Fantasy Map

[Rob Dean]

I am working on an idea for a fantasy miniatures campaign, and needed some sort of area movement map which would match the proposed forces.  I have Jared Blando's book How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps, which formed the basis of my method. Since I'm not much of an artist, I kept it to the simple end of what he shows.

 

In a perfect world, I would probably have penciled the whole thing and then inked it, but I'm not a patient guy. . So I worked it in stages.

 

 

Here's the completed piece, ready to laminate for game use. Working with watercolors (a cheap set) was interesting; the techniques are different enough from what I'm used to in acrylics that I ended up with some unfixable oopses, but it will do for what I need, which is to use for game background...

 

[hosercanadian]

Very stylized to match an old

fashioned map but still clear enough to read.  I am sure your players will love it.

[Rob Dean]

5 minutes ago, hosercanadian said:

Very stylized to match an old

fashioned map but still clear enough to read.  I am sure your players will love it.

 

Since it's for a solo campaign, I'm sure of it.

[VolksFest]

Amazing.. why didn't I have DM's like you ever.. :)

[Glitterwolf]

Cool!

[Patrik Strom]

Not much of an artist? Poppycock, this is great!

[Chaoswolf]

That's awesome!!

[SamuraiJack]

And now I have a new book to read on my England trip!

[spencerjohn]

Thank you for posting this! Your map looks great!  Now I need to get the book and rework my campaign map!

[Rob Dean]

It wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought that it might be, and took me about six or eight hours at a time when I was constrained to be in a hotel waiting on events. I'd usually paint miniatures, but wanted to get this done since I have a use for it. 

 

The next one will be for a different collection of miniatures, be about 16" by 24" ( roughly doubled dimensions, four times the surface) and painted with more subdued colors. I have an intro to watercolors book to read while penciling and inking.

[lowlylowlycook]

On 4/9/2017 at 3:54 PM, Patrik Strom said:

Not much of an artist? Poppycock, this is great!

 

My thoughts exactly.

[spencerjohn]

Cool dude, I love that you are reading and teaching yourself new skills!  Yeah water colors are great!

 

I hate working on other projects and letting my mini backlog grow.