood

[Obsttorte 1440]

This looks like a war machine, not like something a noble would like to have stumbling around in his garden And I would tend to put it into the Dieselpunk category opposed to Steampunk. But the transitions are fluid, so this is just my point of view.

[Dragofer 963]

This looks like a war machine

 

This is true, that's what this one was designed to be. My thought was that several of its stylistic elements may be suitable for our own concept, such as the colour scheme, the smokestacks, the use of cylindrical structures. Perhaps we'd even get fairly close to a usable design if we took out the middle segment of the bot and thought up a new design for the legs.

[NeonsStyle 484]

Cool designs.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebQU7GipJcA