Ancient Egypt Map [Abandoned]

Lone.prophet · Post by **Lone.prophet** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:28 am

the borders hurt my eyes

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:29 am

Lone.prophet wrote:the borders hurt my eyes

what hurts your eyes about them?

I used a 2 pixel pencil because the 1 pixel pencil is too thin IMO, and the 3 pixel pencil people typically think is too wide.

Lone.prophet · Post by **Lone.prophet** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:30 am

delete the ends and make it more sublte

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:42 am

Lone.prophet wrote:delete the ends and make it more sublte

I actually fixed the ends last night, but it wasnt significant enough to waste more of my image cave bandwidth so you're in luck.

as for making it more subtle, lighten the color lower the transparency?

Lone.prophet · Post by **Lone.prophet** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:43 am

if u ad a smal black glow 2 it it seems not 2 have thos wierd corners

Wisse · Post by **Wisse** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:44 am

reverend_kyle wrote:

added a couple more styles to discuss..

better now make the sea anather style because it looks more important than the other things

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:09 am

hope that fixes the border problem..

i tried a nice outershadow that was black to smooth it out but it just looked dumb.

Lone.prophet · Post by **Lone.prophet** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:11 am

try 2 blur it it can help 2 smooth the edges

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:14 am

sea has been changed. I will try to blur it tonight.

Lone.prophet · Post by **Lone.prophet** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:16 am

i dont like the sea u have now

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:19 am

after more neg feedback on it I may change it.

Wisse · Post by **Wisse** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:57 am

make the sea a bit brighter

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:58 am

prefer old sea definately and also i was wondering wether winner will always be the blue and cream coloured continents. Im not knocking it but it looks like, especially the blue continent, will have so much power. It just seems a bit predictable i know some people like this style of play but it is not my cup of tea.

Marvaddin · Post by **Marvaddin** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:52 am

I like the desert and the sea textures, but... do these borders exist or did you create them? Because it looks like a draw from an 8 years old child much more than real borders... and we really could need to think about another ways to split the territories into continents... The river is a natural non-crossing border, why have same continents on both sides instead of each continent one sided?

Wisse · Post by **Wisse** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:15 pm

boberz wrote:prefer old sea definately and also i was wondering wether winner will always be the blue and cream coloured continents. Im not knocking it but it looks like, especially the blue continent, will have so much power. It just seems a bit predictable i know some people like this style of play but it is not my cup of tea.

the bleu will be a bonus of 2 armies

Qwert · Post by **Qwert** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:44 pm

what century present these Ancient Egypt map?

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:40 pm

The map doesn't visually stimulate any images of what I know as ancient egypt. Definitely look into making it feel like a desert and make it feel old.

--Andy

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:13 pm

Marvaddin wrote:I like the desert and the sea textures, but... do these borders exist or did you create them? Because it looks like a draw from an 8 years old child much more than real borders... and we really could need to think about another ways to split the territories into continents... The river is a natural non-crossing border, why have same continents on both sides instead of each continent one sided?

The borders are pretty historically accurate, and I was planning on re continenting it though my continents made alot more sense with the across river borders that I havent put back in yet.

Lone.prophet · Post by **Lone.prophet** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:21 pm

if u have the spinx and the piramids of gize u get world domination ok?

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:32 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:The map doesn't visually stimulate any images of what I know as ancient egypt. Definitely look into making it feel like a desert and make it feel old.

--Andy

Do you have a colorset that may give it that feel?

that is my problem finding those colors.

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:26 pm

I'd stick away from reds, pinks, purples. The nile is notoriously known for it's lush green areas...so perhaps some soft greens? And of course, sandstone, brown, perhaps and orange...gray, maybe even a light blue at the head of the nile? Who knows.

--Andy

Marvaddin · Post by **Marvaddin** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:25 pm

reverend_kyle wrote:The borders are pretty historically accurate, and I was planning on re continenting it though my continents made alot more sense with the across river borders that I havent put back in yet.

Really? Can we give a look in the map that inspired you? Just curious.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:27 am

Marvaddin wrote:
reverend_kyle wrote:The borders are pretty historically accurate, and I was planning on re continenting it though my continents made alot more sense with the across river borders that I havent put back in yet.
Really? Can we give a look in the map that inspired you? Just curious.

The map that inspired me is actually a Risk map for a game called ancient history lux, and I figured by the time it went through the foundry it'd be something entirely my own, which Is why I plan continent redesign etc.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:28 am

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:42 am

Wow, it'd be nice if you could get yours looking something like that.