Teamski's Maps- New Map: 10 March 2007

[Teamski]

I might as well join in on the fun....

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic59576.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic96895.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic125847.jpg

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-Ski

[SyvarrisX]

Those glaciers look really nice. I will have to find some...

-Syv

[gibberish_47]

Ski, you really now how to make a guy jelous. That large tundra map is cool. 8)

[crookedterror]

The map with the ruins in the center island and tree island in the back, and the map with the orcs on one side and omnicron snipers on the other with all the green hexes and trees in the middle are my favorites. These maps look like they would be a lot of fun to play on as well. Do you know how many sets you used on each of those? Thanks for sharing all the great photos and designs.

And of course, you have to start out with your high tower! Hilarious!

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

You terrain specialists just blow me away.

Teamski, were you the original 'tower' guy? I remember seeing the 'long road to hell' or something like that in the early days.

And the island with the glaciers in the middle looks spectacular. It looks like the last receding bits of a huge glacier meltdown. The last forming wellspring will be found at that center point when the glaciers have all melted away. The coloring on the Tundras sets look real good.

Truly admirable work.

[caravaggio]

very cool stuff, ski. i especially like the forest with the carved in paths and the big snowy map (is that 4 tundra sets?). now, c'mon lets have some more snowy scenes!

[jakethesnake]

I think those are the coolest family of maps I've seen. I would love to see some landscape files for any of those.

Well Done!

[Teamski]

Teamski, were you the original 'tower' guy? I remember seeing the 'long road to hell' or something like that in the early days.



Hex,

I built up the tower and took that photo back in Nov 2004. Another member created a Landscape tower of 42 levels and dared somebody on the .net forum to build it. As you remember, back then, there was just the master set out, and most everybody only had 1 or 2 sets. Anyways, I built it, took the picture and the rest is history. It's been on BGG forever!

Thanks all for your nice comments. Believe it or not, the map that took the most sets was the hex castle map (the first one on my dining room table). That bugger took all 11 sets to do!! The photo doesn't show the elevation very well.....

A couple more shots from my gallery on HQ....

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/426cc55d11.jpg

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/2f7efd2412.jpg

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/a7ca145381.jpg

-Ski

[boom]

I love the "ruins on an island" map about midway through with all the water tiles. Atlantis???

[Teamski]

I love the "ruins on an island" map about midway through with all the water tiles. Atlantis???

The island was an attempt to match Dragonslayer's awesome winter map he did for the GB miniseries (you know, the one with GB and Saylind). I found after I did mine that he had stepped his castle back to fit all of the pieces on it and then did the low angle shots to make it look like a solitary castle. I couldn't figure out how he did it until he showed everybody..... Genious.

http://www.heroscapehq.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10558/normal_the_making_of_rotm_fife.jpg

-Ski

[yagyuninja]

The large tundra map is breathtaking. Reminds me of wizard's folly in Guild Wars. If you haven't played...every landscape in guildwars is breathtaking.

Gotta get me some tundra.

[SyvarrisX]

That two hexer there jsut isn't quite long enough is it?

[Teamski]

I feel so c-c-c-c-c-coldddddd!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic127354.jpg

-Ski

[Velenne]

Wow. I bow to your architectural mastery.

[allskulls]

:bowdown:

[LilNewbie]

Awesome work, Ski!

Newb.

[bobofett]

I want the tundra set soooooo badly now. :bowdown:

[Teamski]

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/ad541d264d.jpg


http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/3e5ddcc73e.jpg

[bobofett]

OOOOHHHHH Snap son that is sooooo sweet how many sets is that. Darn heroscape is still out of stock :(

[Teamski]

Well, I might as well dust this thread off and update it with some of my latest maps. Some of these are in the Mega Users contest thread. I have another map that I put together tonight. I will post that one tommorow. In the meanwhile....

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2071.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2124.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2138.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic142847.jpg


http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic140557.jpg

-Ski

[K/H_Addict]

how many fota/tt do you have?


i love the spiral staircase you did in the very first picture. i may have to implement that...

[Teamski]

how many fota/tt do you have?


i love the spiral staircase you did in the very first picture. i may have to implement that...

I used 11 MS, 5xRTTFF, 4x of everything else!

The spiral staircase goes way back to 2004. On the old hs.net, a guy landscaped a 44 level tower and challenged anybody on the board to build it. Well, I like a challenge and it came out to 44 levels exactly, hehehe....

-Ski

[K/H_Addict]

so your 44 level tower was only from a challenge? i love it and am definately going to use one in a future map! how high do you think i should go with only 4 MS?

[Teamski]

mmmmmm.... good question. I think I only had 4 or 5 sets at that time, so you should be able to get close.

-Ski

[Teamski]

Here's another map featuring and entrance to an underground lair. OK, corny, but it sounds cool. While I thought that this map would be unplayable, I found that it could be. I had tons of pieces left over and I could of created a huge catacomb on the back side of the map. That would really give that true D&D look!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2159.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2161.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2165.jpg

[Jandars_Hope]

Nice!!!

[Fsiv330]

dude u rock

[reapersaurus]

These are really amazing, Teamski. :thumbsup:

I'm glad you posted them in here - I was looking for them after seeing them uploaded, but couldn;t find the thread. :lol:

That is an incredible underground cave entrance! So thematic! It's not corny at all.
Well, OK it's corny, but in a GOOD way, dude! :D
HS is about the classics, and that's done well.
What's with the ice near the end of the downhill stream, though?
Did anyone play on these beautiful maps, or are they going to waste where there isn't a Gameday close enough to play on them and appreciate their genius? :(

[hextr1p]

What's with the ice near the end of the downhill stream, though?
I think that is meant to be the bottom of the falls, and white water created or mist effect create by rushing water...? More for presentation, and not actual ice.

Regardless, that is a great set up. A diorama of sorts created with nothing but HS terrain. :D

[Teamski]

And I thought it would be obvious what the ice was there for......

Oh well..... Thanks for the complements! :D

I don't play most of the maps you see. I just get that creative thing going and I build. When I go to the comic shop, I don't have the 2-3 hours to build up a real thoughtful map.

I wish I had a group of established players like some of you out there have. I just teach the game to new players everytime I play.....

-Ski

[caravaggio]

yeah, i really like this map a lot. i've been dreaming about doing something like this ever since i first saw the castle door. it looks really good, you totally pulled it off. this is definately my favorite map that wasn't built by me. the couple of castles you posted in the "mega-map"? thread were great too.

anyway, i totally dig it.

ps... thats a cute idea using the ice as waterfall mist! i might have to try that sometime.

[K/H_Addict]

could you try to explain how to make your nifty spiral staircase of doom? I attempted to include one in my newest map (see my map thread) but couldn't figure out how to work it. A pdf of the first like 4 or 5 levels would probably be the easiest.

[reapersaurus]

There is a pdf that clearly shows how to stagger the 3/2 pieces and the 7 piece to create the stair, both single side or double-staired.

I don;t know where it is uploaded, but Teamski did a great job with it.

[Teamski]

Thanks to BGG, you can still get my Spiral Tower PDF here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/fileinfo.php?fileid=9728

After each Heroscape site goes down, I end up getting my old files off of BGG, hehehehe.... Enjoy! :wink:

-Ski

[gibberish_47]

Thanks to BGG, you can still get my Spiral Tower PDF here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/fileinfo.php?fileid=9728

After each Heroscape site goes down, I end up getting my old files off of BGG, hehehehe.... Enjoy! :wink:

-Ski

Your maps on BGG were the first larger maps I saw, specificly The Soul of Valhalla and The Citidel. At that time, I thought, "He's crazy to have 5 Master Sets!" Well, in part thanks to you, I can now consider myself crazy!

[Aranas]

I'm never bored going through all the pictures of battlefields.

Great maps!

Aranas

[UranusPChicago]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2159.jpg


Heroscape as an art form! Very thematic, I am thinking of the Hobbit for some reason. :lol:

It would be awesome if the map was a gateway the inner chamber (separate map). I also love the way you have Morsbane standing in front of the door as if using magic to open it. It honestly leaves me wanting to see what lurks behind the closed door...

[yagyuninja]

Love the cavern map. I also really like your D&D party there. Makes we want to play a good old fashioned game.

[RichardD]

"Speak friend and enter". Love it - possibly one of the most aestheticly pleasing HS maps I've seen.

[Teamski]

Your maps on BGG were the first larger maps I saw, specificly The Soul of Valhalla and The Citidel. At that time, I thought, "He's crazy to have 5 Master Sets!" Well, in part thanks to you, I can now consider myself crazy!

I'm happy I could help you in your quest to insanity, hehehe...

I think the "Soul of Valhalla" was done in 2004. The term "Mega map" has changed quite at bit (from 5 to 10 MS) since then. It sure looks bare without trees. The "Cave" with the stairs in the backround was supported by a book, my table being too small...

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic77935.jpg

The Citadel was an attempt to create a castle with battlements. It had the paperclip bridge on it. Boy have things changed!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic77937_sized.jpg

The Hex castle was a nice castle proxy and it worked well for play. Here is a 6 player game being prepped at the local comic shop.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic100035.jpg


Thanks for the complements!

-Ski

[markwars]

Here's another map featuring and entrance to an underground lair. OK, corny, but it sounds cool. While I thought that this map would be unplayable, I found that it could be. I had tons of pieces left over and I could of created a huge catacomb on the back side of the map. That would really give that true D&D look!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2159.jpg



Is there any chance you have this in LandScape? I am in love with it and would love to build one ASAP. :)

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

What's with the ice near the end of the downhill stream, though?
I think that is meant to be the bottom of the falls, and white water created or mist effect create by rushing water...? More for presentation, and not actual ice.


That's the impression I got too.


Teamski, that Mountain/mine door is simply spectacular. I love Morsbane in front!


Thanks to BGG, you can still get my Spiral Tower PDF here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/fileinfo.php?fileid=9728

After each Heroscape site goes down, I end up getting my old files off of BGG, hehehehe.... Enjoy! :wink:

-Ski

Cool! I've tried mini spiral towers in the past and had difficulty making them. I've D/Led the file. Thanks!


Keep up the amazing work!

[noodles]

Ski - love your maps man. You inspire me to make cooler maps. I just wish I had a digital camera so I could share my stuff like you do.

[Teamski]

Is there any chance you have this in LandScape? I am in love with it and would love to build one ASAP. :)

Unfortunately, I didn't. I quit landscaping maps that go over 10 levels. It's just too much of a pain in the caboose and most people don't emply that many sets to make it worthwhile. You could pretty much eye it if you need to. Thanks everybody for your support! :woot:

-Ski

[Fl0ydski]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2138.jpg

Taking this Castle idea and linking the front to one of Caravaggio's 3 hex wide bridge designs and a castle or similar on the other side. Would make a cool looking CTF type map.

Beautiful and inspiring builds as always Ski! I have used & modified a lot of the few older maps you released PDF building instructions for!

Great stuff!

~Floyd

ps. When is Toys R US Buy one Get one Free deal? I really need to up my Master Set#'s so I can attempt some of these great looking designs.

[ultradoug]

epic.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f348/coolmondoug/CIMG2165.jpg
map
deal.
thing.
come to tx teamski.
play with me! Bring your cool maps.

[Ch1can0]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2159.jpg
Teamski, this looks beautiful! http://home.arcor.de/fellechner/smilies/verbeugen2.gif Good job =)

[Dragonslayer]

Teamski, your castles totally rock! It's painful though to look at them and not being able to build something like it (due complete lack of castles :cry: )

[Fsiv330]

dude, ur amazing, i need a damn castle NOW

[teekay]

Those are pretty fantastic maps!

[Teamski]

I had to do another map. This one was based on those fantasy castles that sit on rock outcropings. It's pretty stable. Enjoy!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2401.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2405.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2408.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/2.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/1.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2411.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2416.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2414.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2412.jpg

-Ski

[Taelord]

:lol: I like the return of the D&D party. Awesome map. Looks really fun. It is amazing. So how many of each set do you have?

[rehlers]

This is my first time actually seeing these maps. OMG, they are incredible! I didn't think it was possible to make such beautiful looking maps with heroscape hexes. It must really hurt you to have to tear them down after you have them made!

I also noticed that you have so custom looking trees used in one of them. Can you tell me how those were made?

[Teamski]

This is my first time actually seeing these maps. OMG, they are incredible! I didn't think it was possible to make such beautiful looking maps with heroscape hexes. It must really hurt you to have to tear them down after you have them made!

I also noticed that you have so custom looking trees used in one of them. Can you tell me how those were made?

Thanks for your comments. Those trees were used before RTTFF came out. They were purchased at Big Lots and worked out really well.

-Ski

[Teamski]

:lol: I like the return of the D&D party. Awesome map. Looks really fun. It is amazing. So how many of each set do you have?

Thanks! I have :

11 MS
4x Castles
6x RTTFF
4x Tundra


Of course, I didn't use it all on this map, hehehe.... It tells me that I have too much.

-Ski

[LeisJosh]

Hey those maps are awsome. Quick question how do you keep the single hexes stable for the stair case that just seems to hang there as well as the single hex's under the overhang parts of the castle. I have tried a lot of different ways but i can't seem to find something stable enough to just have a freestanding hex attached. and watever your method is. Is it stable enough to do it with Double and tripple hex's thank.

[Teamski]

Hey those maps are awsome. Quick question how do you keep the single hexes stable for the stair case that just seems to hang there as well as the single hex's under the overhang parts of the castle. I have tried a lot of different ways but i can't seem to find something stable enough to just have a freestanding hex attached. and watever your method is. Is it stable enough to do it with Double and tripple hex's thank.

Those stairs aren't "floating" but are actually a part of the tower. If you PM me your E-Mail address, I will send you the PDF for it. It's called a spiral tower. The stairs themselves are part of a 2 or 3 hex piece in the stack. They a well and truly anchored....

-Ski

[Taelord]

Darn. I am two TT, one MS and one RTTFF short. But I have to more castles. Seriously, how do you make such big castle with only four sets? It looks like you use way more.

[Teamski]

Darn. I am two TT, one MS and one RTTFF short. But I have to more castles. Seriously, how do you make such big castle with only four sets? It looks like you use way more.

You have to use whatever pieces you have. For example sometimes, you end up using an end piece where an angled piece is supposed to be used. People looking at it wouldn't even know.

Remember, you can also use road/walkway pieces as wall sections. They work exremely well for measured heights. On the last castle, you will see them on the small castlated sections on top of the 2 towers. Roads allow an amazing amount of flexability that wall sections don't have due to their fixed height. They also allow you to stretch your resources. You can see that in this castle:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic142847.jpg

-Ski

[treeafodo]

i saw the top pic on google.ca

[Homba]

Wow, very cool. The first impression I got of it was of a castle in the clouds. Then of a ship flying above the clouds. The snow down below almost looks like clouds. I've had some thoughts about trying to do a flying castle/castle in the clouds... yours really approximates that.

Another thing that caught my eye was the battlements laying flat, propping the top section (right where Runa is standing). What sort of engineering is going on there, and how'd the idea occur to you?
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[dickflea]

Whao!!! Teamski these are some of the coolest maps i've seen.. Keep up the good work.

[Firebane]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/pic142847.jpg


amazing :bowdown:

[Teamski]

Wow, very cool. The first impression I got of it was of a castle in the clouds. Then of a ship flying above the clouds. The snow down below almost looks like clouds. I've had some thoughts about trying to do a flying castle/castle in the clouds... yours really approximates that.

Another thing that caught my eye was the battlements laying flat, propping the top section (right where Runa is standing). What sort of engineering is going on there, and how'd the idea occur to you?
H


Thanks all. The battlements were put there to hold up the brown pieces that were falling down, hehehehe....

-Ski

[markwars]

Teamski did you see your pub on the front page? ;)

[cyberia]

Very, very impressed would be putting it mildly :)
From a gameplay perspective, how does one get in to this castle? I see the path winding around to the back, where it appears to peter out before even connecting with the multi-level look-out's perch (which also looks like it would be hard to get out of, given the official climbing rules). Is there a hidden corridor to the central courtyard, or is there something else I'm missing?

I had to do another map. This one was based on those fantasy castles that sit on rock outcropings. It's pretty stable. Enjoy!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2401.jpg

>>snip several very cool pics<<

-Ski[/quote]

[heroscaper2.0]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10132/CIMG2159.jpg
Teamski, this looks beautiful! http://home.arcor.de/fellechner/smilies/verbeugen2.gif Good job =) Ditto!

Amazing work Teamski! I look forward for seeing more. :D

[Teamski]

Very, very impressed would be putting it mildly :)
From a gameplay perspective, how does one get in to this castle? I see the path winding around to the back, where it appears to peter out before even connecting with the multi-level look-out's perch (which also looks like it would be hard to get out of, given the official climbing rules). Is there a hidden corridor to the central courtyard, or is there something else I'm missing?

Thanks for your comments! And, no, you weren't missing anything. The map wasn't meant to play on, and the corridor going around the back steps up into nothing, hehehe.... I could of left an opening, but you wouldn't see it from the outside, so I didn't include one.

-Ski

[Scape_Scrub11]

Wow your maps are amazing! Sorry to bring this back but classics never die!