19 c. map - is there template I can use and where it is (modern? one of annals?)
Hi,
I'd like to create a map of fantasy 19 c. country. I'm confused about what I need.
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Hi,
I'd like to create a map of fantasy 19 c. country. I'm confused about what I need.
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If this is a map for a whole country you probably need an overland mapping style. CC3 comes with a small collection of default styles. If you click the New Map
button, pick the Overland Maps type and the Decide settings myself option, the Next dialog you get will reveal which overland styles you currently have available.
I've been here for years and have all the overland styles, but if you are only just starting you may only have a one or two. One of them will be the CC3 Mike Schley Overland style, which is one of the most flexible and useful mapping styles we have.
Pick your choice of style and click Next, which will take you to a window where you will have settings you can make, such as for the size of the map you want.
If this is the first map you have made I recommend watching this live mapping video. The sound track is a bit messed up before the start point I have given you a couple of minutes in.
It may help you decide how and what you'll need to draw by finding a real-world 19th century map that you like and think will work for what you're intending (suitable for the size and type of area you want to map, for instance). Then take a look at the thumbnail images for the various Annual issues that Loopysue created elsewhere on the Forum, to see if any of those match closely enough to what you're aiming for. Each thumbnail links to the correct issue on the main ProFantasy website, where there are different examples of the same style in use, which again should help you decide which might be better for what you want.
Thanks. That's what I was looking for. Mercator Revisited looks close to what I would like.