Here is the furthest island in the Forlorn Archipelago. Cold, desolate, and ruined by continued belching of volcanic gas and ash. Only 1 village on the west coast struggles on, and a few necromantic practitioners huddle in their forbidding towers. Otherwise the land is beset by strangely mutated monsters. The plains and coasts are dotted with ruins, notably the towns of Trumpiton and Donaldsey. I perhaps need to emphasize the bleakness of the east coast more. The forests and mountains and Glaciers are where JimP put them, and I am very reluctant to change them. But tell me what you think.
Looking nice. I was wondering about your trees though. The resolution is not good enough to see them properly, so I may be mistaken, but they look like deciduous trees, while I would have expected the more hardy coniferous to dominate here.
They are coniferous - I am using the Dark Realms annual (no 120) - with some symbols from Mike Schley and Herwin Wielink (so the only add-on to CC3+ is the 2016 Annual). I think I might extend the ash terrain into the mountains - looks too 'border-like' around them at present. I hope you all like my homage to the US President - may he lie in ruins indeed! But thanks for the comment. I might darken the forest background to look more coniferous, and reduce the forests on the east coast and place more dead trees
Too true, Dogtag, except the US President affects almost every country in the globe. I tremble at the looming 'accident' in the South China Seas, or North Korea, leading to war with Chins. I hope Australia will have the sense to stay neutral, but with our present government (Trump-lite), there isn't a chance. A bit doomsday, I know. On another note (tra-la-la), here is an update of the map - almost finished, so please get in early with your critiques.
I will put some dead stuff along the lake shores. Should I keep the waves or would it be better if I used blurred lines as Hadrian did in the Maelstrom Bay map?
We seem to have mislaid a post from Dogtag somewhere along the line here (maybe too political?).
Have to say as soon as I saw "Trumpiton", I actually thought it was a misspelling of "Trumpton", the UK-famous children's stop-motion TV programme made for the BBC back in 1967 - Wikipedia page (sadly without any images), and with a few images on the Trumptonshire website. Innocent pleasures of the past!
Yes I was - forgot to keep it whispered (hangs head in deep mortification). Note I added Klintong Flats between Trumpiton and Donaldsey ruins, just to keep it all balanced! :D
Here is my final update on The Bleakness. Map Notes are underway. I will wait for 24 hrs before submitting to Monsen, to give you all a chance for last minute comments in case I need to change anything BEFORE sending it off.