I assume the model is the pillars?
They look nice, what they are attached to is awful.
It might, in the long run, pay to illustrate their purpose in a more favorable setting. It looks odd to have hours invested in a model, and moments invested in a setting/atmosphere.
Either way, even if the pillars are not the model, they look nice.
I wasn't trying to be mean, or funny. The only thing that looks good is the pillars.
The rest looks awful.
My point was simply to encourage you to invest enough time into your area to not detract from the goal, which is to promote your models.
Sorry if that sounded cruel.
making pillars of various lengths, and arches of various spans, and leaving them as seperate models, would give more mapping options than having the pillars and arches tied together. it would also let some people use only the bits they liked/wanted. 
the tricky bit with that, is getting the models to have origins that will let them easily line up with each other.
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I see... You should be able to see it now.. I hope..
Would you like to help me out here, and maybe, give me some suggestions?
Dude, I already gave you top notch advice on "Presentation"
Fishy gave superb advice on "flexibility"
I dunno how to say this any clearer, but "everything" above the pillars is yucky.
Not the idea of the arch, but the construction of the one you have made.
/giggles
hold on a sec, I just saw something funny...
BRB
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Arches tend to be made up from pieces. Yours looks like someone chiseled it out from one block of stone.
You need a transition so to speak. and that should pretty it up a bit.
I cannot really search for screens on arches because not everyone is aware that I am on 56k and the whole internet is full of oversized screens.
here is one small picture. 
Notice, the arch is only the one small band above the pillars. The rest is wall.. Wall from whatever needs an arch. Don't attach a wall, unless you want to restrict your arches usability to the theme you picked FOR THE USER.
nooba, if i may, the thing that throws me about it, is the singularity of it....as jon said, theres nothing to make it look as if its "built up" as a real arch would be....now, thats not to say that there is no such thing as a single facad arch, but they are much more modern in design, (stucco in south cali comes to mind)...and the visual is almost amplified by the shading....it gives it a convex look, like a rounded stone helmet...i dont know if the skinning is the problem in that context, but i think it well worth looking into....
btw sir.....yer tenacity is admirable, as i see an excellent modeller emerging in the future.....keep it up dude, gj.... " SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">
Doc B...
this is the model that i'm working on atm;
@nooba. As I said before, you are restricting the users to what you decided was best. You need to make your arch in such a way as to allow the user to incorporate it how "THEY" want to use it. You will limit your users by adding walls/upper areas.
Make your arch with nothing above it.
@ Fisheye... Nice. I like planes. I like ships more but planes are sweet.
Yes/No.
Its your model, so its your choice. I would never tell you what you need to release or not.
Release a version that you worked so hard on to complete. That way, you have it out there. The problem is, now someone will have to build architecture that you picked out. It should be the other way around. Models should compliment the architecture, not dictate its pattern. Remember, people cannot retexture your model to fit.
Then edit the model so that you have something more similar to the tiny screen I posted. You want arches... Upside down "U" above the pillars.. Narrow pieces of rock forming the "U"
First, there are chrome bullets. I see them on occasion.
but, I think the shiny is just fine of you could get the color closer to the more common brass shading. New bullets, even those made of brass are pretty shiny. Not mirror shiny but polished shiny for sure. Dull up the mirror finish and make them brass and you got it licked.
