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A quid-pro-quo commission from a fellow artist AZ Rune, this map is made for a soon-to-start RPG campaign. The client provided me with a rough map and some written guidance, and this is what I came up with. With this map, I tried to do as little direct terrain marking as possible: just borders, city labels, and a few geographic labels.Acknowledgements:
+The techniques I used in making this map were variations on four separate Arsheesh tutorials, specifically his Eriond tutorial, his map border tutorial, his heraldic shield mini-tutorial, and his icon mini-tutorial.
+The client took the northern continent's original outline from an Arsheesh map (Eriond, I think). I re-did the topography and climate.
+The general shape of the Vorlantis heraldry, The flame in the Yin Drakkos shield and the lion in the Sussuria shield are based on free-use images that I could find no artist credits for. They are not exact traces, but I used them as references.
+The outline of the southern continent comes from a Palladium Fantasy book, the Library of Bletherad.
Tools used:
Inkspace: Heraldry designs
WILBUR: Topography enhancements, rivers
GIMP: everything else
If you're interested in the Regnum world, you can read more about it and the corresponding RPG Campaign at
www.obsidianportal.com/campaigβ¦
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Comments: 24
Sabs546 [2015-03-25 18:59:14 +0000 UTC]
This map looks like it would be good for a video game like just cause or arma or maybe eldet scrolls if the two were connected
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Will-Erwin In reply to Sabs546 [2015-03-26 04:10:50 +0000 UTC]
Well, thanks! I'd be interested in such a game. I've been following the Regnum campaign off and on for over a year now (linked above)
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Sabs546 In reply to Will-Erwin [2015-03-26 14:21:43 +0000 UTC]
Im gonna go into game development after college I might actually think about this shape if I ever get into sandbox
Still got loads of idea in my head about which genre amd stuff like thst I should pick
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Will-Erwin In reply to Sabs546 [2015-03-27 03:12:03 +0000 UTC]
Good luck! I hope to see your games down the road.
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arsheesh [2015-03-15 04:45:57 +0000 UTC]
Hey congrats on this commission, it turned out very nicely. Β My favorite bit of heraldry is the far right shield with the white tree set against the red background. Β Very lovely. Β I also like the silver icon with the wings. Β Once again a great map.
Cheers.
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Will-Erwin In reply to arsheesh [2015-03-15 17:54:47 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! Both the heraldic shields and the icons were adaptations of your tutorials. Really, most of what I do are adaptations of your tutorials.
I had a lot of fun in the back-and-forth with the client working out the themes of each region and doing the corresponding heraldry. Thanks for the kind words!
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arsheesh In reply to Will-Erwin [2015-03-15 22:31:49 +0000 UTC]
Well you've done a fabulous job adapting these techniques in your own way
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Alien-Exile [2015-03-12 22:47:29 +0000 UTC]
Fantastic! I do love a good map, and this one surpasses that.
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Will-Erwin In reply to Alien-Exile [2015-03-13 02:04:08 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much!
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Alien-Exile In reply to Will-Erwin [2015-03-16 20:17:23 +0000 UTC]
You're very welcome
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Arminius1871 [2014-04-16 06:39:33 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely beautiful, I love the Coat of Arms and the whole atmosphere, more please^^
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Will-Erwin In reply to Arminius1871 [2014-04-16 11:12:08 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! This was my most time-consuming project so far, largely because of the heraldry and frame. I'm contemplating a couple of maps in the future that could involve a similar approach, but I have some other projects to hold my attention for now.
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osereterno [2014-04-15 01:50:39 +0000 UTC]
That is amazing. The heraldry is awesome, and the map is wonderful!
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