Mordor Terrain

[Tyranystrasz]

It makes sense geologically (as Eyjafjallajökull showed us 200mi is a laughable distance for volcano ash, not even including wind and water) and produces some great visuals.
I like the idea - even if it's just for a part of Nurn (like the Noth-West shore as the "Black Beaches")

Minas Tirith is like at 100 miles

 

[SKy_the_Thunder]

Minas Tirith is like at 100 miles

Yes. It is also separated from the volcanic wasteland by a (pretty much) solid wall of rock. The only way surface winds or water could exit the plateau of Gorgoroth would be the opening to the South-East - into Nurn.

 

[RubenPieterMark]

It makes sense geologically (as Eyjafjallajökull showed us 200mi is a laughable distance for volcano ash, not even including wind and water) and produces some great visuals.
I like the idea - even if it's just for a part of Nurn (like the Noth-West shore as the "Black Beaches")

true, true

 

[Tyranystrasz]

Yes. It is also separated from the volcanic wasteland by a (pretty much) solid wall of rock. The only way surface winds or water could exit the plateau of Gorgoroth would be the opening to the South-East - into Nurn.

mount dom is higher of the mountains near it, the ash would fly above the mountains very easilly

 

[SKy_the_Thunder]

mount dom is higher of the mountains near it, the ash would fly above the mountains very easilly

Some ash rains here and there of course. However if you consider possible (general) winds like the see breeze from Ethir Anduin and the wind streaming back from the valley of Rohan (from the winds caught against the Misty Mountains) pushing against the ash clouds and the Ephel Dúath you can come up with a logical explanation why the White City isn't blackened yet.
[Disclaimer: I have no idea if such wind systems would actually exist if Middle Earth was a real place, but from my amateur knowledge they don't sound illogical.]

 

[bender400]

I don't have much to say about the volcanic sand, but that it seems interesting, and another example of lore vs. realism.

@Tyranystrasz is there any other particular terrain textures that you want or need? The sooner you can answer, the sooner I can make 'em.

 

[Tyranystrasz]

I don't have much to say about the volcanic sand, but that it seems interesting, and another example of lore vs. realism.

@Tyranystrasz is there any other particular terrain textures that you want or need? The sooner you can answer, the sooner I can make 'em.

something for gorgoroth, something like dirt, i tried to used our dirt already but it looks pretty bad.

 

[bender400]

Gotcha, texture on it's way

 

[bender400]

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Done, and here is the texture also if you want to experiment:

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I just threw it on white stained clay for now, not sure if you want it on anything in particular.

 

[bender400]

thoughts @Tyranystrasz ?

 

[Tyranystrasz]

thoughts @Tyranystrasz ?

Me and mr credo fish are working on the terrain, i'll let you know if any twxture is missing, maybe a scattered grass for nurn borders could be nice

 

[Tyranystrasz]

Another update from the terrain team. Even if we are far away from reach the end of our work we do have some new stuff.

 

[Finrod_Amandil]

Remember the time when I wrote an 11-post long guide on an as realistic as possible guide for the misties? Could you please stop making my work look so bad compared to this?

 

[Tyranystrasz]

Remember the time when I wrote an 11-post long guide on an as realistic as possible guide for the misties? Could you please stop making my work look so bad compared to this?

loool, well not every mountain has this quality yet unfortunately , there are plenty of areas that are still pretty bad in mordor