Land of the Eleven Tribes

[Diamond]

Just wanted to say I love this map; it looks simply beautiful, especially the mountains.

I do have a concern about my scale though. Right now I have it at 1 pixel = 1/4 mile or 400 metres, would things like towers and fortress even be visible at that range or should I make the map bigger to increase the scale. On the same note would it be feasible for a 1000x1000 mile country to have 12 cities or should it be 1 city and 11 towns?

I've always found this to be useful: Medieval demographics made easy.

[LonewandererD]

Yeah, i founf my copy of medieval demographics and found out that a 1000x1000 mile map gave me more people and cities than i knew what to do with. So i changed the scale so that 8 pixels = 1 mile which gives me a 500x500 mile map. This gives me a population of 5 miliion people, about 20 people per square mile to represent that most of the country is still wilderness, and can support 1 big city and 11 smaller cities, exactly what i was aiming for, although naming 60 towns isn't going to be easy.

On the subject of terrain, I'm leaving it as it is but I'm now breaking it down into 11 territories and will change any terrain that I believe needs changing.

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[LonewandererD]

Okay, fooled around with the farmlands, put in two castles and redid the roads. The farms look more "farmy" here and while they're small here when put on the full-sized map they'll actually look bigger.

Short update I know.

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[Draszmar]

Since I'm currently also trying to get cities right in my map I'm familar with the topic.
I like your towns and especially your keep.

But I'm not sure about your farmland, looks more like orchards now...I would (and did) also use the texture Steel General suggested.

Edit: In your main map some of the rivers still seem to be floating, maybe you could correct this by using a reversed bevel or bump map.

[LonewandererD]

More playing around with the farmlands and have come up with these two. The first is former farm type but made lighter to blend in more with the terrain and the second is the texture that Steel suggested. The second one does look more farmish but there is something about i don't like. I can't figure out what though.

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