The Black Road 2.0 Spells/Terrain/Artwork

[FatherTime]

Here are some screen shots and artwork from The Black Road 2.0.

_ - = SPELLS = - _


The Spartan Warrior 'charges' to the front lines in battle.



The Hydromancer casting 'Freezing Field.'



A Priestess drops the 'Hand of God' into the mix.



The Bokor gets some assistance from the spirit world via 'Grave Dance.'



A Pyromancer heats things up.



A Dryad calls down rain to soother her allies and lightning to punish her foes.



_ - = TERRAIN = - _


The Parthenon in Athens.



A view of Corinth.



Sparta from the port.



A simple Greek farm.



The titan Themus in the farm he claimed for his own.



A path through the woods.



A similar path through similar woods.



The waterfall on the island of Crete.



A river on the island.



Greek mythology tells the story of the Sirens, whose beautiful songs lured boats of men onto the rocks where they were quickly shipwrecked.



This man needs your help. Talk to him and find out with what.



Petting this kitty may be detrimental to your long-term health.



Gaea stands vigilante over her domain.



The restless dead patrol these parts.



And call places like these 'home.'



The last obstacle the heroes must face lies somewhere within this Frozen Citadel.



_ - = Artwork = - _


We were lucky enough to have CrazyRussian work on our project. He produced some of the greatest icons ever seen just for us!


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[Crazyrussian]

Yeah, here are the latest.

[Nuclear Arbitor]

i don't think Sparta had a port, are you taking artistic license?

[Chukie1188]

Originally Posted by Nuclear Arbitor

i don't think Sparta had a port, are you taking artistic license?

The City State of Sparta was located on a peninsula and the capital city of Sparte located on a major river. The City State had numerous ports and the capital city laid on the Eurotas River. Historically, it was used as a transportation route by the Ancient Spartans as an alternative to their port at Gytheio.

The spartan navy was even at the height of its power more formidable a force than the traditional Greek naval power of Athens.

TL;DR: Yes Sparta had a port :P

[wraithseeker]

I would like to know what object did you base those palm trees off and where did you get them?

[Nuclear Arbitor]

you are correct, I'm very sure my problem was that I'd never seen it on a map with rivers.

[Fledermaus]

Originally Posted by wraithseeker

I would like to know what object did you base those palm trees off and where did you get them?

Idk if it's on wc3c anywhere but it is here http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/r...ist%26page%3D2

[Michael Peppers]

[NITPICKER MODE]

Originally Posted by Main Thread

Greek mythology tells the story of the Sirens, whose beautiful songs lured boats of men onto the rocks where they were quickly shipwrecked.

Did you know that Greek Sirens were like harpies (half-bird, half-women)?

Just to be sure about my statement I checked Wikipedia and I found that confirmed.

(However Wikipedia also says this:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

The sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaid-like

but the sirens of classic Greece (and so of Sparta, Corinth, Athens, Crete etc.) are the birdy ones...)

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Anyway, after seeing this thread, I'm sure this is a quality work. Congratulations and go on this way!

[Kwah]

I don't know why, but that floating text really appeals to me.

[A Dreamer]

well some things seemed very off-greek mythology.. I hope your main source is not Age of Mythology cause the story there is a complete lie that just involves several irelevant names and events of greek mythology in one story.. What i mean is that usually when games or movies getting involved with greek mythology they completely exploit the events and the persons.. they even sometimes relate persons from different stories that according to the original stories they never met each other... So you have to be very carefull and that requires a lot of search!!

I am greek and generaly i'm not a fanatic nationalist.. In fact sometimes with how things are here i get really sick of this country.. But things like mythology exploitation is really annoying...

I didn't say that you have done something wrong yet cause i haven't seen the "final product"..
this was just a warning that i hope you'll keep in mind.

[FatherTime]

As with any 'mythology' there is room for artistic license. If it was all based on fact it would be called 'fact' and not 'mythology.' But we stick pretty close to the accepted mythos as much as we can but sometimes we have to fudge things a little to make them work in game context.

However, I can tell you definitively that we did not Age of Mythology as source material... though I would love to have some of their models.

Also, any trees/doodads/ect that you see all came from the Ultimate Terraining Map. I use it a lot to check how tiles will look with certain doodads and since those palm trees looked awesome in a 'Sunken Ruins' type environment I snatched them up.

[lom109]

GOOD JOB :)

I dont care much about the facts, since after-all, pyromancers... dryad... come on.

Loving it :) Thanks FatherTime !
Hope it comes out soon =P