Battlemaps?
While the current range of maps aren't really intended to be used as miniatures-scale battlemaps (as my Basic Dungeon Tiles over on RPGNow are better suited to that kind of thing), it is possible (after a bit of tinkering*) to blow them up to such an extent that 1 square will equal 1 inch when you print them out.
Obviously they won't look as good as high-res dungeon tiles that are designed for that purpose - but they should be perfectly usable nonetheless (note that I've attached a pdf of the example map pictured below - so that you can see the quality for yourself).
However, the conversion process* is a bit of extra work ...so I was thinking of adding this 'battlemap' option as one of my upcoming milestones - hence this poll :)
So, should I hit the $100 per month milestone - what would you guys like to see next?
(*i.e. blowing the map up, adding a few filters, remove the dark background, cutting the map into page-size chunks, etc.)
Comments (5)
I've got a question/comment about the objects. Do you make these at a higher resolution and them scale them down when placing them on the 50px/grid geomorphs? I'm hoping so as I would definitely like to get them at say 250px/grid size (or bigger) so that when the maps are zoomed in there is all this glorious detail to be seen in the objects.
I'm afraid I'm drawing them at the smaller scale.
As much as I would love some higher res versions of the current maps, I definitely think objects should be the next goal. I'll look forward to both!
I would happily pay $10 or so for a collection of the various decorative bits (furniture, columns, debris, etc) from the geomorphs and dungeon tiles if you wanted to just bundle them all up on DTRPG. I always "need" more set dressing for maps. Especially aged and/or broken stuff.
Well, the aim of the next milestone (if I stick to the current plan) would be to include any bits and pieces from the room tiles as individual 'objects' and also add a few more pledge levels to enable folks to get their own stuff drawn. But even if I never hit the next milestone, it's still something I'll get around to eventually - though I'm hopeful that the Patreon campaign will help to speed up the process a little :)