The old watch Inn

[- JO -]

Hello !

Due to real life (well... work), I'm not drawing maps as much as I would like since the end of my hollydays.

But here's a project I'm working on since one month, a few hours per week... It's far from finished but now I feel like it's going somewhere. So after a lot of erasing and starting again, I thought it could be something you could look at without too much disgust.

It's still related to the story my wife is writing : some important parts of the story happens here, in this old watch, which is now an Inn.

It's still a WIP, I have a lot to do (roads, walls, inside the Inn, shadows of the buildings on the ground, etc, etc) but I might need some advices (i.e. for the walls : texture (like on the buildings) or drawings (like for the main gate) ?)

Thanks for your comments...

[Mouse]

Hey it's Jo!!!

Hi buddy

This is a new map style for you - a sort of dungeon style map? I like the cliffs, especially the little crinkly bits along the top edge in the grass. Also very much like the roof tops.

Not keen on the very uniform paving in the courtyard, however. Are you planning to add bits of weed and grass to that?

I've got a couple of paving textures that might help (if you still use textures nowadays)

EDIT: I've just uploaded one to my "Textures and other useful bits and bobs" album if you're interested. If it would be useful but its not quite the right colour or too dark or to light just let me know. Its one of my own that I made from scratch, so I can adjust it quite easily

[- JO -]

So... Thanks to Ilanthar, I discovered Sketchup...

Fatal mistake...

I was stuck with this insane software these last days... and to try it, I made a 3D model of the pending illustration I try to end...

Here are some picture of the result :

[Mouse]

Oh wow!

You make it look easy, but I bet it isn't

That detail shot is very impressive.

Can you texture the model?

[- JO -]

Yes... and I will...

But just for show : the textures are not really good

[Ilanthar]

It's fantastic - Jo - ! The topography is just splendid and you pushed the details quite far (really nice carpentry !
I'm watching this with interest.

[Mouse]

Are you using textures like these?

https://www.sketchuptextureclub.com/

I thought they looked pretty cool when I accidentally tripped up over the site while I was looking for something else.

[jamestwitherspoon]

Looks great so far! I too am recently discovering Sketchup. I need to learn how to do the terrain like that.

[- JO -]

There are a lot of good tutorials... If you want I can give you the URL, but it's in French...

[ThomasR]

You never cease to amaze me Joel ! I wanted to get started with sketch up but time goes by and you always have other stuff you gotta take care of... I'd be greatly interested by those tutorials and I'm eager to see more