Hungary in 1891 again -
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Alright, so I improved the water a bit. This time it was a part of the render, while before it was added in post. Lemme know what you think about that.
I also added cities and marked capitals. Currently, all the capitals have the same style, implying Zagreb had the same status as Vienna. Gonna work on that. Right now
most of the cities are in their native language and not translated into German. I will work on that.
To further spice up the background a bit I've added graticule numbers all around Hungary. It still feels empty and im not sure about what more to add, any suggestions?
The elephant in the room is, of course, the new land gradient.
In my previous post, I stated that I wanted to make it look like the relief was coming out of the paper instead of floating above it. I think I've managed to implement that effect pretty nicely. Compare the smooth transition from the Croatia-Slavonian - Hungarian border with the harsh and jagged mountainous Romania-Hungary border.
To-do is probably to make another render. This time I want to add some margins where I can put a scale, title, and other info. I'll also see what I can do about the relief material. Making at least the lower levels look more like paper would make the transition even smoother.
Added rivers to Hungary. Adding them to the rest of the map is probably out of the question since they look too much like the national borders.
My next steps are probably adding national boundaries as well as maybe adding the internal subdivisions of Hungary.