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    • Stan`
      Scythian Wonder: Royal Kurgan

      By Stan` · Posted

      Hey @nifa This looks pretty nice. Great work. Maybe we could somehow reduce the polycount by baking some of the stones into a decal with a normal map?(looks like it's already a texture but I can't check right now) Could save some tris by making the decorations transparent texture instead of little squares. Might be nice to find a way to have a hint of player color as well.    
    • AlexanDerGrosse
      You can’t join the multiplayer lobby.

      By AlexanDerGrosse · Posted

      Hello,  I got the problem, that I can't join the Multiplayer anymore, with the message  "The data stream was closed by the server". What can i do? 
    • Genava55
      Scythian Wonder: Royal Kurgan

      By Genava55 · Posted

      You can have a stele at the top, it seems to have been the case in a few kurgans. It is also plausible that ceremonies were performed around the kurgans. Notably with drink distribution, animal sacrifices, rites, music etc. If you are depicting the kurgan during a ceremony, it adds more opportunities for props. 
    • Genava55
      Scythian Wonder: Royal Kurgan

      By Genava55 · Posted

      The origin of the designation 'baba' for such stele is debated. Indeed it is related to the word for lady or old woman in Slavic languages, but it is also related to the Turkic word 'balbal' meaning ancestor. Turks called those statue 'balbal' : https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbal and in Kazakh the word 'baba' means ancestor.  The most probable is that Slavic people heard the word balbal from Turkic people, notably the Cumans. And since the Cumans mostly depicted women on their statues, an association has been made between the two.  And finally the Russians called ALL those ancient statues 'baba' : https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каменная_баба This is why I couldn't tell if you were talking about the Scythian or the Cuman stele. 
    • nifa
      Scythian Wonder: Royal Kurgan

      By nifa · Posted

      (I deleted what you are quoting before you commented.) I added these two babas because of a misunderstanding and I'm not insisting on keeping them. I asked to add a stone baba here and I interpreted your answer here as an approval, I guess because I thought stone baba are just the female sitting ones, not the male standing ones (I guess because "baba" in slavic languages refers to a female person). So no reason for hard feelings. So if you think they are ahistorical and others agree to get them out, no problem.
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