A rmed with a second cup of fresh, strong coffee, I messed around a bit this morning with artlist.io using its image to image function in an attempt to convert my hand-drawn map from September 2006 to something that more resembles an old map from the mid-18th century. And just like my experiments with Ninja AI in June, the results are mixed. The above map is pretty good, but Artlist keeps fouling up the place names and has trouble putting a faint overlay of hexes across the entire area. Hexes, admittedly, are not likely to be found on any genuine maps from the era in question, but there we are. Frankly, I prefer the appearance of the Ninja map, but there were problems getting it to correct its errors. Grrrr. As is the case with so much having to do with the various AI's out there now, the output generated is a direct result of the prompts entered. For text alone, and when you develop a lengthy, highly detailed prompt, it is...
And here's a solo shot of the dastardly Colonel Von Cranz! You can see where I wrestled with "clumping" of the Ral Partha acrylic white paint on his steed's neck, just above the reins. I should have used thinner washes rather than a single coat of paint. That's what I get for hurrying along. Ah well, a coat of Future floor polish should visually smooth that out when I apply it my favorite clear protective coat. In general though, Von Cranz not at all bad for an unlikable guy.
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All that I see is some of the steed's lather from being ridden hard by the "dastardly Colonel von Cranz".
After all, the colonel is not known for being kind to man, woman or beast . . . so obviously that is lather on the horse.
-- Jeff
Thank you Jeff,
Stokes