Got a Roman Mosaic made!

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

A fantastic game BTW! I managed to conquer every single province. I think theres 100 in all.

pfft, i did that with the scipii

and i beat the game with the britons

and the seleucids (egypt isn't all that hard to beat when they don't have any armies... bribery is far too powerful in that game)

and the greeks

Pfft, you're still playing the Vanilla version.

Rome: Total War with the Rome: Total Realism mod is 10x better. I wouldn't even consider playing vanilla now.

What does the Total Realism mod do?

http://www.rometotalrealism.org/

Don't go to the .com... fake site.

Rome: Total Realism is dedicated to fixing all the historical inaccuracies that exist in the vanilla game. They've changed stats, deleted units, added units, added factions, deleted some factions, added cities, expanded the map (you even fight some Indian rebels in the east), reskinned almost every unit to be more historically accurate. It is a lot more fun. Because of the stat changes the battles are a lot more fun as well, with units responding and moving more correctly.

The campaign map is a lot different. You have to convert culture before you can recruit your own units. So when you capture an enemy city you can't recruit anything at first. Then when you build some low level barracks, you can recruit the local troops (say, Gallic Warbands if it is a Gallic city). Then, eventually, you can recruit your own troops but this requires about 20 turns of building representing how long it takes to change a town to your own culture and get some of your own citizens there.

I can't reccomend this mod enough. Currently it doesn't work with the expansion. They are working on 7.0 though and have been since Christmas, so it should be out soon (hopefully... they won't give a timetable). In 7.0 the map will be bigger and they will include scripting. You know all those events that happen, like "hand pump invented" that you tend to ignore? Now they'll actually do something. Civil wars will start, hannibal will invade Rome, and inventions will have an effect on the game.

I say again, I can't reccomend this mod enough

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

A fantastic game BTW! I managed to conquer every single province. I think theres 100 in all.

pfft, i did that with the scipii

and i beat the game with the britons

and the seleucids (egypt isn't all that hard to beat when they don't have any armies... bribery is far too powerful in that game)

and the greeks

Pfft, you're still playing the Vanilla version.

Rome: Total War with the Rome: Total Realism mod is 10x better. I wouldn't even consider playing vanilla now.

What does the Total Realism mod do?

http://www.rometotalrealism.org/

Don't go to the .com... fake site.

Rome: Total Realism is dedicated to fixing all the historical inaccuracies that exist in the vanilla game. They've changed stats, deleted units, added units, added factions, deleted some factions, added cities, expanded the map (you even fight some Indian rebels in the east), reskinned almost every unit to be more historically accurate. It is a lot more fun. Because of the stat changes the battles are a lot more fun as well, with units responding and moving more correctly.

The campaign map is a lot different. You have to convert culture before you can recruit your own units. So when you capture an enemy city you can't recruit anything at first. Then when you build some low level barracks, you can recruit the local troops (say, Gallic Warbands if it is a Gallic city). Then, eventually, you can recruit your own troops but this requires about 20 turns of building representing how long it takes to change a town to your own culture and get some of your own citizens there.

I can't reccomend this mod enough. Currently it doesn't work with the expansion. They are working on 7.0 though and have been since Christmas, so it should be out soon (hopefully... they won't give a timetable). In 7.0 the map will be bigger and they will include scripting. You know all those events that happen, like "hand pump invented" that you tend to ignore? Now they'll actually do something. Civil wars will start, hannibal will invade Rome, and inventions will have an effect on the game.

I say again, I can't reccomend this mod enough

Holy crap does that sound sweet! I love this game but its such a time hole. I'll have to play the mod later in the year when I get some more time.

 

[PhaZe]

Can we see some progress pics?

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: PhaZe
Can we see some progress pics?

theyre in the OP.

 

[Baked]

Meh.

 

[edro]

That's badass!

 

[gopunk]

approx. price range?

 

[loup garou]

Pics of the whole room?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Sweet. I know someone who wants to get one done. He has a domed entrance with a round skylight in the front of his house. He wants to to put a cirlce mosiac where the light hits dead center on the floor. They quoted him $2500.00, and it wasnt that big. :shocked:

Very nice btw.


PS. Did you watch the show on the History Channel where some Roman mosiacs where found in this city that was to be flooded to make way for a dam? It was beautiful.

 

[TySnyder]

My Dad does some pretty nice mosaic work. If your interested his website is Designerglassmosaics.com

His work is very intricate. Some of the works he creates are absolutely amazing.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Vinfinite
cool but could be a lot cooler

Agree. I have seen better mosaics on both modern and ancient buildings..

 

[Googer]

http://www.show.me.uk/dbimages/chunked_image/medusa.jpg

http://www.ancestral.co.uk/pics/Mosaic.jpg

 

[edro]

Price?!?!

Just give us a ballpark.

 

[Linflas]

Very nice. I would love to have something like that for my basement when I get around to finishing it.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: edro
Price?!?!

Just give us a ballpark.

A little over $1000, but its also with the gold squares and gold leafing on the border. Also included shipping.

I will take pictures of it in the room once I get it tomorrow. I highly recommend the artist I worked with if you want to visit her website at http://minervamosaics.com/

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: TechnoPro
Very nice! What was the damage?

Not cheap. But then again its also about 20x24.

Heres the webpage of the artist that did it. Highly recommend her. A pleasure to work with, and I can't wait to get the piece later this week

The Artist

You got a Mosaic AND a piece!?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Vinfinite
cool but could be a lot cooler

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: TechnoPro
Very nice! What was the damage?

Not cheap. But then again its also about 20x24.

Heres the webpage of the artist that did it. Highly recommend her. A pleasure to work with, and I can't wait to get the piece later this week

The Artist

You got a Mosaic AND a piece!?

LOL No We worked together over the web.