Hawaii

[Industrial Helix]

One wonders if learning a computer graphics software might have been a better idea... either way, its kind of cool in a strange finger-painted way.

You're going to need a computer graphics submission if you want this to go through though, as per the rules of the foundry.

[esiemer]

Thanks guys. I will try to learn the ins and outs of the foundry process, I just recently poked my head in here and saw the Hawaii one, and thought I would contribute. I'm finishing up school this summer, so I'm not sure how much time I will have to work on this.

In an earlier post I used the wrong word when I was talking about the subdivisions of the islands. If someone wants to make a fun historical one, you could base it on Ahupua'a which are traditional land divisions from mountains to ocean. There were some pretty large and powerful Ahupua'a with varied resources that could be a cool angle on a conquer club game.

some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahupua%27a
http://www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&CategoryID=299
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/Images/ahupuaa.jpg

I'll keep my eye on this thread, try to read up on the foundry process, and help in any way i can.

[whatcouldgowrong]

esiemer, great stuff. I think Moku make the best map distinctions because there's many of them but not too many, whereas you can see how there are about two dozen ahupua'a on Oahu alone because of its population throughout time.

I'm due for a visit to UH library because I have a book waiting for me, and they have an excellent Hawaiian collection, and I also have contact info for the map person at the library. I'm looking for a Hawaiian map, as in made by Hawaiians rather than a European map because they were just guessing at political divisions and writing things like "Owhyhee" as well as painting a rather unflattering portrait of locals.

Anyway I don't want to get political here, just wanted to say that I love what you did and I'll post what I find at the library when I get some time to get up there.