Got a Roman Mosaic made!

[GoingUp]

Have a Roman themed room because I'm obsessed with Ancient Rome. Can't wait for the series to come out on DVD. Anyways, I found an artist who makes mosaics and had her make me a map of the Roman Empire at its height.

Picture, not 56K friendly.

edit: New work in progress photos.

http://www.chadwickcmeyer.com/mosaic/

 

[Schadenfroh]

Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

A fantastic game BTW! I managed to conquer every single province. I think theres 100 in all.

 

[Jawo]

dang man....thats one sweet mosaic!

 

[TechnoPro]

Very nice! What was the damage?

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: TechnoPro
Very nice! What was the damage?

Not cheap. But then again its also about 20x24.

Heres the webpage of the artist that did it. Highly recommend her. A pleasure to work with, and I can't wait to get the piece later this week

The Artist

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

it took me almost a minute of staring at ti to figgure out where it was, all the gray confused me...

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Zeeky Boogy Doog
it took me almost a minute of staring at ti to figgure out where it was, all the gray confused me...

You didn't notice the description in the OP that said it was a map

 

[TechnoPro]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: TechnoPro
Very nice! What was the damage?

Not cheap. But then again its also about 20x24.

Heres the webpage of the artist that did it. Highly recommend her. A pleasure to work with, and I can't wait to get the piece later this week

The Artist

What is the backing material? Meaning, what gives it rigidity?

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: TechnoPro

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: TechnoPro
Very nice! What was the damage?

Not cheap. But then again its also about 20x24.

Heres the webpage of the artist that did it. Highly recommend her. A pleasure to work with, and I can't wait to get the piece later this week

The Artist

What is the backing material? Meaning, what gives it rigidity?

probably concrete

 

[GoingUp]

The artist has a special backboard that she uses. I think its made of stone. She glues on the tile then grouts the tiles to give them added strength.

I have some in progress pics if people want to see them.

 

[GoingUp]

Work in progress photos updated.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
The artist has a special backboard that she uses. I think its made of stone. She glues on the tile then grouts the tiles to give them added strength.

I have some in progress pics if people want to see them.

I want to see them Gobadgrs!

 

[thehstrybean]

Sweet...
SPQR

 

[EGGO]

Nice, I wanted one of the students in my college to make something like a mosiac for me. I'm more of a Greek person myself, but I do love the Roman culture too.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

A fantastic game BTW! I managed to conquer every single province. I think theres 100 in all.

pfft, i did that with the scipii

and i beat the game with the britons

and the seleucids (egypt isn't all that hard to beat when they don't have any armies... bribery is far too powerful in that game)

and the greeks

 

[bluewall21]

That's pretty amazing. Really nice stuff.

 

[Powermoloch]

That's really sweet dude

 

[So]

I hate to be a downer, but didn't the romans not have maps in the modern sense?

In any case, :beer: for something that looks really cool.

 

[Vinfinite]

cool but could be a lot cooler

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: So
I hate to be a downer, but didn't the romans not have maps in the modern sense?

In any case, :beer: for something that looks really cool.

They had maps, but no where near as detailed as today.

http://www.unc.edu/awmc/rttpeut.html

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

A fantastic game BTW! I managed to conquer every single province. I think theres 100 in all.

pfft, i did that with the scipii

and i beat the game with the britons

and the seleucids (egypt isn't all that hard to beat when they don't have any armies... bribery is far too powerful in that game)

and the greeks

Pfft, you're still playing the Vanilla version.

Rome: Total War with the Rome: Total Realism mod is 10x better. I wouldn't even consider playing vanilla now.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: datalink7
Pfft, you're still playing the Vanilla version.

Rome: Total War with the Rome: Total Realism mod is 10x better. I wouldn't even consider playing vanilla now.

i've got that, haven't played it much cuz of little time on my hands

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

A fantastic game BTW! I managed to conquer every single province. I think theres 100 in all.

pfft, i did that with the scipii

and i beat the game with the britons

and the seleucids (egypt isn't all that hard to beat when they don't have any armies... bribery is far too powerful in that game)

and the greeks

Pfft, you're still playing the Vanilla version.

Rome: Total War with the Rome: Total Realism mod is 10x better. I wouldn't even consider playing vanilla now.

What does the Total Realism mod do?

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Another Rome: Total War player with too much time/money.

A fantastic game BTW! I managed to conquer every single province. I think theres 100 in all.

pfft, i did that with the scipii

and i beat the game with the britons

and the seleucids (egypt isn't all that hard to beat when they don't have any armies... bribery is far too powerful in that game)

and the greeks

Pfft, you're still playing the Vanilla version.

Rome: Total War with the Rome: Total Realism mod is 10x better. I wouldn't even consider playing vanilla now.

What does the Total Realism mod do?

I'm curious too.