It has been many years, but I have finally had the time to look back into my maps for wings of glory.  I am looking to see if there is any interest in this maps till.  I have posted on FB and the Wings Areodrome forums.  Perchance there might be?

Let's fly the friendly skies with The LingSter!

Let's have a Cup o' Tea...

4pm and it's time for some tea.  Well, at least that's the English tradition.  But with this cup o' tea, I raise my cup because the English are coming through for me.  I am securing the rights to make my map a reality. It's going to be a slow road, and yet, slightly expensive.  Stay tuned for even more updates!

Permissions...

Request for permission to use Google brand features

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The Google Permissions team

Yea, just gotta bide my time and hope they say yes.

Legal Beagle...

I have been working hard on getting prepped for the eventual sale of my map.  However, since this is a map made mostly of Google satellite imagery, I need to get their permission to use them in this project to make any sort of money.  So in the immortal works of the Emperor...

Happy Flying!

Gencon and the map...

For those who met me and or my map and are stopping by for an update, well, here it is.

I have several seemingly daunting things to do.

1.  Incorporate myself as an LLC

2.  Insure said LLC

3.  Get the full rights to the imagery that I used for the existing map, OR start from scratch building with imagery that is public domain or the license purchased through a company.

I think #3 will be the hardest to do.  it does delay the map somewhat as I don't want to get sued for this project thus terminating any future plans of mapping, (like my no mans land map).  The current map that Jim has from Ares games is ok, since he just paid cost to print it.

Stay tuned...

Gencon Bound!

I am heading out for Gencon tomorrow.  See everyone on Thursday!

If you are coming here for the first time stick around.  I will have pictures from the con, and more information about how to get the Custom Map for Wings of Glory shown below!

One Week.....

One week and I'll be at Gencon.  I have my planes packed for each event, with a couple extra just in case.  My maps are also packed in boxes as well.  I've got two boxes.  the 6x10 sections for Ares Games Booth, and the other box holds my two pieces that I'm gaming on.  Plus, one 3x5 section to showcase the entire map.

Hope to see you there and may your plane fly high and your shots ring true!

~The LingSter

I'll just put this here...

Remember, half the map is 6 FOOT by 20 FOOT

Gencon and Ares Games

Ok folks, it's official.  I will be at GenCon this year. My map will be making it's official debut there.   I will be playing two scenarios on my map.  The parts I am playing on are going to be 5&9 and 12&16.  If you'd like to see the coastline up close and personal, The coastline will be divided into two parts, 1,2,5 & 6 and 3,4,7 & 8.   these two 6 foot by 10 foot sections will be showcased at the Ares booth.  So stop by and have some fun!

UPDATE:  My games at Gencon are almost full.  There are three slots left for the Friday game, to destroy the Zepplin Sheds.

The Map...

This is the map in it's 16 three foot by 5 foot peices.  That's a total of 12x20 feet for the whole thing.  I am expecting to offer this map in most anyway I can slice it.  3x5, 3x10, 3x15, 3x20, 6x5, 6x10, 6x15, 6x20, 9x5, 9x10, 9x15, 9x20, 12x5, 12x10, 12x15... well I could go on, but you get the idea.  Plus, the bigger splices, say... 3x10... there are 12 potential different maps in that size.  so yea, it's epic... and deserves something really epic to go with it.

WAR! Over England!

The Germans have launched attacks at England.  Their bi-planes fly over our cities... bombing our factories.  it's your duty to join the fight.  Take the fight to them.  get them away from our homes and our children!

What you are looking at is the final version of my map. I have enlarged it to look 10x better than before.  it fits with the planes nicely...

Now comes the hard part of trying to make this monster available to the world.

Prototype of England....

Ok folks, here is a prototype of a section of my map.  I am printing one more prototype to see if that helps.  This seems good, but the next might be much more awesome.  For now, here's some pics of it:

The glare is from the sunlight coming through the tee I was under on my picnic table.

A SE5a flying over a small town and a very high altitude...

At this altitude, will the bombs hit their target?  

More to follow come the end of the week!

A surprise on my doorstep!

I came home today to find a wonderful surprise on my doorstep...


The banner map had arrived!

However...


It came in a box.

A rectangular box.

that wasn't 3 foot tall.

that was split in two and taped together.

I sliced open the box to get at the map inside and low and behold....

A folded banner.

A badly folded banner.

a badly folded banner that wound up being badly creased.

a badly folded banner that was badly creased and thin.

This thin, badly folded and creased banner was printed badly.  the print was blurry and pixellated.    The image had print lines on it throughout, as if they needed to clean their print heads.

UGLY.

So.. now I have to scramble to find a better place.  all because I thought that "banners on the cheap"  might actually be decent.

So now I have a badly folded and creased blurry pixellated map of england that came in a not quite 3-foot tall box that was split in two and taped together....

Gencon!!!

It's official.  the events are active and veritable and you can sign up for them!!

HMN1576939 World War 1: Destroy the Zeppelin Sheds has been made Active and your space has been confirmed. 


HMN1576938 World War 1: Battle Over Margate has been made Active and your space has been confirmed. 

Shipping Extra....

The first map has been shipped from the printer!  Let's see what ti's going to look like in a few days... may 13th is when it's expected to arrive!

English Coastline... This Is My FINAL Answer.

Ok folks, if you're here reading this, you've been waiting for this moment for several months if not years for this moment....   May I present to you THE map...  Complete, I'm not changing things, it's good, fini, etc. etc.

Oh wait... that's the ORIGINAL Image...      Let's try this one:

Put these two images side by side and you'll see why it took 2 years to complete.  The above is the original unedited map.  The bottom is the edited map.  Here's a list of things I did to the map it's not all inclusive, I did lots more to it that I'm listing here.

1.  Removal of all 20th century giant power lines.  You know the type, the stand 100ft tall, made of metal and look like they could jolt you with 1.21 Gigawatts.

2.  Adding forests

3.  Sending the waterfront to a guy I know on the Aerodrome forums who goes by the handle PrivateBuzz.  He fixed the waterfornt and made it look great.

4.  Expanding the right city some, to make a bigger target.

5.  Added a Coal Power plant as a target... It's actually the one in my backyard... oh and my backyard and house is also on the map  :)

6.  Added Stow Maries Airfield, last known intact airfield, as it stood back in 1916...

7.  The Cardington Zepplin Sheds.

8.  A factory, a building that is part of Xerox, over in Webster.  Looked good enough to be a nice target.

9.  A railway wandering through the map, complete with several rail stations.

10.  The Charlotte Hojack Rail bridge.  This bridge is long gone, one of the last known to exist, Originally it was a swing bridge that allowed trains to cross the river.


All in all, plenty of targets on the map.  Each 3x5 section has several targets to choose from, many are in the middle of the map, or at least, not too close to the edge, so that it'd prove difficult to turn around after bombing.



This map is going to the printers this weekend for a test print.  if the place I've chosen printed good enough, then I will print more of it.  here is a breakdown of the differnt variations of the map you could get.  In order from top to bottom:  Four 3x5ft sections, Two 3x10ft sections, Two 6x5ft sections

As always, let me know what you think!

English Coastline... Semi-final map....

I have my map "done".  I split it into all parts I wanted to split it into....  BUT....  I found two issues on the map.  One, a traffic Circle...  and second, a bridge that has tree shadows on it... but no trees near to throw those shadows...

This is a preview image of about 10% the original size.  This is to whet your appetite for some coastal bombing runs.

I plan on getting a test print run from a place I know.  We shall see how it turns out.  Once I have my map in my hands next week, I'll let you all know what it looks like and then hopefully just go with the same place and get a bunch printed.  and a really decently priced vinyl map.

A preview of the coastline

Here is a small shot of one of the 3x5 sections of the map that I have been making.  Note, you've got a fair chunk of the map as water, with a factory near the middle as a target...  don't forget the railway cutting across the lower right section of the map.  Gotta bomb the train!

Choo Choo!

The last thing going onto the map for a target.  this makes 4 good targets, one per section.

England Coastal Map....

The map draws nearer to completion. I have a "mini" version to show you. It's got orange lines in it to show that it's going to be split into 4 equal parts. The map is 7 ft by 11ft. each section is going to be 3.5 x 5.5 foot in size. Take a gander!