Hello everyone - we have just created and released a high-res map of Scintilla on our web-site: www.malleus.dk/Ordo/Scintilla.aspx
Give it a look and tell us what you think.
The map is the result of available information and our own warped imagination. If you have an idea or suggestion for content on the map, please let us know.
Kind regards
Thomas
The Malleus Maleficarum Syndicate
Very slick looking, as is the site in general. It's come a good way since it first went up.
Wow. Really impressive work.
The map is incredible.
the only comment I would make is that Sibellus is F*ing enourmous. As is amply demonstrated in this thread.
http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp?efpag=1&efid=70&efcid=3&efidt=52730
8000 km is really huge, the map doesn't really seem express that.
slick, well plotted out, transports you there better than FF ever did.
Do we have a map of the Imperium and where Calixis Sec is?
First, THAT MAP IS FREAKING AMAZING!
Hands down, you win for best hand hand-out ever created for this game. And it comes at such an opretune time as my group had just headed out into the wilderness between the hives :-D
The only thing that would make it even better is what Agmar sugested, putting in the actual size ( or rough approximation there of) of the hives. Still, it's amazing!
I'll be sending the link out to all my players. It will make the worlds much more solid for them. That and, heck, just looking the map over spawned some minor story ideas :-D
Thank you for sharing your hard work.
Oh, and Letrii, look to pg 252-253 in the core book.
I was hoping there was a fan made or older one that had more detail.
It is beautifull. Really beautifull.
In fact, I am more a fan of handouts like your ship blue prints
http://www.malleus.dk/Ordo/Bastille.aspx
But I could not wish for nicer map of a planet surface.
The fact that it is rather "blank" helps alot. Since every player will like to pencil in his/her "world".
Keep up the good work!
I SALUTE YOU!
This map is great! Nice work. Only issue is that some names are not very readable - especially those with black letters on dark background. Anyway, I am gong to print it.
I add my applause to the crowd!
I love the work of you and your group. Especially the "no bicycles" sign on the walls of Scintilla Prime
Sooo, Bastion Serpentis next?
I love it ^^. Nice work
Excellent work. A great resource, just when my group was on Scintilla too.
That's awesome! Just like the rest of the site.
Do you plan to draw maps of other worlds?
Greetings all,
Thx for your kind words.
Some of you have mentioned the issue regarding the size of the hives, and I feel like commenting on this issue. It’s very relevant, and something we have discussed a lot in the making of the map. The literature mentions that Sibellus stretches more than 8000 km. However, even though 16 billion people are a lot, a hive at the size of a continent means that the population density is actually very low. Therefore we decided to basically ignore the fact of the enormous proportions and use common sense. The proportions we have made leave the hives with a density around 3 times the density of Manhattan – considering that the average hive is 50-100 times higher it still makes plenty of room for huge industrial sites, abandoned areas, spaceports etc. - well, I hope I have argued my case here – however, I'm of course still open to inputs
Also, we have new content in the pipeline on the site but we are always very open to new ideas and inputs. Maybe maps of other worlds could be an interesting project??
Best regards,
Krauze
The Malleus Maleficarum Syndicate
Wow just a lovely superb site - thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great map and the kind of work I expect from your site; everything is just beautifully made. You can definitely see you put a lot of work in it. I really love the blueprints as well and use the PDF-files in my games.
I'd love to see more maps of other major planets, such as Imperial Worlds other Hive Worlds and more blueprints are always more than welcome. Awesome work, keep it up!
wow!
Just wow!
Thats alot of hard work there!
Gorgeous graphics!
Keep going.
Beautiful map!
For those saying that he is not showing the massivness of the hives I think that the grey/tanish areas are supposed to represent hive/urban area.
Not sure of that but it is how I read it anyway.
Very nice work there. As a future project, I'd love to see your interpretation of Abullon, complete with illustrations and blueprint-like schematics. I've always imagined it as looking similar to the massive walking fortress featured in Armored Core: For Answer, except much bigger, of course.
But wait a sec. I just noticed something about the ship scaling in your 'blueprints' section. Aren't the ships a tad bit larger than they're suppose to be? I've always heard that the standard Imperial Cruiser chassis is roughly 3km in length, not 7.5km.
Please don't bring up the how big are ships in 40k.
The answer is nobody knows. There very little info on ship size in cannon and in the fluff is ALL over the place.
For every sorce you want to cite that specifies a lenght there is another that contradicts it. So go with what you like and makes sense in your interpritation of the 40k universe.
about ship sizes how long would an Emperor-class battleship be?
Boo hiss!!
I will give you Games Workshops official answer, (as far as I can see anyway)
Emperor class battleships are PDB (Pretty Darn Big). Big enough to impress you with their massiveness, which is variable from person to person. As such the size of a Emperor class battleship is a closely guarded secret no for the like of their customer base to know.
On the off chance you were being serious, the estimates range from 7km to 25km+.
That having been said here is hoping rogue trader nails down ship sizes a bit more. (hope is a cardinal virtue even when sadly misplaced)
Err wait this is 40k.. I mean hope is a dispicable sin and only harbored by filthy heritics.. ... ... Umm.. no, no, I have no hope.. all doom and gloom here.. (looks around nervously for a inquisitorial strike team).
llsoth said:
Err wait this is 40k.. I mean hope is a dispicable sin and only harbored by filthy heritics.. ... ... Umm.. no, no, I have no hope.. all doom and gloom here.. (looks around nervously for a inquisitorial strike team).
We dont need hope the emperor watches over us, right?
