Mountains

by **reverend_kyle** on Mon May 22, 2006 12:44 am

How do you make mountains look like mountains on uncrossable borders.

by **Pedronicus** on Mon May 22, 2006 10:45 am

get a handful of mud, shape into a flat cone, and sprinkle with icing sugar. Take digital photo, (From a long way away) after getting a dozen prints developed - cut out mountains, Get a pritstick, and glue to screen.

Hey presto! instant mountains.

by **vtmarik** on Mon May 22, 2006 10:48 am

Pedronicus wrote:get a handful of mud, shape into a flat cone, and sprinkle with icing sugar. Take digital photo, (From a long way away) after getting a dozen prints developed - cut out mountains, Get a pritstick, and glue to screen.

Hey presto! instant mountains.

Personally, I like paper maché, it gives the mountains a dryer look.

And WTF is a pritstick?

by **Pedronicus** on Mon May 22, 2006 10:49 am

And WTF is a pritstick

Glue like a lipstick

by **DublinDoogey** on Mon May 22, 2006 1:09 pm

If you're using photoshop I would start with making a new layer for your mountains. This allows you to easily edit them. Pick a brown color, and draw them on with either the paintbrush or pencil. Then add a texture, I think mine (in the north america map) are with the sandstone texture. You can add other effects that will make them look more real, or stand out more too.

by **kevinc** on Mon May 22, 2006 5:42 pm

reverend_kyle wrote:How do you make mountains look like mountains on uncrossable borders.

It really depends on the style of your map.

If you use google image search for terms like, 'fantasy map', 'game map', and 'ancient map' as Andy suggested you'll see lots of ideas, and reference material.

by **wacicha** on Mon May 22, 2006 6:37 pm

the diversity of this forum amazes me 98 acouple of carcastic remarks and a couple of helpful remarks and all four were great comments keeps the levity and the knowlege flowing

by **reverend_kyle** on Sun May 28, 2006 1:24 am

what ify ou are using gimp?

by **thegrimsleeper** on Sun May 28, 2006 10:19 am

reverend_kyle wrote:what ify ou are using gimp?

Then I guess you'd better go wake him up!!!! :lol:

by **Truman** on Sun May 28, 2006 3:48 pm

Get a physical map of the United States and cut em off the map. Shrink 'em and add them into your map. Or, get any picture of a mountain range and use it. SIMPLE!

EDIT: Even better, on the Lord of the Rings Risk map there are perfect mountain ranges you can use. This other guy is using them on his map of Middle Earth.

--Truman

by **Pedronicus** on Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:33 pm

mountains - i hate mountains

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