February '09 Challenge: A Political Map

[ukgpublishing]

Say hi to the Pharoah's for us.

Only if they are worshipping the sun on the Sinai peninsular with us lol. Its a 7 hour coach trip to the pyramids from where we are so we'll do them another time.

John

[joão paulo]

You can believe I'll have fun with this challenge

Thanks Roba!

[Steel General]

OK here's a question... does it have to be a regional/country/overland map? Can it be a city that is say...divided along the lines of noble families and/or different guilds (merchants, thieves, etc.) with each guild having its own sigil/coat of arms/badge.

[Midgardsormr]

The style, era and scale are your choice.

Sounds like it's legal to me.

Odd that here's a second challenge in a row that my Wheel of Time map would have been good for.

[RobA]

I'll defer to my colleague, and agree that it sounds legal to me too

-Rob A>

[Steel General]

Allrighty then, I thought it would be OK - but wanted to make sure before I decided to go along those lines.

thanks...

[Valarian]

Create a Japan based map, using my Ukiyo-e map objects then go socio-political between individual daimyo family controlled provinces, then doing colored borders with overlapping edges for different political entities... as I said, Daimyo controlled provinces, shinto religious strongholds, buddhist strongholds and areas of control. The Shogunate dominated areas vs. areas of opposition to the Shogun. Instead of flags or crests I would use those Japanese "crests" or family symbols.

Sounds like a very interesting map

This could be interesting. Now if I can squeeze my Profantasy commission around this challenge!

You could always bring the period forward and do some Shinkansen

[Redrobes]

I had better do some thumbnails again

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[Korrigan]

Stupid question here :

Is the color reference enough for the political side of the map or do I have to add more distinctive elements ?

[RobA]

Stupid question here :

Is the color reference enough for the political side of the map or do I have to add more distinctive elements ?

Well...... the challenge rules say:

A focus of this map MUST be political identifiers.... Flags, crests, banners or coats of arms must appear prominently on the work.

So without these types of "political identifiers" you may get less votes in the end, as they are to be a "focus of the map".

-Rob A>