Just got some things fixed. Thanks for the comments by the way. 
Some pics.
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looks like a ns map
Quote from MJlooks like a ns map
Exactly what I was going to say, I think it's the diagonal bits that do this.
Anyway, I made some revisions:
Scaled up the brick texture (as in, enlarge canvas, fill in more bricks) to eliminate repetition.
Changed the tiles from blue-dominated to black-dominated (although it looks blue too)
Changed many surfaces from the blue trim to the bricks.
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Now I just need to come up with a layout 
where did you get that sky? you created it?
Quote from Nexuswhere did you get that sky? you created it?
Nah, that's the sky from tc_hydro.
i gotta say that i like those textures... granted, the sudden contrast might hurt your eyes, but if dimmed down, i could see myself do tf2 map with these... if i were allowed to use them 
DvS, the textures look much better now
Hey everyone this is a Gears of War map that I have been working on in my spare time. There is alot of work left to be done in regards to lighting, surrounding skybox, and the interior area that is not included in this batch of screen shots. I will hopefully finish it up this week and make it available for download. Let me know what you think.
Thanks again for taking the time to check out these shots.
Online Portfolio:
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great architecture, but could use some contrast... it's all brown and therefore hard to distinguish a surface from another. i would suggest to use textures with an appropiate contrast (see color theory) to make it look much better.
Deez: How much of that is custom material? I've never played gears of war so I wouldn't know. Looks very good even though as Sentura said, the textures sort of blur together.
Another small update, sorry about the spam, but I thought I'd include a reference to set the scale.
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I've got a little clash of art styles though with the TF2 models and my textures, but I'm hoping it'll look ok once I start detailing with overlays and overlapping displacements (sand).
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DvS
How much of that is custom material? I've never played gears of war so I wouldn't know.
Everything in the screenshots are existing Gears of War assets and about 95% of the architecture is static meshes. The blur is the post processing and depth of field applied to create the Gears of War grit. Nothing as far as the lighting goes is final. More contrast in the colors are definitely an excellent critique. Thanks for the help.
DvS Those textures are looking pretty slick and fit well within the TF2 art style.
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Going to de-saturate it and spend some more work on the buildings. Motivation curve is pointing upwards today, since a really good modeler offered me his assistance by making a Mercedes Benz 170 V for the map. 
How do you like the improvements to lighting?
Did it all without color correction, by the way... that alone kept me busy for 20 hours.
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Changed the last two shots with color corrected ones.
Edit #2: changed them all...seems it won't go without color correction... pity. Frustrating to work with a tool that lacks even the most remote kind of lighting preview in 2008...
DvS, those look very cool, I`d just tone down the normal map a bit. TF2 usually uses less noise on its textures. Put some brushstrokes in and it`s gonna be as good as stock ones!
Beginnings of a Single Player Gears of War level for my portfolio.
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Phobos I like the initial layout as well as the critical path. You've done a good job of sprinkling the BSP with representative meshes to help you out in your design process.
Good work
This is the concept:
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And here is a proof of concept sketch in hammer:
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I'm going to use these displacements to make the bulk of the tree copes, and 3 to 4 custom models to add variety.
What do you guys think?
I really like the textures, but please don't use displacements for those.
While displacements are cheap to compile and render, they are absolute murder on file sizes. I made a smallish DM map using nothing but displacements and that was 40mb. Needless to say, it didn't receive much play.
Just make them models, have two variations and then compile them at a couple of different sizes.
Albatros I really, really wanna play your map. 
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