Kingdom of Umthaeul

[landorl]

I love the mountains! Some of the best HD mountains I have seen. I agree that the original forests did not fit the map. These ones are much better, but could still use a little work. I think Juggernaut had a couple of good suggestions.

Keep it coming!

[Sicuropoli]

I actually enjoy the Forests as they are. It's a lovely representation.

[Isadore]

Alright, well Ive tired of mulling over the forests, so here they are. Im not disappointed with them but not entirely thrilled either. I have decided not to put bases on them as it looks messy and from the perspective of range, I dont think theyd be visable anyhow. Anyway, Ill be starting on finding some icons to put down and the roadways next. Ill also throw in a few marshes near the coast and rivers. Here is the map with the forests completed.

[rdanhenry]

I agree: those are good forests, but not great forests. I do think this map would look better if you could use a darker "ink". I know true black wouldn't be authentic, but I've seen darker inks than that and right now the contrast is a little low.

[Sapiento]

The map looks very good so far. The mountains are really lovely.

[pengod]

Isadore your forest are definately darker than needed but I would suggest that your large bodies of water are too dark as well. The strong dark colour implies a solid object but water is obviously fluid and has movement, the colour works for your rivers so perhaps fading the intensity of large bodies of water or appling a glow to the coastal edge might help it to read better.

I've used a transparent white mask to lighten the bodies of water in my WIP, I'll attach it to show you what I mean. I also used transparent darker masks to define the land mass.

[Juggernaut1981]

Dude, it looks like a great background to then "add" something to later... Like marking a journey or someone adding in the movements of boundaries of empires or duchies...