Thanks U571!
Added Cape Town, and made the Capitals Red, with an extra strobe px.
Ill be getting my 3rd print today, im very picky, so I keep doing minor color tweeks… Its no big deal, these maps are not wasted, I need 6 maps for my event anyway… goal is though, today print the remaining 4.
Dice roll and tumble and land where they may, to think too much about is crazy… roll this one, roll that one… “if I only rolled it with this side up, would be different outcome”… it’s too much… granted if every roll was a six, be weird, but that don’t happen, least in my games… I say just “roll” with it… you win some, you lose some.
Thanks for your feedback! I did mess with capital fonts… colors, I never found the magic one… I’ll take another stab at it.
As for your alignment suggestions, I’m looking at it differently, my goal was to if possible have the value, territory, and roundel all line up, only a few spots where it was not possible. As for Mongolia, they will never shift to pro axis or allied, thus will never be chipped… either it’s Russia or nothing… we use markers on strict neutrals so we don’t forget about them once they go pro axis or allied… and Mongolia will never side, so there is noting to remember.
I’ll look into the capital font for sure
@Young:
Fantastic work Siredblood!… great to see a 100% original map and one that looks so good. I could totally envision something like that hanging in Churchill’s war room, the design seems so authentic.
Thanks YG! My flash pics did the map no justice, so I thought id better post a pic of the actual map :)
Here she is
Oh, there were a few IPC changes, it never set well with us that the Axis can build an additional 7 Major factories through the board, while Allies can build 0.
So, just for the “option” of doing so, Soviet far east was changed to 0 and Ukraine was changed to 3…… Victoria was changed to 0, and Sydney changed to 3, Egypt changed to 3 and Tanganvika changed to 0
Here is a couple pics off the taped up map haha…… Not so much to show the map, but to show a few key areas as to size now. Remember this map was to shrink Africa and enlarge Europe while keeping the OOB size of 32 x 70.
I setup a few Germany spots, you can see all the units fit with no chips needed, naturally you would more then likely chip, but you get the point. Also England full setup with SZ 110, no issues… Northern Africa was enlarged for better gameplay, as well as Bessarabia.
Since the setup, Ive noted some more edits I wanted to do , and those are done, I should have the first print Monday… cant wait!
Pics don’t do my map justice as the flash was on…well get a great vid of it Monday if its ready.
Canada requires the old leaf, which was approved in 40… in 65, the leaf was changed to the 11 point… in your roundels, if you choose to use the leaf, the red dot would also still be accurate, make sure it’s the old one, and not the one since 65… the old one looks more like a leaf rather then some clip art leaf.
The tape job actually came out good, cost 25 bucks, including a roll of tape haha.
I’ll post some pics tonight or tomorrow after I setup… just so happens today of all days I have to work late :(
And ya hunter, still thinking about it.
And also, map will be available soon.
What was the 275-375 quote for? Styrene, metal?…. Im here in mission Viejo, going out tomorrow for my quotes.
What kind of quotes did you get?
Vinyl was 480, and thin plastic paper stuff, non tear able was 300… prices are for 6 maps, I didn’t get into individual costs, as I need 6 for my event.
Thanks everyone for the feedback! Its really great to see im not the only one who likes this scheme!
Saigon is in indo now, thanks :)
As of now, have no intention to do a 36 map, or add facility markers.
AND…. I… AM… DONE :P … yes, after a year, or more, im finally done, well I think I am. Im doing a test print tomorrow, just on lagal size… as many as it takes to print this, this way im only tossing out like 30 bucks for the 15 pages or so ill tape together… then ill do a setup, verify everything is in order… do any edits Friday then get a real print!
Almost show and tell time!
What was the 275-375 quote for? Styrene, metal?…. Im here in mission Viejo, going out tomorrow for my quotes.
Ya their islands are terrible, if you look you’ll find almost all of them are wrong…. one of the ones they managed to get right, they put it upside down lol.
While your fixing things, I listed more errors on my thread, misspelled china territories, Calcutta is in wrong location, etc, the list is right before the newest pics on page 12.
Whats next…. “Axis & Aliens” … PASS on this… If there is any good sculpts, ill get them from HBG when Doug gets in some parts.
Was thinking about adding some of the youtuber channel locations…
@Robert - The whole point of the map was to make Europe large and Africa small, which you can see in earlier pages of this topic…. I just got sidetracked after the coastlines were all redone.
@ss - sorry to say my map is tailored to my group, as for YG DE rules and such, im sure hell need an entire new map as well to deal with his needs.
What�s the deal with the �Temporary Sanctuary� in Western US?
This looks awesome btw. We are looking to print a large map for our 4x8 table, and I wthink we will hold off until you are finished.
LOL- that’s where we are located, “Temporary Shelter”… as I have to put our table away after we play each week. :)
this is looking pretty wicked. might have to go to a 4 by 8 table. if I do my wife won’t thank you. nice work.
Lol, thanks for the comment!
Thanks ss, I feel the same, I like all the data, I’ve just started adding data to the Europe side, it’s gonna be great!
Rand & Ozymandiac, thanks for the kind words!
Think this time next week I’ll be at the print shop getting a test print!
PACIFIC side is complete (for the most part)
Changes and fixes are as follows-
-All coastlines redone
-All Islands redone to actually look like the islands being represented…… Formosa looks like Formosa, Iwo Jima, Fiji, etc.
-Honolulu moved to correct Island
-Calcutta moved to proper location
-Anhwe is now spelled correctly which is Anhwei
-Hopei is now spelled correctly which is Hopeh
-Ocean and Sea names added
-Some Cities added to make it more like a map
-Burma road more correctly identified
-Soviet Far East IPC was dropped due to a Europe side edit
-Union jack roundels used to represent UKP
-ANZAC roundels replaced with Australian to match my roundels on my units.
-New convoy marker
-New Kamikaze marker
-New standing army marker
-Cavalry unit added to Mongolia (we use cavalry for Mongolia and china, been meaning to do a vid about it)
-Fonts changed to better represent the era of the map
-Colors to better represent the era of the map
-Canadian roundel added to Western Canada
-Mobilization zone removed… we never use that
-SZ numbers relocated to corners of SZ
Im sure there is more, but that all I can think of, all I have left is maybe align a few things better as I carefully look it over, and also the impassable area, not sure what I want to do yet.
Europe side is about done, should be next weekend, please take some time and look for errors, thanks!
Thanks for the feedback! I know it’s not for everyone, but for those who like it, your gonna love it! Thanks for the pic of the water, I’m a little torn, but I don’t mind having 2 versions. More pics this weekend, pacific side is about done.
Thanks for the feedback, as for ww1, I surprisingly liked it, I’ve been told so much negative, I wasn’t expecting much, I’d play again though.
I’m on my phone, tried to look at your pic, will do when I get home.
