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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:53 pm
by santon836
I like it.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:20 pm
by Wisse
yeah i like it too but it does not fit with the map, it looks like metal
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:38 pm
by for dummies
it needs to be played around with a little but i like it
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:42 pm
by Contrickster
That's a great wall!
And no, the Great Wall of China is
not brown.
If anything it should be a lighter grey. However I think it's just fine as it is.
Awesome map.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:06 pm
by AndyDufresne
Guiscard, are you still considering the 'break' in the wall...hm...a few pages back ago?
--Andy
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:49 pm
by casper
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:00 am
by Contrickster
Selective photo. The photo is taken at dusk and the surrounding country side is arid brown.
The best case for "brown" that can be made is that different sections have different colour. And early walls were made out earth, wood and brick. But even then the most accurate colour is not brown but orange.
That said the Jiankou section of the Great Wall, built during the Mongol Empire (1368) under the Ming dynasty used
white stone. See
photo.
Perhaps the wall should be a lighter grey?
Here are some more GWOC photos.
Here.
Here.
Here (Excellent close view)
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:13 pm
by Osirus_Oblivion7
Great map, you did your homework.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:48 am
by jonnybgood
I think that you should make a break in the wall like you said before
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:57 am
by jonnybgood
but otherwise i think that everything else is good and it is ready for army circles. This is a very good idea and well thought out!

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:19 am
by Qwert
I think that red country have to many atack borders
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:41 am
by Skittles!
qwert wrote:I think that red country have to many atack borders
Why does it matter if it has too many attack borders?
And, that's the point of it being an in-the-centre continent, to be able to attack a lot of areas.
But I do see why you think that, because if someone got the red area first, then it would be easy to attack other areas, but then it has to defend many areas too.
I think it's fine, no need to bother with making less attacking/defending borders.
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Good job =)
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:45 am
by Qwert
Only my opinion, i dont say that he must to change these.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:05 pm
by jonnybgood
the red part has to have lots of attacking options because, although it can attack many other parts, this means that also many parts can attack it.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:05 pm
by jonnybgood
that may not have made much sense....
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:06 pm
by Qwert
well if you want to hold these country you must have a lot army in these country
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:29 pm
by Guiscard
OK guys lets see what you reckon to this little change.
A bit darker and a tinge of brown, also lengthened slightly. I tried adding a different section further along as Andy suggested but it looked ridiculous and out of shape. Map makers prerogative has scrapped that idea.
edit: I tried lightening it with the brown tinge but it looked too muddy, and any lighter than the previous version looked entirely too shiny for my liking.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:34 pm
by Qwert
Its look blur, these what i see, maybe others guys have better eye.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:41 pm
by KEYOGI
Looks good. I would suggest trying to add some more definition to the edges though, if you get what I mean.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:41 pm
by Guiscard
No, it is blurred in an attempt to match the 'sharpness' of the mountains. If a few people think its too much blur I can sharpen it again no problem. This update is more concerned with the colour and length.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:55 pm
by KEYOGI
Colour and length are good.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:58 pm
by Contrickster
Don't know what the fascination with brown is about. As I have shown at least one part of the Great Wall in that period was constructed out of white stone...
HOWEVER - that's a good intermediary colour. I like it. It doesn't look like mud or wood. You can tell the wall is made out of stone.
Grey with brown tinge - excellent!
If the wall is to be broken the broken stone could be highlighted with a lighter grey.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:00 pm
by jonnybgood
what ever happened to the Fukien sea route?
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:01 pm
by Guiscard
Lost it a while back after much debate. Extended the grey cont to keraits and kalinbaliq instead.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:02 pm
by jonnybgood
somehow the wall seems out of place compared to the other boundaries and the map altogether.Is it just me or should it be less 3-D?