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@Bob
That Fat Dragon Games stuff is pretty cool. I'll probably look into them more.
@Kyle
I hate pestering Doug for map stuff. I've done it a few times already. Last time I asked he would have had to go out of his way to get them for me. I need to just start sitting at his tables and taking photos of every map he puts out :P
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yeah, don't...get cheap 3D bookcases from Fat Dragon Games and make your own. :-)
Careful; that's a slippery slope!
It starts with a couple of bookshelves, and ends hundreds of hours later with scale models of entire castles, complete with furniture, opening doors, and the mountain it's built on.
Seriously, I love Fat Dragon's products and highly recommend them.
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I located my maps in storage and sent Dan some pics today. The advantage of drawing terrain vs using 3D pieces is you have fewer moving pieces to keep track of. 3D terrain is certainly the bomb and all things equal I'd prefer to play at a 3D table. But logistically drawing stuff on maps keeps it simple.
I start by making a simple brown rectangle.
I like to use a wide variety of colors (mostly earth tones) and draw little nubs staggered all down the longer side of the rectangle. Some are fat and some are skinny. Sometimes there are gaps. This represents the books protruding from the shelves.
Then I use a very fine black pen and put a crisp border on the three side of the protruding books.
Inside of the rectangle (on top of the bookshelf) I will scatter items like open books, sheets of papers and scrolls. You have got to have a wide variety of colors to do it right, Prismacolor markers make several appropriate parchment colors.
I generally draw a rectangle, and have squiggly lines in it.
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Personally, I'm both a lousy artist and lazy about it. So I'm trying a new approach to the maps for the adventure I'm running this Sunday (my 3rd time GMing PFS). I copied and pasted the maps out of the scenario into MS Paint, expanded the size of them to have one inch squares, and printed them. Done!
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Personally, I'm both a lousy artist and lazy about it. So I'm trying a new approach to the maps for the adventure I'm running this Sunday (my 3rd time GMing PFS). I copied and pasted the maps out of the scenario into MS Paint, expanded the size of them to have one inch squares, and printed them. Done!
I have done this multiple times when I'm facing a time crunch. A hand drawn map in my experience that you take the time to make look good will always get more "ooos & aaahs" than a printed one. Though the printed ones are more appreciated than the hastily drawn box and quickly scrawled doodles on a game mat.
Fat Dragon is awesome. But this thread is pretty overlong for just drawing bookcases.
Draw a long rectangle, about an inch to an inch-and-a-half wide, adjacent to and half an inch out from a wall. Draw several small rectangles and squares poking off of it at a right angle to the first rectangle.
Done.
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Poor Doug isn't going to bring his maps now that he knows y'all are plotting against him *sheesh* This is why plotting is to be done in secret!!!
Dan, While my versions certainly aren't up to Doug standards (shhhh yours truely are a work of art Doug). You're more than welcome to pics of mine if you want them.
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@CBG
Sure, if memory serves and the details of the maps are kind of fuzzy from 4-5 months ago (But not your awesome story telling), but if it still serves, yours were pretty good. We should all start cataloging our work. I can see it being of benefit to many.
@Bruunwald
This thread was thread jacked by the OP...ME! OP's have that right...right?