Sci-fi mapping tyro checking in.

[arsheesh]

Welcome to the Guild Bioluminescence. Hm, I wouldn't have thought CC would have been the most fitting choice for a Sci-Fi map; I would have thought a more photorealistic map style (such as Ascension's Continent Style or my Eriond style) would have been more appropriate. I'd recommend checking out Ascensions Continent map tutorial first (it's easier than mine) and see if if matches what you are looking for.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Bioluminescence]

Thanks, arsheesh for the welcome and advice

I took a look at the continent style tutorial on your advice (and very good it is too - no wonder it's so highly regarded) but I'm currently doing OK for region or country scale maps (after doing some Google maps patchwork).

The part I'm having trouble with the most is the more intimate scale maps - maps of individual outposts, the interiors of shuttles, battlefields, etc. I've been dabbling with a rough shuttle interior using SketchUp, which I might see if I can do a paint-over for some much needed grunge.