Tokienesque Elf City

alexhcowley

How about an Elf city, similar to the ones in the Peter Jackson movies? I would suggest structuring it as a series of interlocking components, like the La Piazza set, but releasing each component as a separate product so that the city can be built up over a period of time by those with modestly sized bank accounts.

There are loads of history / fantasy figures, clothing and props out there so there is clearly a market for this kind of thing.

There are also several PAs who are good at this kind of project: Stefan Morrell (Stonemason) and Jack Tomalin spring immediately to mind but there are several others as well.

michellecelebrielle

I too would love this, especially one like Mirkwood, as seen in the second part of The Hobbit. There are a few buildings over at Renderosity that look similar to the Rivendell style (Elrond's):
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-inn-1-0-e1v102-3ds-/36428
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-watermill-1-1-e1v101-3ds-/36953
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-blacksmith-1-1-e1v104-3ds-/37112
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-woodshaper-1-0-e1v105-3ds-/38710
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-dock-1-0-e1v206-3ds-/42712

There's also a beautiful Elven Temple made by Cornucopia3D:
http://www.daz3d.com/elven-temple

And I know it's not the same as Galadriel's Lothlorien, but Elven Tree Home is interesting too:
http://www.daz3d.com/elven-tree-home

alexhcowley

mishwish said:

I too would love this, especially one like Mirkwood, as seen in the second part of The Hobbit. There are a few buildings over at Renderosity that look similar to the Rivendell style (Elrond's):
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-inn-1-0-e1v102-3ds-/36428
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-watermill-1-1-e1v101-3ds-/36953
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-blacksmith-1-1-e1v104-3ds-/37112
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-woodshaper-1-0-e1v105-3ds-/38710
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/elven-village-dock-1-0-e1v206-3ds-/42712

There's also a beautiful Elven Temple made by Cornucopia3D:
http://www.daz3d.com/elven-temple

And I know it's not the same as Galadriel's Lothlorien, but Elven Tree Home is interesting too:
http://www.daz3d.com/elven-tree-home

Thanks for the links. The elven village models are truly beautiful. I also like the Elven Temple but I'm not a fan of the Elven tree home. It was one of first models I bought and, I'm sorry to say, I was somewhat underwhelmed by it. It looks like a lot of imagination went into it at the concept stage but then something went seriously awry on the execution. The tree is very chunky and the textures low resolution and crude.

Steve K

alexhcowley said:

Thanks for the links. The elven village models are truly beautiful. ...

I have a nimber of Meshbox models (creator of the elven village series) and while they render nicely overall, i.e. from an exterior perspective, I've had trouble using them for interior shots. They are clearly intended for that, since many have detailed interors, but in most cases I cannot hide walls, etc. to get nice camera angles (in Carrara). While they are "Poser" versions (usually among several other version choices), I think they were developed for other programs and not fully converted for use in Poser/Carrara animations. IMHO.