Well I decided to post in this thread instead of creating a new one. I have finished the eastern portion of the world. I know this is a large map with way too much detail but that is what the person I'm doing this for wanted and it's too late to change now. He plans on printing a large format print with detail to hang in his game room. He created this world over 40 years ago and had very little of the world explored so except for the area he had already mapped out I'm able to have free rein over how it looks.

I still need to update political regions (turned off on this posting) and label the rivers but most everything else is completed.

Once the map is completed I add sea contours and a few islands along with scale and compass.

larger image in gallery

comments and suggestions welcome as always

Well I picked up the Mike Schley tokens from his website and decided to try and make symbols catalogs out of them. Making progress but things are not quite right yet. I decide to put together a quick battlemap using some of the tokens to see how they fit together. The result is my Forest Lair Map. Please let me know what you think and how to improve it.

So this image just begged for this so to add the additional chimneys I had to do the floor plan.

We also had to do the night version.

Working on getting the Hex transparency correct for the printing. Added higher res to galley.

My first stab at a town / Village map. Comments welcome. The thatch buildings are the shady part of town.

I have to say I like Ralf and Remy's videos very much. When thing don't go as expected it always makes me feel good that is just not me. With that said I thought the recovery from the crash was great and show how to change a map from one style to another so quickly was great, I decided that I wanted to try what was shown in the video so I took one of my favorite maps and converted it. I started with the hex version and now I'm converting the none hex version, here is a look at the hex version conversion.

@Ricko Hasche

Ok here is a quick stab at what I think your asking for. One more thing I need to learn how to do better, yes it needs to added to the final image. Let me know if this is the right track for your suggestion.

Think I found the limit of lights you can have in a map. Think I need a smaller scale map to work with for the next test map. Having issues rendering the map as the last two attempts turned off the lights during the rendering. Got it to render. (Light count 750)

Remember work in progress, learning as I go and a quick stab at the reflection in the water.

I'm currently working on a new city and using a different style this time around. The city is based on information from the person I'm making the map for so I'm trying to get as many elements into the map as possible. I have posted 2 versions of the map one with out the key and one with the key. The key version needs the fonts tweaked but I'm looking to see if they way I want to do the text and key works for people if I get the font style and coloring the way I like it.

Comments and suggestions are welcome as always.

My first attempt at cart tracks and I added some muddy areas. Also added for Smithy items to outer building.