PavisBuilder - MatthewCole Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Vistas of New Pavis Seminar Sunday 30th July 2023, 11am New Pavis, Prax. Glorantha. This city has been part of our shared imaginings of Glorantha since it was first revealed in 1983, when Chaosium published the boxed set "Pavis, Threshold to Danger". Vistas of New Pavis, my walking tour picture book of New Pavis, that's heading for Jonstown Compendium, on DriveThru RPG, is coming to Continuum 2023 (Leicester, UK. 28th-31st August 2023 https://continuumconvention.co.uk/) on the very PC I'm using for creation! The city is being built lovingly in 3D, rendered with professional tools, and will be published as a collection of photos in a kind of coffee table book: showcasing the city and every street, every temple, and every interesting Vista discovered during my five year stay in New Pavis. An invaluable RPG play aid that will bring the city to life; and you closer to actually paying a visit. I am conducting my seminar on the Sunday morning to show off New Pavis live in full 3D, and give attendees the guided tour, using the University's great big 60 inch TV. A few people will also be able to put on the Virtual Reality headset and finally, fully immerse themselves in Glorantha, among the mean streets. The seminar will be interactive, and New Pavis will be fully live. We will wander the city at will, and see the sights together! You see here a photomontage of excerpts from Vistas of New Pavis. I will also be bringing an example draft of the book on my tablet. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiningbrow Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 This looks awesome! Any way to get this to the rest of the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff R Evil Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Really interested to know how or if you plan to allow use of this in VTTs like roll20 or Foundry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malin Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 The moment this is out I will give you my money, it looks awesome! Quote ☀️Sun County Apologist☀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavisBuilder - MatthewCole Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Hello, and thanks so much for your kind interest! I’m doing my absolute best to make New Pavis in as realistic a way as possible, This includes (but not limited to): proper sun placement; Sky Dome; modelling some people (actually a low detail model for every one of the population figures published by Jeff Richard of Chaosium); as many statues as I can manage; river life; the inside of a few key buildings (e.g. Gimpy’s); wagon tracks and footprints in the dirt, or mud; environmentals such as rain, fog, smoke (watch out for it lazily drifting from the nostrils of the Storm Bull bust! Maybe during holy day rituals it actually jets violently from the God's nose!? Inspired!), fire, water; and much, much more like: as much street art as I can make, or have made. However I can’t make it available live without giving you access directly to my computer, which is why (as often as I can afford to) I bring it to conventions in whatever form I can travel with it to them. The book (Vistas of New Pavis, Jonstown Compendium, this year) will have every view that would be useful or inspiring for gaming in New Pavis, as well as things just added to look at and enjoy. So far, addition to Continuum, it has made it Germany as well to the Kraken and been shown it to the luminaries gathered there from all over the world, including some names you might know: Sandy Petersen, Fabian Küchler, and RuneQuest line editor Jason Durall. Every single one of the wonderful people that has either sat through my seminar, or with me under a shady arch, has not only been superbly encouraging, but also really generous with their advice and their time. Their contributions are valued extremely highly and continue to this day through the private Facebook group I set up some years ago. I’m sorry that only a select few can get access to that; it’s for contributors only. |Here is another preview for you to get a visual update on progress. I do post some on the RuneQuest and Glorantha Fans groups from time to time. Cheers, and again, thanks for your interest! Speed the word, if you would be so kind! Matthew A soldier (he's undergoing a Glorantha-transition, don't worry) in Downtown: Back street by the Storm Bull temple: Front of the Storm Bull temple: View over Riverside: What you are seeing here are works-in-progress, and subject to drastic improvement. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 All we need now is a "Mount and Blade" compatible Prax mod, or equivalent and we could walk around in it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 21 hours ago, Darius West said: All we need now is a "Mount and Blade" compatible Prax mod, or equivalent and we could walk around in it. @PavisBuilder - MatthewCole brought his mini-computer to Continuum last year. While the lights didn't flicker when he plugged it in, due to the enormous strain on the local power supply, he did a presentation of Pavis so far and it was wonderful. He then let people have a go with some VR headsets and I watched them. Reactions included "Wow!", "Oh wow!", "That's amazing!", "Is that the [place], wow" and so on. I didn't have much time when I had my go, as I had a game to run, but I jumped from rooftop to rooftop from Rich Hill all the way down to the river and it was marvellous. Looking up at the walls of the Big Rubble made me dizzy. Standing on a ledge outside someone's window and looking down gave me vertigo. The whole experience was absolutely amazing and I would recommend having a go if you get the chance. Hopefully he can bring it again this year. 3 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiningbrow Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 2/17/2024 at 11:07 PM, Darius West said: All we need now is a "Mount and Blade" compatible Prax mod, or equivalent and we could walk around in it. Or Elder Scrolls (particularly after the Skywind project is completed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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