Community Atlas - Continent E - Ezrute

Shessar

I have the basics laid in using the Schley style but may experiment with one of the others just to see which looks best. Nothing much to see yet.

Monsen

Posted By: ShessarI have the basics laid in using the Schley style but may experiment with one of the others just to see which looks best.

I wouldn't mind seeing a non-Schely style, Schley is pretty dominating for most of the other continents (though everyone have their own take on the style, making them different, which is quite interesting)

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I'm getting the shivers already. And I guess Peredur will have a similar climate.

Barliman

Great start. This just begs for a "lost world" setting somewhere in that central massif. (I'm assuming that's some sort of mountain range/ plateau.)

JimP

Ice coast with a large protected valley, it looks like to me.

Loopysue

I think the Schley style does the ice and snow stuff far better than any of the others, including (or perhaps especially) HW. Its why I've made my own ice and snow textures to go with the HW style, which I use almost exclusively because I love the rest of it

Shessar

Barliman hit it right, haha! I was thinking of a valley warmed by volcanic hot springs that has a lost world feel to it.

I agree Sue. After trying out the other styles, I've decided that the MS style has the best fill styles for this. However, I have a feeling that this map may end up being a composite of styles.

This landmass is going to be a challenge to make it into something other than just a frozen pile of rock.

Monsen

Posted By: ShessarThis landmass is going to be a challenge to make it into something other than just a frozen pile of rock.

Well, a world do need desolate areas too though.

Shessar

Very true Monsen. I'm still thinking about this one.

When looking at this continent, keep in mind that the north to south distance is about 1600 miles. That is the distance from Maine to Florida in the US. A good portion of it is in the arctic, but not all of it.

Here is what I've been playing with so far. Ignore the northern portion for now since I haven't done anything with it yet. Your opinions and suggestions are very welcome at this point!

Dogtag

This looks neat!

I like the beveled shading along the south! Is that just an effect on the terrain fill, or is it overlay? Or something else? The different coastline borders is interesting but the transition from one to the other seems a little abrupt to me.

I love the venting and greenery in the "hidden" valley. It opens all sorts of possibilities though, personally, I'm thinking dinosaurs a la The Land that Time Forgot and The Lost World!  

Cheers,
~Dogtag

JimP

The Valley of Gwanji also comes to mind. Cowboys and a smaller T-Rex.

Wyvern

JimP commented:The Valley of Gwanji also comes to mind. Cowboys and a smaller T-Rex.

That'd be an allosaurus, courtesy of the late, great Ray Harryhausen

Shessar

Thanks Dogtag! The shading is just a lighted bevel on the land sheet, nothing special, though I thought it looked cool too. I keep playing with the coastline border and in the latest rendering have eliminated it and added an additional bevel effect. Thoughts?

I've also reduced the size of the valley, it was too large before.

What a hoot that we are all thinking the same things about the hidden valley.

Dogtag

Looks great. May i humbly suggest a major river in the valley (as in, visible on this continental map), and some jungle?

Shessar

I've added a river but feel that despite the hot springs warming the area, a jungle within the arctic circle requires me to push the 'I Believe' button a bit too hard. I've left it at sparse trees. I appreciate your input Dogtag! It really helps.

Lorelei

Fantastic! I love this, Shessar! I am totally mapping a location on this map!

JimP

Well, it may be an allosaurus, but we hadn't heard of those when the movie came out.

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What an interesting world you are creating. I love this.

CharlesWayneRobinson

Came out really nice! :-)

Shessar

Thanks everyone!

Lorelei, you are certainly welcome to map as many areas as you would like!

I've started working on the northern part of the continent. I'm not sure what I think so I'm sure there will some changes as I go along.

Wyvern

Posted By: JimPWell, it may be an allosaurus, but we hadn't heard of those when the movie came out.

Actually, we had, given Gwangi is billed in the movie as being an allosaurus. The beast was first used as a fictional top predator by Conan Doyle in his 1912 novel The Lost World, as also featured in the 1925 silent movie of the same name, based on the novel, via the work of the great stop-motion pioneer Willis O'Brien. To be fair though, Harryhausen himself had confused allosaurus and tyrannosaurus, and apparently based Gwangi on illustrations of tyrannosaurus by Charles R Knight (1874-1953).

JimP

I was living in a small Texas town back then. Duck bill dinosaurs, t-rexs, and triceratops were about the only ones I remember being mentioned in school. Hmm.. And one with a mace-looking tail.

Don't think I heard of allosaurus until I went to university years later.

Barliman

Posted By: ShessarBarliman hit it right, haha!

For once.

Placing mountains has always been tough for me: your map and how you built around the Lost Valley is quite inspirational.

Shessar

Ezrute

One of the world’s southernmost inhabited areas, it's known for its rugged, remote terrain of frozen mountains and rugged hills sheltering arctic bears, polar worms, and winter wolves. The Singing Lights are visible during the unbroken winter nights, and summer brings the Forever Sun—sunlight 24 hours a day.

The southern reaches are always frozen, but the northern coastal regions are green during the polar summers. It is during these warmer months that the sturdy inhabitants can be seen fishing and hunting the seals and waddling birds that visit Ezrute to mate.

What many who visit Ezrute find odd however, is the abundance of fresh fruit, vegetables, and exotic meats in the villages, even when the land outside is frozen solid in ice. When asked how they manage too keep these foods fresh for so long, the people of Ezrute merely smile and mumble something about a lost valley protected by the gods...

Lorelei

Oh....wow. Just wow. I love, love love

Shessar

Thanks Lorelei! You are very kind.

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Gods, you finished that in record time. It is just superb. I now have inspiration to get on with Peredur - so far, just finished lines for mountains.

Shessar

Thanks Quenten! This was one of the most difficult maps I've ever done. Blending the different terrain types was a real challenge, but I wanted to show differences in temperatures.

I can't wait to see what you come up with for Peredur!

Dogtag

*is humbled* Absolutely wonderful. Your attention to the terrain paid off, and I like your final choice for the coast.

I also really like the font(s). Can I ask, what did you use?

Cheers,
~Dogtag

Lorelei

i just can't stop staring at this! It's just too darn pretty.

Gathar

This map is just wonderful! How did you do the ice covered mountains? Was it just varicolor, or did you use some effects?