26.05.2009, 19:41
[quote="agracier"]I've been working on an Egypt map as well. Did a smaller version and then noticed that El Alamein was just on the fringes. So I redid into a larger version.
One of the trickier parts is getting the landscapes more or less acceptable in regards to both desert and Nile Delta cultivation, which is very green and full of fields ...
This is why I think it it is better to have large scale maps of smaller geographic areas - You only have so many textures to work with and the more of the Earth you try to depict with this limited palette the less successful you can be. -viking
One of the trickier parts is getting the landscapes more or less acceptable in regards to both desert and Nile Delta cultivation, which is very green and full of fields ...
This is why I think it it is better to have large scale maps of smaller geographic areas - You only have so many textures to work with and the more of the Earth you try to depict with this limited palette the less successful you can be. -viking