Looking for medieval themes assets (For ren faire scenes)
I'm working on trying to build a sort of ren faire scene, and looking for a few things - since I'm really bad at searching for stuff apparently, I figured I'd ask.
I've found a number of things I can use for the build so far - though I'm open to suggestions on anything. Some of the stuff I'd like to build - a tavern hall (I have a few possible assets picked out for that - in particular either https://www.daz3d.com/rog-red-crow-inn or https://www.daz3d.com/medieval-dinner-hall-bundle )
A sort of "market row" - I've found a couple so far in https://www.daz3d.com/mega-medieval-lands-bundle and https://www.daz3d.com/medieval-market-stall-bundle although I'm still looking to see if there are any others good for this (In particular I'd like to set up some stalls selling stuff like blacksmithing wear, among others - there are a few weapons packs I've found that I could place on stalls, though I'm still looking for anything else that would work)
A "Games area" - I've had less luck with this one so far. I'm trying to put together a section for stuff like Axe throwing, or archery - and the like, basically a bunch of medieval style or themed games that could be placed (And interacted with)
A "Tournament area" - Another one I haven't had luck with yet. In a perfect world I'd like to set up a sort of tournament area for things like jousting competitions, a sword fighting arena, etc. Only thing I've found so far are a few coliseum style assets, but that wouldn't really work since it should be more dirt and ground based, rather than any sort of structure.
Clothing has been no problem, there's a TON of that available and fairly easy to find. The last one I'm looking for is something to use for the actual ground and background areas. I do have a few dirt and grass based assets I could use, and this came up the other day https://www.daz3d.com/mediterranean-backyard. I believe I grabbed it as a "buyin" for a bunch of other stuff, but I should be able to use a lot of the ground assets for stuff - though I'll still try for others, since I'd like to really fill it all out.
Finally I came across https://www.daz3d.com/commanders-tent-bundle which may be useable to set up various tents and such throughout, though if any know of any thing else that could be used similarly, I'd love to hear it.
And of course if there's somehow a mega bundle or package somewhere I didn't come across that has this sort of stuff pre-built, I'd be interested in that, although I feel like some may be cost prohibitive. (The last mega asset I built, the only pre-builts I found were in excess of 3-400$ each). If anyone knows of anything that would work, I'd love to hear from you. Of course I'll keep looking on my own, but it never hurts to ask for a little help.
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Kitbash3D has a couple packs that might be useful for this, most notably Medieval Market. I don't know if there's any other single set that will get you closer to what you're looking for (although it includes no figures or clothing).
This is older but can help with setting up a tournament. https://www.daz3d.com/da-jousting-ground
That's perfect, thanks. I don't mind working on the textures a bit to get the work I want, so that seems to be exactly what I wanted for that bit of it.
Tbh when I first started looking I was half hoping you had done something like this - I recently picked up your marina for another project and it was massive - and exactly what I needed. But this one will do very nicely!
More ideas:
Market stalls:
https://www.daz3d.com/medieval-roadside-merchant-stalls
https://www.daz3d.com/medieval-market
Taverns / medieval food:
https://www.daz3d.com/medieval-tavern
https://www.daz3d.com/fantasy-tavern
https://www.daz3d.com/fg-tavern
https://www.daz3d.com/fg-tavern-vol-2
https://www.daz3d.com/mick-banquet-hall
https://www.daz3d.com/fg-medieval-dining-hall1
https://www.daz3d.com/fg-medieval-great-hall
Tents:
https://www.daz3d.com/camelot-tents (pretty old but could still be useful)
There are also some in this pack: https://www.daz3d.com/a-distant-army-approaches
For games:
https://www.daz3d.com/medieval-training
https://www.daz3d.com/1stbastion-s-knights-academy
https://www.daz3d.com/medieval-village-the-shootingplace
https://www.daz3d.com/mick-armory
These just moved over in the past few months from Renderosity to DAZ by the PA powerage and are a set of tents and some props that if you use just from the Content Library you don't have to get stressed by creating Smart Content. But, if you know how to do that, it is extremely easy to do as powerage organized the files very well.
https://www.daz3d.com/le-camp-du-drap-d-or-for-ds-iray
https://www.daz3d.com/le-camp-du-drap-d-or-accessories
A search in my Product Library on just the word 'medieval' came up with four pages of products with that in the name that I own, but there are a lot more in the store I haven't bought yet or are just to 'gamer/fantasy' for my needs.
If you need background people there is https://www.daz3d.com/now-crowd-billboards-medieval-city-life. There is a limited amount of realistic outfits for a renfaire, unless they are also into fantasy outfits for gamers.
For the background - UltraScenery2 might work for you, since it's pretty customizable. Not sure where you're setting your faire, but there are options... desert ecology (AZ), pine (CO), oaks/maples/etc (Midwest/east coast faires)
(Can't speak to TX, haven't been to those. Florida's has palm trees. That's... odd.)
There are a whole bunch of older carnival games that might need a reshade but could work:
https://www.daz3d.com/midway-games
https://www.daz3d.com/midway-games-2
https://www.daz3d.com/striker-game
For tents:
https://www.daz3d.com/carnival-big-tent (those corporate parties, weddings, etc...)
https://www.daz3d.com/the-tent
https://www.daz3d.com/tailgate-party (could retexture - or a pop-up that isn't period, because often they aren't)
Random flower cart! (but could take off the flowers and use it for other vending... chocolates or pastries, perhaps?)
https://www.daz3d.com/flower-cart
Also, do you have fortune tellers?
https://www.daz3d.com/the-tarot-set
https://www.daz3d.com/divination-for-poker-play
Hand cart for that random worker trying to get cases of beer across site:
https://www.daz3d.com/trollies-dollies-and-carts
Backstage trash:
https://www.daz3d.com/cyberpunk-street-props
https://www.daz3d.com/mega-trash-pack
Variety of traveler wagons:
https://www.daz3d.com/the-wrangler
https://www.daz3d.com/old-timer
https://www.daz3d.com/boundless-journey
https://www.daz3d.com/world-travels
Feast hall (looks surprisingly close to the one in MN):
https://www.daz3d.com/fg-medieval-great-hall
Also, I wouldn't limit yourself to medieval outfits. Throw a couple cosplayers in the background for realism.
Also, I don't know what the material zones are like on these, but if you threw a bunch of different wood shaders at the mug in this one, you could have an entire shop selling wood mugs...
https://www.daz3d.com/mugs-tankards-and-steins
Pottery shop/demo:
https://www.daz3d.com/hobby-props-pottery
https://www.daz3d.com/potters-workshop
https://www.daz3d.com/muelsfell-modular-medieval-kiln--workshop
Blacksmith:
https://www.daz3d.com/blacksmith-forge
https://www.daz3d.com/viking-blacksmith-environment-set
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-blacksmith-outfit-for-genesis-8-males
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-viking-blacksmith-outfit-and-props-for-genesis-8-male
Cooper:
https://www.daz3d.com/coopers-workshop
(no shortage of barrels and such in LOTS of sets)
Also for games, don't underestimate the power of the basics.
A pile of hay with hay bales around it: the hay roll, where you try to find coins in the hay and turn them in for a prize
A pile of hay with a log and a couple of stuffed burlap sacks: people stand on it and whallop each other until somebody falls off
A pile of hay with a rope ladder at an angle: Jacob's Ladder
A pile of hay that... actually, we don't know why that pile of hay is there. It's just there. You might not want to touch it.
A random poorly-built tower with a bunch of rocks stuck to the side that look fake at 500 yards: climbing tower
"Drench a Wench" = dunk tank
Dante78 has a lot of medieval stuff at Rendo, including this: https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/110676/medieval-market-2