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Post your flat maps here via the image tags as attachments are too small.
Make sure that your map is a nice big file with good resolution as you might need to send it via e-mail if we ask you to.
Post your entries by the 2. of November.

This post will be updated if necessary.

Hi guys, Im Psychout, one of the staff for the Heavy Metal War game and most of you will have already come across Burn at some point in here, we'll be two of the judges for this unique competition.

As this contest is to make a map for the actual game hosted here on SEIBERTRON.com and advertised across the entire internet and fanbase, the HMW staff have gathered together some information that we hope may be helpful for you.

The game setting will in a pseudo-G1 era outside of standard canon, and naturally some existing location details will need to be jumbled for game-logistical reasons, so please don't think you have to stay within the existing canon - feel free to use your imagination.

We also have of locations/zones we are currently considering for use in the game you are welcome to use, but again this is open to your interpretation as you guys are the artists, please feel free to involve as many or as few of these places as you'd like and add any you wish:
Iacon
Kaon
Altigon
Axiom Nexus
Ankmor & Gygax
Kalis
Neutral Territories
Novacron
Polyhex
Praxus
Rust Sea
Stannix
Thunderhead Pass
Tyrest province
Uraya
Vilnacron
Vos & Tarn
...


Please note this competition will also be opened to the players of HMW, so you might have some competition there. Feel free to drop into the Heavy Metal War: General Discussion forum if you have any questions, or contact any of the HMW staff via our PM's.

Thanks guys ...and good luck!!
Psychout.

Okay, here goes with my entry
This is the rough layout of the locations on my map.
Here is a bigger version http://img96.imageshack.us/i/roughdraftcybertronpriv.jpg/


Here is the more refined "artwork"

Here are two larger versions, medium http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1153/privecybertronmedium.jpg huge http://img96.imageshack.us/i/privecybertronhuge.jpg/

Five major continents, skyways, city-states (in light blue), ruins (in dark blue), a world-river of decaying metals(orange), acid wastes (green), and giant holes to the planet's "interior" (red)

The five major continents and their major city-states are:
Polyhex (NW): Protihex(N), Darkmount(E), Soniplex(Central), Iacon (S)
Stanix (SW): Vilacron(NW), Fort Scyc (S of Vilacron), Tyrest (Central), Yuss (In acid wastes)
Axiom (NE): Tyger(W), Helix(Center), Gygax (E)
Crona(S): Kalis(W), Simfur(E)
Kaon (SE): Kaon (Center), Ankmor(E)
Another city-state sits on the joining of 6 skyway branches near the ruins of Crystal City called Nexus.


How's this? (I don't have a good graphics program, so I had to work with markers and a pencil.)

Here is my entry

http://leokearon.deviantart.com/art/HMW-Map-139267652

It took me a while to do, more info can be found in the descritpion box below the image.

Any problems let me know

I've been working on my map... I tried feeding it through MSPain and then Word2007. I've scanned a printout.


By deceptlorekeeper at 2009-10-05
Polyhex
1. Praxus
2. Micronium
3. Iacon
4. Ultraplex
5. Sonic Canyons
6. Protihex
7. Soniplex
8. Tagon
9. Darkmount
10. Neutral Territories
11. The Maw
Axiom
12. Hydrax
13. Novacron
14. Tyger Pax
15. Altigon
16. Novavox
17. Vox
18. Helix
19. Crystal City
20. Neotarn
21. Tarn
22. Thunderhead Pass
23. Gygax
Miscellaneous
24. Rust Sea
25. J’nwan
26. Cybertronium Pit
27. Nexus
Stanix
28. Vilnacron
29. Scyc
30. Tyrest
31. Acid Wastes
Crona
32. Kalis
33. Betamax
34. Metalopolis
35. Malgrim
36. Simfur
Kaon
37. Uraya
38. Kolkular
39. Ankmor

My idea here.



And the big picture:
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/279/2/e/Cybertron_map_by_BoneClown.jpg

I have way bigger picture if needed, and texts are rezize able.


(and please say if I have done something wrong, I'm not so bright with computers.)

I would say my strength is the graphics side as opposed to the "encyclopedic knowledge of Cybertronian geography" side of this project. I loved how Lorekeeper broke everything into continents, it had a very RTS game feel to it. So, with his permission, I worked it over a couple of time in Illustrator.



the version on my computer is totally scalable, the borders can be redrawn and any territories in debate can be rearranged. Capitols or other important landmarks can be added as well. as I said, I just made it pretty, so let me know what should be changed!