I just wanted to say that I printed out a very large map size at 2440mm x 1118mm ( roughly 8 foot x 4 foot) on a digital printed transparency with a matt laminate and it has turned out fantastic. The quality was amazing. I searched everywhere to see if it could upscale and could not find the answers. Hopefully this will help someone who is thinking of doing the same.
I have built a custom table with magnets sunken into the table to hold the map in place. I wanted to use the table to play other games so the map had to roll up.
I also wanted to use the table for Global War 1936 and the magnets work well
Reprint G40 Map
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So after a few years of playing on the OOB boards I am ready to reprint the boards larger. Does anyone have any good recommendations on where to print? Also will I need the artists permission for printing it larger? If so anyone have a file of it they have made and can give me to print? Any help on this is appreciated thank you
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There are a number of map files located on forums. It would probably be a copyright infringement to have you pay for printing one of them off so the good people who have designed these maps put the links up out of kindness. You download them here and take the file to your local printer and hire them to print you a map. Before you go to the printer you should take a couple of minutes to watch this video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6gshpGSnfA&t=3sYoung Grasshopper also has videos regarding his map files. It will be worth your while to watch them and gather as much information as you can. Measure out how much space that you have for a map before you enlarge or you will kick yourself for spending that much money on something that you can’t use.
Here is a link to YG’s video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6kIFxBPM8One more note, Siredblood is putting out his map file soon and it will be significantly different than any other G-40 map produced to date. If you’re not in a hurry you might want to wait and see if that is more to your liking.
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Thank you for both the response and all of the info. Any recommended material to print on? Vinyl seems pretty common so far but I’m not sure if there is better.