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    Wip Teacup's Atlas

    This is the beginning of my attempt to map Teacup's world... starting with an atlas

    I decided to use an old globe I had that was gathering dust on top of my bookshelf in my livingroom.
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    The continents are based on this sketch.
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    I used the longitudes to guide me when copying it over to the globe, hence all of the lines.

    What do you think?

    (Edit 1: I dont know how to remove attached thumbnails they are turned in the wrong direction)
    (Edit 2: I figured it out!)
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    I'd like to start by pointing out to myself that that is not an atlas, it's a globe!

    I actually spent quite a lot of time researching tectonic plates and how they move when designing this map. If you look closely at my sketch you can see the little arrows.

    I have not worked any more on this project since I uploaded the first images, but I will try to get some work done on it this weekend. I will also attach the resources I used for making the tectonic plates and a little more about what I was thinking when I made the globe to start with.

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    I am considering making the globe topographical...
    Something like this:

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    ...but I'm not quite sure what would be the best material to use.

    Papier-mâché maybe? That seems a little messy to me though. If you have any ideas, please share them with me

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    This is wonderful Sara! I had a lot of fun working on my globe project. If you haven't seen them yet, the old threads are in the "Original Cartography Threads" part of this link: https://linktr.ee/veridianworldcrafters

    I hope this will help you out! Looks like a great start, long way to go! Keep it up!

    ~Seth

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    You can use Fimo : soft clay, with every color you could need if you don't want to paint it after. You can work on it during a long time. Inconvenient : you have to heat it for make it hard

    If you don't want to heat, you can use cold procelain clay : it hardens in open air

    Both are quite easy to use, you can sculpt it with toothpick or any sculpting tools

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    Using regular Acrylic paint with a Texture Gel mixed into it adds the right amount of details for an accurate scale. Femo is good for a stylized version, since you're on a smaller globe you'll get a bigger difference between the features and the globe. Femo would take a lot longer to get good details.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vigilus View Post
    This is wonderful Sara! I had a lot of fun working on my globe project. If you haven't seen them yet, the old threads are in the "Original Cartography Threads" part of this link: https://linktr.ee/veridianworldcrafters

    I hope this will help you out! Looks like a great start, long way to go! Keep it up!

    ~Seth
    That is awesome! Really great idea and it looks real good too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bindusara View Post
    You can use Fimo : soft clay, with every color you could need if you don't want to paint it after. You can work on it during a long time. Inconvenient : you have to heat it for make it hard

    If you don't want to heat, you can use cold procelain clay : it hardens in open air

    Both are quite easy to use, you can sculpt it with toothpick or any sculpting tools
    I have used fimo before, not on a project like this though. Not sure if I want to put the globe in the oven.
    But I will absolutely look into porcelain clay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vigilus View Post
    Using regular Acrylic paint with a Texture Gel mixed into it adds the right amount of details for an accurate scale. Femo is good for a stylized version, since you're on a smaller globe you'll get a bigger difference between the features and the globe. Femo would take a lot longer to get good details.
    I have done a lot of painting with acrylics, that could be a good way to go for me
    I used Texture Gel for another project a long time ago. Seems like a good solution

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    When I was opening a hotel in New York City and the newborn baby was asleep, I'd unwind at the end of the day with some painting on the globe. A little bit each day!

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