View Full Version : August Screenshot Competition
Same rules as before:
-One per person per month
-Has to be EB
-Has to be acceptable to forum rules
-Cropping to removing UI only
-Altering the pictures are ok, but don't go overboard
Good luck.
How do I remove the ui?
I got an awesome pic (IMO) but I didnt know how to remove ui :embarassed:
Brother against Brother.
https://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s311/Rilder/2s6k09x.jpg
Edit: Bit of over cropping but eh, only a bit of sky missing from the top and the UI below.
Ibn-Khaldun
08-02-2008, 18:09
hmm .. Why isn't this stickied? :inquisitive:
General Appo
08-02-2008, 18:20
I have over 15,000 screenshots (no kidding) and don´t really have the time to go through them all looking for a really good one, so I´ll just put something in for funs sake.
King of the Hill
https://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee276/GeneralAppo/1Onwards.jpg
You see that guy in the middle with the shield up high? He´s really just in the middle of an animation to defend against a Pontic attack, but since he has higher ground it looks kinda wierd. To me it looks like he gesturing to, like you know, "follow me!", or something like that. Eh, I don´t know, maybe I´m reading to much into it.
The Celtic Viking
08-02-2008, 18:31
"Run away! Run away!"
http://imagedump.us/uploads/442941ef8c.png
satalexton
08-02-2008, 19:08
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/satalexton/ArrowofGod.jpg
The floating arrow of God, the omen that brings divine victory.
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
08-02-2008, 19:45
The Celtic Viking,
is your picture from EB 1.1? In what province? I ask because of the trees.
@General Appo:
To me it appears as if the guy is performing some kind of super jump charge (à la "300"), about to slash the poor Pontic in front of him :viking:
But your interpretation is acceptable too, of course:2thumbsup:
@General Appo:
To me it appears as if the guy is performing some kind of super jump charge (à la "300"), about to slash the poor Pontic in front of him :viking:
But your interpretation is acceptable too, of course:2thumbsup:
Honestly when I first glanced at his pic I thought the soldiers were cheering over a victory.
The Celtic Viking
08-02-2008, 21:05
The Celtic Viking,
is your picture from EB 1.1? In what province? I ask because of the trees.
It's actually from a custom battle in 1.0. I wanted to find out just how the mingle played out in practice. I think the picture conveys the results pretty well. :shame:
Okay, that's not exactly true. They actually rallied and then defeated the stinking romans, but how much of a mingle it was then I can't really say. It was a fun battle, though.
Baktrion Agema
08-02-2008, 21:32
To The Death
https://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll26/Baktrion_Agema/sss.jpg
Watched by the statues of his gods, a Greek royal guard duals with a member of the Liby-Phonecian elite infantry during the battle for Alexandreia.
Battle of Ipsos 301 bc
https://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m334/SnAkE705/Ipsos-2.jpg
a great historical battle by the way thanks a lot!! (take a look at my new signature banner :laugh4:)
Not bad, Lz3. BTW, are you using a widescreen computer or something? It seems your ratio is off - as though the game saved the image at 4:3 instead of 16:9. Try resizing your image. Instead of 831x622, make it 831x467. That should fix the skewing you have.
done :2thumbsup:
although I think I remember that I croped it a bit to the left before...emm who knows :sweatdrop:
Che Roriniho
08-03-2008, 10:14
Appo, I think we have a winner. Your's is simply gorgeous. Loving that centerm dude. I think with a bit of editing, that could look wonderful. (removing the banners and other witchcraft)
Yup, it's a pity you guys run withouth Anti-Aliasing, I think AA improves RTW battles VERY much, especiall those phalanx spears no longer have that awful "staircase effect"...:embarassed:
Yeah Appo's picture is awesome. I'd rename it to "King of the Hill", it gives the picture a much briter title (Guess who the King of the Hill is... :P)
General Appo
08-03-2008, 17:51
Actually that´s not a bad idea. Done.
Senshi, I´ve tried using Fraps and such, but it was just too much work. Might try again though, when I get back from London (will be away for a week. Or two).
CR, I´m afraid I don´t have any good editing tools handy, and even if I did I wouldn´t know what to do with them. Pity really. I´d wish that the Roman banner was situated behind the hill instead, so you just saw the top. That would have been awesome. Especially if it had been right behind the "King".
Che Roriniho
08-03-2008, 18:13
Actually that´s not a bad idea. Done.
Senshi, I´ve tried using Fraps and such, but it was just too much work. Might try again though, when I get back from London (will be away for a week. Or two).
CR, I´m afraid I don´t have any good editing tools handy, and even if I did I wouldn´t know what to do with them. Pity really. I´d wish that the Roman banner was situated behind the hill instead, so you just saw the top. That would have been awesome. Especially if it had been right behind the "King".
When I get home and access to my tools, I'll see what I can do for it. Luckily the Roman Banner is on a bare patch of sky so it's just a case of moving it and colouring the space in.
The other guys's banners will be trickier though. Still, I'll see what I can do.
It's been a long time, so...
The Titan Calling
https://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1386/atlasow9.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
Btw, I recommend general camera with minimal_UI to everyone. Makes you appreciate the game more. Those are Atlas mountains on the horizon.
with minimal_UI to everyone.
I could never be arsed with minimal ui, its too... minimal.
Actually that´s not a bad idea. Done.
Senshi, I´ve tried using Fraps and such, but it was just too much work.
Fraps and too much work? :laugh4:
It's quite a "Install&forget"-feature for me, I have it autostart everytime I boot up (as it requires near to no resources in standby), just setup a key you never use and that's it.
Of course Fraps spits out large .bmp files (as making .jpgs directly would cause bigtime lag when you press the Screenshot-Button), but compressing it into .jpg afterwards is a quickie, IrfanView or one of the many other common image viewer programs comfortably support that.
EDIT: Submitting a picture of my own...
Shock and awe in Epidamnos
https://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5264/shockmi1.jpg
Well, artillery can be pretty inprecise...and flaming...but that's what happens when one doesn't think twice before daring to invade the Koinon Hellenon homelands, bringing the wrath of the Koinon army upon them...:boxing:
Love how busy the screen looks, all those poor levies running around scared, trying to regroup in the rear while a desperate cavalry charge stops my rushing troops near the wall, while on the bottom my orderly light infantry formations march forward
Meh, fraps doesn't work on my computer unless I wan't to log-off and play via my computers Admin account.
Hooahguy
08-04-2008, 15:31
"the fight"
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/hooahguy14/thefight.jpg
Tellos Athenaios
08-04-2008, 16:42
@Shenshi: usually I don't care much for "siege pics" because the RTW engine simply fails at rendering pretty buildings (by modern standards) or the angle of the shot is just lousy (what with most of the units & stuff obscured by limited 'angle of visibility'). However the titled bird's eye view perspective you choose really does work wonders here. :2thumbsup:
Augustus Ceasar
08-04-2008, 17:16
http://i47.servimg.com/u/f47/11/77/82/73/sans_t15.jpg
@Shenshi: usually I don't care much for "siege pics" because the RTW engine simply fails at rendering pretty buildings (by modern standards) or the angle of the shot is just lousy (what with most of the units & stuff obscured by limited 'angle of visibility'). However the titled bird's eye view perspective you choose really does work wonders here. :2thumbsup:
I completely second that, problem with siege pics is that one picture almost never manages to get all the cool atmosphere in place (for reasons you stated) and another big contra is that really everybody sees these scenarios dozens of time in his own campaign, as I dare to say more than 70% of battles are siege battles, and there really is not that much variety in city layouts...:juggle2:
Mediolanicus
08-04-2008, 18:30
I don't make any chance against Thaatu's and Appo's pics, but here is my submission.
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/good9.jpg
Appo r thaatu..though choice when It's time to vote.:yes:
Thaatu has a great caption. One could almost mistake the screenshot for some kind of RPG Third-Person-game where one plays the uber shiny general who is about to slaughter all the troops in front of him, seeing the target of his quest on the giant mountains up ahead.
Okay, I go a bit far there:beam:
And I don't know if you retouched the picture, but the "Blinking-in-the-sun"-Effect on spear tips and armor looks really good:yes:
This is a very old one of mine, think I took it back in 0.8.
I call it;
The Battle of Love
https://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1264/rometw2007040522181035wc2.th.png (https://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rometw2007040522181035wc2.png)
EDIT: Tried to make the picture full size on the forum.
Hooahguy
08-05-2008, 19:34
^^^ insta-win!
lol
This is a very old one of mine, think I took it back in 0.8.
I call it;
The Battle of Love
https://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1264/rometw2007040522181035wc2.th.png (https://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rometw2007040522181035wc2.png)
EDIT: Tried to make the picture full size on the forum.
A winrar is you!
Sorry about geekspeak: winrar there. :p
Megas Pyrrhos
08-06-2008, 17:58
Ok here's mine. No hope of competing but winning isn't why I post em: "Battle of Isthmus of Korinth, 229 B.C."
https://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7725/ebaug08compentrycm0.jpg
From my Pontic campaign, Epeiros had taken advantage of Makedonia's losses to me in the Peloponnese, and had taken over central and northern Greece. Epeiros took Athens away from me, and attempted to capitalize on my disorganized state of things by sending an army to Korinth. This army of mine was the smaller sized of the two armies that fought at the Isthmus of Korinth, there to block and stop Epeiros' advance. Being backed up against the sea, my locally-raised Hellene phalangites stopped the marauding Epeirote army, though with 42% casualties taken.
Hooahguy
08-06-2008, 18:13
i like that ^^^ one! looks nive and has the sense of frantic combat in it!
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
08-06-2008, 22:06
https://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6295/ebdergutegeneralkh6.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
I call it "The good General"
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
08-07-2008, 17:41
It can't take part in the competition anyway cause I had to erase a horse-leg. ~:0
You can!?!
-Altering the pictures are ok, but don't go overboard
I assume "overboard" means using heavy Photoshop filters like "Mosaic" or such things which usually cripple every picture.
pirates_say_arrgg
08-08-2008, 01:34
Um.. Here is mine?
Hannibal's Veterans
https://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/pirates_say_arrgg/veterans2copy.jpg
Tollheit
08-10-2008, 20:40
The chase
https://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4544/thechasemv1.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
The Celtic Viking
08-11-2008, 00:03
Well, since my picture seems to have disappeared, here's a new one:
https://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk198/workffs/phalanxfight2.png
I call it "Porridge", and it's from... no, I won't say it. I'll let that be a secret. :sleepy:
DeathEmperor
08-11-2008, 03:19
I'm loving yours Celtic Viking especially since the guy in the backround looks like he's being tossed around in a moshpit :laugh4:
I like that hoplite just below the Roman Standard Bearer doing a matrix style spear dodge.
The betters for me are the Megas Pyrrhos' one and muha's one.
Maion Maroneios
08-14-2008, 16:17
Here's mine, it's from a custom battle against the Romans (I'm Makedonia). I snapped this shot and I noticed something funnt there, just wanted to share it with the rest;
Maybe turning your back against sarissa's isn't a good idea...
http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/3/8/14/f_pezhetairoim_331275e.png (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/14/f_pezhetairoim_331275e.png&srv=img29)
Poor guy, I guess he'll have a hard time sitting after that:2thumbsup:
Maion
The Celtic Viking
08-14-2008, 22:44
I'm loving yours Celtic Viking especially since the guy in the backround looks like he's being tossed around in a moshpit :laugh4:
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. :bow:
I like that hoplite just below the Roman Standard Bearer doing a matrix style spear dodge.
Now that you mention it, there was something to the Romans in that battle. I have another picture from that battle where a Pedites Extrordinarii dodges a spear by ducking forwards in his charge - almost like he's trying to do a Zidane on the hoplite. :sweatdrop:
schlappi
08-16-2008, 08:42
Every single one of these pictures is very nice in itself, i would not like to weigh one against the other. Well done, folks.
Intranetusa
08-16-2008, 22:10
I posted this a while back on wiki, but:
Deep Fried Phalangites
https://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4216/laststanduc7.jpg
:laugh4::laugh4:
deep fried, eh? I'd personally call it "kentucky fried phalangites". its only the natural result of deep frying evolution on chicken quisine, why not phalangites?
some good pics guys. Intranetusa...where is that Einstein quotation from? Googling it only brings up your posts.
It's two quotes man. Try splitting that in two.
Maion Maroneios
08-17-2008, 23:47
Ahhhh, the mustard-colored Argyraspides of the Arche Seleukeia... Brings back VERY good memories (of my Pezhetairoi-@$$ being kicked, that is :P)
Maion
Theodotos I
08-18-2008, 18:26
I entitle this picture "Death at Sunset: The Straits of Hormuz". It's from my 1.0 Pahlava campaign.
https://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj198/Theodotos/DeathatSunset.jpg
@ Megas Pyrrhos
Very nice pic :2thumbsup:
I noticed ships - have you added them in PS or they were originally there?
Ships are visible in RTW if you have ships near the battle zone on the campaign map. That's a stock feature.
E.g. if you land your troops and have a battle directly at shore, you see a group of ships in the background (it's a pity they can't give offshore artillery support, that would be cool :laugh4: , having some catapults or ballistae bombarding the battlefield:smash: )
Megas Pyrrhos
08-19-2008, 03:49
@ Megas Pyrrhos
Very nice pic :2thumbsup:
I noticed ships - have you added them in PS or they were originally there?
Originally there. I had them stationed there in case my army got wasted and had to retreat to the ships(so I could transport them quicker) to where I might need them. Turns out, didn't need the ships after all.
EDIT: Though, with the way I had my troops situated, they either had to win or they'd be meeting the ferry-man.
Sarcasm, I'm not an idiot. It doesn't matter if you split it in two. The first part is famous, the second, I could only find on the boards.
Martelus Flavius
08-19-2008, 16:32
I there!!! :beam:
So here I go with a screenie. Take it as OUT of competition! (It's not original 1.1 EB anymore, massively cropped.) So just for enjoyment!
Let's give him the following name : "the party". (What?! This is not original?! Oooh! :balloon2:)
https://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8675/casseikl0.jpg
Kind regards
Martel
TWFanatic
08-22-2008, 02:36
Many of the screenshots entered are massively cropped, and yours is certainly one of the better cropped screenshots. I like the new legionaries btw.
TWFanatic
08-22-2008, 13:36
The Long March
https://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee338/TWFanaticAAR/Final23.jpg
The Persian Cataphract
08-22-2008, 16:41
Now that is a lovely shot :2thumbsup:
The scenery is so beautifully epic that it virtually turned the picture into what it is. The mountain in the centre gives off an imposing feel of power.
Mediolanicus
08-22-2008, 16:41
And we have got a winner.
wow... nothing more to say but... wow...
Now I'm wondering where are those mountains?
Intranetusa
08-23-2008, 02:16
Bleh! Communist scum! May the nationalists find and slaughter your army! XD
Now that is a lovely shot :2thumbsup:
The scenery is so beautifully epic that it virtually turned the picture into what it is. The mountain in the centre gives off an imposing feel of power.
seconded on that.
Digby Tatham Warter
08-26-2008, 12:39
The Long March
https://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee338/TWFanaticAAR/Final23.jpg
Perphaps "Amongst the clouds" would be a better name?
Certainly a passive scene like this, benefits from a lovely backdrop.
ajdeignan
08-30-2008, 17:02
Arrhhhh s@#t, is this poison ivy!?
http://dl.axifile.com/3b4174180a7f00331b58dbf1d919e644/poison+ivy.JPG
If you need me to take it down, just say so
TWFanatic
08-30-2008, 17:06
Thank you for the kind words everyone. And to the above poster, I cannot see the image you posted.
quick ? generals... do any of you know a good way to take multiple shots during a battle..that way i can pick a group that i like. Got a new computer and the old way of taking a pic and opening it with the paint program isn't working anymore. All I get is a black screen, so i'm looking for a new way thanks.
time for the pooooll.... I hope this one doensn't take as long as the last one :sweatdrop:
TWFanatic
09-03-2008, 19:15
quick ? generals... do any of you know a good way to take multiple shots during a battle..that way i can pick a group that i like. Got a new computer and the old way of taking a pic and opening it with the paint program isn't working anymore. All I get is a black screen, so i'm looking for a new way thanks.
www.fraps.com
On another note, it's Sept. 3rd. Just saying... :creep:
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