[Competition] War of the Burning Sky Map

[RangerWickett]

I do have a question. It won't affect my map, but I thought I throw this out in case anyone else was a bit confused. If you are a player and your GM would frown on knowing what was in the free GM guide, stop reading now.

In the timeline section on the pdf's page 7 (page 8 if you count the cover) for March, it says that the capital of the Northern Shahalesti state is Nacaan. For April it says that the army captures Nacaan and heads for the capital of Calanis, which is the one that is on all the maps. Are there two capitals, or am I missing something?

Saba

Nacaan is the capital of the northern region, like Madison is the capital of Wisconsin. Calanis is the national capital.

 

[alleynbard]

Here are my entries. As a note these are lower res for easy web viewing but they have been designed in a much higher resolution. Should I post the higher resolution images as well?

Also, while these are posted on my site they are not linked from anywhere on the site proper so casual surfers will not come across them. You can access the rest of my site from the map pages though.

First up, the GM map...

http://www.roxanne.org/~torvel/WotBS

And then, the player map...

http://www.roxanne.org/~torvel/WotBS_player

 

[JDragon]

Here are my entries. As a note these are lower res for easy web viewing but they have been designed in a much higher resolution. Should I post the higher resolution images as well?

Also, while these are posted on my site they are not linked from anywhere on the site proper so casual surfers will not come across them. You can access the rest of my site from the map pages though.

First up, the GM map...

http://www.roxanne.org/~torvel/WotBS

And then, the player map...

http://www.roxanne.org/~torvel/WotBS_player

Very Nice.

I have played at doing some maps in photoshop but have always run in to problems when I try to do mountains. I really like what you've done for the ones in these maps.

Any way you could share the basics on how you did those?

Thanks

JD

 

[ZombieButch]

Any way you could share the basics on how you did those?

Thanks

JD

Looks like a Bevel & Emboss layer style to me.

I'm working on a new one, but I'm not sure if I'll have it done before the deadline. Going for a more hand-drawn look this time.

Here it is.

 

[TogaMario]

Here are my two 50% scale submissions. I scaled the detail way back so that I could actually finish it on time. Higher resolution images are available upon request.

DM's Map

Player's Map

 

[alleynbard]

Looks like a Bevel & Emboss layer style to me.

While that is part of it, the process is a little more complex than that. I have to admit it is amazing what can be done with the bevel and emboss style. It is a remarkably useful tool.

Originally Posted by JDragon
Any way you could share the basics on how you did those?

Thanks

JD

Essentially I created a blob-like shape that served as the mountain base. I created this in a light gray. Then I painted the middle of shapes with a darker gray. The mountains were created using bevel and emboss but I cannot remember the settings right off hand. I can tell you I made the whole thing very soft using the setting controls. Using the smudge tool I pulled the small ridges away from the main body of the mountains. I set the mountain layer's blending modes to overlay and spent some time playing with colors on a layer below that one. Essentially large blocks of color lie beneath the mountain layer. Once I had it right I outlined the mountains with a thin brush in a dark brown. This was done on a layer above the mountain layer. Using the magic wand tool I selected the space around the outlines and then moved to the mountain layer. At this point I deleted any excess "mountain" that lay outside the outlines. To help create a better sense of height I used to the burn tool to darken the mountain's shadows.

I find that mountains are the most difficult thing to produce as well. I tried a number of different styles before I finally came up with this look.

That was sort of stream of conciousness. If you would like I could create a more "step by step" explanation on how it was done.

Thanks for the compliment, I really appreciate it.

 

[rick_hershey]

I saw this today and figured I'd give it a go.

GM Map


Player Map

 

[HALL]

Hello all,
Sorry for not posting sooner but for those of you who know Ashy over at
wowweezowwee.com you know we have been busy getting things put together especially on Sky Spire Abbey, if you haven't been there... GO! it rocks! I've been lurking on EN World for a while now but never posted. I enjoy doing maps so I figured, give it a shot! I have a version of the map for PCs and for DMs on my web sight together so PCs warning...spoiler ahead the files are set at 300dpi and are quite large. Everything is on its own layer and can be moved, 86ed, or altered quite easily.
Enjoy,

http://www.teagardengallery.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2430


HALL
wowweezowwee.com
First ya type it, then ya say it!

 

[JVisgaitis]

I was going to do two different styles of this, but someone did something very similar to one of those styles, so I only did one. Bad news is I was working on the labels for a few hours without saving (I was burning the midnight oil) and Illustrator crashed and I got bumped back to a version a few hours earlier... I'm working on the labels and such now. Not sure if I'll get it done, so I figure I'll just post what I have now. Here it is:

http://www.icirclegames.com/external_images/colored7.jpg

 

[Pbartender]

I'm putting the last finishing touches on my maps... I'll get them uploaded soon.