Well, you asked for it – which is to say, several of the patrons commenting on my ‘call to action’ video the other day said that they’d like to see more about how I create maps, starting with a typical 6 x 4 scenario.
So, here you go, but there’s a bit of a story behind this.
I made a first attempt last night, and took about 45 minutes to create a map, only to discover that the lights I was using had completely ‘blitzed’ the centre of the paper, making it impossible to see the drawing!
Much bad language ensued, so I had another attempt today, using primarily daylight. As you can see, the image turned out much better. Only trouble was, it was only when I played back the video that I discovered, to my horror, that I had the controls on ‘time lapse’ instead of video, compressing 45 minutes of video and chat into 26 seconds of silent scribble! 🤬
You can imagine that by now, I was running out of Anglo-Saxon vocabulary, so a bit of quick thinking followed. In iMovie, I was able to slow down the playback, add some captions, titles and a bit of music, to create what I shall now see as my ‘intro’ to mapmaking.
Next time, I shall ink in the outlines and generally tidy the thing up, and discuss some of the tactical challenges posed by this terrain, the way it might affect troops of different eras and how this ground could be defended or captured.
To which end, please take a look, comment on the video either here or on YouTube, and make suggestions for which period/armies/troop types you’d like to have me discuss in the next video, which I imagine will be about 30-45 minutes in length.
Also let me know if you’d like to see more of this sort of barmy short video! In the end, I have to admit I’m pretty bowled over at how well it’s come out!
So, go and take a look – it’s literally 61 seconds of your time! 😂
Henry
P.S. Since this is just a ‘taster’, I’m making it public straight away, but it’s entirely thanks to suggestions from my patrons that this exists at all.
P.P.S. The map is specifically dedicated, by the way, to “Snowcat” and he knows why, or at least ought to if he knows what “Spargel’ means in German!
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