an old map ressurected
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The_Bishop wrote:
Dima
i think i am gonna fix these details later. they still look bad.

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Hoodlum
it's ok, looks gloomy especially knowing what it looked like before. my taste really likes this one you did though. what would glanru like tho?
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I delayed to mention my new impressions on the gray frame...
This map was grayish on purpose since the beginning of its developpement. I think Dima's version is not bad, but the frame should keep its original wood color, or anyway it should get some color of some kind. The darkness, the 'nigh effect', they are cool, but we can't have the whole image all gray. Probably that was the original design by Glanru: an almost gray map contoured by a thick wood frame. Now the frame turned metallic, sort of cast-iron color. Initially I was positive about it, but then I changed my mind.
«God doesn't play dice with the World» ~ Albert Einstein
«War is God’s way of teaching us geography» ~ Mark Twain
Hoodlum wrote:
I actually didn't even notice the new grey frame, I thought the frame was just ommitted. I like the colours
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Rockbert wrote:
I like that second version with the color much better than the first. Nice work
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- Thomas Mann
The_Bishop wrote:
The colorful version without frame is mine, it was just a try, I showed it to Dima before he started this thread and he followed my suggestions aboout white dots and town circles.
My colors are nice indeed, but there are plenty of graphic things to fix, Dima did a more professional job and he decided to make the map grayish and dark.

Travelling to the West at that time was pain, suffer and even death, so I can understand Dima's style, it's thematic in the end.
[ I recommend to watch the miniseries "1883"  before playing this map! I enjoyed it very much. ]

I'm open to any solution, I proposed the dark (current) version with a wood-colored frame. I could try to see how it looks by myself but I'm busy right now.
«God doesn't play dice with the World» ~ Albert Einstein
«War is God’s way of teaching us geography» ~ Mark Twain