EN World City Project: Geography

Conaill · Apr 24, 2003

Hi all!

have a look at KnidVermicious' sketch of citadel island and the two bridges on his Fantasy Architecture thread

He started working on this when we didn't have a bunch of detailed worked out yet, so it's substantially different from what we have on the map right now. But perhaps we can work with hime to incorporate it anyway? What do you all think...

Conaill · Apr 24, 2003

let me just repost his post from the other thread as well:

KnidVermicious said:
Well, when I started there were no pictures of the island. I only knew about the two bridges. Now its bigger, there are more bridges and the city is more defined. This is good. I would rather work from a more complete idea. I'd be happy to start over when things are more solid and I have more time. I wouldn't be getting this version done for several weeks anyway.

I like the way the maps are turning out, and if I get really ambitious I might try to do the whole city. That would take some time, though. I figured that with my time limitations now, it might be better to work on some smaller projects.

Here is a rough of what I have so far. It was only about 40% done in my estimation. To change it to what is planned for Mor's End I would basically have to start over anyway.

Lalato · Apr 24, 2003

That looks amazing!!!

--sam

KnidVermicious · Apr 24, 2003

Hello everyone,

Please don't feel the need to change anything to match the drawing. I would rather have you continue your planning, and when you have a more solid idea I can start again. I'm looking forward to taking some of these detailed maps and turning them into perspective drawings. Unfortunately, I've got a lot of stuff going on in the next month or two so I wouldn't be able to start a major project until June.

If anyone has any small projects, like a specific building or something, I could probably get that done pretty quick.

I am enjoying watching this place take shape.

Conaill · Apr 24, 2003

KnidVermicious said:
If anyone has any small projects, like a specific building or something, I could probably get that done pretty quick.

Hypothetically speaking... if a bunch of elves and gnomes got together and designed a Guild Hourse (tower?) incorporating lots of high tensile strength silk (think tensegrity...), what might such a structure look like?

KnidVermicious · Apr 24, 2003

Are we talking about silk ropes or silk sheets/sails? Or both?

jdavis · Apr 24, 2003

KnidVermicious said:
Hello everyone,

Please don't feel the need to change anything to match the drawing. I would rather have you continue your planning, and when you have a more solid idea I can start again. I'm looking forward to taking some of these detailed maps and turning them into perspective drawings. Unfortunately, I've got a lot of stuff going on in the next month or two so I wouldn't be able to start a major project until June.

If anyone has any small projects, like a specific building or something, I could probably get that done pretty quick.

I am enjoying watching this place take shape.

That looks great. I'm sure all sorts of small projects will pop up, I have at least one that I'd like to see but it will be next week before I can dig back in to Mor's End.

Conaill · Apr 24, 2003

KnidVermicious said:
Are we talking about silk ropes or silk sheets/sails? Or both?

Whatever strikes your fancy. Fisher silk is bloody expensive, so I would guess silk cables would be more likely. Then again, this is the guild building...

Consider it an artistic challenge. Could be anything from a pure tensegrity tower like this one:

to a more spider-web like building. (The former may be a little too angular for the elves, but the latter has some... unpleasant connotations, shall we say?) Either way, it should show off the beauty and properties of the silk.

Conaill · Apr 24, 2003

For those of you who want to start placing specific buildings in the city, I've added a grid to the city map (I used the latest city map I posted because I had it lying around anyway). Hopefully, this is fairly self-explanatory. The a-b-c-d in the top left indicate subdivisions of the squares. For example, North Gate is in G1a. Thora the Witch lives somewhere around L6.

GladiusNP · Apr 25, 2003

This is just a thought regarding the watersilk tower. What if the silk was used to make a bridge between two towers? Sort of works to show off the wealth of the guild, but also prevents anyone from absconding with a few choice peices of silk rope.

Anyway, how durable is silk rope anyway? I once read an article that said if we could weave with spider's webs, a t-shirt made of it would be as protective as kevlar. (I think it was in Scientific American). Is watersilk this tough? I don't know if it should be quite that good - silk armor seems kind of odd.

I like the map. Definitely a good idea to begin tying houses into the city more tightly.

EN World City Project: Geography

Conaill

First Post

Conaill

First Post

Lalato

Adventurer

KnidVermicious

First Post

Conaill

First Post

KnidVermicious

First Post

jdavis

First Post

Conaill

First Post

Conaill

First Post

Attachments

GladiusNP

First Post

Similar Threads