Dears,
April brought some significant decisions about further steps in mapping business. So, the big stuff was to buy a new machine, able to run smoothly Unreal Engine 5. This wouldn't be possible without YOUR support, my dear awesome Patrons!!! And, omg this tool is a blast! I've started the megacourse on Youtube and below you can see the results of my work after a couple of days.
I was so excited about the new pc, and UE 5, so I decided to record some free maps created as a demo...
2023-05-06 16:13:11 +0000 UTC
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"The summer sun that noon was so hot that even the city guards hid in the cool walls of the towers. Everyone, except you, was looking for shade or a cool beer that might bring some relief. Your comrade has been in the stocks for three days now and may die at any moment. Fortunately, the weather drove away the curious eyes and the executioner guarding the stocks probably went to look for refreshment. This is the perfect time to free Jeremy..."
Hello everybody!<...
2023-05-01 16:24:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone!
Do you know Eledryll? Well, now you know, since he is the creator of above map which I had a great pleasure and fun to animate!
So, yeah - The map is the result of a collaboration between Eledryll and myslef. Couple days agao we have decided to join our forces to have unique atmosphere of Eledryll’s style and stunning animations done by my humble person. The combination of our talents created this truly breathtaking battlemap :)
Alright so, now. The links:
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2023-04-15 18:05:58 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
I'd like to spread this great news about a live use-case of DiA maps I created. One of my Champion Tier Patron - Music Master is running weekly Descent into Avernus sessions! Watching his channel, you'll see how the maps behave when released to "natural environment" :)
I also love the idea of having Heroforge created miniatures as a portrait avatars for his PC's - very resourceful!<...
2023-04-07 16:59:10 +0000 UTC
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Hi dears!
This month was really busy with outside mapping activities. Nevertheless I managed to deliver you couple of maps and I hope you find useful and inspiring for your sessions!
I also decided to get back to the long forgotten tradition of thanking you all for a great support and feedbacks about the webpages and maps. I really appreciate it and strongly believe we're building here something beautiful.
Thanks to all wonderful people joined my Patreon on March! We have 27...
2023-04-02 14:55:27 +0000 UTC
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Making your way through the dense forest, you were almost sure that you had reached the wildest place that did not know civilization. The surrounding animals did not shy away from you. It both fascinated and troubled your hearts. Finally, in the distance, in a small gap, they saw a cyan glow among the ancient menhirs
Hello!
Spring is finally here, and with it comes a whole new season of adventure! And what better way to celebrate the arrival of spring th...
2023-03-31 23:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello noble Champions!
Here is your place where you'll find the links for downloading the map pack!
The area in front of you felt like it was taken straight out of a nightmare. Countless charred bones crunched under your boots. The dry, scorched earth stretched far away until it was lost in the misty and smoke-covered horizon. The land here was scarred with many scars, flames and toxic fumes belching from them. It is here among the ruins that you will have to fight another battle.
Hey everybody!
Stay alive in the Hell Battlefield with ...
2023-03-18 15:23:25 +0000 UTC
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Hi dear Patrons,
It's been a while since the dranskybattlemaps webpage is up and running. After this 8 months I'd like to reorganize some things there, but first I'd like to survey your opinion about it. The most important part is, ofc how easy is to find and download the map you wanted.
Please be open and do share your opinion in comments too. I appreciate all feedbacks. Maybe you have any suggestion to make it easier?
Cheers!
~dransky
2023-03-11 22:03:06 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody,
Although LMOP map set has been released a while ago, it turned out it contained only WEBM maps format and static versions, but no MP4 format. While some of you play on the flat-screen TV or use other tools, where only mp4 format can be read, it would be pity you don't have an access to that maps. I missed this format while releasing and I'm sorry about that. Anyway now you have the link with mp4's:
2023-03-11 21:44:06 +0000 UTC
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Hello all good and wonderful people!
Well, yes - it is happening. I'm officially back to creating Chapter Two maps from Descent into Avernus. This, I think, it's gonna be the most advanced map I've ever built. Looking at the arches and roundings I think it's gonna take a while to shape it properly.
Anyway I jumped on this train once again a while ago, so expect the next DiA map coming up!
I also have a plan to release some small maps in meanwhile, just to keep my patreons he...
2023-03-06 18:20:47 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody!
So here it is, another map I created being a bit prompted by one of my awesome patrons! It was just enough to spark my imagination on how it will be if one can add a bit more dynamic situation to a castle siege. This is how Flying Castle battlemap came to be!
The map places a rather typical castle in a very non-typical height and surrounding. I was thinking it's great to have it flying through the battlefield in some other plane (like in material plane there's not en...
2023-02-25 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody!
Embark on a love-filled journey with your beloved characters. Get the Valentine’s Day Animated Map of Love Turtle-Island and make this holiday special!
Valentine's Day is a day to express love, appreciation, and affection towards your beloved ones. What if you're fancy running a game with the romance theme specially for this day? Don't worry, we've got you covered!
We? Yes, because we are many. This is the time again when map making community made sort...
2023-02-11 00:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The day was warm and sunny. Patches of sunlight seemed to dance on the dry forest floor. The road, however, was difficult to travel. The last rain left large puddles on it. As you approached the fallen oak tree, something rustled in the undergrowth some 200 feet away
Hello dear all!
First, some news from private ground: I must admit I was sucked into the whole storm roaming around the interned about some company erm... Magicians from th...
2023-01-24 13:19:45 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody!
Maybe I'm a bit late with the summary for 2022, but I gave myself 3 weeks off from the social media and map making stuff. Anyway, Nov and Dec were quite intensive and fruitful especially with some new maps around the winter theme and other-than-generic fantasy styles :)
It was a year of continuation and stabilizing. I was constantly searching for the better balance between quality of the maps and their size in MB. Opened a new channels of distributing my maps. It was...
2023-01-15 14:44:16 +0000 UTC
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The temple was the only place in this gloomy place that was illuminated by the sun's rays. The interior, built of golden marble, would seem to attract and concentrate heat and light from the whole area. A sacred silence reigned inside, interrupted only by occasional short whispers or longer prayerful chanting.
Hello everybody!
Hope everybody feels great in 2023. I've started the year with creating the map of Temple of the sun god as a part of "commission...
2023-01-14 18:12:51 +0000 UTC
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The forest seemed perfectly normal at first, and only the movements of the leaves and branches were extremely fascinating to you. Only then did your eyes begin to fill with a strange mist and from behind it you saw a riot of colors that you couldn't even name and capture in the standard palette you remember from the paintings of famous painters. All shapes turned into others, and it seemed to pulsate to the rhythm of some ancient or primal melody, sung through mossy stones and hu...
2022-12-30 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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"In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war"
This sector of the streets of the inner hive city of Desoleum Prime is reserved for business travelers. For this reason, narrow alleys surrounded by infinitely tall buildings are often a place of settling accounts with local warlords, gangs or newcomers trying to make a deal on usually illegal artifacts.
Hello dear travellers!
This time something completely different from what I usually do. I tried ...
2022-12-22 20:16:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey dear Patrons!
So you might know about Henry Cavill new job as a lead role and producer of new Warhammer 40000 live action movie. (if not, here you'll update yourself in no time! ) I'm also being sucked into this franchise for a quite some time and really recently I played Dark Heresy table top game which is set in WH40k... So the effects are rather pre...
2022-12-19 17:20:22 +0000 UTC
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Located at the junction of two rivers, the camp seemed to be peaceful and the silence of the moonless night was disturbed only by the sound of water and distant hoots of an owl. The camp, however, only seemed to be silent - between the tents, one could clearly see the hastily moving shadows of creatures.
Hello dear Patrons!
Moving slightly away from winter and snowy theme I proudly present you the Goblin Camp - another nice and hopefully useful map for your campaigns. Nee...
2022-12-16 13:39:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey dear Patrons!
Drifting away form the winter scenery I'm working on a nice detailed map of Goblin Camp by two rivers confluence. The intension of this map is to give a difficult tactical challenge to your PC's whit all the different terrains, outlook towers, narrow passes and slippery stones :)
The map is now in animation factory, that means it's gonna be released soon!
Cheers!
~dransky
2022-12-10 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody!
As we are continuing with winter season I've prepared some special stuff for you, my dear patrons. The pack with Temple Ruins includes many other variants, so you can use the map for many different adventures. Who knows, maybe the maps themselves can be an inspiration prompt for you?
This time I gave more love to Champion Tier with the most robust package, but other tiers get a plenty too.
2022-12-04 16:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Icefall pass
At this altitude, the wind blows almost constantly. It is also so cold that it can freeze your eyeballs and so strong that it can easily throw you into a deep abyss. The only road between the peaks of the mountains is the Icefall Pass - a narrow strip of rock ledge running next to the icefall, connected by an old wooden bridge, which once some madman w...
2022-12-01 00:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all
As you might know, since on August all map files accesses were moved to the webpage and I'm gonna focus on keeping that place as a single source of content for you.
I'm sill receiving requests for the access and I guess, the reason being is having old links to g-drive in all the posts with maps. Today they have all been swapped with https://dranskybattlemaps.com references. Having that done, ther...
2022-11-30 12:34:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey dear Patrons,
Continuing on the winter theme I accidentally created this kind of map. It supposed to be a little byproduct of the other map I'm making, but suddenly it became living its own life.
The map is on the advanced stage, although I still need to do grid and audio variants, and set it up for FVTT.
Hope you're having a great weekend!
And for the Americans - my belated: "Happy Turkey!" - hope there's still something left! :)
Cheers!
~dransky...
2022-11-26 20:43:54 +0000 UTC
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Hey dear Patrons!
As you might know from our discord I have engaged into a nice winter holiday event driven by Angela Maps profile. The whole idea is to create some winter themed maps and share it to the people all together as a massive hit and to cross-promote each other. We have also agreed that we can share it earlier to our patrons, even before the event starts on Dec.
So here we are, with a brand new map of...
2022-11-19 14:37:12 +0000 UTC
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Heya all!
This is one of the simple utility maps I created, because sometimes you may not need any specific context and just want to have some nice background for your random encounters.
I have added some nice animated stuff to enrich the map. It's noting spectacular but it took me a few hours to set the birds in motion or to make the rat running in the right direction, lol. Nothing big, but I think these details makes the map different. And more animated of course! :)
2022-11-11 18:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey peeps, how is it going?
So I came across one more VTT for 2D maps named DMHUB and decided to test it in terms of how my animated maps work there.
I wasn't surprised at all seeing my Astrolabium map displaying in its full gorgeousness in this VTT tool. So yeah - it's confirmed and proved working really well with my animated maps.
Couple of words about the VTT. I didn't know about it and maybe I was living all the time somewhere under the stone, but man, this looks r...
2022-11-10 20:42:20 +0000 UTC
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Dear all!
After all these months here it is! Pack of animated and static maps based on the official Descent into Avernus scenario!
It took me while to get it done, but yesterday the last map: Under The Villa has been added to the pack.
All maps are compatible with Foundry VTT (they have their own modules and manifests), Roll20 - static ones in PNG and WEPM formats, and 3D maps for Wildshape VTT.
Here are the links to the website:
Hi everybody! Have just came back from my vacations and getting back to work with some fresh ideas.
One of them is to make a small oldschool dungeon crawler with Foundry Monk's Active tiles. Although it seems to be working quite well, I'm not sure how it will go with couple of players and DM. Btw. do you recognize the game the HUD is from? :D
This is just my side quest, as my main effort will be to finish the last map form Chapter 1 of Descent into Avernus and release it as a sta...
2022-10-11 21:36:13 +0000 UTC
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