May 2019 Mapping Challenge: Kill Zone

[ladiestorm]

I've finished up my lite mapping challenge, and decided to join this challenge. I thought about what I wanted to make, and decided, since most people need battlemaps, that this is what I would make, by recreating an earlier battle map that my husband asked me for. He called it the kill box... I'm changing the name a bit.

This battle map will be great for any time a DM has players passing through mountain ranges. It's perfect for setting up an ambush. Which is why I call it the Kill Zone. Here is what I have so far:

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killzone1.JPG



I know it's not much right now... but by the time I'm done with it... hopefully, it will be great!

[Gidde]

Great start ladiestorm I love those rocks.

[ladiestorm]

lol... once everything is in perspective, it is supposed to look like a cliff side. Believe it or not, those rocks are the standard dd3 rocks. It's been a while since I've used standard dd3 symbols... so that's what I'm doing for this battle map... using as much of the standard symbols and fills from the cc3+/dd3 program as possible.

Now there are somethings I have to compensate for, such as the riverbed, and the bare tree... dd3 doesn't have those... but what I'm doing is a blend of dd3/ dundjinni archives.

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killzone2.JPG

[S. E. Davidson]

Nice! It's really coming together. I love your textures. That's definitely something I struggle with a lot.
Looking forward to seeing the finished piece!

[aeshnidae]

This is looking really nice! The tree seems a bit off to me but I love the reflections on the water.

[ladiestorm]

@SarahEvelynArt - thanks! The textures I'm using are from campaign cartographer's Dungeon Designer 3 (the program I use to map with), and the Dundjinni Archives.

@ashnidae - I understand your concern about the tree. But, as I stated earlier, this is a recreation of a previous battle map I made... when I was still new to using cc3+, and didn't really know what I was doing. And the water you are talking about... isn't actually water. It's a dry riverbed, with puddles of water in it. But what that means, is I need to fix my water puddles in the river bed! I'm not finished with the dry riverbed, though. I need to add some plants to it, I just haven't gotten that far yet. I'm still tweaking this.

[ladiestorm]

I'm still working on my kill zone, and I have the next cliff level. I've also added weeds to my riverbed. The tree may be dead, and the river is drying up, but there is still a little life there. For now.

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killzone3.JPG

[ladiestorm]

This battle map is coming along a lot quicker than I thought it would. In fact, I'm actually almost done... I just need to tweak it here and there with some more details. I will admit I'm embellishing a bit more than the original battle map… but then again, isn't that to be expected?

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killzone4.JPG

[Bogie]

It looks great!
Ambush maps are always useful, for the DM, but not for the players.

[ladiestorm]

precisely my thought!