
mike robel
mike robel
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Ok, weird question. Someone has asked me to buy one digital copy of one of my maps...
Well, you could call Kinkos and see how much they charge for the map.
I recently bought a custom map from mytopo.com of the Little Bighorn area that was about 4x5 feet with grid lines and elevation shadows for 29.95. Satellite photographs are more, around 100. A combination contour map was 79.95 and was nice to look at, but hard to read.
Incredibly to me, the. Company lets you download a full size PDF and save it so you can print it yourself. So does the national geologic service and their maps run 9-15 bucks.
For physical objects, there is an informal rule of thumb of three times the cost of materials
One has to think of the amount of time you put into it.
My daughter charges people by the square inch for paintings. 0.50 for her friends and 1.00 for others. Larger paintings can be more.
You can go to the wargame vault. They printout digital maps and you can see what they charge.
I find it difficult to price my games because volume is low and I am not well known.
Hope this helps.
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Ok, weird question. Someone has asked me to buy one digital copy of one of my maps...
Digital copies can be downloaded and printed. If you have an PDF 8.5 x 11 inch map, you could print it out on larger paper and tell the printer to make it fit and low, it will be magnified, but not anymore detailed.
I see no reason not to sell a digital map if asked. It's sort of a compliment. I sell paper copies of the maps for some of the game scenarios I sell because it takes a lot of time to make them, but all the rest of the scenario information is digital and I just let them download it.
There are many print and play wargames where all the components are digital, so you can print them out as many times as you want. You just should not resell them and many are watermarked. Digital products I get from the https://www.wargamevault.com/product/98585/The-Warehouse are watermarked with my name and purchase date.
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WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs
Sometimes, if you don't like the way something looks, you just have to start over. For example, my covering force game map. 3 times.
Painful, but sometimes necessary.
On the other hand, some paths through the desert would probably not hurt. Saudi Arabia had rocky deserts and there were Tels in places that we set up near that stood out in what was otherwise flat ground. But, as I remember, it was pretty flat until we got close to the Tigres/Euphraties.
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The "Real" Wargame Youtube video
The video at the link has some nice maps and scale models relating to siege warfare. The models, for the most part appear to be period, but some have many figures on them which may result from later updates of the map. The documentary is largely in french, but there are lots of pretty pictures to look at and one can marvel at the craftsmanship of the artificers who created these models to assist in planning and executing the siege.
I think this is the museum website: http://www.museedesplansreliefs.culture.fr/
Some screenshots
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Global Map takes you from present to 750 million years ago