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Welcome to the ultimate information hub for all Art sections! May the Garb be with you. The Monthly AAR Event MAARC XXX Winner announcements are stickied at the top of the page Here Join the contest! Nominate your AAR for next month's competition, MAARC XXXI Remember: The nominated AAR must have at least 2 updates in the given month. The Nomination Thread is stickied at the top of the page here Graphics Competitions GC 127 Akar has won this week's Graphics Competition. Congratulations! Winner announcements are stickied at the top of the page here GC 128 Vote for in the ongoing GC 128 Contest: here Join the contest! GC 127 The theme for the current GC is: Oblivion. maximum 1024 X 1024 px Submission Threads are stickied at the top of the page here TotW Contest Roundup TotW 118a Darkan´s tale gathered the most people around the storyteller's campfire. Congratulations! TotW 119a Vote for in the ongoing TotW 119a Contest: here Join the contest! TotW 120a Let your creativity flow! Submission Threads are stickied at the top of the page here PotW Winners PotW 260 Champion MorganH. has conquered the PoTW 260 challenge and emerged as the Champion with this shot. Congratulations MorganH.! Winner and Submission Threads are stickied on this page here UESW 163 Champion Salvator has emerged the victor of competition 163 for un-edited screen shots with this beautiful submission. Winner and Submission Threads are stickied here. The Writers Study Forum Description The Writers Study is divided into the After Action Reports , the Monthly After Action Competition , Tale of The Week , Creative Writing , TWC Members Blogs , section and threads regarding this forum in general. or in short: AARs are gathered here. There are 5 major AAR sections: Total War Eras AARs Medieval 2: Total War AARs Empire: Total War AARs Napoleon: Total War AARs Non-TW AARs AAR Competitions AARs for previous/or non Total War games are stored inside the 4. subforum, AAR Competitions. As the name already says, the Monthly AAR Competition, or in short: MAARC, is held here. Each months, writers can nominate their AARs if they were at least 2 times updated in the same month. After the 4 Week nomination period, usually a 10 days voting is held to find the 3 best AARs in this month. Winning the MAARC gets you a score/leadership points: place: 4 points place: 3 points place: 2 points These points can be gathered to finally gain the three AAR Competitions Medals! Tale of the Week Contest The Tale of the Week Contest is a good way to boost your creativity: Each Week a picture, often from the Picture of the Week Contest, gets chosen and the participants write a short story, or tale about the picture, ranging from minimum 200 to 500 maximum words. The winner of the weekly contest is awarded 1 point for the AAR Competitions Medals Scoreboard. Important members of this forum: Hesus de bodemloze,,molls,Mega Tortas de Bodemloze - moderation AAR Spotlight Gondor, Gondor between the mountains and the sea! With the release of the Third Age: Total War Modification, it was only a matter of time until the first tales and stories began to unfold. This Gondor AAR is written by 2 members, being: sithlord447 and Coeur de lion. In a short introduction by Ecthelion, the current Steward of Gondor, he tells of a man that married his daughter. His name is Mistven, a trusted Captain of Gondor. The AAR is written in form of excerpts from the Gondorian Annals; it tells the battles and bloody events through the eyes of Mistven, while the actions are commented on by Ecthelion, who as a Steward, stays at home and is forced to rely on news from the front. Solid writing, mixed with small potions of poetry, the battle screenshots and of course the Lord of the Rings feeling make this AAR a nice read! RPG Spotlight Kampf um Europa Kampf um Europa (Battle for Europe) is a Community RPG/AAR Campaign that pits Prussia, commanded and led by a staff of TWC members, against the turbulent Europe of the 18th Century. At its very core lies one basic rule: the campaign is what you make of it. No player is invincible, no player is all powerful. By working with or against your fellow Officers of the Reich, you have a direct say in the operation of the Empire. In its current form, the General Staff forms the strategic level of the Reich. The War Branch, Doctrine Branch, and Internal Branch all work together under the direction of the Chief of Staff, to set policy, run economics and research, and develop and deploy the forces of the Landheer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Deutsches Marine Korps (Marines). Beneath them is a pool of Commissioned Officers, Admirals and Marines, who command the combat forces of the Reich in battle. Read the whole introduction HERE! Useful Links Competition Announcements and Updates Rules&FAQs Tutorials & Guides AARs - Tips and Notes How to start an AAR Some tips for making comedic AARs AARtist's Group: General AAR talk, advice and Tips Library AAR Library Tweety's Library Rome: TW AARs Index Medieval 2: TW AARs Index Empire: TW AARs Index Napoleon: Total War AARs Index Total War: Shogun 2 AARs Index Random AAR Reviews: The Critic's Quill Aster's Article Repository RPG Useful Links General Links Discussion: What makes a good RPG? RPG Subforum Requirements Discussion about RPGs and the Community Recently Started Community Games New RPG: You Are The Congress New RPG: Kampf um Europa Forum Description The Graphics Workshop is THE place for all your artistic needs regarding: Picture editing and general editing Tutorials Avatar and Signature Requests Your own Gallery - show off your work, earn respect and constructive criticism A massive Help Section Content and Art Staff: They will create everything for you: Banners for your mods Badges and other art for the Total War Center Constructing different page skins and more And of course the Graphics Competition - Each week artists race against each other to create pictures about general topics in signature style - for the Graphics Competition Medals! 3 wins earn you the Graphics Competition Bronze Medal 9 wins earn you the Graphics Competition Silver Medal 15 wins earn you the Graphics Competition Gold Medal Important members of this forum: Giovi,y2day,MarcelP - Art/Content Staff Workshop Spotlight Giovi's Workshop One of the most successful GW artists will present his Workshop to you: "Well, I use and love photoshop because you can make everything and express the artist inside your soul...I keep exploring and learning; You can clearly see the difference between my old works and my new ones! Most of the stuff in my workshop are signatures made for my personal use and for others members, but there also are several wallpapers as well as tons of other stuff. For me, it is important to advertise mods and other sections of the forum. Basically I love everything about digital art and I blend different pics in various ways to make something totaly different and personal. In my works I want to express a great pathos and my works are generally dark." Probably one of Giovi's best works is the Winner of the "Abstract" Themed GC: Graphics Workshop News Art Staff News Useful Links Tutorials & Help All tutorials in one spot Tutorial Index Link Collection The Help section Others GW Introduction and Rules Propose the next Graphics Competition Themes The Hall of Fame Forum Description This is the place for all your Total War Games Screenshots! The Forum gets divided into the Weekly Competitions and the Gallerias. 1. Weekly Competitions Two seperate contests are being held every week: The Picture of the Week Contest, in short PotW, allows any kinds of modifications to the original Total War picture, as long as the final picture still consists of a major Total War Screenshot part. The Unedited Screenshot of the Week Contest, in short UESW, allows ONLY UNEDITED Total War Screenshots. The emphasis lies on the perfect shot at the perfect time. As always, the winners of the PotW contest (not UESW!) qualify for the Picture of the Week Medal: Bronze: 3 Wins Silver: 9 Wins Gold: 15 Wins 2. Galleria Create your own Screenshot Gallery! Show off your pics, talent and style - earn reputation, constructive criticism, reknown and the attention of other members. Important members of this forum: B. Ward, PotW Manager Gallery Spotlight Lolgast's Gallery The Gallery of Lolgast is definately a proof how much people can enhance and improve their sense of picturetaking, as well as their skill to edit those pictures. Lolgast started off with some pretty heavy and overdone editing, but even there - right at the beginning of his PotW carreer - you could spot that he understands how the basis picture has to look like to make a good final piece of art. He started off with R:TW screens, with dark and somehow blurred graphics, then moved on to animated Pictures, including his famous "the last seconds before the end". After that he got active in the Graphics Workshop too, and by then you could see an impressive enhancement of his works. When the Empire hype started, Lolgast was the first one to grab the opportunity by its horns and took an official screenshot from IGN, edited in and backed it up with a breathtaking background - this won him his first PotW contest. After that his recent empire works have superb, warm graphics and do really please the eye! Example: Useful Links Competitions Suggestions in here Rules and Information Detailed Winner Statistics Tutorials Massive Tutorials Tips on Picture Editing Famous Galleries Official TW Video and Machinima Thread PotW's number 1: crypel Another Champion: Toboe The King of hilarious editing: Argent Usher TW-Based Community RPG's Role Playing Games, in short RPGs, are a complex and highly entertaining way to interact and "play" with other members on TWC. People usually play Hotseat Campaigns. In general, all participants of one RPG choose one faction for the game and pick their characters (Family Members, Agents, etc) out of this faction. Then everyone acts out his role or character to turn a simple Total War campaign into a vivid theatre play or rather, a novel! Most RPGs have introduced a complex game system with political aspects and structures. New Community Games are put together and proposed in the Consulate Subforum. Here is the list of the currently active RPGs: Land of the Rising Sun Japan, a ancient Empire divided by war. Will you, warrior, honor your ancestors with victory and power, or will your name be forgotten by history? God Save the King! (A Medieval RPG) A world of political strife, great battles, and ever changing allegiances. The most active RPG. The Kingdom of England Welcome to Saxon England can you rise to greatness and forge a dynasty worthy of a saga? You Are the Senate Roman RPG, second most active. Augustus! RTW hotseat/PBeM game, where all or several factions are controlled by human players. The Republic of Venice In a Serene Republic, not all is as it seems... With Treachery and Murder at your doorstep, what will you do? Become a General, perhaps even be Doge after long enough... It is all, up to you.. A new RPG. Vive l' Empire Battle for Europe, By War or Diplomatics you decide! - lead the French Empire through the turbulent 19th century in this NTW community game. A new RPG. Important members of this forum: Winter,,Aldgarkalaughskel,Carl von Döbeln,Major Darling,Lord Flasheart - moderation