Fantasy Map Making | Step-by-Step

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Der Alte Fritz said…

Interesting tutorial on the basics of map making. Well worth spending the 12 minutes to watch.

10:31 PM

tradgardmastare said…

Thanks for posting this, most helpful and encouraging me to get the pens and paper out...

1:37 AM

John Y said…

What a wonderful resource! I've already drawn two maps that are better than anything I've previously attempted.

Thanks for sharing this!

7:47 AM

warpaintjj said…

That really got my ASMR going Stokes.
A brilliant watch; many thanks for posting, I may try something similar for January's narrative campaign season.
Best wishes,
Jeremy

12:33 PM

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…

Happy to help, men! Phil Olley's maps are always such wonderfully rendered illustrations, and something I'd like to emulate with a new campaign area map of my own. The last time I tried my hand at this was in 2006, so it's high time, I think, to produce an update that is just a bit more artistic and pleasing to look at. Another Christmas Break activity I think.

Best Regards,

Stokes

12:38 PM

Presenting the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere!!!

Here they are, with the rearmost nine figures still drying, three squadrons of the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere, now in the service of the Grand Duchy of Stollen. And now, it's onto that artillery!

And It's the End of September!!!

Saxony's Ploetz Cuirassiers, an illustration lifted from the Kronoskaf website, which has thus far guided my spectacularly glacial painting of 30 28mm Eureka Saxon cuirassiers purchased all the way back in October 2016. A gray, cool Saturday here in Mid-Michigan with rain in the forecast. The Grand Duchess is away at a conference, so it's just "The Boys" here at home. The Young Master (almost 15) has retreated to his room for something or other following breakfast while I have stolen back down here to Zum Stollenkeller (masquerading as my office) with a second mug of coffee and both cats comfortably ensconced nearby. Enjoying the late morning and still in my pajamas! Not much planned for today beyond designing a couple of promotional flyers for workshops my department is presenting (small parties we will throw?) in October and November. With maybe a bit of on the next podcast script. More important, I am toying with the idea of returning for an hour or...

Happy September 2nd!!!

T his weekend, the question of what, precisely, constitutes an "imagination" came up in an online forum of which I am a part. To be fair, the issue originates from further afield in a Facebook group that I am not a member of, but I weighed in with my own view. The following was in response to the question posed yesterday (Sunday) morning by an exasperated member of my own rather more gentlemanly town square, who had been met with a strident response to information he shared about his (admirable) hobby activities on said FB group. Here is, more or less, what I wrote: To my mind, the concept of imagi-nation(s) is a broad one. It can range from historical refights or what-if scenarios/battles/campaigns between armies of a particular era, to completely made up combatants operating in a quasi-historical setting, to the rather generic red and blue forces of the Prussian Kriegspiel that examine a particular tactical problem, task, or exercise. ...

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