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List of Reasons to Buy 1st Bastion Products - Please contribute

GranvilleGranville Posts: 697
edited July 2018 in The Commons

I am working with a 1st bastion product called Knights Academy to set a visual novel based on the 3 Mousequetaires. I will render the backgorunds separately from the characters and then Articuluate 360 to animate and handle the branching. 1st bastion has just saved me an entire year of work:

  • Comes with 20 already set cameras with perfect framing. This creates a feeling of multiple sets in one.
  • The quality of the modeling is amazing
  • Textures look great close up or far away (With this many cameras, 1st bastion would be able to detect texture problems right way)

What are the other reasons to buy 1st bastion products? I'd love to hear about reasons to buy from other P.A.s too. I suggest if you have criticisms or feedback for P.A.s that you private message them directly rather than air it out here.

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  • TykeyStudiosTykeyStudios Posts: 866
    Well you already mentioned the quality of the modeling and texturing. Those are probably the two big things folks are going to notice about his sets. His nature sets just have a beautiful, pristine, grand look to them. Regrettably, I haven't purchased any of his modern themed sets, since I'm primarily focused on fantasy/ancient art. I'm always on the lookout for more Bastion outdoor/nature sets.
  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 3,037

    There's a few sets made by firstbastion that I would enjoy being able to buy, alas money is always the question... so ask me again after the next bargain he's included in. Or the one after that.

  • GranvilleGranville Posts: 697

    But wouldn't it be better to save up an buy one great set by 1st Bastion or Stonemason rather than accumulate lower qualify sets or more white girls (from other sites of course!)?

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited July 2018

    I own many FirstBastion sets I use his set for my animations they are light of resources and easy to work with and all his kits can be broke up into individual parts for kit bashing. Stonemason is great for details but FirstBastion , is much easier for using in animations

    Click any picture to watch the animations

     see how many of his set you can find in all this animated films  there are many

    The first & last Karate Girl animations use the ten rooms set which is awesome.   I have about 50 more animations some where that has all kind of FirstBastion set in them ..lol

     

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  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 3,037
    Granville said:

    But wouldn't it be better to save up an buy one great set by 1st Bastion or Stonemason rather than accumulate lower qualify sets or more white girls (from other sites of course!)?

    right now I'm still in the phase to accumulate any stuff that I could use, as my runtime is still in the process of being build up. And as there's still tons of stuff I need more right now than good but expensive stuff for special accasions from whatever PA, I have to concentrate on the bare necessities right now.

    And I have to say, that there is a lot of high quality free content available, which, with some effort, does the job nearly as good as some stuff one has to pay for. And having more time than money makes modifying stuff instead of buying premade stuff a simple choice for me.

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,338
    edited July 2018

    FirstBastion (36 items owned) fills niches that are mostly or entirely unmined (including a mine!) The Rural Crossroads, High Cliff Crossing, Ambush Alley, Spiral Descent, Secluded Shoreline, Divided Highway, & Tunnel Traffic among others, offer options that would be mostly unavailable if not for their existence. A few examples:

    DesertDrag by xyer0

    DeathTunnel by xyer0

    Nachashicide by xyer0

    ShowMeYourGlory by xyer0

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  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,049

    Thank you all for the kind words!  And thank you for showing the art you all made.  I always like seeing what you're able to make with the sets.

    I always thought reusability was a useful function for these sets,  so tearing them apart or using them with each other was something I designed into most of them. 

    This images uses RidgeWalk, Secluded Shorline and Cave Waters 1.  merging the three creates something more than the individual parts.

  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,587

    FirstBastion was very influential to me starting out building and selling my own environments. yes

    And his 'Art of the promo' thread is massively helpful towards improving my renders too.

  • cherpenbeckcherpenbeck Posts: 1,416

    Wasn't there a hidden waterfall somewhere which should get a new life?

     

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,744

    I bought FirstBastion's Breaking Waves yesterday but haven't used it yet.

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,338

     

    cherpenbeck said:

    Wasn't there a hidden waterfall somewhere which should get a new life?

     

    Yup, and it's the bomb! So glad I got it before it was pulled.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,780

    All of the above plus, he is active in the forums and he is just a really nice guy.  Always willing to answer questions etc.  Good stuff!

  • ArtAngelArtAngel Posts: 1,943
    Granville said:

    I am working with a 1st bastion product called Knights Academy to set a visual novel based on the 3 Mousequetaires. I will render the backgorunds separately from the characters and then Articuluate 360 to animate and handle the branching. 1st bastion has just saved me an entire year of work:

    • Comes with 20 already set cameras with perfect framing. This creates a feeling of multiple sets in one.
    • The quality of the modeling is amazing
    • Textures look great close up or far away (With this many cameras, 1st bastion would be able to detect texture problems right way)

    What are the other reasons to buy 1st bastion products? I'd love to hear about reasons to buy from other P.A.s too. I suggest if you have criticisms or feedback for P.A.s that you private message them directly rather than air it out here.

    I'm scouring thru' my music archives.. Blowing the dust off a Tina Turner CD.

    "Simply the best . . . better than all the rest . . . better than anyone . . . his environments are fun . . . "

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,049
    xyer0 said:

     

    cherpenbeck said:

    Wasn't there a hidden waterfall somewhere which should get a new life?

     

    Yup, and it's the bomb! So glad I got it before it was pulled.

    If I have the numbers correct, I have retired 10 products thus far.  Made 100, and still have 90 available. 

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