Landscape

[Neico]

Using the bump map material and the colour map material.

1. Render the model for comtour layers ... beach, low hills, higher hills, etc.
2. Change that render into a set of masks to use in placing image data in Photopaint.
3. The colour file assigned to the Colour map material.
4. Change the colour image to greyscale and invert for the image file to assign to the Bump map material.

[Neico]

From the final model ...

[Timo]

Great work, it's begging for some trees though =)

[zaug]

Nice; is this where you go when things get "hot" in the city?
Interesting workflow, Neico
Could we see wider shot?

[arjo]

Very nice landscape Neil. Very nice water shader too.

[Neico]

Sorry for the slow response folks, and thanks for the comments.

The wider view ... at this stage some kind of moonlight idea. The island is an idea for a larger project so the end play on that will depend on that. For now it is a library item.

The water is a bump material derived from an actual water surface image.

[zaug]

Nice!
I think Timo's suggestion of trees would be good to add interest and also to give a better idea of the size of the island.

[Neico]

Thanks for your suggestions folks,

The scale I have in mind would need at least 50 trees or so. And they would be stunted scrub type ... high wind, almost Arctic latitudes. But the rest of the scene , when it happens, will set the scale.

I realise now I need another shade region for the sea to sand zone. Sea colour is wrong but the above was only a check render.