The Mountain Realms

[tilt]

thank you, I do think its slowly getting there... .. its been really fun to make and remake... and remake... can't wait to get a good big print of it to show to my players for next session ... if it's done then... *lol*

[tilt]

so, instead of doing any of the poits on my todo list for the map - I made some fjords instead

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[Diamond]

A Scandinavian without fjords in his map is like a rainstorm with no rain: inconceivable!

I do like that a lot better, althought maybe the green and yellow are bit too vibrant now...

[tilt]

*lol*.. yep, even though we don't has as many in Denmark as they do in Norway, so these are modelled norwegian style
from one to the other - I'll guess the final adjustment will be somewhere out in the future... a little up a little down... thank you photoshop for adjustment layers

[tilt]

So, I've adjusted the colors some more and added a symbol for a harbour at the east of the map - I would appreciate comments on the symbol before I make any more

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EDIT: just added a second version of the city/port symbol with a white backround, to see what you like best

[Diamond]

Second version of the symbol is better, definitely. The white makes it stand out much more. I like the overall style of it; if you plan to use that style on all the cities/keeps/ruins/etc, its really going to look nice...

Oh, and the colors look MUCH better now.

[tilt]

thanks, I thought the second one was better too - made it after staring at the first one for a while and feeling as you, that it didn't stood out enough. So now I just have to figure out symbols for the other cities/town/landmarks

[Diamond]

You could do something like crossed shovels or picks for mining towns, a sheaf of wheat for farming villages, etc, if you're planning to symbolize everything according to highest function of the location.

[tilt]

I was thinking more of a shield for fortifications, a crown for the capitol, and of course the anchor for port citys. But those are good ideas for mines and towns - although they would have to be simple as the symbol is smaller... gotta think some more.. I think... *lol*

[tilt]

so - all the mayor cities and towns has been placed... 4 different colors for the 4 nations involved. Now I have to draw the roads and place some mines and other relevant locations on the map.