The Land
Shessar
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In 1987 my husband started his campaign world with this half finished map. It remains unfinished to this day despite the fact that we've played in the world for many, many years. He finally admitted that he would probably never finish it and asked if I would make it digital and help him finish it.
Each color in the original version represented both an elevation and a terrain type so I intend to keep to his original design. He is directing and approving each fill style as I go so this is a joint project. His vision, my implementation.
Each color in the original version represented both an elevation and a terrain type so I intend to keep to his original design. He is directing and approving each fill style as I go so this is a joint project. His vision, my implementation.
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I do really like the old original. If I could make maps like that, maybe I'd never have found CC2
Oh....and the map is coming along wonderfully...looking forward to your progress.
Everyone's kind comments about the original map made my husbands day. He says thanks!
@Lorelei - Our kids and their wives game with us now too. The family that games together stays together?
Anyway, here's the map as it is so far. I've just started adding snow caps to the mountains and breaking up the edges of the lowland forest. It still has a way to go before being finished, but it's coming along nicely.
Map is looking lovely.
Although I think 'The Land' is already taken. Maybe Shessaria? Shessarilonica? Shessanada? Shessanadu? (the dream.. that came through a million years..)
TheHawk, Shessar is the name of a Drow Matron who is a major adversary in my campaign world (and also a character that I played on a drow message board roleplay game back around 2000) so related names aren't quite appropriate for my husband's campaign world.
Taustinoc, yes, that's it! We started this campaign right about the time that Donaldson began the second Covenant trilogy in the early 80's. Husband didn't have a name for this 'land' yet so we players just started calling it The Land and it's been that ever since. It's really set late in the 4th age of middle earth after a great cataclysm warped the earth. Now darkness is again rising in the east. It's why the eastern half of the map was never developed. We, the players have never been there, but have been fighting off the incursions of enemy war bands and armies. Yep, for 30+ years we have played in this small area of map. You don't travel very far when you're on foot most of the time.
I love his maps so have to share just a few of them. Forgive the quality, I just took the pictures with my phone.
Maybe he missed his true vocation? People pay for plans like these.
(And now I'm wondering if your hubby could be persuaded to learn how to create a few new CC3 styles!)
I look forward to seeing the settlements and roads and all the other little details.
Im on the contrary, been fascinated by the forests. Actually if i ever have time to creat maps again, such forests will inspire me to create mines. Thanks!
I have made a new year resolution to spend an hour a day mapping. I'm finally committed to work on the competition map and finishing the atlas maps that I've been putting aside for far too long.
The mountains were done using three sheets: Lighted bevel, edge fade, glow, and HSL effects on the Dry Hills fills from CA62 for the two mountain sheets and The Wastes fill from from CA75 for the snow sheet. So two mountain sheets and one snow sheet. I also uses the color key effect for the northern lake and the central deep valley.
Glad you like.
I feel the text is a bit hard to read at this size, but I assume you'll mainly be using the map in a bit larger size than this.
Remy, I think that I agree that the text is a bit small. Yes, we can read it when it's on the 42 inch TV that we use for map display, but I realize now that it would look better if the text was a bit larger. Thanks for that suggestion!