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    Wip Aug/Sept '19 Lite Challenge: All Along the Watchtower

    This is the fourth song I've tried...

    All Along the Watchtower was originally written by Bob Dylan and he released it on an album at the end of 1967. Lyrics on the Bob Dylan site

    Jimi Hendrix's rendition was released in the fall of 1968 and is probably the most widely recognized version. YouTube (Audio Only)

    I had an idea or two, but I was trying to include the Joker and Thief so they were illustrations rather than maps.

    Then I saw Bogie's Immigrant Song entry and that inspired me to try a simpler approach.

    I've done a layout of the watchtower and castle walls:

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    (Done in GIMP with a mouse and a lot of paths.)

    I'm not sure about the scaling, especially the heights of the tower and walls...

    Lots more work to be done.
    I hope I get this done in time...
    Last edited by bkh1914; 09-10-2019 at 05:08 AM. Reason: Add WIP tag

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    Welcome to the challenge!!
    Great song choice ( I do like the Hendrix version better ) lots of potential ideas in the lyrics.

    Don't forget the WIP tag in your next update!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bogie View Post
    Don't forget the WIP tag in your next update!
    I remembered the WIP tag when I woke up this morning.
    (Heavy thunder storm, lightning strike within 100 yards/meters of the house.)

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    Wip

    Life and the weather haven't been very cooperative, but I had enough time to add the background, etc.

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    Comments welcome...

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    Eliminated the landscape textures to give the map a consistent simple style.

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    Looks good both ways, but I like the background texture.

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