something like this?
and again rendered the last part looks very dark xD
thats how it looks real xD
I think monochromatic doesnāt look as good, cause canyons should have different colored layers.
I increased the number of layers from 8 to 16, and to avoid it being too high I decrease the size of each by half, so at the end we have the same canyons but with more stripes.
This is the result, using that palette I posted above
Real world canyon stripes used as inspiration, with a touch of minecraft mesa biome
Now I need to rework items spawns, as they messed up with the different number of layers.
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looks defintiv better 
suddenly i get the feeling of mesa biome from minecraft 
I think that the grass should stay in the lower valley, on whatever level the water spawns on. It just looks weird having the colors be a shade of red, and then a sort-of washed out green.
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like in the last pic its io
whistle now its need only water thats fills the canyons 
whistle
People over here modding in whole new biomes and I can barely build a nice looking house
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yessss i know this issue xD everytime when i get a new hairstyle from kitty ^^ and the baddest part when i must change it so i can use it and i must try not to destroy it (with my unartistic hands xD)
ok sometimes i have good ideas like the juwelery for the hairmod - kitty loved my changes - to make them realistic ^^
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I love this version ā the thinner stripes remind me of a more āclassicalā mesa or canyon image. Not particularly realistic, more of a fantastical lookā¦ but then, I do like more fantastic terrain so IMO thatās not a bad thing at all lol.
I canāt get over that isolated acacia tree up on top of the right-most plateau. Small touches/possibilities like that really add a sense of story to the map. I can imagine that some kind of desert sheep or goat would have a great time roaming those grassy āslopesā leading down to the canyon floor, and resting under the shady trees around water holes.
The really great thing is that this basic design could, with relative ease, represent some very different parts of the world. Thereās the classic image of the Grand Canyon or Monument Valley, thereās Kakadu and the Kimberlies (or even the Outback around Uluru) in my neck of the woods, or even some parts of Africa.
Now, someone needs to start work on spinnifex grass and wilderbeests, maybe some kangaroos, rattlesnakesā¦ LOL! Seriously, this biome is giving me all kinds of inspiration; and hopefully the same is true for other creative types around here. Iām a little in awe, but mostly Iām too busy dreaming up all the cool possibilities that stem from this 
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Personnaly i would change the pink shades for red/orange shades but else than that its an awesome biome that i will surely use to play with RC
I quite like the salmon color myself, but I think I might like just slightly thicker stripes.
Is there anyway we can get a naming convention for biome mods throughout mod community?
Like naming the smod ābiome_biomename.smodā.
Just for future sakes when someone may have like 19 biomes from mods 
I like the canyons though! Havenāt yet actually looked at it, but think about adding water at the bottom of some chasms. Kinda like how the Grand Canyon in the US has rivers that run through it(since water is what causes the mountains to be eroded and form Canyons like that.
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like i have seen all mods have such a settings xD
anorien_biome
archipelago_biome
canyon_biome
grove_biome
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Yeah, I have noticed that, thatās why Iām proposing the biome_biomename instead of biomename_biome
That way when in your mod folder all the biome mods you have will be all together. Iām also lazy, so that could be part of the reason for my wanting this.
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Wow! Really nice work.
Iām gonna have to start a game with this biome over the weekendā¦
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This looks great! (=
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This looks great =D
I usually build my towns into a cliff face because I like the style, and now there is a biome to match =]
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I always played on the default temperate Bioms just because i felt no meed for a new one, but maybe i should give modded bioms a go?
Not the canyon though, it looks awesome!, but surely not a beginnerās biome
i think it more beginner friendly ^^ not much places to spawn enemies they can attack and lots of stone etc. xD
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Well what i meanis that it doesnāt feel like a [beginnerās āBiomeā]instead of a [āBeginnerāsā biome]
I have plenty of experience with the game and hard mode (obviouslyā¦)
I ment that it looks and feels Drastically different, i might just start with something moreā¦ Subtle
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