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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - Small version and upd

Postby RedBaron0 on Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:17 am

I do like the look, it might be a decent idea to see if the color could be a tad stronger. Yeah the 888's are really making the map look at it's worst. We know the 888's fit, let's just see it with the 2's and go from there.
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - Small version and upd

Postby Gillipig on Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:33 am

The main problem is the rail! It's too thick, I know it's supposed to take center stage but it does that at the expense of harmony! You have to look real hard to see where the territories borders are when you've got that thick line covering all of it! If you don't want to change the width of the rail maybe you could give it another color? Dark red?? Right now it's causing this map to look a lot harder to read than it really is! Also I don't like how the rivers look! There's something with them but I can't put the finger on it :-k !
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - Small version and upd

Postby pamoa on Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:58 pm

just to help in this rail issue
have you considered putting some reddish tint in it
so it would be enough different from the borders
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - Small version and upd

Postby iancanton on Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:32 am

in the legend, the polish border one-way attacks minsk. is it the intention that the polish border one-way attacks minsk oblast, but not the city itself?

vladamir ought to be vladimir. u had changed it on a previous version. however, the error has somehow crept back.

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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - Small version and upd

Postby Industrial Helix on Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:20 pm

just a heads up and sort of update: i was living in japan and then woke up to a giant headache and left sideparalysis,...it was a massive stroke.. some stranger came to my door unexpectedly and called an ambulance.. he probably saved my life. anyway, i chilled out in the hospital in tokyo for a while then my mom came and brought me home to the usa for treatment, which is where I'm at now... i can give more details when i have two fully functioning hands to type and thenI'll be able to work on the map some more
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - out of order p.17

Postby natty dread on Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:31 pm

Oh hi Helix... welcome back
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - out of order p.17

Postby ender516 on Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:42 pm

Wow, IH, that must have been terrifying. Good to know you are home with loved ones at hand. Here's hoping your recovery is speedy and your insurance is sufficient!
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - out of order p.17

Postby Seamus76 on Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:15 pm

Wow, that is scary. Hope you get well very soon.
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - Small version and upd

Postby Victor Sullivan on Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:41 am

Industrial Helix wrote:just a heads up and sort of update: i was living in japan and then woke up to a giant headache and left sideparalysis,...it was a massive stroke.. some stranger came to my door unexpectedly and called an ambulance.. he probably saved my life. anyway, i chilled out in the hospital in tokyo for a while then my mom came and brought me home to the usa for treatment, which is where I'm at now... i can give more details when i have two fully functioning hands to type and thenI'll be able to work on the map some more

:shock: I hope you get better. Good Lord, I can't imagine what it must have felt like. I need to be more thankful for my relatively good health... I hope you have a speedy recovery, Helix.

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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - out of order p.17

Postby Nola_Lifer on Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:53 pm

Best of luck to you IH!
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - out of order p.17

Postby isaiah40 on Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:21 pm

[MOVED]

Moved to the recyling box until IH is able to work on this again. Get well soon IH!!
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Re: Russian Revolution [26 Jul 2011] - out of order p.17

Postby Industrial Helix on Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:22 pm

Thanks, hopefully I'll have two working hands soon and be able to finish this.
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Re: [Vacation - valid untill Mar 2012] - Russian Revolution

Postby Industrial Helix on Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:15 pm

Ka-kow, Update:

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I looked through the thread to try and find what the big issues I was having were
1) the British flag was obscuring the B in British.
2) there needed to be a city icon in the legend.

So I did both those things

Then someone mentioned that all the numbers might be 'asploding their brains with info overload or cluttering up the image... so I did this version sans numbers.
Sketchblog [Update 07/25/11]: http://indyhelixsketch.blogspot.com/
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby Industrial Helix on Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:17 pm

Then I'm going to just use my mod powers to move this on back.
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby AndyDufresne on Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:56 pm

Industrial Helix wrote:Then I'm going to just use my mod powers to move this on back.

:o

Kidding. :D

One thing I like about the aesthetic of this map---and don't take it the wrong way---is that is has a crayon and drawing sort of feel to it in terms of color application and texture.

I think the areas that are less 'crayon-like' stand out to me then, like: cities on the map, the commander letterboxes, the flags are borderline.

I think pushing the map too far to crayon and drawing and doodle earth is certainly not the way to go, but it seems like a strong element within the map.

Best of luck,


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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby Teflon Kris on Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:37 pm

Nice - good to see this back - it might inspire me to work on Cold War ;)
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby Industrial Helix on Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:00 pm

Ok... whats a guy gotta do to get some Green ink here?
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby Victor Sullivan on Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:56 pm

Industrial Helix wrote:Ok... whats a guy gotta do to get some Green ink here?

Oh! You're right! And yet you have a green icon... :-k

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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby isaiah40 on Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:57 pm

Victor Sullivan wrote:
Industrial Helix wrote:Ok... whats a guy gotta do to get some Green ink here?

Oh! You're right! And yet you have a green icon... :-k

-Sully


Look at the OP!!!! Boy Sully you really are getting old!! :lol: IH has an excuse. ;)
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby Victor Sullivan on Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:06 am

isaiah40 wrote:
Victor Sullivan wrote:
Industrial Helix wrote:Ok... whats a guy gotta do to get some Green ink here?

Oh! You're right! And yet you have a green icon... :-k

-Sully


Look at the OP!!!! Boy Sully you really are getting old!! :lol: IH has an excuse. ;)

I was looking for the post where a gameplay CA actually gave him the stamp.

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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby natty dread on Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:42 am

The graphics of this map are pretty great, there's not much critique to be handed out... the only issue I can see is the same old, the railroads.

They're still somewhat distracting in the moscow area... I think what you could try is to make the railroad lines really thin, like they've drawn with a really thin ink pen...
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby Industrial Helix on Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:33 pm

sigh... the railroads :( To be honest, I'm satisfied with them, because I think they're as improved at they can be. I think I tried thinner rail lines before, but the got lost in the rest of the map.

Hmm... I just noticed I'm green approved... now to get some blue ink...
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby tec805 on Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:52 pm

I searched the thread but didn't find this small needed change.

"Pink designates ares of high population" I'm assuming this is supposed to be areas.
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby natty dread on Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:23 am

How about thin lines but make them double lines to resemble railway more... with a lower opacity maybe...
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Re: Russian Revolution Update made 12/6/11

Postby natty dread on Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:23 pm

I think you could try rails like these (or feel free to use these if you want).

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