Bruce and I are also working on an AWI supplement for Impetus. One of the things we need to supply Lorenzo with are good-quality maps. So I've been playing around with Inkscape. This is my first effort:
Obviously the roads and rivers are pretty lame and need tweaking. But, by the time I did the trees, I was starting to get the hang of the program. The test will be whether I can convert the MayDay terrain set up into a good quality map! Up next: The remainder of my 6mm AWI rebasing is now done. Plus I have some 1/72 Indians that I'm painting. I may use these to talk about my dip recipe. And I'm going to start "building" the 15mm Saracen foot I need to finish.
Bob
ReplyDeleteWhy not use Battle Chronicler? Allows you to create battlefield maps and also track (and show) how battles played out.
Bit fiddly at first but I got the hang of it eventually!
Phil,
ReplyDeleteThere was an article in Battlegames suggesting Inkscape and it was free so I thought I'd give it a whirl. I will have a look at Battle Chronicler.
thanks
Bob
Ah, now I remember. It is a Windows program and I use a Mac and l am not going to fiddle around trying to emulate Windows t get it to work. Lovely graphics though--i recall looking at this about a year ago.
ReplyDeleteFair do's. I'm a PC man but Macs are the bee knees for anything graphical.
ReplyDeleteSaw your 'dipped' Indians - fantastic.