Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:22 pm
Ok guys, don't shoot on piano player...
closes his violin case
The first shots of Arda Project are online
http://www.bundysoft.com/coppermine/index.php?cat=10035
I realize that the snapshots are boring, but the purpose of Arda Project is
to make a true copy of the Fonstad's maps.
Hey - not bad at all Mauro!
I can read clearly where your terrain corresponds to the Fonstad map. I have open in front of me p14 of her Atlas (revised edition) and I can see all of the features. I'm guessing that the feature in the bottom right is Amon Obel, south of Gondolin.
I especially like the Angband cleft shot- looks like a mountain range to me.
I'm not sure what terrain type the north-west corner of the map is. I think that should be grinding ice rather than solid land. I presume that means pack ice over water. If you look at Atlas p14 you can see the line of coast but the ice is indicated with a white colour. Also on p4 you can see the costline with grinding ice to the west. I can't remember the Silmarillion passages describing this area off hand. I suppose it's difficult to define as a terrian type in L3D at present?
I would increase the density of mountain chains in the Iron Mountains, even though they are perhaps not as severe at the western end as in the east, these were the Himalayas of Middle Earth I think. There is a spot height in HoME vol 4, p216-217 of Thangorodrim at 25000 ft. It suggests that height anyway from the other contours. I'd recommend having a look at the Himalayas on a real world map. GoogleEarth has some very nice overviews.
-any chance of getting a few of these shots up on MEDEM?
monks