August 2011 Entry: Aerie Fief

[Map Vandal]

Aerie Fief is a region of land held in trust for the the youngest son of Lord Bonelli the Bald. It is a mountainous region with a good river system.

I am looking forward to fleshing out the details of this map.

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[Steel General]

Looks like a good start, looking forward to seeing the final version.

[Map Vandal]

I added some additional mountains and the cartouche for the town of Vine River.

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Aerie Fief.jpg

[Map Vandal]

I have begun the laborious process of adding roads, buildings, and labels. here is an update:

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Aerie Fief.jpg

[vman3force]

This looks so hand done. Very convincing.

[robertsconley]

This is looking great. I have to ask is there a tutorial on to do hactures for mappings. It is a technique I been struggling with for sometime.

[Map Vandal]

Robert, I have never seen a tutorial on hachures. There are so many different ways that they are used on maps; I think it completely depends on the style of map you are trying to make. Wikipedia does have some basic rules for hachures, but that is all I found.

Here is the latest update. I think this one is about finished except for minor tweaking if I have time.

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Aerie Fief.jpg

[Map Vandal]

I have been considering removing the trees and eagle. I really can't decide. I would love some feedback about whether you think they add to the map or take away from it.

[Jaxilon]

Just me and based on my initial looking at the map I like the tree in the bottom right corner but I don't get the upper left tree with the eagle coming in from the side like that...is the world warped or in a bowl or something?

[eViLe_eAgLe]

I love the eagle.. Hence my name