Tarantia

[Ilanthar]

Thanks Larb!

By Larb
all those as orchards rather than graveyards

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I did add some flowers (red and yellow, in the circles below, and elsewhere in the city).
I also lowered a bit the color of the roofs.

Here's a try about the graveyard. What do you think of it?

[Abu Lafia]

@larb: yeah i guess you're right. I once had a seminar in University on funeral-rites in cross-cultural (-religious) perspective, and i somewhat miss-projected the dimensions of the pretty impressive "funeral-economies" in ancient cities like rome on the medieval Frankfurt

@ilanthar: It looks very good! I wasn't aware, that you planned to put the graveyard in this area, but it fits very well there. It reminds me of the "Camposanto-type"graveyards i stumbled upon while browsing yesterday. Their architectural style influenced a lot of new build graveyards north of the alpes at the time (16. century), for example the Stadtgottesacker in Halle.

[Ilanthar]

Yes, I've more in mind a north europe kind of cemetery with grass and trees.

I'm doing a lot of tests right now (and not really knowing what I'm doing probably ), so your reactions and tips are precious.
Here's a test about marquees (correct?) around the biggest market place.


I may try to see if I can add a fountain or statues...

[Ilanthar]

A quick test of a fountain, same place.

[Ilanthar]

Still not sure about those "marquees"... Too big maybe.
Here's the full graveyard.

[J.Edward]

About the marquees - yes, relative to the buildings, the marquees might be too big.
That is sometimes why I don't include some features in cities because in scale they become quite small to portray.
Here's a quick sketch of what I am thinking the scale and dimensions might be.


edit - I meant to say I like the graveyards.

[Ilanthar]

Yeah... In fact, I found the squares just too "blank" and thought it would be a good idea. But I completely agree with you on the scale. Any idea to add things on those big squares?

Btw, your (good) example has been made in the front of a the major Temple of the city !

[a.coldyham]

I think it's worth leaving the marquees in if you can't find anything else, they do look quite nice

[J.Edward]

You can still do the marquees coming off the buildings, I would just scale them back a bit.
Then you could do some freestanding tents and things out in the middle of the square. Maybe some little tables.
That's just real quick and rough but maybe like that.
I didn't take the time to fill the whole square but you get the idea.

Hey, there are stories about selling things in front of temples.

[Abu Lafia]

The graveyard with the mausulea looks very good! The marketplace with the fountain and the subtle coloured marquees is looking very lively. I have to agree with j. edward on the scale, but i think you'll find a good solution. Keep up the good work! It's always nice to see Tarantia progress...