How to graphically create a Town!?

Oh I found this nice map of Baldur's Gate, which is exactly what I'd like to be able to make!! How can I make this with some kind of tool?!

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RiTz21
 

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I noticed a publicity on the side about "Evony" and noted that the graphics were nice... If one could pluck buildings and drop them on an image, it would be perfect!

RiTz21
 


I recommend some of the other things mentioned already of course - such as drawing it out on graph paper.

But, Google Sketch is a free 3d program you might try (very easy to use). I made the following very quickly...

[edit] Download it here [/edit]

Thank you so much for mentioning this program. I think this is what I have been looking for for years :)

Havard
 


Add me to the "addicted to SketchUp" list. B-) It really is very intuitive and easy to get up and running. Those Google video tutorials are a great resource - short and sweet.

Now that I know how to create my own Materials from image files to use with the Paint Bucket tool, I want to start working on building some 3D dungeon tiles and mapping out some of my 2D stuff. I'll be sharing that project in the Art Gallery sub-forum eventually.

Here's some very basic models I whipped up on the first day I used the progam:
 

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