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Today, 06:41 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread 'Star Wolf' kickstarter in General Discussion

I'll check out the books for sure. It's interesting how far short it looks to be coming up considering they have a proven writer with a great track...

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05-23-2013, 06:39 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Game Dev, World Building in General Discussion

"You have died of Dysentery." LOL

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05-23-2013, 06:37 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Pen and Paper supplies, need recommendations in General Discussion

Well, don't be afraid to experiment before you try something, it's not totally controllable :)

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05-22-2013, 12:20 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Pen and Paper supplies, need recommendations in General Discussion

I think you may not be getting as much feedback on this simply because there are a zillion directions you could go with this. If you look on...

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05-21-2013, 01:39 AM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Pen and Paper supplies, need recommendations in General Discussion

So are you wanting to make a poster of a map you already made, is that it? If so, you might look into having one printed. I would think it would be...

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05-19-2013, 04:01 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Steampunk-ish political watercolor map in Regional/World Mapping

Going great, keep it up. I've been busy in RL lately but I'm with you on the love of watercolors. I've been experimenting with them a lot lately...

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05-14-2013, 10:52 PM

jbgibson replied to a thread What is in a City!!! in Town/City Mapping

Deaghaidh, Google "Victorian occupations". That's the 1890's, but many would hold true into Earth's 1920's. First up was this from an 1891 census.

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05-13-2013, 02:48 AM

Jaxilon commented on blog entry Recent Progress in Tumbleweed

I just got here, somehow I never realized you were posting up in here. So cool, I'm interested in trying this out myself so I'll let you know if and...

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05-13-2013, 02:39 AM

Jaxilon replied to a thread I need a little advice and resource info in General and Miscellaneous Mapping

Not sure what you are going for but you might check out Ramah's Tree thing. It's pretty awesome. I'm glad the links helped :)

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05-13-2013, 01:45 AM

jbgibson replied to a thread What is in a City!!! in Town/City Mapping

This long other list of old vocations brings up the thought that with such narrow, specific trade names, some manufacturing must have been in either...

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05-12-2013, 02:16 PM

jbgibson replied to a thread How do you come up with your continent-shapes or regional-shapes? in How Do I ???

During and after our start-with-clouds competition I spent weeks snapping pictures of the sky. I now have a collection such that I'll never have to...

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05-12-2013, 12:35 AM

jbgibson replied to a thread What is in a City!!! in Town/City Mapping

Shawn Vincent has a delightfully comprehensive list of medieval occupations. Consider whether you're setting up a generic city, or one with...

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05-11-2013, 10:53 PM

jbgibson replied to a thread Siam (At the beginning of the Chakri Dynasty) in Finished Maps

Brilliant! Very much to my taste :-). Rep both for a beautiful map, and for being willing to contribute right from the start. And in case you...

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05-09-2013, 01:37 AM

Jaxilon replied to a thread I need your vote for Spaceflight Training in General Discussion

I would love to vote for you but I don't do twitter. I have an instagram account for my close family and friends and that's about 12 people. Other...

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05-08-2013, 02:13 AM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Adobe Creative Suite is on the chopping block in Software Discussion

I hadn't thought about the "having to be online in order to use it". That would be something I would hate. Especially since I may move to another...

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05-07-2013, 01:15 AM

Jaxilon started a thread Minecraft - Game of Thrones in General Discussion

Wow, how many hours.... Minecraft Game of Thrones - YouTube

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05-06-2013, 10:34 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Delimma - Purist or non purist in General Discussion

Ohhhh, now I gotta go find this post so I can determine which camp I'm in. I expect a non-purist just off the cuff but only because while I do in...

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05-06-2013, 10:05 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread Adobe Creative Suite is on the chopping block in Software Discussion

Well, I haven't read the article yet but I did join for the monthly fee or like 19.99 or whatever it is. I figured it was worth it to always have the...

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05-05-2013, 07:08 PM

jbgibson replied to a thread Continent to Map to Globe conversions in How Do I ???

When you pick a method, would you show us a bit of a work-in-progress as you go, please? Don't be shy about whether it turns out just as you want...

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05-05-2013, 06:53 PM

jbgibson replied to a thread [WIP] B&W map in Regional/World Mapping

One drawback to scaling the same symbols up and down is that the line weight expands and shrinks too. One would expect a hand-drawing cartographer...

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05-05-2013, 06:37 PM

jbgibson replied to a thread Western Summan in Finished Maps

That's nice work Llowellen - and thanks for contributing right from the start. That would be worth a bit of rep even if the map didn't look so good....

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05-03-2013, 09:45 PM

Jaxilon replied to a thread I need a little advice and resource info in General and Miscellaneous Mapping

There are a few members around here who have put out collections of mountains along these lines that you can use like stamps. I'm pulling a blank but...

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