Nice work @ari236
@Playing-Kid said in My First Custom Map:
You can use Gimp as a great free software to make your maps
And I agree with Gimp. That’s the tool I used for working on my map files.
Nice work. Those look Great!
A short update: I’ve been slowly but steadily working my way through the roundels and have about 15 of each nation at the time of writing.
And I’ve done a few movement remaining markers with my own custom artwork. I’m really happy with how they turned out. And they are a great addition to game play when you can mark the movements points remaining after your combat moves. I like them better then using dice as dice tend to get knocked around. A token will always keep it’s value even when flipped :-P
Looks great, looks like you found the same Etsy dealer I use :)
Looks great, looks like you found the same Etsy dealer I use :)
Thanks sired! However I didn’t get my discs on etsy. They were lasercut locally in the Netherlands.
Nice! I ordered 500 awhile back, they were identical to HBG, but my .75 punch was not accurate… did you use a .75 or 11/16?
How do you remove artwork on the OOB maps, while it looks like essentially another sea area but with some detail?
I would use the clone stamp in photoshop and grab the texture from a neighbouring sea zone
Nice! I ordered 500 awhile back, they were identical to HBG, but my .75 punch was not accurate… did you use a .75 or 11/16?
As my paper cutter is .75 (19mm) I made the discs .76 (19.4mm). This works really nice as the paper artwork doesn’t stick out of the edge of the wooden discs.
@Imperious:
How do you remove artwork on the OOB maps, while it looks like essentially another sea area but with some detail?
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A bit off topic in this thread, but robert is right. I use the clone tool (in GIMP in my case) to copy bits and pieces from different original sea zones to match artwork and color as best as I can.
Hi Tjoek,
I guess you’re Dutch as i am, I’m a beginning global 40 player and really like how you’re doing things. I also like to make stuff myself and like HBG stuff very much, but with the shipping and taxes it becomes really expensive.
Can you give me some tips and tricks how you are doing stuff? Which shop to buy the wood etc.?
Maybe you life close to me?
Thanks so far
I guess you’re Dutch as i am, I’m a beginning global 40 player and really like how you’re doing things.
Yes I am! And thanks for the compliment.
I also like to make stuff myself and like HBG stuff very much, but with the shipping and taxes it becomes really expensive.
Can you give me some tips and tricks how you are doing stuff? Which shop to buy the wood etc.?
Maybe you life close to me?
I’ve send you a PM to discuss this offline
These look really good!!
After needing to redo most of my movement tokens due to spraying on varnish when it was cold and humid outside I’ve now completed my set of roundels:
171 Control markers
30 Germany
20 Russia
40 Japan
20 USA
5 China
20 UK
1 UK Pacific (to mark the money for the Pacific)
20 Italy
10 Anzac
5 France
50 Movement markers
8 0’s
10 1’s
10 2’s
8 3’s
6 4’s
4 5’s
2 6’s
2 7’s
Update first post with a link to download the designs for these roundels including my custom design movement tokens and research tokens. Enjoy!
I love the design of the movement markers.
Can’t wait to play with the tokens as well.
We played our first game with all the custom markers last weekend. They handle really well and look nice on the map!
Those fuel roundels look great. I spent the weekend researching an acrylic version of the fuel markers.
@Tjoek these are terrific! do you have an art resource for the naval bases, airbases, and minor ICs?
@Tjoek Do you have a link to where you bought the discs? The sticker sheets? And finally a PDF to print out the stickers. :grin:
@cyanight said in Tjoek's custom roundels and tokens:
Those fuel roundels look great. I spent the weekend researching an acrylic version of the fuel markers.
I did the same and couldn’t find one that looked nice enough to me. That’s when I started this journey to create my own markers with custom artwork