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by **cairnswk** on Mon May 18, 2009 9:08 pm

Curtain, looks more like a rug

I voted for the texxt at the top and gate/fence/whatever at the bottom.
I thought this was ready for Beta a long time ago.

by **The Neon Peon** on Mon May 18, 2009 9:25 pm

Incandenza wrote:Even if there's no barbed wire, I just think something concrete and monumental works better for the spirit of the old USSR than the existing fence.

Mind elaborating on that?

by **the.killing.44** on Mon May 18, 2009 9:29 pm

Incandenza wrote:Even if there's no barbed wire, I just think something concrete and monumental works better for the spirit of the old USSR than the existing fence.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS AS A FULL UPDATE
Just throwing this out there for direction …

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by **Incandenza** on Mon May 18, 2009 9:37 pm

I certainly think it's a step in the right direction, especially if there was a hammer-and-sickle carved/embossed/reliefed in the wall (even if the map itself overlaps it a bit).

TNP, imagine the Berlin Wall, ten minutes after the concrete dried (i.e. without all the garish graffiti), or a thirty-foot statue of Lenin (5 years ago I happened to be visiting Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka and was astonished to see that their giant Lenin statue was still in the middle of the city square, whereupon I was informed that while all the Stalin statues in the country had been taken down, Lenin, being viewed as more of a Washingtonian figure by Russians, was left alone in many places), or public housing in East Germany. Imposing, totalitarian architecture and design philosophies, basically.

You might not be able to tell, but I was fascinated by the soviet union as a child (and continue to be as an adult).

And I concur with various above sentiments that at the very least this deserves to be in the main foundry.

by **LED ZEPPELINER** on Mon May 18, 2009 9:42 pm

Maybe spell out the name in bullet holes, i think that might look cool. I also think it might be cool if you give the names a little drop shadow...

by **The Neon Peon** on Mon May 18, 2009 9:44 pm

Alright, now I get what you are talking about, Inca. That is a pretty good idea. I would go for either that or the fence right now, think either of them would look good on the map, although the stone wall might be a bit harder to pull off.

by **the.killing.44** on Mon May 18, 2009 9:51 pm

Alright, taking steps…

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by **Optimus Prime** on Mon May 18, 2009 10:30 pm

Perhaps try making the fade of the stone wall a much more gradual thing so it sort of very slowly blends into the background. Right now it looks a bit abrupt still. The strange part for me is the font... it doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the map for some reason. It looks a bit to sharp and crisp in comparison to everything else.

Definitely on the right track though. I like it much more than the curtain or the fence from before.

by **Incandenza** on Mon May 18, 2009 10:39 pm

Yeah, the "The Iron Curtain" lettering looks like it was just darkened and laid on top of the texture (which is looks to have been). It would work a lot better if somehow you were able to make it looks like some poor asshole in a gulag had to chisel it into the concrete.

by **RjBeals** on Tue May 19, 2009 11:12 am

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I sort of like this one.

by **the.killing.44** on Tue May 19, 2009 10:15 pm

Yeah I don't mind it either RJ, but that isn't in the .psd. Nor is the curtain or any other fence but the one I posted in the first post. I've also updated the minimap to the current map colors. Here's another step in a direction:
Do you think the wall should extend behind the map and show around it, or stop before the map starts, like I've shown? I've also been discussion having the wall crumble off on a side, but I dunno because of size issues.

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by **whitestazn88** on Tue May 19, 2009 11:23 pm

by the way, i like this map

glad its back to production

by **the.killing.44** on Thu May 21, 2009 7:36 pm

So, do I need to get this outta drafts again although it already has [I]?

MrBenn wrote:After discussion with RjBeals, this map has been moved into temporary retirement.

When you're ready to get going again, let one of the CAs know and we'll throw you back into the Foundry

Mr B

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P.S. I wantz moar commentz

by **thenobodies80** on Fri May 22, 2009 6:27 am

Damn! Killing , Can't you work on a map with easier names? :lol:

The map is wonderful.
It's clear it's a RJ map at the first look.

Can you add/explain in some way the impassables? And (personal opinion) i 'don't like the impassable colors...
I think some colors aren't so colorblind friendly (i'm not colorblind so i can't confirm you at 100%):
Bashkortostan and svedlovsk are similar for example. (try a test with vischeck
Volgorad has not the same color in the minimap and in the main map
The wall is a good option for title and mapmaker names, but the title could be done better, the last one is floating on the wall ( i know you can )

About the map placement, i think that Mr.Benn did a good choice.
The map had the idea stamp, but you're not RJ....(like bryguy with Spaceness map....same map but different mapmaker).
Anyway i don't think this map will be in the drafting room for a long time...

thenobodies80