Poison Rome [Quenched]

[cairnswk]

Love the new statues, Cairns!

Thanks Zeak.

[cairnswk]

-The arches to the left of Emperor CLAUDIUS don't look very evenly put together.

That is deliberate and i think looks good.

I disagree on this cairns. I would like to hear more opinions on it if you don't mind

Then new texture on the legends has added much needed character. Very nice! Although the general colouring of the title (and the text to the right of the title) arn't doing the map justice. Some golds and reds like the rest of the map and less glows and strokes around the text are what is needed.

Oh yes great one Knower of all things artistic.

[gimil]

What these poll present
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert They don't seem to like this map

Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker!

[cairnswk]

-The arches to the left of Emperor CLAUDIUS don't look very evenly put together.[/quote="cairnswk"]That is deliberate and i think looks good.

I disagree on this cairns. I would like to hear more opinions on it if you don't mind

Well you would disagree on it because you don't like. but good luck in getting some other opinions.

[cairnswk]

What these poll present
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert They don't seem to like this map

Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker!

Talking about yourself again Gimil. Bitch!!

[gimil]

-The arches to the left of Emperor CLAUDIUS don't look very evenly put together.

That is deliberate and i think looks good.

I disagree on this cairns. I would like to hear more opinions on it if you don't mind

Then new texture on the legends has added much needed character. Very nice! Although the general colouring of the title (and the text to the right of the title) arn't doing the map justice. Some golds and reds like the rest of the map and less glows and strokes around the text are what is needed.

Oh yes great one Knower of all things artistic.

It doesn't take a genius to work out that the title colours are brighter flame colours than the actual flames on the map...

[gimil]

What these poll present
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert They don't seem to like this map

Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker!

Talking about yourself again Gimil. Bitch!!

I do 10x more work that you don't see than you do see cairns

[cairnswk]

What these poll present
Cairnswk are you with war with someon?

Yes the Foundry qwert They don't seem to like this map

Well, the foundry doesn't like slacker!

Talking about yourself again Gimil. Bitch!!

I do 10x more work that you don't see than you do see cairns

Good on you then, you're such a champion.

[Incandenza]

Call me crazy, but I liked the statues and columns the way they were originally... when I think of classical rome, I think of white marble, not gold.

[cairnswk]

Call me crazy, but I liked the statues and columns the way they were originally... when I think of classical rome, I think of white marble, not gold.

Yes I do too...so i have changed the statues back to almost similar to what the other statues are but with just s different tinge of grey around the outline to at least make them more visible on the white/grey backgrounds.

Both titles are now the same. I don't think putting the "flame" colours from the flames around Nero are going to do to tricks for the title, and since the title on the right is a sub-title, i'd am pretty happy for them to both have the same appearance - they do not look out of place.

The bottom legend section was previously replaced with a textured background.

The columns on all the building (except the God temples) have been redone with bitmaps so that no issues arise from propagation to large size.



Preview of Large.

Click image to enlarge.

[gimil]

I still don't like the title area cairns but if no one else agrees with me I am not going to hold it against you

[the.killing.44]

Here's a thought to improve the title: why not outline the archs in stone like around the Colosseum?


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[cairnswk]

I still don't like the title area cairns but if no one else agrees with me I am not going to hold it against you

Mmmmm, that statement concerns me

[gimil]

I still don't like the title area cairns but if no one else agrees with me I am not going to hold it against you

Mmmmm, that statement concerns me

Well, we just have to wait and see!

[ZeakCytho]

I don't love the title area, but I hardly hate it. And since I don't have any suggestions on how to make it better, I'm fine with the way it is now. But if someone else happens to have a better idea, I'd be happy to see it change.

[The Neon Peon]

I don't love the title area, but I hardly hate it. And since I don't have any suggestions on how to make it better, I'm fine with the way it is now. But if someone else happens to have a better idea, I'd be happy to see it change.

Second this.

Once again, the Cleopatra-Marcus Atonius connection has uneven shaking and is not even (the lower part extends farther left than the upper part.)

The gray columns are the right way to go, and congratulations on the awesome connections.

[cairnswk]

Here's a thought to improve the title: why not outline the archs in stone like around the Colosseum?


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tk44....i've just tried to see what that background would look like with a different "brick work" type texture behind the title. For it to look good and clear, I have to darken the whole colour behind there and that then throws the entire feel of the plastering effect across the map and borders. (click below)
Apart from that, I would have to build in brick by brick and i'm not wanting to spend so much time in order to achieve that affect. Let me know if you come up with any further, and thanks for the suggestion.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282 ... Sstone.jpg

[cairnswk]

I don't love the title area, but I hardly hate it. And since I don't have any suggestions on how to make it better, I'm fine with the way it is now. But if someone else happens to have a better idea, I'd be happy to see it change.

Second this.

Once again, the Cleopatra-Marcus Atonius connection has uneven shaking and is not even (the lower part extends farther left than the upper part.)

Yeh Neon Peon....that cleopatra connection was because of the bevelling...and i didn't notice it.
Thanks, and it is fixed as i ahve changed the bevelling on her tert there.

The gray columns are the right way to go, and congratulations on the awesome connections.

Cool Thanks.

[the.killing.44]

I meant something along the lines of the archs (black strokes) that you have being stones - this took me 2 1/2 mins, so sorry for the crudeness, but I hope you see the point (outlining with stones):


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[gimil]

Sorry killing, I can't say in my opinion that your idea fits the overall theme of the map.

[the.killing.44]

Sorry killing, I can't say in my opinion that your idea fits the overall theme of the map.

Yeah, upon looking it over and starting to brick it out it seems that way IMO too

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[cairnswk]

I meant something along the lines of the archs (black strokes) that you have being stones - this took me 2 1/2 mins, so sorry for the crudeness, but I hope you see the point (outlining with stones):
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Are you using photoshop?

[the.killing.44]

Yeah, but all I did was took the image I posted, erased around the arch, and duplicated the layer into the other file. I coulda done it in anything, most likely. I wasn't necessarily going for beauty, but after I started bricking it it doesn't look great in the map either so …

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[MrBenn]

Actually, I quite like the brick work in the title. Sure .44 made it too heavy, but the effect could work if it was toned down and blended in a bit more?

[the.killing.44]

cairns, why don't you try it on just a couple of the letters and post it? I think if done properly (and not in less than 5 minutes ) it could look nice, and you're certainly capable of that

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