[Region 1][Map 05] Charnok

[ravells]

Hi jfrazier, I've merged your thread with TM's thread (as you have taken Map 5 over from him).

[jfrazierjr]

Hi jfrazier, I've merged your thread with TM's thread (as you have taken Map 5 over from him).

Thanks ravells. I did not get a chance to do any real progress on the map this weekend like I had planned. I spent most of my free time playing with various map styles. I will most likely throw something together in Fractal Mapper over the next few days to get a general idea of the terrain features for myself and others and then determine a final map style at a later point.

I am currently thinking of doing a computer hand draw B/W style map, but not 100% committed to that as of yet. Mainly, I am thinking of a style somewhat like the map of Eltar by fragless over on Deviantart. Not quite sure if I have the artistic talent to pull it off though. I have some very nice ridgy looking mountains, but am having some trouble getting to go in more than left to right directions(top to bottom joining the left to right is where it's messed up) and still look good, so will be playing with that over the next few days. Failing that, if I stay on the B/W path, I may just end up doing some plain pointy triangles for the mountains with a bit of blending. Hmmmm... now that I think of it... with the barbarians and such... perhaps that's the best way to go I think. Much longer process in creating the map though....

Joe

[Redrobes]

Example images as promised

[Redrobes]

In my quest to complete this map set making up Ansium this tile is the last so I submit this one as a render of it. I decided to go with plenty of snow cos there has been a lack of snow over ansium in general and this area is the highest of all the tiles. I set it up so it generated some nice glaciers and hanging valleys. I reckon this one looks pretty good and even better in 3D actually.