Thanks Midgard, I'll do that.
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Thanks Midgard, I'll do that.
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Pimping my worldmap here. Still WIP... long way to go, but I'm pretty proud of what I've done so far...
@Karro - You were absolutely correct though. I have changed them but didn't get a chance to post an update. Hopefully tomorrow.
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OK, here's a bit of an update.
- Deepened the sahdows of the barrows
- Redid the Obelisks and added smaller columnar menhirs
- Added some bushes/shrubs around the edgees of the vale
- Added labels, a key and a compass rose
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Still not enough shadow! We need more shadow!
No, seriously, it looks good, but it doesn't get the whole barrow thing going. I think you need to shade it more on the top, making them almost spherical at first and then work your way down.
I might swipe this map for my campaign btw. It will work nicely in an adventure I'm planning.
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I think Hoel is right here. What your trying to do is give the impression of the barrow by changing the colors of the circles but really for all the barrows I have seen they are the same stuff on top as surrounding areas and its just that they are on a mound. So what you need is some shadowing to give lighting to make it look 3D. Unless I am mistaken by what your trying to represent but the sort of thing I had in mind is like this hill fort.
@RedRobes - You are right, that is the look I'm going for. I guess I'm being a little 'gun-shy' on the shadow because I'm worried about going overboard. I also changed the color of the highlight on the barrows, maybe I went to dark with it. I'll play around with it some more and see what I end up with.
@Hoel - Feel free to use it, I can even post up a version without the labeling if you'd like.
@Karro - Love me some Christopher Walken
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I agree with the others...The mounds need to be more "moundish". I downloaded this and took 30 seconds to mod the larger mound. This was done with a mouse and very little care, so you could probably make this look better. Normal trick: New Layer 50% grey, set layer to overlay, Burn the shadow side, dodge the light side, apply blur to taste.
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