this is a fun little project I’ve ben working on (as you can see in the second slide). My patrons voted for Denmark, so that’s what I did next. I still need your help, though. Most of the smaller islands seem a bit empty and the vegetation and color scheme isn’t very diverse. That is where you come in:
– the Names: most of them are probably horrible, I know very little about Denmark so perhaps there are some meme names about cities that already feel a bit fantastical… some fun word plays and so forth
– Landmarks: I tried to find famous landmarks: cliffs, dunes, forests… but I wasn’t very succesful… anything I missed?
– Memes: are there regions that are memed upon as with most other nations? for example in the Netherlands the city of Urk is apparently Mordor so I turned it into Morder
– Folklore/Legends: these aren’t the easiest to implement into the map, but if there are any local legends or folklore that would fit a fantasy setting (or could be reworked into a fantasy setting) those would obviously be very nice to add
Little Disclaimer: I didn’t paint this, I used a map making tool which I will not name, since I think “Selvpromovering” roughly translates to: no advertisement and I wanna respect the rules of the sub; if you wanna know the tool just DM me
Some of the place names are hillarious, but really unrealistic in real life. *Tyvenhavn* got a good laugh from me, however.
If that’s your style then go for it!
What hvor fedt!!
You got it all wrong. Its Denmark that always is covered in clouds.
/JK
haha sig du jyde uden at sige du er jyde 🙂
EDIT: bare rolig jeg har gravet mig selv ned
You definitely need Himmelbjerget, and I suggest just translating the name without changing anything. Sky Mountain is already silly enough.
As for the vegetation, Denmark is famous for its lack of variation, so if you want, you could make a point of everything just being dull farmland.
If you want landmarks, there’s a desert/large dune on the northern tip of Jutland; the southern islands (Lolland in particular) are known for being extremely flat even by Danish standards; and Bornholm to the east is where we get our granite (and if you really want to offend them, they sound a little bit Swedish).
Can’t wait for the RPG!
There’s an area just north of the 4 tress on Als, which literally is called “The Worlds End”. You can add this.
The river to the north can be named “klisterkanalen” its real name is Lim(glue)fjorden. Klister means ‘sticky’
Make the clouds over sweden darker and rainy
Fun project! Køer made me laugh out loud, literally just cows
You could use the old castles, ports the 5 viking ring fortresses or harbours. We have a lot of water, any map might deal with the trade or danger of having warships step in.
Vadehavet is a feature that you could inklude, the chalk at Møns and Stevns klint could be used. Viborg, Frederikshavn, Helsingør, Vordingborg could be used as places with history and position.
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How tall is that arch bridge?
Hey Denmark,
this is a fun little project I’ve ben working on (as you can see in the second slide). My patrons voted for Denmark, so that’s what I did next. I still need your help, though. Most of the smaller islands seem a bit empty and the vegetation and color scheme isn’t very diverse. That is where you come in:
– the Names: most of them are probably horrible, I know very little about Denmark so perhaps there are some meme names about cities that already feel a bit fantastical… some fun word plays and so forth
– Landmarks: I tried to find famous landmarks: cliffs, dunes, forests… but I wasn’t very succesful… anything I missed?
– Memes: are there regions that are memed upon as with most other nations? for example in the Netherlands the city of Urk is apparently Mordor so I turned it into Morder
– Folklore/Legends: these aren’t the easiest to implement into the map, but if there are any local legends or folklore that would fit a fantasy setting (or could be reworked into a fantasy setting) those would obviously be very nice to add
Little Disclaimer: I didn’t paint this, I used a map making tool which I will not name, since I think “Selvpromovering” roughly translates to: no advertisement and I wanna respect the rules of the sub; if you wanna know the tool just DM me
[https://www.scandiculture.org/blog/jrr-tolkiens-denmark](https://www.scandiculture.org/blog/jrr-tolkiens-denmark)
Some of the place names are hillarious, but really unrealistic in real life. *Tyvenhavn* got a good laugh from me, however.
If that’s your style then go for it!
What hvor fedt!!
You got it all wrong. Its Denmark that always is covered in clouds.
/JK
haha sig du jyde uden at sige du er jyde 🙂
EDIT: bare rolig jeg har gravet mig selv ned
You definitely need Himmelbjerget, and I suggest just translating the name without changing anything. Sky Mountain is already silly enough.
As for the vegetation, Denmark is famous for its lack of variation, so if you want, you could make a point of everything just being dull farmland.
If you want landmarks, there’s a desert/large dune on the northern tip of Jutland; the southern islands (Lolland in particular) are known for being extremely flat even by Danish standards; and Bornholm to the east is where we get our granite (and if you really want to offend them, they sound a little bit Swedish).
Can’t wait for the RPG!
There’s an area just north of the 4 tress on Als, which literally is called “The Worlds End”. You can add this.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=verdens+ende+als
The river to the north can be named “klisterkanalen” its real name is Lim(glue)fjorden. Klister means ‘sticky’
Make the clouds over sweden darker and rainy
Fun project! Køer made me laugh out loud, literally just cows
You could use the old castles, ports the 5 viking ring fortresses or harbours. We have a lot of water, any map might deal with the trade or danger of having warships step in.
Vadehavet is a feature that you could inklude, the chalk at Møns and Stevns klint could be used. Viborg, Frederikshavn, Helsingør, Vordingborg could be used as places with history and position.