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High Forest region of the Forgotten Realms

Made in Photoshop using superb cartography brushes by StarRaven
www.deviantart.com/starraven/a…

I upped the size of some them too far and so they get a bit blurry but on the whole they work beautifully.

The village of Phandalin from the D&D Starter set scenario, the Lost Mines of Phandelver.
I wanted an un-labelled version of the map for the players so that they could discover what each building was as they explored. I also find isometric or (as in this case) a bird's-eye view more atmospheric and more personal and tangible than a top-down map.
In the scenario, the village is meant to be essentially a scattering of stone ruins and relatively new log cabins built on the remains of an older village sacked by marauding Orcs. I wanted it to be a little older and more established than that, so I've put in some half timber and stone, thatched cottages simply because I prefer that aesthetic to log cabins.

The Stonehill Inn is based on Brandon Kruse's superb Nentir Inn which can be seen here:
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Block-modelled in Maya, drawn and painted over in Photoshop.

The full image downloaded should print out at A3 size (16x11 ins approx) at 300dpi

UPDATE: I noticed that the image was 72dpi instead of the 300 it's meant to be. I've re-uploaded the image at 300dpi. I don't think it's a problem if you already downloaded it but if you aren't able to specify the print size on the original, it might try and print it the same size as your living room!

UPDATE 2: I got the map printed out at A3 and it felt very contrasty with the darks being too dark and making some areas difficult to read. As a result, I've lowered the contrast to even it all out a bit.

Captain Kaladok from the Star Trek Adventures scenario, Biological Clock by Fred love.
Frdd imagined them as more human but in my head they looked more like this. maybe a bit muppety for Star Trek but c'est la vie.
Also, as with the Kavian Miner, I have to confess to having stolen the head design wholesale from Gerry Anderson's Police Precint. Lazy, I know but it was exactly what I saw in my head and I just couldn't shake it, or design something better.
Sculpted in ZBrush and Maya. Composited in Photoshop.

The abandoned Kavian tunneling machine. With a vivid image of a Jules-Verne like drilling vehicle in my head, I went off all guns blazing only to go back and read the description after I'd finished and realised I'd got it wrong. Apparently it's 'protruding from the ceiling at an odd angle' and 'the canopy hangs open revealing the two empty seats' and it's also a 'dark cavern'. Oops. Ah well, to be honest despite these mistakes it still works fine for the scenario so I'll move on.
Modelled in Maya and painted over in Photoshop.

The USS Endeavour (might change at some point)
A Nova Class ship.
3D Mesh by Raul Mamoru - www.trekmeshes.ch
Lit and rendered in Maya
Painted over in Photoshop