Ancient Spaces Blog

So we finally got our long awaited plant software (Treemagik and Plantlife) that we could use to make all the plants we'd need for our scenes. Unfortunately, it turned out that Treemagik, while being able to make a variety of decent looking deciduous trees, is completely unable to make any coniferous ones.

Meanwhile, I got this nice list of trees to be modelled...Malus Fusca, Acer Glabrum, Western Fir, Alpine Fir, Western Yew, Juniper, Alder, Pine, Thuja Plicata, Chamaecyparis Nookatensis, Picea Sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla. And of course most of them are coniferous trees.

So I've been modelling trees all day. I did manage to get a semi-decent looking cedar.

Besides that, it seems that most of the major structures for the Nisga village are done. A few smaller ones still need some moficications though. Here, for example, is a bathhouse frame that is supposed to be covered in hides/blankets. However, it's not known what kind of hides and blankets are supposed to be on it so it's just a frame for now.

I've also finished up a bunch of simple structures this last week, such as a Ganee'e (a fish drying structure) and a simple bridge/boardwalk. Here's a picture of the Ganee'e:

Anyways, back to tree modelling...