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Dear Patrons: This is the map you've been crowdfunding for the last year.
🕑 Added 2019-12-08 21:09:21 +0000 UTCAs it stands, the dwarven city of Brazenthrone has 497 buildings with 2,247 rooms across 6 different levels of elevation and has taken around 1,300 hours to draw and color. I hope you like it so far. I don't know if it's the largest hand-drawn fantasy map ever made, but I'd say it might be when it's finished.
There's still plenty more to do, like the Old Quarter, the mines and a number of residential areas, but this is the core of the map finished and none of the rest will take as long. I mean, I don't know exactly what the mushroom farms will be like yet, but they're definitely not going to be six floors high.
If you'll turn your attention to the second image, those are the original hand-drawn copies of all this, which are currently falling off my wall. Yep, there goes another one. Each page is 11"x15" (A3) in size and there are... I don't feel like counting them. There's a lot.
Anyway, next up is Mont-Saint-Michel, a fortified island monastery straight out of fantasy art, except it's somehow a real place. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it looks like this. Man... everyone, let's give France a round of applause. Well done, France. That is just... magnifique as hell.
If you’re not a patron and you’re interested in helping me make the rest of this monstrosity of a map, it'd be greatly appreciated if you're able.
Comments
Milby's Maps
Thanks, glad you like it! Next is Mont-Saint-Michel. It's not as big as Brazenthrone, but it's French, so it's at least twice as classy.
Abigail D
I cannot tell you how happy I am that I stumbled upon your website that led to your Patreon. Brazenthrone was EXACTLY what I needed for my next campaign, even if I didn't know it yet. We've talked briefly before about how I'm using it as an abandoned city, and the lore and context you're providing is making it so I'm not worried about this when/if my players get there. You are incredibly talented, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do next!
Milby's Maps
Not a bad idea. As I recall, that's why I put the mapstone there, so people DMs had an excuse to give their players some information about the place. Sending them in blind could be interesting, but it'd probably take a while for them to get wherever they're going.
Ryan Moon
I'm running a slightly photoshopped version through a chalk filter, my players took a charcoal rubbing of the mapstone as they entered the city, so im giving it to them so they can plot their way through the city.
Milby's Maps
Yeah, with the temple and the palace, I thought they looked really weird turned to the side without the rest of the map there, so I put them straight.
Ryan Moon
This is amazing! Thank you for this overview map, I don’t know why but I never realised the grand temple faced east looking at it. It’s great to see how it all fits together!
