Hexagonal Grid
Hi guys,
Been finding the tutorials really helpful, so I hope this will be an easy answer for you guys.
I am looking at mapping an gladiator style arena, I think I can follow various tutorials enough to get that done, however I then want to overlay a hexagonal grid if possible over it.
Is there an easy way you are aware of I can do this, or should I just wimp out and do a square grid?
I found a photoshop tutorial here
But what software are you using? If you're using vector software it's a snap. Just draw a hexagon and replicate it.
Sorry, am fairly new to all this, missed out out one of the key points!
I am leaning very heavily on RobA's GIMP tutorial right now, learning the program as I go along, so I am not really familiar with its abilities at the moment.
I will follow the tutorial and hoepfully I can transfer the knowledge across the programs
Thanks
If you really want a super easy way to lay down a grid and also having a gaming environment to move virtual figures and such you might check out one of the Virtual Gaming Tables. MapTool is the one I use predominately, the link is in my sig, but I can wholeheartedly recommend Battlegrounds as well. In either one you can drop your map in, turn on a grid to overlay it and then drop in tokens to move around. They include fog of war features and vision as well as a whole lot more.
EDIT: In fact here is a sample map down in MapTool that we are using in our current game. It is super simplistic, but this was banged out in about 5 minutes or so.
Last edited by RPMiller; 04-25-2008 at 11:23 AM.
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The voronoi plugin I mentioned here can make nice hexes:
(but only up to 56 px)
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If you can import Photoshop or Photopaint files I can upload an overlay at the apprentice website for you to drop on top of your map. It's scaled to fit a 4800 x 6000 pixel map, with a scale of 200 = 5 feet.
I also have it resampled and scaled to support a hex that equals 3 feet.
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