http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2492370/I-got-bit-carried-away-Sheep-farmer-spent-11-years-building-elaborate-Hobbit-House-hand--abandoned-new-quarry-disturbed-peace.html 

 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/worlds-oldest-art-studio-discovered-ethiopia-979637

Anyway, some nice quake brown texture samples in the article. 

https://imgur.com/x7Om25x 

https://imgur.com/fowori8

Same Studio as above if i get that right. 

Loving those mfx! 

from /r/evilbuildings

https://i.imgur.com/eQ70hht.jpg 

Just stumbled upon this french artist's website. First time I heard about the guy! He's got plenty of inspirational etchings on display in several galleries. I find his work highly reminiscent of belgian comic book artist François Schuiten, and I wouldn't be surprised if one had inspired the other. 

http://www.trignac-gerard.com/IMG/jpg/D.40.jpg reminds me of the start map for "something wicked this way comes" 

Any recommendations for techbase maps to play?
Looking for some inspiring detailing and/or layouts

I played the quoth redesign of E1 and the start map and first map were amazing techbase examples. I loves the pipes running through the floor, under grilles. 

apsp1, apsp2 (a.k.a. Plumbers), AD's Crucial Error & Terror Fuma, dis_sp6, Guncotton, ikspq5, Invein, lunsp1, map jam 7, oms3, ritualsp, scampsp1, slave, xplore... 

Thanks Mugwump!
Will have a look through these. I already had a look at apsp1 but didn't realize he did a second map :) 

You know you can filter maps by author on Quaddicted, right? You can safely DL all of Than's 7 maps there, there's not a single bad one (not all are base, though). Plumbers is one of the very best base maps I've ever played. As the name implies, expect to get wet. A lot.

Oh, and you're welcome... ;) 

His apsp2 is awesome (Plumbers Don't Wear Ties). I actually played it in standard Quake at first before I got stuck and realized I needed Quoth. I recommend playing through with both. Quoth so you can finish it. Standard ID1 first so you can get the feel of isolation and the sheer atmosphere. I actually liked it better in standard ID1, one of my favorite Quake experiences of all time...and it was by mistake! 

Click to see

Oh, and that's an awesome name BTW. 

pretty damn cool... 

Found the floor plan online, I’m thinking about trying to make it in Quake... 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/magazine/the-majestic-marble-quarries-of-northern-italy.html?_r=0 

https://www.nowness.com/story/artist-yuri-ancarani-il-capo 

nice 

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/08/the-marble-of-michelangelos-dreams/535836/ 

Thank you both so much for these links. From the age of 7-19 I lived in my mom's dream house. For many years she dreamt of having a white Carrara marble floor and when I was very young she and my dad were able to build their dream home with this magnificent entryway floored in Carrara. The marble was so beautiful and tough. When I was 18 my mother passed away and we ended up selling the house and moving away. Seeing where that magnificent stone came from is so special and somewhat emotional for me. Dreams do come true but they will always fade away. 

https://fr.pinterest.com/pin/400468591851142127/ 

Tree huts