I have been sort of or so to speak secretly working on new tile sets to make the Imperial Buildings look grand and more so like real castles back then. Most of you who come from England or of a British background can tell me if I have hit it or some what come close to what the castles look like back then. This is sort of a personal mod of mine that I was making because playing thru MW and looking at what Bethseda tried to do with the Imperial buildings wasn't all that great. In fact, the actual realism of how castles; i.e royal buildings and interior design of the whole thing was poorly put together or not enough thought was focused on it to make it pop IMO.

So I am going to take on this tedious task of creating a a more royal feel to the Imperial Building Tile Set. On some of the statics I will not include a retex, but more like a much needed accessory to make things look grand. Remember all of those texture packs that I have made in the past? Well I am going to be using a few plus a few touch ups with some of the actual tiles that I have included in my original texture pack. Mosaics are a must. Semi-reflective marble tiles are a absolute must. New clutter....a HUGE must! Why do you ask? Every castle or symbolic royal building has to show off what riches they have!

I have a tall vase already made but I am in a bit of a stand still as to how I want to make this vase look as far as textures are concerned. I have it already textured and as it stands, the design on it is transparent but with golden flowers wrapped around it. Soundly enough, physics won't allow such a vase to be able to hold anything unless it is dried flowers or silk flowers. Here is what I am talking about:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/254304_126673454151607_2126236606_n.jpg
Tall Vase

It looks really cool and all, but as I mentioned above, nothing can be held inside of it.

Moving on.....lol

I have some progress made on the new tile set and some in-game screenies. Here are the names of what I have done so far:

in_impsmall_corner_01
in_impsmall_hall_01
in_impsmall_endcap_01
in_impsmall_3way_01
in_impsmall_4way_01
in_impsmall_stairs_01

I have a semi-basic hallway put together to show you exactly what covers what and so on. The floor/stair runners come in 6 different looks, but with many textures as I come across them. The runners also cover 3 of the in_impsmall_3way_01 statics an are custom made to fit only the in_impsmall_stairs_01. I realize that the first runner makes the hallway I made a little closed in, but the other two runner styles make the the hallways look just right.

Anyways here is what I have done so far:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/643943_126405317511754_362743850_n.jpg
A corner, stairs, three 3way pieces and an endcap.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/374852_126405364178416_1576381785_n.jpg
from a different angle....there was a little sna-fu in the UV mapping of this before I caught it, but I fixed it already so it looks the same.

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384365_126678494151103_115136577_n.jpg
Medium Runner

http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/557745_126678514151101_852570502_n.jpg


http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/21602_126678530817766_2016896165_n.jpg
Slim Runner

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/285734_126678554151097_638495996_n.jpg


http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/30951_126678567484429_502867039_n.jpg
Double Slim Runners

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/521680_126678580817761_1115978647_n.jpg
Don't worry, the runners are in the middle. It's the portal that is misaligned.

Texture pack: Checker Tile Set
Texture used: Checker Floor Tile (Black and White)