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The map can be purchased from my online store under the Terrain section.

http://www.kalidasia.com/products/

Feel free to post any questions you have in this thread. Thanks for reading.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5709168.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5709168.page GMT 3' x 3' Space Map Now Available - Legends of Kalidasia
It's not that your idea isn't viable though, but you need to clean things up significantly and create a more convincing and nuanced effect with more color if you are going to succeed.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5709689.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5709689.page GMT Re:3' x 3' Space Map Now Available - Legends of Kalidasia
The reason I use the limited color palette for my space maps is to achieve a more visually accurate look. The Hubble Space telescope images, while beautiful, are science data and not just pretty pictures. Most of the images of nebulae and star forming regions are are false color images where the different colors represent chemical composition and not what the human eye would actually see. Certainly there are stars which appear to have a slightly bluish or reddish tint to them, but to be honest, that slight tinting is difficult to capture on felt.

Of course with any art discussion, the overall style is matter of opinion and I certainly respect yours. Once again, thank you for your comment.

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While the images from the telescope are enhanced, they make for stunning maps. That's more important than accuracy towards what we would see.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5713504.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5713504.page GMT 3' x 3' Space Map Now Available - Legends of Kalidasia


The average colour is a slightly tinted white, but that average is formed up of a mixture of all kinds of shades and hues.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5714299.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5714299.page GMT Re:3' x 3' Space Map Now Available - Legends of Kalidasia
 RockoRobotics wrote:
Thanks for your comment.

The reason I use the limited color palette for my space maps is to achieve a more visually accurate look. The Hubble Space telescope images, while beautiful, are science data and not just pretty pictures. Most of the images of nebulae and star forming regions are are false color images where the different colors represent chemical composition and not what the human eye would actually see. Certainly there are stars which appear to have a slightly bluish or reddish tint to them, but to be honest, that slight tinting is difficult to capture on felt.

Of course with any art discussion, the overall style is matter of opinion and I certainly respect yours. Once again, thank you for your comment.



Yes, while I see your point - most of us don't *exactly* play with little miniature spaceships firing fancy pewpew laser guns (on a flat plane, no less...) at each other because we're looking for scientifically accurate space combat and TBH, nor does much of LoK line look like something which would ever be "realistic" rather than just cool. Which is fine, don't get me wrong - I did back the colayth guard KS project, still have the 3D files lying around to toy with

Add to that the rather low cost of vinyl space maps at that scale (at 6x4 felt does become attractive over having something printed; 3x3 however... meh, slight variations on the theme of "cheap") and I think you might not want to build up too much stock of that map yet...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5714382.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5714382.page GMT 3' x 3' Space Map Now Available - Legends of Kalidasia
Actually this is Interesting to see on here, As I have just done a tutorial on my Blog of how to make a projector into an Interactive SpaceHulk map. But one of the benefits was actually being able to display a picture of any solar system or star map on the table to play games like Battlefleet Gothic. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5714414.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/531949/5714414.page GMT