October/November 2014 Entry: Wisptown

[Larb]

I made a start on this yesterday and tonight. Here is the description that TheHoarseWhisperer gave me:

Content: map of the frontier settlement of Wisptown.
Specifics: the map should depict both the town of Wisptown, and the Carnival that has set itself up outside town. The town is located in a huge swamp (I think swamps are underused as fantasy town sites). The layout of the town, its buildings/shops and its general geography are up to you. Specific locations within the town that should be included are:
I) Central Trade Depot;
II) Thorn & Sons Company District Offices, next door to the Central Trade Depot;
III) the District Courthouse & Gaol, Sheriff’s Office and Bounty Office, next door to the Company District Offices;
IV) Boatman’s Jetty, and the nearby Company Warehouses;
V) at least one bar/gambling house; and
VI) the Carnival, somewhere outside the town.

Description:
Wisptown lies right on the frontier, far from civilisation, deep within the swamps.
It is a place inhabited by the desperate, the reckless, and the cunning.
A place where trade, individuality, and enterprise dominate peoples’ thoughts.
A place where gunslingers, outlaws and bounty hunters roam the wilds.
A place where, after years of skirmishes and retaliations, humans live in uneasy peace with the native frogmen.
A place where daring wisptrappers have the dangerous job of catching Will-o-the-Wisps for their precious bioluminescent oil, used in the Capital City’s streetlamps.
A place unofficially run by Thorn & Sons, the company that runs the City’s streetlamps, and pulls the strings of law enforcement in Wisptown.
A place where the ominous and mysterious Carnival has recently arrived, casting brightly coloured lights across the swamps, and bringing strange and sinister events with it.

I am not entirely sure how I am going to handle all the wetland yet.

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[Wingshaw]

This is off to such a great start. Can't wait to see how you finish it!

By the way, I've started designing my map according to your brief, and, with luck, will be able to start a thread and share pictures tomorrow.

THW.

[Lingon]

I like! The description is really interesting and the map looks great so far. For the wetlands, I would start with picking a range of much darker greens and browns, but from there, I don't know either…

[Jaxilon]

Some of you guys make me sick. The way you get things going so quickly. I'm more like wading through mud...Anyway, I love this so far.

[Larb]

I've been busy over the weekend but I worked on this some more today. I am not at all happy with the swampy bit. May start over on that and try a different approach. I have lots of shading to do too.

I added more buildings especially on the eastern side with all raised wooden walkways to make it more interesting.

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[Domino44]

The swamp looks fantastic!

[Gidde]

I love the shape of the swampy part. You may want to just rough it up a little with some water plants and/or texture on the solid bits (read texture as color variation, not necessarily an actual texture overlay).

[Larb]

Just to let people know I haven't forgotten about this. I hope to finish this tomorrow and will try and post an update later tonight!

[Larb]

And here is an update. Still need to work on the swamp water a bit more but it is finally getting there. I should have it done in the next day or so.

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[Wingshaw]

Looking great!

THW