Map Thread #1

[ankh]

Mar 9, 2016 17:21:38 GMT Krall said:

Mar 9, 2016 16:47:41 GMT ankh said:

Here's the first map I have made on Inkscape.

Basically the British intervene against the Polish Partition and even convince the Austrians to join them. The French then join the British side as well. The Austro-Franco-British Alliance eventually won the war, which became known as the 9 Years War. 20 years later the Poles, Austrians and Russians set aside their differences to enact the Greek Plan. The Ottomans were routed by the Austro-Russo-Polish Alliance and the Ottoman European territories were partitioned. Austria gained Wallachia, Bosnia and northern Serbia. The Poles gained Moldavia and the Russians gained lands in the Caucasus. Finally the remaining Ottoman territories in Europe were used to create a restored Byzantine Empire as a Russian puppet. IN the mean time, the HRE was dissolved and the German states re-organised, to Austria's advantage.

So, Europe in 1850:

Not bad! Why's there no colour though? Was that a stylistic choice?

Yeah, I went for the map on a piece of scrap paper style. Does it work?

[Krall]

Mar 9, 2016 17:27:07 GMT ankh said:

Yeah, I went for the map on a piece of scrap paper style. Does it work?

Kinda - the map looks a bit too clean and clear compared to the paper texture you're using. I dunno how to correct that though, as I moved away from maps with aged paper textures a while ago.

[ankh]

Mar 9, 2016 17:52:49 GMT Krall said:

Mar 9, 2016 17:27:07 GMT ankh said:

Yeah, I went for the map on a piece of scrap paper style. Does it work?

Kinda - the map looks a bit too clean and clear compared to the paper texture you're using. I dunno how to correct that though, as I moved away from maps with aged paper textures a while ago.

Well damn it. Thanks for the support anyway!

[Kubo Caskett]

Here's another map I made, this time a barely ASB one that deals with a victorious Militarist Imperial Japan that not only won the Second World War but also a third one. I had this idea back when I was almost done with high school almost 5 years ago, and refined this idea just recently (I should let you know that the original concept was more ASB than this one is):

Edit: Due to the post not being able to be shown in full resolution, I'll put a link to the full view here.

[Krall]

Mar 9, 2016 21:17:41 GMT Kubo Caskett said:

Here's another map I made, this time a barely ASB one that deals with a victorious Militarist Imperial Japan that not only won the Second World War but also a third one. I had this idea back when I was almost done with high school almost 5 years ago, and refined this idea just recently (I should let you know that the original concept was more ASB than this one is):

The text is a bit too small to read, I'm afraid. Has it been resized by deviantArt? If so you should be able to edit it on deviantArt and set it to use the original size.

[Kubo Caskett]

Mar 9, 2016 22:45:33 GMT Krall said:

Mar 9, 2016 21:17:41 GMT Kubo Caskett said:

Here's another map I made, this time a barely ASB one that deals with a victorious Militarist Imperial Japan that not only won the Second World War but also a third one. I had this idea back when I was almost done with high school almost 5 years ago, and refined this idea just recently (I should let you know that the original concept was more ASB than this one is):

The text is a bit too small to read, I'm afraid. Has it been resized by deviantArt? If so you should be able to edit it on deviantArt and set it to use the original size.

I just fixed it so it should be more readable know.

[Krall]

Mar 9, 2016 23:31:48 GMT Kubo Caskett said:

I just fixed it so it should be more readable know.

I'm afraid the image in your post doesn't work for me any more, and trying to open it in a new tab just redirects to the deviantArt page, where the map's the same size as before and I can't zoom in to read it. D:

[baconheimer]

OK, I've already posted this on AH.com, but I feel that I need to put something of value here.

[Daeron]

Looks good!

[orvillethird]

Mar 10, 2016 1:03:16 GMT Daeron said:

Looks good!

Very nice! Can we see other regions of the former USA?

[ieph]

Finally finished and cross-posted from Deviantart

(Part of the grander world with a some nebulous PoDs here and there; it's kind of like Ill Bethisad, so don't judge me)

A lot has happened to Western Europe in the several hundred years since the start of the first millenium. The first major event came when the centuries-long Reconquista against the Muslim Moors stalled amongst the Iberian states (especially when an ambitious Cordoban shiekh took the throne, and began a campaign to retake many Christian territories for Islam), prompting said states to call a Crusade to finally push them out. This led many knights from across Europe to come to Iberia, among them a scion of the monarchs of France (who would go on to become Kings of Cordova). They would eventually expel the Muslims from Iberia, and even expand into North Africa, though they would establish their own kingdoms independent of the Iberian powers, to their utter consternation. Tensions would flare for the next hundred years between these Crusader states (and a handful of Free Cities on the mold of the Hanseatic cities to the north), especially an expansionist Castile-Leon eager to unite the peninsula under the rule of the House of Aviz-Castilla.

However, those crusades would bring about the downfall of France, ads they would spend the better part of the 1200s trying to keep the Castillians from annexing the Capetians' Iberian domains. Unfortunately, it left them unprepared for the English invasion during the Sixty Years War, in an attempt to wrest control of the throne for the Angevin Plantagenets. Though France fought bravely against the English invaders, it was completely shattered when Burgundy (continuing its support to the Plantagenets) and Aragon (wantting to expand into Languedoc and Provence) joined in England's side. Though Castile (due to their pro-French leanings despite their dispute over Andalucia) and Scotland (France's "Auld" ally so to speak) tried to blunt the Plantagenet advance, in the end France was broken but still surviving, with the English retaining their holdings in Aquitaine, Brittany, Normandy, and Calais, Aragon regaining the lands of the Kingdom of Toulouse and suzerainty over Provence, and Burgundy becoming an independent state. The French in the 14th would spend their time trying to regain their former lands.

Then, the Protestant Reformation came, finally shattering the religious unity of Western Europe for good. Whilst Burgundy (and the Dutch, who would break away from the Habsburg-run HRE) and Aquitaine (which by then broke off from English control) had been swayed by the teachings of one John Calvin, England (with Brittany in tow) and the Iberian powers firmly stayed true to the Pope. France itself became a battleground between Catholic and Reformed Protestant forces, and while King Henry II de Valois attempted a compromise, the Catholic barons' utter refusal (and intervention by England and Aragon) would lead to him breaking away from the Church entirely, gaining the support of the Protestant nations in the process. Ultimately, the Valois-Capetian monarchy would survive the next two hundred years until a republican revolt in 1825 would replace it with an SLA-based federal republic.

((CLICK IMAGE FOR FULL-SIZE VERSION))

[zalezsky]

absolutely phenomenal work right there ieph! I can't say how much I love this

[ieph]

Thank you.

[lordroel]

Mar 14, 2016 0:45:28 GMT ieph said:

Finally finished and cross-posted from Deviantart

A nice map indeed if i say so myself.

[Krall]

Mar 14, 2016 0:45:28 GMT ieph said:

Finally finished and cross-posted from Deviantart

(Part of the grander world with a some nebulous PoDs here and there; it's kind of like Ill Bethisad, so don't judge me)

A lot has happened to Western Europe in the several hundred years since the start of the first millenium. The first major event came when the centuries-long Reconquista against the Muslim Moors stalled amongst the Iberian states (especially when an ambitious Cordoban shiekh took the throne, and began a campaign to retake many Christian territories for Islam), prompting said states to call a Crusade to finally push them out. This led many knights from across Europe to come to Iberia, among them a scion of the monarchs of France (who would go on to become Kings of Cordova). They would eventually expel the Muslims from Iberia, and even expand into North Africa, though they would establish their own kingdoms independent of the Iberian powers, to their utter consternation. Tensions would flare for the next hundred years between these Crusader states (and a handful of Free Cities on the mold of the Hanseatic cities to the north), especially an expansionist Castile-Leon eager to unite the peninsula under the rule of the House of Aviz-Castilla.

However, those crusades would bring about the downfall of France, ads they would spend the better part of the 1200s trying to keep the Castillians from annexing the Capetians' Iberian domains. Unfortunately, it left them unprepared for the English invasion during the Sixty Years War, in an attempt to wrest control of the throne for the Angevin Plantagenets. Though France fought bravely against the English invaders, it was completely shattered when Burgundy (continuing its support to the Plantagenets) and Aragon (wantting to expand into Languedoc and Provence) joined in England's side. Though Castile (due to their pro-French leanings despite their dispute over Andalucia) and Scotland (France's "Auld" ally so to speak) tried to blunt the Plantagenet advance, in the end France was broken but still surviving, with the English retaining their holdings in Aquitaine, Brittany, Normandy, and Calais, Aragon regaining the lands of the Kingdom of Toulouse and suzerainty over Provence, and Burgundy becoming an independent state. The French in the 14th would spend their time trying to regain their former lands.

Then, the Protestant Reformation came, finally shattering the religious unity of Western Europe for good. Whilst Burgundy (and the Dutch, who would break away from the Habsburg-run HRE) and Aquitaine (which by then broke off from English control) had been swayed by the teachings of one John Calvin, England (with Brittany in tow) and the Iberian powers firmly stayed true to the Pope. France itself became a battleground between Catholic and Reformed Protestant forces, and while King Henry II de Valois attempted a compromise, the Catholic barons' utter refusal (and intervention by England and Aragon) would lead to him breaking away from the Church entirely, gaining the support of the Protestant nations in the process. Ultimately, the Valois-Capetian monarchy would survive the next two hundred years until a republican revolt in 1825 would replace it with an SLA-based federal republic.

((CLICK IMAGE FOR FULL-SIZE VERSION))

This is an excellent map - both detailed and stylish! The only issue I has is the colours. I know you were going for that "atlas that uses a set of 6 colours to distinguish between neighbouring countries" style, but using bright, vibrant, and varied colours like these makes it look more like each colour corresponds to a single country. Try using a selection of more faded, less varied colours, like the more green and brown palette used on this map.

[ieph]

Mar 14, 2016 21:45:26 GMT Krall said:

Mar 14, 2016 0:45:28 GMT ieph said:

Finally finished and cross-posted from Deviantart

((CLICK IMAGE FOR FULL-SIZE VERSION))

This is an excellent map - both detailed and stylish! The only issue I has is the colours. I know you were going for that "atlas that uses a set of 6 colours to distinguish between neighbouring countries" style, but using bright, vibrant, and varied colours like these makes it look more like each colour corresponds to a single country. Try using a selection of more faded, less varied colours, like the more green and brown palette used on this map.

Yes, I was going for the atlas feel for this map, but I might probably mute the colors a bit because I really feel it's a bit too bright.

[Krall]

Mar 14, 2016 23:35:33 GMT ieph said:

Yes, I was going for the atlas feel for this map, but I might probably mute the colors a bit because I really feel it's a bit too bright.

Ah, did you edit it already? I swear the colours look a lot better now!

[ieph]

Mar 15, 2016 0:02:23 GMT Krall said:

Mar 14, 2016 23:35:33 GMT ieph said:

Yes, I was going for the atlas feel for this map, but I might probably mute the colors a bit because I really feel it's a bit too bright.

Ah, did you edit it already? I swear the colours look a lot better now!

Why thank you. 

Well, I'm going for a terrain map with my next map (of Switzerland)

[huojin]

Just out of interest, does anyone have a decent base map of North America (and ideally the Caribbean, but not vital) with both rivers and state borders on it? US state borders are the crucial ones, the others don't matter hugely, but yeah, I'm having trouble finding something suitable. Thanks!

[MinnesotaNationalist]

Mar 16, 2016 20:47:39 GMT huojin said:

Just out of interest, does anyone have a decent base map of North America (and ideally the Caribbean, but not vital) with both rivers and state borders on it? US state borders are the crucial ones, the others don't matter hugely, but yeah, I'm having trouble finding something suitable. Thanks!

Probably the easiest for you to use is this one here: wiki.alternatehistory.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/blank_map_directory/large_base.png
I've got another one, but it takes some work to use, and then more work to add rivers. Here's a link to it: sta.sh/0kq5ol5mp0o