# Travelers From An Antique Land **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** medieval, texturing, fantasy, lighting\ **Created:** [May 28, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525 "2023-05-28T17:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/gray0ngray/32/915515_2.png) [@gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/u/gray0ngray)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525/1 "2023-05-28T17:48:53Z")
Hello! I haven’t posted anything in a long time. For this project, terrains were created by using Houdini and Gaea. layouting, shading and look-dev were done in Blender and rendered by using Cycles. compositing was done in Photoshop. ![9](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/5/f/c5fa29215fa7ed489fce3a38c519a42273f68aa0.png) ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525/2 "2023-05-28T20:02:46Z")
I’m curious as to why the combination between Houdini & Gaea. As far as I know the two can do all the stuff you’d need for a terrain - basic layout, complex noise, erosion, and texturing. ---
**Author:** ![gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/gray0ngray/32/915515_2.png) [@gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/u/gray0ngray)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525/3 "2023-05-28T20:35:52Z")
Gaea was used to create the basic terrain, however, it cannot add any verticle features. So I used Houdini to add those elements as well as erosion.Then used Solaris to do the layouting. I realized halfway through that if I didn’t do the rendering in Blender, I wouldn’t be able to post this here. So I just imported terrains into Blender and started over. I wouldn’t have used both Gaea and Houdini for the terrain if I hadn’t planned to do the layouting on Solaris. Kinda dumb IK. ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525/4 "2023-05-28T22:37:03Z")
> [@gray0ngray](#): > > it cannot add any verticle features. Could you expand on this a bit? I’m a Houdini guy so I don’t know the limitations of Gaea on certain things. I’m not sure I know what to think about when you say “vertical features” other than really big slopes, but then Houdini also has issues with really extreme slopes, as it works in a top-down projection way. ---
**Author:** ![gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/gray0ngray/32/915515_2.png) [@gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/u/gray0ngray)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525/5 "2023-05-29T10:58:55Z")
I make a selection for all of the vertical areas. After that, I scatter volume over that selection. Then convert to mesh and combine. this is a quick fix. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4\_zeRW6IXxs&ab\_channel=renderBucket](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_zeRW6IXxs&ab_channel=renderBucket) (do this on Houdini) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g\_iB4AiGEI4&t=213s&ab\_channel=CGKnight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_iB4AiGEI4&t=213s&ab_channel=CGKnight) I believe you’ll get a better outcome if you get the selection from the first and use the second to make the cliff. But I haven’t tried it yet. ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525/6 "2023-06-02T07:54:56Z")
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend! > **[Best of Blender Artists: 2023-22](https://www.blendernation.com/2023/06/02/best-of-blender-artists-2023-22/)** > > Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation. ---
**Author:** ![gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/gray0ngray/32/915515_2.png) [@gray0ngray](https://blenderartists.org/u/gray0ngray)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/travelers-from-an-antique-land/1466525/7 "2023-06-03T23:58:21Z")
many thanks @bartv