Raedirk Freehold

[Kiba]

This looks great! If you've worked out this much, how many villagers does the freehold have? There's a whole lot of farmland, but I only counted about twenty houses plus the outlying buildings outside the palisade.

(I came down with some serious world-building disease, so I'm a lot more curious about population than I usually am. )

[Larb]

I hadn't actually put it in to concrete numbers but here I go. The village originally consisted of fourteen households within the current wall boundary at an average of about eight people per household plus another dozen or so homes scattered outside the current wall. So originally about 280 people.

The current village consists of the fourteen households plus twenty one roughly built shacks (the small square buildings). I'd say the current average building now houses about ten people. So that would be roughly 350 people.

The shacks were built to accommodate people from houses outside the current wall as well as refugees from Argot. No one lives outside the wall anymore because they tend to occasionally end up dead or missing if they do. =P

[Kiba]

Sounds solid! Thanks for answering, and I'm looking forward to more progress on this map!

[Larb]

Ok now that it is no so unbearably hot today I have managed to finish all the linework. Now on to the colouring part!

[Abu Lafia]

To see your village maps develop is always a feast for the eyes, Larb! The palisade/rampart indeed looks spectacular.

[Larb]

Busy week but I got most of the structures done and some shadows.

[Kiba]

Color! I love how the still-inhabited buildings are so clearly different from the abandoned ones!

[woopingwooper]

Love the map so far! In particular I like the detail on the roofs of the buildings; I was just trying to figure out how to make a good tile texture recently, so this gives me some inspiration. Your coloring is also quite nice, since it's more than just blocks of shading. The linework is clear and communicates well. Man, what's not to like?

[Narolas]

Really liking the look of it so far, great job.

[Larb]

A large portion of it is done now. Trees, river, fields, and some details to do. Then the labeling!