June 2008 Entry: Stormlit Cloister (Groam)

[Sigurd]

Lovely map. One question, though: Everything has contrast shading except the pillars in the grand hall. Do they emit light?

Man! You're tough!


I really like it Rav. It has a 'knightly' feel to it.

[waldronate]

Man! You're tough!

It's a great map! But the pillars looked a little out of place, perhaps to draw attention to them. Imagine the scene: An immense and dark high-vaulted chamber with a single lighted doorway at the far end. As you enter, the nearest pair of pillars begins to glow with a shadowless white light, illuminating the images of titans and gods rendered in fantastic relief from the mosaiced floor through the wall carvings to frescoed ceiling. As you proceed down the row of pillars, each pair lights in succession to reveal further parts of the story of [insert story name here], with the previous pair fading behind you.
Or maybe it was an oversight. Works either way.

[ravells]

Not tough! This is exactly what I need to spot the oversights.

Here is the latest version in which I hope I have incorporated the C&Cs.

I'm not happy with the motto though....it looks too much like a badge or something.

### Latest WIP ###

[ravells]

Motto fixed and I've made the image a little smaller. I think this is the final entry now.

Thanks for all the help and encouragement, everyone.

### Winner ###

[Valarian]

I'm not happy with the motto though....it looks too much like a badge or something.

That's exactly what some of the churches did. Badges were given out to pilgrims so that they could prove they'd been on pilgrimage when they arrived home.

[ravells]

Fancy that! I had a look online and saw some 'pilgrimage' badges and the hand and key crest looks like it could pass for one (the real badges are quite heraldic). Thanks Valarian, I had no idea about this little detail of history.

[Karro]

This map = win.

Also... I love the background story. Is that your contribution or was it something that came with the description of the area?

[ravells]

Thanks Karro! There are some magnificent maps in this month's challenge - Fort Lost is a really good entry and there are others which are still being done which I think will be real winners when they are completed. The real winner will be the CBWP which will have a whole set of new maps, which is what I really like about this month's challenge - every map will have a use.

I made up the background story loosely based on what Torq had written about Groam - glad you liked it!

[Karro]

Thanks Karro! There are some magnificent maps in this month's challenge - Fort Lost is a really good entry and there are others which are still being done which I think will be real winners when they are completed. The real winner will be the CBWP which will have a whole set of new maps, which is what I really like about this month's challenge - every map will have a use.

I made up the background story loosely based on what Torq had written about Groam - glad you liked it!

Yeah, I saw Fort Lost, too, and it's also great. I think the story really gives a sense of urgency to this place, that sense that we're on the edge of something important and dangerous...