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submitted 1 year ago by drailin@kbin.social to c/dnd@lemmy.world
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[-] MrCyan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] drailin@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
[-] 8565@lemmy.quad442.com 3 points 1 year ago

I would almost want this on a fleece blanket lol

[-] drailin@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The reason I did it was because the group wanted a world map poster of my homebrew setting to put up on the wall, but I am not a skilled enough artist to make it look nice enough. Professional, pre made maps ARE withing my skillset to make a massive poster from.

[-] AnanasMarko@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, man! Looks awesome! Is it digital and is there a link where we could buy / download it?

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It can be downloaded from drivethruRPG here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_reviews_info.php?&reviews_id=446386&products_id=299103

I got the maps for free because my dad backed the project in development and it came with the digital maps, but he had no use for them.

**edit for transparency: I didn't draw the map, just to make that clear, I just made the poster to 1in grid scale

[-] polarbear236@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That’s pretty awesome, what was the process like?

[-] drailin@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I printed the map using a poster/plotter printer in two sections that I split up in photo shop, scaling the map size and resolution to fit a 1in player grid (the grid marks are there, but faint).

I then taped 12 2ft×2.5ft foamcore boards together and glued down the map, using gluesticks for the majority and hot glue to keep the edges down. I taped it so that it is a trifold, condensing down to a single 7ft×21in panel for storage and transport.

Someone else here in the comments suggested cottons balls for fog of war, so I am gonna get those and some poster tack to keep it all vertical. I am gonna track their progress by making player tokens and using poster tack to keep them on the board.

[-] mrbincow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're doing way more for your players than I have time to do. Looks awesome!

Real MVP play is telling us all how it was done

[-] polarbear236@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Gotta give you props, that is way more effort than I put in for my players, results look great though

[-] CharlotteRain@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Now it is time to frame it and put it on the wall!

[-] calvinball@mtgzone.com 2 points 1 year ago

Wow! What is it made out of? Plastic?

[-] drailin@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The map is on paper, using a poster/plotter printer I have access to through work, and the backing is foamboard. Only $40 in materials all said and done.

[-] youessbee@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Very impressive! How would you handle Fog of War?

[-] TellumSiege@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I was wondering this too. My first thought was cotton balls.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I had been struggling with figuring that out, but cotton balls with a bit of poster tack to keep them attached will be perfect! Thanks for the idea. I was going to do black cardstock with each room cut out, but your suggestion is 1,000,000× easier

[-] TellumSiege@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Anytime! And FWIW we've used cotton balls in the past and they worked perfectly. Even looked like fog of war lol. You could even spray paint them black/grey if you want to go the extra mile.

[-] SDK@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

That’s amazing! What is it fastened to? Wood? Cardboard? Poster board? Something else?

Well done friend.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Poster board! It is foldable too, condenses to a single 7ft×21in panel for storage/transportation

[-] Xandar437@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago

Impressive, so do you actually use it, and if so, how ? That won't fit on a standard table 😀

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