Seeking: Feather, scale fills
I am looking for exotic bitmap fills like feathers or fish/reptile scales.
I'm dabbling with using CA172 Ship Deckplans to create exotic fantasy ships, like a flying airship shaped like a wooden eagle, or a submersible shark-shaped submarine with metal scales. I had the idea that if I could find a feathered fill, I could experiment creating wings with a wooden texture and then use Texture Overblend with a feathered fill to make it look like wooden feathers.
Storyweaver Highspace has some scale fills that might work (along with some other really fascinating fills -- has there ever been a Live tutorial using that annual?), but I haven't found any feathers. I searched using "feather" but nothing turned up. I was hoping someone here might know of a fill that resembles feathers even if it's named something different that my search queries missed.
Thank you!
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Nope, closest I've seen is like leaves.
It sounds like what you really need for those wings is a symbol rather than a texture. Feathers have a definite direction, so a fill would look wrong in all but one direction because you can't align a Texture Overblend effect.
As for scales...
I might have stopped work to spend a few hours churning out a few scale type fills that might or might not have been what you are looking for, but I'm on a time limit with CC4 Overland and a bit too busy to stop right now. Unless this is for a commercial map I would suggest searching for "Seamless scale texture" and seeing what comes up.
Thank you, Sue. No, please don't drop anything for this! Right now, I'm just experimenting without any time deadlines. And it's not commercial, so that tip is helpful.
I forgot you can't align a Texture Overblend. Let me see if I can experiment with some symbols, or with seamless fills available for noncommercial use.
Thank you!
Royal Scribe asked: Storyweaver Highspace has some scale fills that might work (along with some other really fascinating fills -- has there ever been a Live tutorial using that annual?)
The creator of the HighSpace style, Joe Sweeney, did a series of tutorial videos when this was released (so for CC3, not CC3+), which are still available on YouTube. There is a link in the CA70 HighSpace 2 PDF Mapping Guide (there isn't a Guide for Part 1), but it goes to the wrong place. This link though takes you to the right place on the ProFantasy site, where you can download the videos. If you'd prefer to watch them online, they're here instead on YouTube.
And just a quick note of congratulations to Royal Scribe on contributing this month's Cartographer's Annual issue! A fine example showcasing what CC3+ can do. Well done!
Aww, thank you, @Wyvern!