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 Post subject: Wilderlands Maps
PostPosted: Mar 13, 2015 2:02 pm 
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Some might be interested to know that after a hiatus of nearly 5 years I have been able to come back to the Wilderlands maps and finish what I had started. I have just finished maps 16-18, finally completing the set, and have spent today achieving my original goal - stitching them together to make a complete copy of the whole Wilderlands Campaign Map. :)

156 hexes x 204 hexes - fancy an old-fashioned hex crawl, anyone?
The file is up on flickr and in the dropbox folder in my signature - it's 4.12mb for the png.
There are no text labels - I still haven't decided whether to add them or not.

I have no idea how many people are interested in such a thing, but if you are one of them, enjoy. :)


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 Post subject: Re: Wilderlands Maps
PostPosted: Mar 15, 2015 6:24 pm 
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Well, I AM interested! Sweet, my friend! Sweet! :)


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 Post subject: Re: Wilderlands Maps
PostPosted: Mar 16, 2015 11:19 am 
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A great map! fantastic work Dave! :)

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 Post subject: Re: Wilderlands Maps
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Agreed, Dave. Your maps are first-rate! 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Wilderlands Maps
PostPosted: Mar 26, 2015 11:18 am 
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Well, Stage 3 in now underway - putting the labels on all 18 maps, as well as the combined map.

However, while working on the labels I finally managed to get my hands on a copy of Illustrator CS2 - yes, I know it's years old, but I finally decided it was time to learn how to make vector maps, with a little (a lot of) help from Thorf's mapping files.

After a week of sweat, frustration, and almost giving up, I have something that I think is worth showing.

So, I have a request. Please look at the two maps I have posted on Dropbox and tell me what you think.

One is my old Gimp map with labels - zoom in and you can see the pixels and watch the text blur.
The other is my new Illustrator map - I have deliberately tried to copy the style I have used in the other map, the difference being that if you zoom in everything should remain crystal clear.

Feedback please. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Wilderlands Maps
PostPosted: Mar 28, 2015 6:17 am 
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Have you tried zooming into your new map (in Illustrator, before exporting to .png) and creating blow-up maps of areas?


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 Post subject: Re: Wilderlands Maps
PostPosted: Mar 28, 2015 8:01 am 
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