Sketch-Up of my Pit/Sanctuary/Midship Inspired Map

It's finished.

Impulse: Inspired by Midship, Sanctuary, and The Pit

Well, in the Forge World thread I said I'd be working on a map that's inspired by three of the greatest maps from Halo 2 and Halo 3 (imo): Midship, Sanctuary, and Pit. I finally did a sketch-up of it. Of course there are things I need to add, and things that I have to fix based off of suggestions and critique I received from the forge forum on mlgpro.com. However, I figured I should post it on here, so guys could see how it's coming along. <3

I already know that the floor space is empty and there's a lack of elevation differences. I will work on both of those things. I'm still thinking of what to do with the main-floor space.

Forger: Imp3nded (If it doesn't end up too difficult)
Designer: Imp3nded
Map Name: TBD (If anyone has suggestions, feel free to suggest)
Description: Inspired by Pit, Sanctuary, and Midship.
Gametypes: CTF, Slayer, and KotH

UPDATED I've made improvements, and here are the new pics.

This is going to look cluttered, but it's not. It simply looks that way because of all the objects I had to merge into the floor to create slopes and elevation differences. The floor is actually smooth and clean.
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...p3ndedPit9.png

http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...3ndedPit10.png

Next picture is looking across bottom mid from Car 1 (underneath rockets) towards Halo 3 Pit's Custom Spawn (I will have hologram spawn here) and Runway (Runways is ALL THE WAY back in the distance). Custom Powerup will spawn on the main-floor in the middle of the ring (middle of the upside down rainbow). Rockets will spawn on the upper rainbow.
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...3ndedPit12.png

This next one is standing on the Sniper spawn for one base and looking across to the other base's sniper spawn.
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...3ndedPit13.png

Old Pictures (More updated pics on post 3)

From 1st BR area looking over to Snipe Tower
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...p3ndedPit5.png

From S3 looking over to plat/objective/1st BR area
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...p3ndedPit6.png

Snipe Tower (the elbow you see leads to Sword Room)
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...p3ndedPit4.png

This next image is taken from the perspective of being over the sword room and looking across the mid-ring. The furthest point you see in the picture is where Halo 3 Pit's Long Hall would be. I will have Rockets spawn there in between the two short tunnels.
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...p3ndedPit7.png

Just an update on how the middle is coming along. I definitely added varying elevations. (This is looking from Halo 3 Pit's Long Hall across the middle towards Sword Room.) Those are small slopes that are elevating on the very bottom of the screenshot. You can see I added another kind of rainbow-slope perpendicular to the original one, except this newer one is upside down and connects with the ground. I think this is where I will put Custom Power Up (in the middle of the bottom rainbow), and put Rockets on the upper bridge.

http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...p3ndedPit8.png

It's kind of hard to see what's happening on the bottom floor. It took a lot of merging and crap to make the floor feel natural.

I'll put the Focus Rifle where I said Rockets would originally be (where Halo 3's long hall would be on my map). This way it gives importance to that side of the map.

Snipers will be on S1.

GLs, DMRs, Pistols, CRs, and NRs I've yet to determine. I will probably put a Hologram where Halo 3's Custom spawned on Pit (which I have not taken a picture of this location, but it's there under swordroom)

I still have more floor space to work on outside the ring though.... sigh.

UPDATED AGAIN

Looking across the top of the map from above Sword Room. Car 1/2/3 is what you see in the distance. Car 3 will contain the Focus Rifle between the two mini-tunnels.
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...3ndedPit14.png

Random Overhead shot. Rockets will spawn on the overhead rainbow.
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...3ndedPit15.png

This picture kind of sucks balls.
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/y...Imp3nded11.png

Dude this is soooo sick, you got real talent. How did you make it look like that?

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Originally Posted by moose7785

Dude this is soooo sick, you got real talent. How did you make it look like that?

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Google Sketch-Up <3, and thank you. :)

Yea man it looks fun. Can't wait to see it forged in Reach!

Looks pretty cool! Gotta love Google Sketchup :)

I've never gotten into "Forging" but it looks like it takes time and dedication. You're really talented.

This is really good.

Good luck with it. Will take a lot of work.

Thanks guys! Yea, it will be tough to forge. Hopefully I won't be a lazy bum. ;) And hopefully Bungie really meant it when they said they made forge easier to use, because I definitely would not be able to make this using Halo 3's forge.