Tales of The Elders - Starting Village Area - Ancient Blacksmith Forge - WIP Vis Dev

This is most of the visual development work I have done towards this small part of my personal project (Tales of the Elders), the Ancient Forge found in the stating village area of the game. I have been working on and off this for around 6 months, progress is slow but steady.

The main function of this area is that it will be a mysterious entrance the player sees at the start of the game, wondering how they gain entry and what lies within. Later in the game, the player figures out how to gain entry and now has this ancient forge (crafted by an old and forgotten race) at their disposal. It allows them to craft four ancient weapons, each with their own unique effects and abilities.

I've also included some of my very early sketches of ideas for the villagers homes in the starting area, but this needs much more exploration after I finish all my work with the ancient forge part of this project.

Front half of the Ancient Forge (Waterfront) variant 1

Waterfront variant 2

Waterfront variant 3

Waterfront 3d base

Ancient Forge 3d layout/base

Ancient Forge initial plans

Statue holding Ancient weapon mold, variant 1 (still need to design 3 more of these along with there respective weapons)

Initial ancient statue ideas

Ancient weapon design 1 (not final)

Ancient Weapon design ideas 1

Ancient Weapon design ideas 2 (warhammers)

Ancient weapon design 3 (not final)

Ancient Weapon design ideas 3 (polearms)

BOS Furnace Designs

Blast Furnace Designs

Power hammer design ideas

Design drawings trying to figure out the functionality of the power hammer while keeping within the current silhouette. (done after doing more research into metal factories/forges).