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samuelc812 wrote:From Spain Right through Europe and around to Egypt are real borders but as for North West Africa and Libya i was just playing around they aren't final i just wanted to see what it looked like I am still figuring out how i can make the water more, waterish
:looks through dictionary is waterish a word?: but will figure it out sooner or later
samuelc812 wrote:From Spain Right through Europe and around to Egypt are real borders but as for North West Africa and Libya i was just playing around they aren't final i just wanted to see what it looked like I am still figuring out how i can make the water more, waterish
:looks through dictionary is waterish a word?: but will figure it out sooner or later
RjBeals wrote:
650 px width - this is most likely your small map. Nice start so far. You're using CS3, good man. I hope your keeping ALL your images / borders / text on separate layers.
Couple of things -
* Are you going to use army circles? Some of the territories are so small that an "88" will not fit. Like Switzerland or Crete or Cyprus... I always find it best to work my maps around the sample "88" armies. that way I don't have to rework anything at the last minute when I find my armies don't fit - or they look to cramped and hard to see.
* I think you've wasted too much space. That whole bottom legend is way to big. You don't have extend the height down that far if you don't need to. Since your colors are so bold and easy to tell apart, you could easily just put the color dots and bonus amounts on 1 line, along the bottom.
* You have too much bevel on the land for my taste. It's an overused filter if you ask me. I use it, but very slightly. But it's your call.
* Any plans on putting some textures into the land areas? MrBenn has already used plain bold colors in his Europa map and this is kind of similar to that feel. With that large bevel, it sort of reminds me of the current Europe map also. I would suggest adding some mountain ranges or rivers or textures into the land, to keep it unique.
* I really like the ocean water. It feels so Mediterranean! nice work on that. But I don't care for the cyan shattered looking background around the outside map. It looks like a pool liner.
Hope you keep working on the map. Nice start.
samuelc812 wrote:Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
I am working on doing the provinces of Algeria, Libya and Egypt as well as Turkey, i will have and update soon
t-o-m wrote:I dont like this because:
- It's basically just Imperium Romanium layout and areas, although i understand that its different gameplay
- There are loads of maps that have/include Europe as a main place
- This is an EXTREME case of poor textures/bevels - they look like someone has just thrown them on
- EVERYTHING in the map has a layer style, which is just not doing it for me/
t-o-m wrote:t-o-m wrote:I dont like this because:
- It's basically just Imperium Romanium layout and areas, although i understand that its different gameplay
- There are loads of maps that have/include Europe as a main place
- This is an EXTREME case of poor textures/bevels - they look like someone has just thrown them on
- EVERYTHING in the map has a layer style, which is just not doing it for me/
KraphtOne wrote:when you sign up a new account one of the check boxes should be "do you want to foe colton24 (it is highly recommended) "
Skittles! wrote:I agree with Tom, but there is nothing wrong with another map.
Things I would like to happen
*Change the tecture, it looks too busy
Skittles! wrote:*Add Malta as a territory, and it could be used as a link between places, e.g. Almar and Tunisia, and make it part of Libya or something.
Skittles! wrote:*Get rid of Ukraine
Skittles! wrote:*Change the "Middle East" to the "Near East"
t-o-m wrote:t-o-m wrote:I dont like this because:
- It's basically just Imperium Romanium layout and areas, although i understand that its different gameplay
- There are loads of maps that have/include Europe as a main place
- This is an EXTREME case of poor textures/bevels - they look like someone has just thrown them on
- EVERYTHING in the map has a layer style, which is just not doing it for me/
t-o-m wrote:I dont like this because:
- It's basically just Imperium Romanium layout and areas, although i understand that its different gameplay
- There are loads of maps that have/include Europe as a main place
- This is an EXTREME case of poor textures/bevels - they look like someone has just thrown them on
- EVERYTHING in the map has a layer style, which is just not doing it for me/
samuelc812 wrote:Skittles! wrote:*Change the "Middle East" to the "Near East"
*I think there are a few maps that refer to this area as "The Near East" already...wouldn't it be nice to have a change and put something different like "The Middle East"
KraphtOne wrote:when you sign up a new account one of the check boxes should be "do you want to foe colton24 (it is highly recommended) "
e_i_pi wrote:[*]...and for crying out loud, before you criticise other peoples graphics, try fixing the goddam egregious spelling error in your sig. That same sig that your entire clan is using. I've already told you in your clan thread, and that has fallen on deaf ears. It looks amateurish in the extreme! Fix it Emmet!![/list]
KraphtOne wrote:when you sign up a new account one of the check boxes should be "do you want to foe colton24 (it is highly recommended) "
Skittles! wrote:e_i_pi wrote:[*]...and for crying out loud, before you criticise other peoples graphics, try fixing the goddam egregious spelling error in your sig. That same sig that your entire clan is using. I've already told you in your clan thread, and that has fallen on deaf ears. It looks amateurish in the extreme! Fix it Emmet!![/list]
I think that's actually just a friendly banter between their clan and the Legion. It's not accidental.
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