Onion Domes

[pyrandon]

Hmm...not sure why, but these all seem very "flat" to me. The colors are nice, but not sensing any dimensionality to them. Perhaps it's just because they are out of context "floating" in white?

[Paul]

An indication of the spire (a shadow or narrowing of a tile pattern) would help a great deal. One photo at the following link shows several dome designs; not all have the ice cream cone swirl:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_dome

[ravells]

They probably look flat because the lighting is directly overhead so the only shadows are at the base? I did a quick 3d model of one to check out how it takes the light at an angle which shows how the spire shadow looks. I might put those shadows in later.



Interesting exercise.

Ravs

[pyrandon]

Yes, those shadows help immensely!

[Chaosmark]

Actually, I hadn't though about adding shadows. I'll probably end up doing that as part of the end map. Thank you muchly.

[ravells]

Have a look at Gameprinter's onion domes (oooh er!) on the challenge thread for this month's challenge, they are really well done.