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Jim Abbott
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  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    Here is yet another update. Starting to look ok.

    To do what I've done tonight in Photoshop would have taken me a day at least.


    [Deleted User]DaltonSpenceLoopysuesuntzuWyvern
  • Why won't the houses change color?

    The vari-colour symbols are the ones with a coloured square in the top right corner, just in case you weren’t aware of that.

    Maidhc O CasainBlushDaishoChikara
  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    I've spent the last 3 hours modifying this and that and coming up with a viable street plan based on the text "The narrow streets are dusty and unpaved but laid in a precise grid...". Finishing the map should be much quicker now.

    I also have a question re this style (CA25): there are 2 terrain fills, Terrain, Background Green and Vegetation, Grass Background. I created a polygon of each to see what the differences are. The information in the List window is identical apart from tag # and secondary color, the 1st is 5, the second is 6. With the sheet effects on, I can't see any difference. Should they go on different sheets, with different effects? Currently, both are on the Background City sheet.


    DaltonSpence[Deleted User]LoopysueWyvern
  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    Hi All,

    This isn't an Ancient Tomb map but it is a WIP pic of a map in the same adventure, so rather than starting another thread...

    Here is where I'm at with my town at the moment. I think it's looking OK. Undoubtedly it could be better. I don't know if the hill is going to work for me on this one...


    LoopysueRaiko
  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    Well, I tried multiple contours and whatnot and I couldn't get them looking like the picture in my head. In the end, I deleted all but one changed, its colour to a light grey and watched @Ralf's, Live Mapping - Ryecroft Town video for how he did the hill and finally got something I think looks good. Added a transparency effect, then spent a bit of time trying to draw stairs and decided, to hell with it, I'll use the regular stairs from SS4. Labelled it, put the obligatory creepy message in and viola, it is done!

    Thanks again for your support and encouragement folks!

    PS: I might make the compass rose smaller, and put it in the top left corner. It looks a little large...

    [Deleted User]LoopysuesuntzuMonsenWyvernDaishoChikaraRaiko