June/July Lite Challenge Entry - The Great Hippodrome

[Ghostman]

Whereon daredevil charioteers of the Imperial City risk life and limb to win glory before the eyes of 400,000 cheering spectators.

I am using Inkscape to design the isometric structures. Will probably also make use of GIMP for any texturing work. The architecture, layout and terminology are based on historic Romano-Byzantine hippodromes, especially the Circus Maximus.

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[arsheesh]

This already looks really good. A very nice contribution to this month's light challenge.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Ghostman]

Now with raised stands and walls.

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[Larb]

That looks really nice. I'm sure it'll look even better when it has texture and stuff.

So do the citizens riot over their favourite charioteering teams too? =P

[Ghostman]

So do the citizens riot over their favourite charioteering teams too? =P

They do. There's also a huge gambling business built around betting on the winner, with lots of dirty play aimed to fix the races.

[ravells]

Sounds like horse-racing in real life then :-)

[Chashio]

Ooh, I like this. =) Nice choice of font, too.

[LindaJeanne]

neat idea!

[Ghostman]

To give credit where it's due, in the making of this map I have enjoyed an invaluable resource in the book The Ancient City - Life in Classical Athens & Rome by Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge. It's a veritable goldmine of information on classical Greek and Roman architecture and city planning, with absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, detailed illustrations. Without it I wouldn't have much of a clue about what I'm doing with this.

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[Chashio]

To give credit where it's due, in the making of this map I have enjoyed an invaluable resource in the book The Ancient City - Life in Classical Athens & Rome by Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge. It's a veritable goldmine of information on classical Greek and Roman architecture and city planning, with absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, detailed illustrations. Without it I wouldn't have much of a clue about what I'm doing with this.

Oh, wow! Treasure! =D
I have The City in History, by Lewis Mumford (very heavy text) but the 'illustrations' are mostly just photos of ruins for that time period.