MAPS: Randowe's XXL Maps and Map Room

[randowe]

Get to the open-general.com database entrys and mapx-files of all XXL maps made by Sympatyk and me with this link:

http://www.open-general.com/mapxs.php?o ... a=&omu=xxl

Get directly to the XXL map pictures of my maps by klicking on the small pictures below:

Map No. 50001 // London / Southeast UK / Strait of Dover / Calais // 5100x5100 pixel // 114 rows x 102 columns



Map No. 50002 // Northeast UK / Caithness / Orkney / Scapa Flow // 4200x5100 pixel // 94 rows x 102 columns



Map No. 50003 // Lesser Antilles / Caribbean Sea // 5100x5100 pixel // 114 rows x 102 columns



Map No. 50004 // New York Metropolitan Area / Long Island // 5400x4500 pixel // 121 rows x 90 columns



Map No. 50005 // El Alamein / Alexandria // 5400x4000 pixel // 121 rows x 80 columns



Map No. 50027 // Strait of Dover / Calais / Dunkirk / Ostende / Lens / Lille // 4200x3200 pixel // 94 rows x 64 columns



http://www.opengeneral.pl/map/50027.jpg
http://www.opengeneral.pl/mapx/50027_dunkirk.mapx

[REDrake]

I really want to make some scenarios with some of those maps...

[randowe]

División Azul

A feature in maps and pictures

Part I

The spanish Blue Division fought alongside the Germans at the eastern front. The division arrived at Novgorod around September/Oktober 1941 and was withdrewn from the Leningrad front in autumn 1943. The germans numbered the Blue Division 250th Infantry-Division.



Above: Soldiers of the Blue Division practicing fieldcraft (picture from wikipedia)

Below: 8.10.1941, the 250th Division is on march to their positions around Novgorod. Most of the Division is still travelling while parts arrived at the front and is about to take over positions from the 18th motorized Infantry-Divison and the 126th Infantry Division:



Below: 20.10.1941, The Blue Division in position along the Volkhov River. The Divison is under command of the Corps Gruppe von Roques, 16th Army.



Below: The HQ of the Blue Division was located in Grigorovo few kilometers northwest of Novgorod. The terrain is rough with many rivers and streams, swamps and primeval forest. Jungle of the north if you will.



Below: 31.7.1942, The Blue Division is still in position at the Volkov River:

[randowe]

División Azul

A feature in maps and pictures

Part II

In Summer 1942 the Blue Division is ordered northwards to join the Leningrad siege.



Above: Soldiers of the Blue Division at the Leningrad Front. (picture from Wikipedia)

Below: 31.10.1942, The Division is in transfer to the Leningrad front were the division will be part of the siege ring around the city. The position will be south of the city in the area of Pushkin, Kolpino and Krasny Bor. The map reads: Ma 250. span. That means: the mass of the 250th spanish division is in that position.



Below: Pushkin and its large palace, founded in 1710, was the imperial residence in the days of the Tsar until the red revolution. The palace' most famous and mytical room was the Amber room. The Amber room was looted by the germans, dismanteled and transfered to Königsberg/Kaliningrad were it disappeared. It is subject of speculation and conspiracy theories ever since. (picture from Wikipedia)



Below: 12.2.1943, time of the most famous battle of the Blue Divison, the Battle of Krazny Bor. The battle took place from 10-13 February 1943 south of Leningrad when the Red Army lanched an attack on the German and Spanish positions:



Below: Blue Division skiers. (picture from Wikipedia)



The Blue division was withdrewn from the front in october 1943. Overall around 45000 spanish soldiers fought with the blue division, rotating in and out.
There was also a small spanish fighter force, called the Blue Suqadron, Escuadrilla Azul. It was attached to Luftwaffe fighter wings Jagdgeschwader 27 and Jagdgeschwader 51. The Blue Squadron fought in central Russia and not alongside the Blue Division in the north.They operated Bf 109 and Fw 190 fighters.

Below: Blue Squadron pilots (pictures from elcorreoweb.es and wehrmacht-awards.com/axis_allies/blue_division.htm)

[LuisGuzman]

Thank you Clemens for such nice summary about the history of the "Blue division"

[Ale]

so many maps, but you forgot the most interesting one senor, as you mentioned Amber room... maybe it can be found in Sad Hill cemetery in Spain Name on the grave is...............................




...sorry, solid one considering subject, Luis knows )

[randowe]

While Major Heinz and me were talking about maps and future maps in the other thread, i thought i can post a list of maps that i have planned to make. After that i want to pretty much retire from map making and use the time i gain for campaigns and the creation of my LEGO Star Wars city
So from next year on there will be only new maps in a case of absolute emergency! But that will be a very very rare event...

Most of the maps will be 3K. I also plan (in 2021) to create a campaign which uses 3K maps only and all battles will be pretty large.
Maps that are marked with a * will be enlarged versions of existing maps.
Murmansk is a special case. I started the map about 2 years ago and the coastline and rivers are perfectly fine and already finished. But over the years i found no way to design the landscape. Large proportions of the map would be covered with open stone. No mountains, just open rocky terrain. And i never found a way to cover half of the map with stony/rocky terrain. Don't know if i can make it

Panama would be nice to have, but i will see how progress will be with all the other maps...

So here is the list:

Taganrog
Berdjansk
Sevastopol (3K)
Krasnodar/Caucasus I
Terek River/ Caucasus II
Radom (3K)
Ruhrgebiet (3K)

* Crimea East (3K)
* Kiev (3K)
* Baku (3K)
* Kursk East (3K)
* Kanev (3K)
* Dunkirk/Calais (3K)
* English Channel (3K)

??? Murmansk (3K) ???
??? Panama Canal (3K) ???

[sympatyk]

Rocky terrain .. so fast
Surely that's not what you mean?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yopzHg ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14lLNPU ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12XrRva ... sp=sharing

[randowe]

Rocky terrain .. so fast
Surely that's not what you mean?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yopzHg ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14lLNPU ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12XrRva ... sp=sharing

Thank you sympatyk
I downloaded your files and will try them when i make the Murmansk map.

Here you can see the rocky terrain north of Murmansk. There are no trees and many small lakes:
https://www.google.com/maps/@69.344617,33.1873911,12z

If you scroll to the left, you will find a base for nuclear submarines at the end of a large bay

[sympatyk]

Drawing - map 64 - has been supplemented with a layer of stones.
Then I set this layer to a different transparency 45, 55, 65, 75, 85 %











Still other filters can be applied.....




Watch at 100% magnification - then you can see even better ...
All the fun - it took me 1 hour ... and it's all from this little drawing:

[randowe]

Thanks for your help, i will keep your "rocky" files for later.

I have also the problem that the Murmansk map is 3K and the rocky terrain is half of the map, so i also need some variety in the terrain. But i think Murmansk will le last map of my list i will make and i will postpone it untill winter

Here you can see what i have done round about 2 years ago (I have to rework the coastal waterline, it should look like in the Kem and Shuya maps.

EDIT: The upper half of the landmass has to be rocky, the lower half of the landmass has to covered with tundra and some trees:

[sympatyk]

It looks nice

Ok
When the time comes and you want to make this map, I will be happy to help.
I work in layers - this makes it easier to adjust - as needed
Laying out the terrain - in hexes - is the most important thing -> then you only need to put the puzzle pieces together ...

[randowe]

Another XXL map is finished. Or maybe just a XL map

When the map is uploaded i will add the link to the opening post. If you can't wait, you can send me message

Strait of Dover / Calais / Dunkirk / Ostende / Lens / Lille // 4200x3200 pixel // 94 rows x 64 columns



Here is my updated to -do list:

Taganrog
Berdjansk
Sevastopol (3K)
Krasnodar/Caucasus I (3K)
Terek River/ Caucasus II (3K)
Radom (3K)
Ruhrgebiet (3K)
Crimea East (3K)
Kiev (3K)
Baku (3K)
Kursk East (3K)
Kanev (3K)
Dunkirk/Calais (3K)
English Channel (3K)
Irkutsk (2K) cancelled
Khabarovsk (3K)
Vladivostok (3K) cancelled
Murmansk (3K)

EDIT: edited table 24 NOV

[REDrake]

In my latest version of German World Campaign, I used your Alexandria map to merge 2 scenarios, Alexandria and El Alamein. Is going to be fun to playtest it to ensure balance is correct.

[randowe]

In my latest version of German World Campaign, I used your Alexandria map to merge 2 scenarios, Alexandria and El Alamein. Is going to be fun to playtest it to ensure balance is correct.

It's great to hear that!
Seems to be a monster of a campaign... i'm looking forward to play the campaign once it is finished

[REDrake]

It is finished. It was actually played as the latest CCC, although on OpenAK.

[randowe]

It is finished. It was actually played as the latest CCC, although on OpenAK.

Sorry, i got confusd I meant the Superblitz campaign

[REDrake]

Well, on GWC I am currently playing, Alexandria and El Alamein are merged, which meant I had to replace a scenario. I toyed with the idea of making a battle in Iraq, but no suitable maps, meant I had to use something else.
I created a scenario in your map of Scotland and Scapa Flow.