June 2014 Entry - The Kingdoms of Albion and Nivirem

[Goombac]

Here's the beginnings for my entry. This is an extremely rough WIP for really just the layout of the final product. I've done a bit more with the lettering, roads and cities, and it'll be updated soon.

Albion and Nivirem are my pseudo British and French empires, who do not get along.

### Latest WIP ###
Goombac Finish it WIP01small.jpg

[xpian]

Wow! There's a lot going on there...I can't wait to see more. Great take on the concept. Way to run with it. And not that it matters, but if I were asked which two nations I was modeling a conflict on, I'd never say Britain and France (feels too cliché to me). I'd say Guilder and Florin!

[Meshon]

So you've been a member for two years but your first post is to enter a challenge? You definitely get some win! And I really really like the fact that you've added some very cool stuff to the borders.

cheers,
Meshon

[Goombac]

Here's an update. Lined the cities and almost all of the labels. Everything I added (except for the type) was done by hand. Tedious, but I think worth it. Going to line the rest of the border before I add too much color to the map.

It's pretty busy and small, so to see it all you might want to see it full view.

But yeah, I'm more of a lurker than anything, so I don't post too often, although I've been working on my own crappy maps for a couple years now. And I was going for a cliche standard Britain-France empire thing, so that's why I went with my symbols and names and stuff like that.

### Latest WIP ###
Goombac Finish it WIP02.jpg

[timallen]

Oh man, I am liking this! Much better than my poor attempt.

[- Max -]

Gorgeous stuff so far!

[Goombac]

Aww, thanks you guys.

Did the lines for the stars and the Albion knight. And the grey on the banner will be dark red in the final image.

### Latest WIP ###
Goombac Finish it WIP03b.jpg

[- Max -]

I'm just wondering if this border won't distract too much from the map itself...

[lostatsea]

I'm with max. I personally always have trouble balancing elements . That's why my entry doesn't have any yet.

[arsheesh]

Looking very, very nice! May I ask which font you are using? I really like it.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh