Sired's Map project - Updated- 4/16 - files available see first post

[Tjoek]

@siredblood:

Barbedor is the font.

Thnx siredblood!!! Barbedor Heavy definitely is the font used on the OOB maps.

[Imperious Leader]

Im glad you found it, the quality of doing this right will pay off in the end. Just take your time on doing this map right including the cartography of the land areas. You might even consider drawing some areas based on their actual shape ( think Norway, Spain, Italy, England, German coast and Baltic coastline).

Keep posting pictures of work in progress so we can give you feedback!

[siredblood]

Thanks for the comments guys, I had a game planned today, but we canceled it, SOO that means its map painting time the entire weekend! Ive remasted the files so they are workable with no freezing.

@Imperious Leader, I think youll be proud of new coastlines! Pics tomorrow.

[Imperious Leader]

I will be thinking of them all this day in anticipation. I think your file will be the all time best and hopefully you will provide versions for 1939 or 41,42

[Intrepid]

@Tjoek:

@siredblood:

Barbedor is the font.

Thnx siredblood!!! Barbedor Heavy definitely is the font used on the OOB maps.

I used Barbedor Heavy to fix some type on YG’s battle board graphic on his custom map, and the font was slightly heavier than the OOB weight. I’d guess that the OOB typeface was actually Barbedor Bold… but I haven’t found that available for download anywhere… the OOB typeface is definitely from the Barbedor family - good find whoever figured that out!

[siredblood]

@siredblood:

That’s for sure not what I use, not saying that’s not it, im using ……B---- something T, ill look. If gothic works, then cool, its free.

@siredblood:

Barbedor is the font.

Im going in tomorrow for my second print test.

Correct its not Heavy (or at least I don’t use that), its T, in addition you have to add the FX of stroke +3 and alter the layout from 100 to 105 H and 100 to 110 W…. did I win?

That’s what I do anyway :P

I never corrected it wasn’t Heavy as I never tried it, maybe it worked better, I already had T set up.

Sorry I.L. I didn’t get to pics as I mentioned, I had some family issues over the weekend :(

Oh, and naturally youll have to adjust as necessary depending on the size of your project, if you blow up the file, naturally those specs will not work.

[siredblood]

Coastlines are done, all islands are accurate now, was crazy how much the OOB art was wrong… islands not even in the right shape… the one they did do right, was pointing the wrong way lol. Im pretty excited about this map, I hope to be done in a couple weeks, hard part is over.

in addition to the Europe/Africa resize, the islands were slightly enlarged…  larger sea zones here and there… lots of stuff :)

[Schroeder]

Map is looking good!  Can’t wait to see the terrain painted.

[Dralnu]

Wow, thats really looking impressive!
Also cant wait to see the finished version and I hope you will manage to keep the style and colours of the original board, tp preserve the “feeling” of it ^^

But the Coastlines and european enlargement looks fantastic!
Also I especialy love Okinawa, compared to the strange dot it was before ^^

[LHoffman]

Nice! I love it.

Western US/Canada is still shifted up. Unless we are chalking it up to curvature of the earth. Aside from the visual break, I think Western US/Canada/Alaska/Baja actually look quite good on this map.

[Imperious Leader]

I like the changes to coastline in general, but why didn’t you alter Norway to look more natural?

Im just being picky, love the work actually. First it to make it OOB and release in PDF, i can add stuff latter for my own version of your file for us house rules people

[siredblood]

Thanks for the comments and feedback!

@Imperious - I always wonder what youll say :P … the misshape of Norway was a necessary evil, when I blew up Europe, it had to absorb some of the growth. I should be able to illusion a more correct shape when I paint the borders… im pretty picky as well.

[siredblood]

@Dralnu:

Also I especialy love Okinawa, compared to the strange dot it was before ^^

I was surprised how generic the OOB map is with its detail to the Pacific.

[dajokr]

@siredblood:

Coastlines are done, all islands are accurate now, was crazy how much the OOB art was wrong… islands not even in the right shape… the one they did do right, was pointing the wrong way lol. Im pretty excited about this map, I hope to be done in a couple weeks, hard part is over.

in addition to the Europe/Africa resize, the islands were slightly enlarged… � larger sea zones here and there… lots of stuff :)

Well, you can add cartography to your already considerable skills.  :)  Superb work and can’t wait to see the finished version!

[Erocco]

Is this project dead?

[siredblood]

@Erocco:

Is this project dead?

nope :) I just don’t frequent the forums as much, ill get a progress pic up.

[siredblood]

Ive been designing several things about the map, this is WAY different, I cant wait to show a progress pic, in addition, if you missed my update on a vid I did, there are 3 different versions (paint schemes)

[Erocco]

Can’t wait to see the pictures. :-D

[FOWHEAD]

looking forward to your finished map.  Tried to find YG map file on pdf but I think he only put it out thru mediafire.  Please use a pdf when you release it.  Not to good with a pc. Down loaded your card file and will get those and printed when I do your map.  love your utube stuff.  Drink with Sired the best.  Thank you so much for sharing your hard work.  Hope you kick butt at YG invitational.  Maybe you can get a pic of all those from this forum and show on a drink with Sired.

[8thGuards]

Love the work you’re doing.

My major gripe with the OOB maps (as well as the HBG36 map) has always been the names for the territories.

For example, “Volgograd” should be Don Basin or Don Valley or Don-Volga in my opinion. Perhaps they think it sounds too much like a mafia boss? :?
Compared to that Samara/Kuybyshev and Thailand/Siam are minor issues.

I know, for gameplay the names could conceivably be considered irrelevant, but that “Volgograd” thing I just cannot let the issue go :x