Feb/Mar '20 Lite Challenge: Firsoff Crater

[Rwhyte]

Recent releases from the map archives of our local system have revealed planetary reconnaissance of unprecedented scope and detail. New color-infrared imagery at 25cm, and in stereo, can guide ground-level tactics like never before. Now, the race is on stake claims on the newly mapped regions.

Hey, with a map this good, what could possibly go wrong...

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Extended Science Phase: ESP_039404_1820 preview image
ESP_039404_1820_MRGB.abrowse.jpg

Firsoff Crater perspective render
Perspective Render.jpg


I... do not know much about RPGs, and fall into the camp of 'what exactly is a battle map?', but I do like the prompt and the excuse to try out some different styles and ideas. Would something like this work as an exploration map? The scale here is closer to 1" = 500m. Thanks!


HiRISE Imagery (New imagery every week!) and Heightmap (DTMs)
https://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_030292_1820
https://www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_039404_1820

Rendered in Blender with the help of BlenderGIS

[Rwhyte]

Re-posting for the WIP Thumnail

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FirsoffCrater_crop.jpg

[Eowyn Cwper]

The render is gorgeous! I'm excited to imagine a battle in this terrain and relief!

[rdanhenry]

Looks like it's more intended for vehicular combat than squad against squad, but there's plenty of room for hovertanks, gravbikes, and warbots, so I have no trouble accepting it as a battlemap. Somebody could lay out a battlemap for ship-to-ship combat in a complex gas giant system with moons and rings to play around.

[Bogie]

Welcome to the Challenge Rwhite!! cool terrain!

[Rwhyte]

Cool, thanks all! Lots of possibilities, now if I can only finish what’s started ...

[Rwhyte]

Well, that was the idea, at least.

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[Tiana]

It's neat with the isometric tilt, and still potentially useful even if you don't have the chance to 'finish' it.