Dominions 3. wallpapers & logos

[DominionsFan]

Here is the list of the wallpapers what I've made for Dominions 3. so far:


1. Ulm 1280x1024 v1.0
2. Ermor 1280x1024 v1.0
3. Abysia 1280x1024 v1.0
4. Pangaea 1280x1024 v1.1
6. Pythium 1280x1024 v1.0 < NEW!


From now on, all wallpapers will be placed here. It would be hard for the members to search through the whole forum to find the various wallpapers.

Ulm 1280x1024 v1.0

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7812/ulm1280v1dpz1.jpg




Ermor 1280x1024 v1.0

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5265/ermor1280v15iq7.jpg




Abysia 1280x1024 v1.0

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6726/abysia1280v1euc3.jpg



Pangaea 1280x1024 v1.1 [fixed a typo what was in v1.0]

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9427/pangeav1fie5.jpg



Pythium 1280x1024 v1.0

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/3989/pythiumv1jyt4.jpg

[Agrajag]

I agree, Ermor is definitely the coolest http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DominionsFan]

Agrajag said:
I agree, Ermor is definitely the coolest http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Indeed! I will try to make some decent 1280x1024 wallpaper for our beloved Doms 3. nation. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
That will take some time, but I won't be lazy.

[DominionsFan]

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[Nerfix]

Neat! One alternative phrase for Ulm could be "Ferro Credimus" which roughly means "In Iron We Trust" in latin. It was used by the Cybernations alliance I was in and the alliance was called...IRON. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[DominionsFan]

Ulm wallpaper was updated with 2 semi-transparent knights.

[Nerfix]

Cool stuff.

[Daynarr]

Nice work.

[Johan K]

Nice. I'm glad to get rid of my old boring brown background.

[Agrajag]

1024*768 is inferior to 1280*1024 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DominionsFan]

Agrajag said:
1024*768 is inferior to 1280*1024 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Eh yes. I've made the wallpaper on my laptop, and it was easier to make it 1024x768 on that. That is why its not 1280++.
I might make a bigger version on my main comp. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Johan - I am glad that you like it.
I still plan some updates on the Ulm wallpaper, after that I want to make a wallpaper for Ermor and Abysia. All the other nations will have one later on hopefully, but I want to make these wallpapers first, because these 3 are my favourite nations in the game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DominionsFan]

Ulm wallpaper version 1c is out. The graphical errors were fixed. The image above has been replaced with the new one.



Also here is the 1280x960 version of the Ulm wallpaper. [version 1c] ->

Ulm wallpaper 1280x960 version 1c (http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3249/ulm1280v1ckr4.jpg)

[Frostmourne27]

If it's not too much to ask... Could we have some big versions (like, maybe, 1600x1200)?

[DominionsFan]

Frostmourne27 said:
If it's not too much to ask... Could we have some big versions (like, maybe, 1600x1200)?



I will try to resize the image and adjust some effects so it won't loose from the quality.
I've made a big mistake. I haven't saved my work while I was working with the image, so all I have now is the vanilla 1024x768 image. Starting from the beginning to make a 1600x1200 image would require lot of time.
When Im gonna start to work on the Ermor wallpaper I will save the image more times while Im working on it, so I will be able to make other wallpaper sizes without a quality loss later on.

[DominionsFan]

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[Amos]

DominionsFan could you post the Ulms knights on a pure black background so I could try to convert them into sprites?

[DominionsFan]

Amos said:
DominionsFan could you post the Ulms knights on a pure black background so I could try to convert them into sprites?



You are lucky, the image was sitting in my recycle bin. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Here you go:

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7799/knightattsck2jx8.jpg

[Agrajag]

COOL

(refering to the 1280*1024 Ermor picture)

[Amos]

Tnx

[DominionsFan]

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[Gandalf Parker]

You know that technically this is Dominions 3. I dont know why they did that but thats the official name. OF course you can put iii if you want to

[Nerfix]

"III" looks far more civilized. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DominionsFan]

Gandalf Parker said:
You know that technically this is Dominions 3. I dont know why they did that but thats the official name. OF course you can put iii if you want to



Hehe, well I decided to use both style on the different wallpapers. [Dominions 3. & Dominions III.]


The Abysia wallpaper has been updated slightly. [I've just made it a bit brighter, because the background was a bit too dark.]


Btw the Ulm wallpaper will be updated today once again. I will add some background borders or just a simple borders, also there will be a 1280x1024 version for it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DominionsFan]

Ok, all wallpapers can be found in post #1 from now on.
I've also deleted 3 of my replies, because they became obsolete after these changes.

The Ulm wallpaper is now 1280x1024 and updated with borders. Enjoy!

[Agrajag]

So, DominionsFan, what software are you using to make those?

[Nerfix]

Agrajag said:
So, DominionsFan, what software are you using to make those?

Hmm, my money is on Photoshop. Some of the effects look like ones you can get from Photoshop.

And where is the "That looks shopped. I can tell it by few pixels and my years of experience" meme pic when I need it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Agrajag]

I thought so too. I was wondering how good is DominionsFan in photoshop (I have quite a stupid question to ask in photoshop, but you'd need to be really good to answer it)

[DominionsFan]

I am using Adobe Photoshop CS2 & Corel Graphics Suite X3. These softwares are not cheap, but they are excellent. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[DominionsFan]

The Pangea 1280x1024 wallpaper is ready to sit on your desktop. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif
You can find the wallpaper image in the first post.
Enjoy! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Endoperez]

DominionsFan said:
The Pangea 1280x1024 wallpaper is ready to sit on your desktop. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif
You can find the wallpaper image in the first post.
Enjoy! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif



Psst! Pang<font color="purple">a</font>ea! You should be thinking of that supercontinent that broke down on Mesozoic Era, not pancreas!

[DominionsFan]

Endoperez said:

DominionsFan said:
The Pangea 1280x1024 wallpaper is ready to sit on your desktop. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif
You can find the wallpaper image in the first post.
Enjoy! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif



Psst! Pang<font color="purple">a</font>ea!




Argh........gotta edit the image. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif

[DominionsFan]

Ok I've fixed the typo, thx Endo that you discovered it so quickly.
I've just removed the v1.0 Pangaea wallpaper, and added the new &amp; fixed version. [v1.1]
You can find it in the first post of course.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[WraithLord]

Just discovered this thread...

I've got to tell you your wallpapers are beautiful.

I will use pangaea as my wallpaper http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And if there was single one nation I'd have liked for a wallpaper it would have been Pythium. Hope you might one day use your talents to make one.

[DominionsFan]

WraithLord said:
Just discovered this thread...

I've got to tell you your wallpapers are beautiful.

I will use pangaea as my wallpaper http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And if there was single one nation I'd have liked for a wallpaper it would have been Pythium. Hope you might one day use your talents to make one.



I might make a Pythium wallpaper next. Today I won't have any time however, so I will work on it on the next week. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[WraithLord]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Yohooo http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

10x!

[DominionsFan]

Okay I've had some time after midnight, and managed to make a Pythium wallpaper in ~80 mins. Usually I make a wallpaper in ~1 hour. I might make some minor changes to this wallpaper, but I am unsure at the moment. I still have some ideas to upgrade it a bit.
The image can be found in my first post, as usual.
Enjoy! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[ioticus]

Suggestion: drop the period after the 3.

[WraithLord]

DominionsFan said:
Okay I've had some time after midnight, and managed to make a Pythium wallpaper in ~80 mins. Usually I make a wallpaper in ~1 hour. I might make some minor changes to this wallpaper, but I am unsure at the moment. I still have some ideas to upgrade it a bit.
The image can be found in my first post, as usual.
Enjoy! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif



Awesome!

*Pangaea wallpaper out, Pythium walpaper in*

[DominionsFan]

ioticus said:
Suggestion: drop the period after the 3.




Hm....I shall see, I might do that actually.



WraithLord said:


Awesome!

*Pangaea wallpaper out, Pythium walpaper in*



Check this softwate out:

AutoWallpaper (http://www.arsoftware.co.uk/productDisplay.asp?id=102)

One of its features:

Automatically cycle your wallpapers on startup, on program exit, every few minutes (up to 4 hours).

You can use all of the Doms 3. wallpapers if you want, this software will change them at specific times/startup/exit. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Horst F. JENS]

awesome. congratulation.

[Boron]

Nice wallpapers, especially the Ermor one.
Maybe you could make a parody wallpaper with Skeletor for ermor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[DominionsFan]

Boron said:
Nice wallpapers, especially the Ermor one.
Maybe you could make a parody wallpaper with Skeletor for ermor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif



Hehe. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Yeah good idea. Btw I guess my next wallpaper won't have nation theme, but a vanilla wallpaper for Dominions 3. Hopefully I can start to work on it today night.

[coobe]

nice ! im using the Ulm background at the moment. Thanks a lot!

btw 1st post http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DominionsFan]

coobe said:
nice ! im using the Ulm background at the moment. Thanks a lot!

btw 1st post http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Welcome on the forum, and I'm glad that you like these wallpapers. Keep visiting the thread, I will surely make other wallpapers also for our beloved game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Thilock_Dominus]

The Ermor wallpaper. Try making the flying skeleton man with the scrythe transparent around the edge, perhaps blend it more into the background. And adding mists to the guys to the left will give it a more ghostly look http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[DominionsFan]

Thilock_Dominus said:
The Ermor wallpaper. Try making the flying skeleton man with the scrythe transparent around the edge, perhaps blend it more into the background. And adding mists to the guys to the left will give it a more ghostly look http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



I don't get it, what do you mean on "transparent around the edge"? The model is blended into the background. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[Thilock_Dominus]

At this moment it looks to much cut/paste, if you take the Skeleton with scrythe layer and set the the visble around %80 plus taking the edge of the skeleton with scrythe with a ereaser which are set to fade. It will get a more ghostly touch.

[DominionsFan]

Thilock_Dominus said:
At this moment it looks to much cut/paste, if you take the Skeleton with scrythe layer and set the the visble around %80 plus taking the edge of the skeleton with scrythe with a ereaser which are set to fade. It will get a more ghostly touch.




Ah now I understand it. Well I was thinking about smoothing the edges of that part of the image, but I decided not to. Why? Simply because basically no one would "play" with the image like that. This is a wallpaper, so the people won't adjust the [layer] brightness.

[WraithLord]

Are there more of these beauties coming?

[DominionsFan]

WraithLord said:
Are there more of these beauties coming?



Yeah of course, but I had like zero time to make wallpapers in these days. I've just started to work on my first Doms 3. map, and it takes a lot of time sadly. Once its done I will make new wallpapers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[coobe]

good news, cant wait for the next one!

[WraithLord]

I'm sure your map will also be great. You may consider finishing it *before* you actually get dominions III, for obvious reasons http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[DominionsFan]

The problem is, that working with this editor takes some incredible amount of time. Not to mention that I must draw borders, and since I want nice borders, I will have to photoshop it. I must photoshop the map also. I think that the map will be done in a week, since I just can't work on it on the weekend, because of real life things. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[PrinzMegaherz]

Aren't these skeletons from the Eye of the Beholder cover?

[DominionsFan]

PrinzMegaherz said:
Aren't these skeletons from the Eye of the Beholder cover?



I really don't know, but probably not, since I only visit custom gallery sites.

[razorbackjac]

Nice Ulm wall paper.

[Tyrant]

Very nice stuff!

[Shadohfrog]

Excellent wallpapers. I have the Emor wallpaper as background on my computer now. I look forward to seeing more.

[Aeshi]

Would it be possible in some way to make it size 1024 X 768?I can't seem to do so in photoshop (the closest it seems to be able to do is 1024 X 819)

[lch]

Another topic which deserves a bump... back from the grave!

[Herode]

Wow, just discovered those wallpapers in the first post. Great great stuff !