01 Games, your maps are amazing... a question
- Thread starter DiReLiNx
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Well. First, I have to say why I produce such detailed maps.
I think the map is crucial for the DM. Looking at a good map can suggest more details to the DM when he makes the description of the room. Looking at a bare 5x5 room with a door sketched over a wall cannot suggest anything and the DM. Beyond the obvious reading of the module,in this case, the DM must put at work his fantasy. This is good but, for many, not enough.
Instead, looking at a fine map with the torchlights drawn on the marble surfaces of the walls, and the iron bounded wooden doors that open into the room projecting a beam of light into the stone floor, could suggest more things and helps the DM to add flavor to his descriptions.
Of course, better if you can use the map for miniature gaming.
That said, we produce the map using a combination of artistic techniques and 3d modeling. I design the maps using a CAD program (running under Mac OSX, if you are curious; in a past life I was architect), then my staff takes the map and makes three dimensional drawings, adding details (furnitures, lightning and more); then the work goes to the texture map section.
Here are built the textures representing the floors, the walls, the wood etc. At the end of the process a draft rendering is made and I correct details. Then we make a final rendering and the image is imported in Photoshop, where other details are added (like borders and drawings that cannot be made with a 3d program). Finally all the work goes to Illustrator where are added the writings, room numbers, key box, symbols and the like.
As you can see, it is a quite long (and expensive) process but this is part of our "quality policy".
I think the map is crucial for the DM. Looking at a good map can suggest more details to the DM when he makes the description of the room. Looking at a bare 5x5 room with a door sketched over a wall cannot suggest anything and the DM. Beyond the obvious reading of the module,in this case, the DM must put at work his fantasy. This is good but, for many, not enough.
Instead, looking at a fine map with the torchlights drawn on the marble surfaces of the walls, and the iron bounded wooden doors that open into the room projecting a beam of light into the stone floor, could suggest more things and helps the DM to add flavor to his descriptions.
Of course, better if you can use the map for miniature gaming.
That said, we produce the map using a combination of artistic techniques and 3d modeling. I design the maps using a CAD program (running under Mac OSX, if you are curious; in a past life I was architect), then my staff takes the map and makes three dimensional drawings, adding details (furnitures, lightning and more); then the work goes to the texture map section.
Here are built the textures representing the floors, the walls, the wood etc. At the end of the process a draft rendering is made and I correct details. Then we make a final rendering and the image is imported in Photoshop, where other details are added (like borders and drawings that cannot be made with a 3d program). Finally all the work goes to Illustrator where are added the writings, room numbers, key box, symbols and the like.
As you can see, it is a quite long (and expensive) process but this is part of our "quality policy".
You may scale the document by 150% in the print options menu, but the drawing will go outside the us letter format.
I suggest to bring the file to a print server an ask for a copy on a larger paper format scaled by 150%. Scaling should not deteriorate much the graphics.
This would be a cheap and good solution for printing 01 Games maps.
And yes, Mage Knight is fun (and heroclix too
I suggest to bring the file to a print server an ask for a copy on a larger paper format scaled by 150%. Scaling should not deteriorate much the graphics.
This would be a cheap and good solution for printing 01 Games maps.
And yes, Mage Knight is fun (and heroclix too
Janos Antero
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To have a fan come forth and show his respect and devotion for your product like this must be touching. Truly the lengths to which fans will track down total strangers and praise their works is never to be underestimated.
Sacred Cow
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Interesting. You're right, the lighting effects are very nice.
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rpghost
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For those of you wondering where to get this product and others:
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=509
Enjoy!
James
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=509
Enjoy!
James
Eosin the Red
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You know I would buy this in print....sadly, I just can't leap on PDF graphic type supplements.
The product features eight rooms, each one comes in two versions, color and Grayscale. One room (the dark temple, is double, two sheets of paper).
Eosin, as I pointed ou before: you can bring the file in a print service and still have a product cheaper than a normal printed one...
However, 0one Games is going to print...
Eosin, as I pointed ou before: you can bring the file in a print service and still have a product cheaper than a normal printed one...
However, 0one Games is going to print...
