Pushing Unity's Terrain

Unity has an excellent base for terrain creation. I see nice terrains here and in other places as well, so I've given my hand at trying to create the most visually appealing terrain that I can. This is a learning experience at best.

http://i.imgur.com/w7DdI.png

I started out with that, it's a nice terrain (some LOD's there that blur some areas) I'd say.

http://i.imgur.com/KJiVe.png

From the ground.

http://i.imgur.com/3xFxl.jpg

Got crazy with a light-map, however, since it wasn't baked in Unity, it could only be applied to the best of my knowledge as a splat-map. That's rubbish.

http://i.imgur.com/LkZYA.jpg

Gave it a base texture and got a directional light set up. Not to shabby, but very dull.

http://i.imgur.com/xZW19.jpg

Gave the entire terrain a 2048x2048 Normal Map. There are however some artifacts to be had.
I'm here now, and will continue to improve the terrain.

 

The terrain is looking quite nice so far. You may want to add a little bit more diversity to the textures, though.

 

Very nice terrain...how were you able to give it a normal map though?