Stairs for B2 Keep On the borderlands Help

Jay_NOLA

I'm trying to remake the Guild House from B2 Keep On The Borderlands and some of the stairs I can't find a symbol for or figure out how to make oone.
The stairs are "non-standard". The 2nd floor has a slight "L" curved one and the 1st one that is sort of spiral and straight. No stair symboils I can find are close to them.

Any ideas on how to dublicate the stairs or make stairs if they are non-standard?

I remember seeing a tutorial on making stairs, but can't find it.

JMunsonII

You probably have a far better idea of how to go about it than I do, however, got a link to an image of what you are after?

Shessar

I'm not sure what the stairs you are referencing look like, but I created a few transparent stair overlays that can be used to create a variety of stair layouts. You can find the examples and a zip HERE

Jay_NOLA

I found an image of the map online.

http://i.imgur.com/ci7MM.png

What I'm trying to figure out is how to reproduce the stairs in the map.

Thanks Shessar, that will help with some other maps I'm working on.

JMunsonII

Well, you could do that with sheets & shapes, or, a symbol could be made... Which would you rather? I could probably make up a symbol for you, but I need to see the map style you are creating.

EDIT: As an aside, where's the toilet facilities? :O

Jay_NOLA

Gygax never put in toilet facilities Most of the old D&D & AD&D mas seem to be missing them and other things that you would expect certain buildings to have.

I honestly don't like how the stairs and stuff are arranged. It is supposed to be a more exclusive living quarter.

I'm just using the standard DD3 symbols. Stairs are going to wooden. If you can do a symbol that would be great.

JMunsonII

Alright, let me see what I can do after I finish the bellows I'm working on... No promises, but I'll give it a go.

JMunsonII

Will this work for the "up" stairs?

Dogtag

That looks great! You might want a version without the arrow though.

Rock on! You're on a heckuva streak lately!

JMunsonII

I'll be happy to - Jay_NOLA stated he was using the default DD3 symbol set, and the stairs there have arrows... No problem without one. My main concern was that this fit in and wasn't too photoreal...

Lorelei

Personally, I am a fan, as Dogtag can attest to ...photorealistic, that is. Oh, and you're work, of course!

JMunsonII

LOL - and thanks Lorelei.

Jay_NOLA

Looks great. Definitely do one without the arrow too.

Can't wait to see how the other stairs looks.

JMunsonII

Alrighty... Here you go!

JMunsonII

Scale = 100 in case that wasn't obvious...

Also, I lightened the stairs up without the arrow so it looked more like "up" stairs and not "down" stairs...

Dogtag

These look really good. I'm not a fan of "photoreal" stuff myself (they tend to be jarring and look even less real to me than illustrations) and these walk on [what I believe to be] the right side of that line nicely.

I think the shadows along each step provide a nice visual cue as to which way the stairs go.

Very nice — and very quick!

Thank you for sharing!
~Dogtag

JMunsonII

Quite welcome! And thanks!

Dkarr

Love the stairs @JMunsonII, very well done.

JMunsonII

Thanks Dkarr.

Jay_NOLA

Thanks, love how good they all look.

JMunsonII

Quite welcome @Jay_NOLA. Glad to help.