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    First battlemap I ever made with GIMP. Could be worked on further, I think, but is also usable as is. Used some textures I found off internet, some items I picked off dundjinni forums and Neyjour's crypt entrance/fancy sarcophagus. Criticism is welcome! I've still a lot to learn. Burning question, how would you go making the border between this old road I was going for and the grass around it less apparent?

    Just noticed, my stairs are kind of wonky. Tried using darker lines to make them stair like, but I guess that part needs more work too.
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    Very nice! It has a dark, spooky feeling around it.

    I don't know how you went about applying the textures, but I would say put low opacity grass texture (enough to make sure that there isn't much of a solid contrast between the grass and the path) around the edge of the path, if you get what I mean.

    Overall a very nice battle map, I will give you some rep.

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    Great atmosphere SrgDark! Agree with Josiah that you should look again at the junction of grass and path, but otherwise wonderfully spooky.

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    Looking pretty good so far. I'm not sure if it would look very good but you could try darkening the background texture a bit.

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    Was a good suggestion there, it does look nice with the darker wall texture. It's done now. Added three doors that start off closed, some magical sigils in the eastern room. A couple of skeletons belonging to some unfortunates that ventured here before.
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    Something I'm working on right now. Regan is supposedly trapped in these halls, but erstwhile heroes will find that his prison holds more than just goblins that have taken to worshipping him as a god.
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    Very nice!

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    Thanks! It's been quite a learning experience, making map of this size without messing up the scale.

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    I think this thread needs more life to it. I've recently finished some eight or so battlemaps, still waiting for roll20 marketplace to update itself with 'em inside. In the meantime though, I've finished a simple enough battlemap set in great outdoors. Let me know what you think!

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    Looking very good. Personally I like a grid on battlemaps, that gives a scale as well. I don't know if you're planning to use them on a screen or on print - if its the latter, they are a bit dark = toner-heavy, especially the dungeons where you could make a version with a thinner wall and the rest white Have some rep
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