Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: April 2012 Entry: The Ziggurat of Ages

  1. #1
    Guild Member Facebook Connected Nighthawk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
    Posts
    58

    Wip April 2012 Entry: The Ziggurat of Ages

    The Ziggurat of Ages, a tall pyramid-like structure at the edge of a molten lake. At it's summit, the dread wizard [Insert Name Here] has opened a portal to The Abyss... Who knows what creatures will step through to do his bidding?

    It's very early in the process - I've spent only about 10 minutes on it - so there's a lot to go. Still need to throw in the molten lake, the portal platform, arcane power sources, etc... When I'm done, I might even stat up a sample D&D 4E encounter for it.

    Map is inspired by a scene late in my mega-campaign "The Coming Dark". I've planned it for Chapter 9; considering I've only written up to Chapter 3, it's a long ways out.

    ### Latest WIP ###

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Ziggurat1.jpg 
Views:	256 
Size:	52.1 KB 
ID:	44124

  2. #2
    Community Leader Bogie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Maine, USA
    Posts
    7,633

    Default

    Classic Idea!

  3. #3
    Guild Member Facebook Connected Nighthawk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
    Posts
    58

    Default

    And more progress...

    ### Latest WIP ###

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Ziggurat2.jpg 
Views:	320 
Size:	112.1 KB 
ID:	44133

  4. #4
    Guild Member Facebook Connected Nighthawk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
    Posts
    58

    Default

    Not sure what else to put on this map. Might dirty up the ziggurat itself a bit.

    I tried changing the surrounding area from rocks and lava to beach and water; I might post that one as well.

    Image is done at 50 DPI using Adobe Fireworks CS5.

  5. #5
    Guild Member Facebook Connected Nighthawk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
    Posts
    58

    Default

    OK, since I got a bunch of other things on my plate and can't think of what else to do with this one, this is my final WIP.

    ### Latest WIP ###

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	ZigguratOfAges_Sample.jpg 
Views:	691 
Size:	168.8 KB 
ID:	44171

    I added some masked dirt textures to the ziggurat stone and the path, cranked it up to 100 DPI and replaced the columns with higher resolution versions (since I had created it originally in 50 DPI, they got bad when I enlarged it).

    Final version is a bone crunching 3000 x 1900 pixels in full color DPI. Because of the size of the file (1.8+Mb) I didn't know if I should attach it here, so you can download it directly from my site:

    http://dnd.brainclouds.net/Downloads...ges_100DPI.jpg

    In the near future I might create a D&D 4E encounter with this as the setting; if I can do that before the end of this competition, I'll post it here. I'll also probably release this as a map pack now that I have a fairly high resolution version.

    Comments? Suggestions? Gripes?

  6. #6
    Community Leader Bogie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Maine, USA
    Posts
    7,633

    Default

    Nice! The high res version helps see the details. I like the new columns a lot.

    This site can handle posts a bit over 4 MB so you can easily post it here if you want. I think my battlemaps are just over 2 MB each.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •