Hachures. I now have to learn how to hachure. Someone on the internet said they were unnecessarily complicated and of limited utility. And I must now commit to it.

Thanks alot @Loopysue

Great map @mike robel

It woudn't be like the maps you get in game supplements if there wasn't at least one feature which renders the map useless to some extent: if it's not a matter of fruitless attempts to align your VTT grid with that of the map's - which utlimately forces you to crop the the damn thing in segments (cutting and pasting) - it's some text or otherwise invasive blemish which has to be GIMP:ed out somehow.

Almost there now: the "exterior" rock wall on the south needs to be defined in a manner closer to what's going on up at the north end, and then it's just making shadows less sloppy and then I think it's actually done. To think the pillars got to stay this far into it!

Next time you get to see it, it will be accompanied by a fancy write-up and the .FCW file. And, might I say, what a rewarding project this has been: getting to explore the application. Such fun!

It's typically whatever is on my current rotation cycle. I tend to consume a few items only for about a year (give or take) and then I put it back in the box and move on to the next thing. So over the years there has been alot of time spent with for instance mostly Rush, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Lulu Rouge etc. Some I return to, when the stars are right, and others will have served their purpose as a history in time.

At the present time I am entrenched with Warren Zevon - the whole of which his Excitable Boy album is the current holder of the position of being the best assembly of tracks ever made; universally useful in any situation life throws at you. Including map-making :)

From the games I am getting alot of mileage out of Sara Schachner's music which, I find, typically is what's best about the games where it is featured. Game music in general has that particular quality - when it's good - where I don't mind a single track for hours on end. This was true back with the absolute powerhouse compositions from games such as Kid Icarus and it still holds up: I am always surprised when I get back to these tracks and check out their actual length. They also have that property of being purposely made to cater to a particular mood. So that's a plethora of tools for required/desired moods out of the box right there.

Anyway. These will change, but if I were to offer one constant in the universe for focus it's Arvo Pärt.