CT maps

[sid6.7]

has anyone ever printed out and tried
to layout the whole "known" universe?

i've started too and pasted them onto
3 foot x 3 foot cardboard pieces.....

i estimate it will be 20+ feet by 30+ feet
long or there abouts...LOL

 

[sid6.7]

has anyone ever printed out and tried
to layout the whole "known" universe?

i've started too and pasted them onto
3 foot x 3 foot cardboard pieces.....

i estimate it will be 20+ feet by 30+ feet
long or there abouts...LOL

 

[Merxiless]

Well the traveller map guy has done it online. and Jim V's galactic has done it data wise with Quickbasic. If you mean on paper, ponder: Why?

 

[Merxiless]

Well the traveller map guy has done it online. and Jim V's galactic has done it data wise with Quickbasic. If you mean on paper, ponder: Why?

 

[far-trader]

I always figured if I got a proper gaming room I would, on at least one wall. Like those wallpaper murals of scenic vistas only a hexelated map of charted space instead. Please post pics when (if) you do it

I think I had figured on the poster size sectors at one point and being about 8 feet by 4 feet (iirc) so I could mount it on thin ply. Sounds like you're going with page size subsectors, yes?

The why is of course because it would look cool, and double as a game map to beat all game maps

What is that peel and place sign paper I've seen advertized lately? Might be a good option for this project. Or the regualar inkjet to vinyl peel-and-pull products. Probably cost a lot more but the result might be nicer and more moisture resistant.

 

[far-trader]

I always figured if I got a proper gaming room I would, on at least one wall. Like those wallpaper murals of scenic vistas only a hexelated map of charted space instead. Please post pics when (if) you do it

I think I had figured on the poster size sectors at one point and being about 8 feet by 4 feet (iirc) so I could mount it on thin ply. Sounds like you're going with page size subsectors, yes?

The why is of course because it would look cool, and double as a game map to beat all game maps

What is that peel and place sign paper I've seen advertized lately? Might be a good option for this project. Or the regualar inkjet to vinyl peel-and-pull products. Probably cost a lot more but the result might be nicer and more moisture resistant.

 

[far-trader]

Ah, there it is! Avery Signs

 

[far-trader]

Ah, there it is! Avery Signs

 

[robject]

I did it once, with one sector per 8.5x11 sheet. Yes, the map was too small to be useful, but it did sort of put things into perspective.

 

[robject]

I did it once, with one sector per 8.5x11 sheet. Yes, the map was too small to be useful, but it did sort of put things into perspective.

 

[sid6.7]

i did it at a readable scale...

yeah i have a sub-sector per page
which is a bit smaller when you trim
the margins off.. so 8.2 X 5.5 kinda
so when/IF i finish it would be about
40 feet x 18 feet...thats just a TAD
smaller then my house..LOL

it would be cool to have it at a convention..
it would be the biggest game map i have ever seen
or heard of...

i do remember seeing one once for
world war 2...by some game company
i think it was 3 strips of 3ft X 10ft

technically you could also make squad leader
or arab isreali wars endless with add on maps

one time i enlarged the starfleet battles map
to 3ft X 12ft...its kinda cool too...i tacked
it to my bed room ceiling for awhile....

 

[sid6.7]

i did it at a readable scale...

yeah i have a sub-sector per page
which is a bit smaller when you trim
the margins off.. so 8.2 X 5.5 kinda
so when/IF i finish it would be about
40 feet x 18 feet...thats just a TAD
smaller then my house..LOL

it would be cool to have it at a convention..
it would be the biggest game map i have ever seen
or heard of...

i do remember seeing one once for
world war 2...by some game company
i think it was 3 strips of 3ft X 10ft

technically you could also make squad leader
or arab isreali wars endless with add on maps

one time i enlarged the starfleet battles map
to 3ft X 12ft...its kinda cool too...i tacked
it to my bed room ceiling for awhile....

 

[jrients]

I've actually been thinking of going the other way in terms of scale and blowing up District 268 so that each hex is large enough to contain a representation of an entire system. That way I could have up on the wall the following progression:
Imperium poster (sector resolution) -> Spinward Marches (mainworld resolution) -> District 268 (system details)

But a wall map of Charted Space with 1 parsec per hex would be awesome. At the size of the Spinward Marches poster I'd have to get rid of a lot of stuff in my game room to clear enough wall to put up a single domain.

 

[jrients]

I've actually been thinking of going the other way in terms of scale and blowing up District 268 so that each hex is large enough to contain a representation of an entire system. That way I could have up on the wall the following progression:
Imperium poster (sector resolution) -> Spinward Marches (mainworld resolution) -> District 268 (system details)

But a wall map of Charted Space with 1 parsec per hex would be awesome. At the size of the Spinward Marches poster I'd have to get rid of a lot of stuff in my game room to clear enough wall to put up a single domain.

 

[Vargas]

I once laid out copies of all of the pages of the Atlas of the Imperium out on the floor to recreate Charted Space. Very impressive.

 

[Vargas]

I once laid out copies of all of the pages of the Atlas of the Imperium out on the floor to recreate Charted Space. Very impressive.