[RELz] High Fane Remodel

stijmunkey, can I please request that you put something else as the music for your videos? Something more like the original Morrowind soundtrack? Perhaps it is a difference of tastes, but I can't take the video seriously with that music in the background.

And, per eloth's request, I added entrances to Halls of Wisdom and Justice. Please let me know if you think the addition looks decent, and what you think would need changing.
 

Progress after a long while.

Twisted, I saw that too when I was looking for references to my model. It's a strange feeling.

 

Experimenting with towers.

So, based on the conclusion that the first shot is the favourite, some improvements done today.

Ghalitthegreat - you actually posted a very good source of inspiration, Gaudi was a master of using interesting, smooth shapes, I should take a look at his work to get some inspiration for the Palace of Vivec :)

And for the standards - Vivec city is, as far as I know, an exception to the clan rule - it does not beling to any of the great houses. (Is that correct?)

Iniquity is right, I will model them separately. While I agree that adding banners is for level designers, they simply don't have any banner models for use ATM, so I see no harm in adding them in my model, texturing them, and then splitting them up to separate models.

As promised to eloth - a (late) update on the work done on High Fane - UV mapping. There is nothing really to see here yet, I am just getting the general UV map done and using the existing Vivec textures for reference. I thought UV mapping was a strength for me, apparently that is not the case, since it took me 3 hours just to complete the meager amount shown on the screenshot :|

Ravanna - what textures are we talking about? I am using the textures that eloth sent me about 6 days ago, I'm assuming they are up to date. They seem quite limited though and very dark, I would be happy to get any existing assets I can get.

Smerk - I think UV mapping in Blender is easier than ever since 2.6, with all the align/straighten and island/face/edge select tools available in the UV window. It is just that I have not UV mapped a serious scale model for 3 years, and my skills there need a lot of refreshing.

Progress update. I have tried really hard not to leave any seams visible, and failed to do so next to the vertical curve of the top balcony. So my question is - can I assume that a level designer will hide that flaw with a flag or banner of some sort, or should I redo the UVs of that surface completely? (because any modification I do to the UVs made so far will destroy the existing tiling)