Introducing Kimarnock's Ruhba -- Vandy's first CG Map

[Steel General]

Oooooh new, shiny 'puter, gotta love new toys!

[Vandy]

Hello, All.

It's high time I post an update on my map and let y'all see how it is shaping up. As I said in my previous post, I've incorporated quite a few of Hoel's suggestions.

After considering Redrobe's suggestions on sizing, I've doubled the size of the map to a working size of 4600 x 3400 pixels. I've chosed a resolution of 150 ppi.

The picture below is the redrawn city walls and change in bastion shape from square to round:



The picture below is with the primary roads added:



The picture below is with the secondary roads added:



Finally, the last picture shows the addition of bridges and docks:



I'm a little "iffy" about the bridges and docks. Do they look too big / wide? I would imagine a little wood texture when I'm finishing the map would be okay or, at this scale, should I leave them relatively alone and only enhance them with a small bevel / bump / shadow?

I still need to develop the castle proper and place it on the flat mount as well as start adding the city buildings. THEN, I can start shaping and smoothing the city ways, add vegetation and all the necessary items to properly finish off the map.

I will shortly be adding Klimarnock's Ruhba to my Map This! - Cartography Services thread (using a cross post link back to this thread) as this city map will have its counterpart as a regional SimCity 4 map.

As always, your comments, constructive criticisms, thoughts, etc. are actively solicited and thoughtfully considered.

Have a great day!

Regards,

Gary

[Vandy]

Hi, All.

I hope I'm not breaking any rules by double posting?

After I uploaded the above update, I did a bit more work on my map.

I've moved he southeastern bastion from the level plain to on top of the overlooking hill for a better defensive posture.

I've added four more docks:

1) A small open dock outside the south central gate
2) A dock on the northen side of the south central land mass
3) A large dock below the central plateau
4) A dock on the southern side of the north central land mass

Here is a plcture of Kimarnock's Ruhba as I've developed it to date:



Another question for you concerning the docks. Do you believe I should add small docks to the islands with bastions or leave them as is?

As always, your comments are welcome.

Have a great day.

Regards,

Gary