AoM: Ginnon Valley(assembled)

[dathil]

 

The training camp has been expanded again, for the governor decided the horse training would be moved here as well. The horses will be trained to overcome their fears, like dogs, and knights can come to practice here with their lances

.. and here is the complete assembly of the Ginnon Valley training camps:

I built the tower first, and some people thought the rocks were a bit bare, and some vegetation would be nice. Then the idea rose to create an archery range next to the tower, which could 'connect' to the rock where the tower was built on.

I tried some tree design there as well, though I am not too happy with it (stability is too bad, alas) I found some tan bricks as well, and came with the idea to make straw bales to catch arrows gone wild.

Then lastly I added the horsegrounds, for I was playing with a horse when I came up with the dog-scaring-the-horse-scene, which I quite liked. The idea of the tan sand is that its trampled all the time, which serves as an excuse not to add texture, as i do not own much tan except for the tan being in a WiP right now:O

Main reason to build this was to get started on the tower phase 2, for which I can now make a big build (if I would put the big build as phase one, I couldnt surpass myself anymore xD) The stable was a bit rushed, but I wanted to finish it before the weekend because I would be gone for a while, and now I can immediatly start on my new project :)

 

 

[TitusV]

A very neat vally you've got there! My favoured build must still be the tower (the rockwork is sooo good man!)

As for the horse training: though the ground feels a bit bare, the pitchfork-with-helmett looks lovely!  

[The Maestro]

Nice,  I agree with Titus, the tower has to be my favorite part too, the wooden is great and the skull is even better  Great foliage as well.

[soccerkid6]

Nice expansion to your previous builds If you could get some larger sheets of paper, or even a cloth background, that would help your build presentation and make it easier to fit the complete model in a picture

[Henjin_Quilones]

It looks good all put together, dathil! My one complaint is that the horse area is so comparatively plain, and meets the rest at a straight line. A more natural transition between the sections, as well as some detailing on the ground, would improve it. The ground detailing need not be merely tan, as you seem to be short on it, as you say, but just something to add a bit of color, or debris in a corner, or plants overgrowing it in one section. In fact, the path from the archery area joining up to the horse area, with a few pebbles from the path in the tan section, would have connected them more naturally and allowed you to have the detailing that that area deserves.