The Island of Misfit Toys

[Bedwyr]

I'm guessing you did your stone extrusion technique (copy text, offset). I can think of the candy canes as 3d if I imagine really hard. It's a cool effect, but I don't think it worked this time.

[Ascension]

Very small update...the circadian rhythm of my creativity is on a downslope. I spent one night re-doing my avatar (only half-way done) and haven't touched the island for over a week because I've been on a Fall From Heaven kick. I agree with ya Bedwyr so I'll save that for the candy cane forest. Instead I turned the text into ice cubes. I also drew out some basic shapes for the iconography to come. When my rhythm starts swinging back up I'll finish this and crank out the December challenge...got 2 ideas for that but not sure how I want to proceed.

ps--put up the full size avatar for fun

[Steel General]

I'm gonna need to get me a copy of Civ IV just to play Fall From Heaven. I followed the thread for quite a while then kinda forgot about it.

[Bedwyr]

Lots better. I would suggest more contrast though. Trying to think of an icy cool color that would contrast with the white/blue of the map.

[mmmmmpig]

I think the "snowman breeding grounds" needs to be changed to "Snowman Retirement Center"

This map is a ton of fun. I cannot wait to see what the new icons look like

[RPMiller]

I'm gonna need to get me a copy of Civ IV just to play Fall From Heaven. I followed the thread for quite a while then kinda forgot about it.

I love me some CIV! I think I own every version that has come out.

As for the Island, fun stuff you've got there!

[melissah]

Oh, wicked cool. It's an adorable idea, but it's potentially pretty insidious. It reminds me of a North Polean (I made that up) version of Grimm, an RPG by Fantasy Flight Games set in a land of twisted fairy tales. I love the creativity of the names, too.

As it stands, seems pretty crowded in there, possibly due to the size of the fonts. It'll be interesting to see it with the new icons.

[Running Wolf]

I started this one mainly for myself because it's one of my favorite "make believe" places and I wanted to put some of my own thoughts down in map form. I always felt like there was a cottage somewhere on this island just waiting for me and I thought I ought to do it some justice. This is nowhere near done as it's still in the "thinking my way through it" stage but the preliminary brainstorming is done and I'm likely to incorporate some techniques from my Charedon map. Besides, I just wanted to do something really fun and get a jump on the spreading of cheer

This one will evolve over the next month as I watch the tv specials and see if I need to incorporate some of the things in them...like Baby New Year, Frosty, Jack Frost, and the Grinch, etc. Mainly I'd like to get my hands on some clipart of the Christmas trees, I'd love to have those as my forests. Also, I gotta take some pics of my Santa doll that my nieces bought me (the one from Rudolph) and put him in there somewhere because no one likes a skinny Santa.

Thankyou Usually over the holidays I run a one shot RPG. This year wanting to do it on Fantasy Grounds. Came here looking for a "Santa Map", and think my adventure just took a turn for the North Pole .

[kyliedee]

The location names are so unique and creative! And as other said - font is very fitting! i love it