I was just wondering about some things [I have not read through the thread, yet]:
1) The non-playable text ["The Atlantic Ocean," etc.] seems a bit light?
2) Both isles are smaller than their army circles. Isle of Man looks very much like an off kilter attempt to draw Saturn. Isle of Wight looks like you've put a blanket [or graduation cap] on top of a ball. I like Isle of Wight. Not so much for Isle of Man - whilst changing the shape drastically would make it totally geographically incorrect, a small alteration should be acceptable [especially with the room available].
3) Hebrides [part of Scotland] seems to have a different background than the rest of the continent. It's more like a cross between the backgrounds of North England and South England.
4) Lincs - I assume this is supposed to be Lincolnshire? I just noticed that you also have Gloucs abbreviated as well. This is a tough one - but you need a standard that you apply to ALL the terrs. If the length or number of syllables is greater than X, it gets abbreviated - otherwise it doesn't. OR the delimiter could be whether or not all the letters fit IN the territory - in which case Northumberland would need to be abbreviated ("N. Umber."?). ... Lincolnshire isn't really affected by anything other than the compass. You could move the terr name down a pixel or two and move the compass up a pixel or two. I can definitely see a need to abbreviate Gloucs.
5) The background color of the non-playable land [France] is too close to that of Southern England. No one SHOULD be confused by this, but it's possible. Maybe use the same color that you use in the inset? That sort of brownish thing.
Having written the above comments, I'll now go back and see if they were addressed earlier in the thread (I'm up to page 6).
ireland is looking sweet now gimil, i would consider moving the army circle in donegal though, if you move the writing up a tiny bit you can move the circle properly onto the land
Don't now why people on here don't like being cooks, remember under siege: A former SEAL, now cook, is the only person who can stop a gang of terrorists when they sieze control of a US Navy battleship.
I was just wondering about some things [I have not read through the thread, yet]:
1) The non-playable text ["The Atlantic Ocean," etc.] seems a bit light? This is to help the hadrians 1 way rule stik out, but i suppose they could be a little darker.
2) Both isles are smaller than their army circles. Isle of Man looks very much like an off kilter attempt to draw Saturn. Isle of Wight looks like you've put a blanket [or graduation cap] on top of a ball. I like Isle of Wight. Not so much for Isle of Man - whilst changing the shape drastically would make it totally geographically incorrect, a small alteration should be acceptable [especially with the room available]. I dont think youve worded this to welL. would you like hte armies circles off the islands? and would you like a slight alternation to the shape of the isle of man?
3) Hebrides [part of Scotland] seems to have a different background than the rest of the continent. It's more like a cross between the backgrounds of North England and South England.
I went back and checked it, it was off. purple rather than blue.
4) Lincs - I assume this is supposed to be Lincolnshire? I just noticed that you also have Gloucs abbreviated as well. This is a tough one - but you need a standard that you apply to ALL the terrs. If the length or number of syllables is greater than X, it gets abbreviated - otherwise it doesn't. OR the delimiter could be whether or not all the letters fit IN the territory - in which case Northumberland would need to be abbreviated ("N. Umber."?). ... Lincolnshire isn't really affected by anything other than the compass. You could move the terr name down a pixel or two and move the compass up a pixel or two. I can definitely see a need to abbreviate Gloucs.
I think ill go back to just having Gloucs abbreviated.
5) The background color of the non-playable land [France] is too close to that of Southern England. No one SHOULD be confused by this, but it's possible. Maybe use the same color that you use in the inset? That sort of brownish thing.
Fixed
Having written the above comments, I'll now go back and see if they were addressed earlier in the thread (I'm up to page 6).
rebelman wrote:ireland is looking sweet now gimil, i would consider moving the army circle in donegal though, if you move the writing up a tiny bit you can move the circle properly onto the land
The Scottish Borders (Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba), often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland.
I see where the other one is sometimes called D&G, so I'll shut up about that one. (although I also see where it's called by their separate names too).
Generally, the revamping attempts look very good and are very welcome, since the original map is indeed quite ugly. I liked the flags, sorry to see them go.
One thing: for Hadrian's Wall to make sense as a one-way border, shouldn't the map theme be set in antiquity? Not much of an obstacle nowadays...
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The Scottish Borders (Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba), often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland.
I see where the other one is sometimes called D&G, so I'll shut up about that one. (although I also see where it's called by their separate names too).
By that it is meaning just the scottish boarders. Gimil's map includes lothian as well so the aria is lothian and boarders. Have a look at some earlier versions of my scotland map compared with the latter where we merged them together
hulmey wrote:OMG, what time lines are you guys talking about...Do you all want the same naming complaints as before? Choose a timeline and the names are as so!!
Gimil, you seem to be having problems with the Army Circles fitting into counties, most notably Isle of Man!!
the armie circles are not a problem, there is nothing wrong with them he way they are.
Also im not changing names or time times. Hadriands wall is only in as it was part of the origonal map.
