A few words about this project:
Using Levels.
Using multiple levels can be very helpful, not only for separating floors, but also for making projects easy to organise.
In this project I use 8 levels.
The ground
Using a dedicated Ground level might seem unnecessary since a texturable ground is automatically provided,
but here is one good reason for defining your own Ground Level and use a dedicated ground object:
In nature, objects are often sticking up from the ground rather than just lying on the surface. Using my own ground, like a flat terrain or a plane created from a box,
I can place an object on a level beneath the Ground Level so it appears to be lying “into†the ground, and not only “on top of†the ground.
Terrains
There are several inexpensive or even free 3D-apps that can generate 3D terrains from height maps, and hand crafted height maps can easily be painted in Photoshop or Gimp.
A height map will typically use black as zero level, and then rise the terrain relative to the whiteness of the greyscale with absolute white producing the highest level.
I wanted my mountain to have an unnatural form – sharp and edgy, as if it belonged to another world. Here is how I created it.
The interiors
This is the floor plan:
And here are some shots of the main hall.
More detailed renders will follow
Cec
