Scenario Design

Need some ideas on how to design the scenery on your map? Want some tips on how to spice it up? This section has several scenery design tips to help get you started, or to help you add the final touches to make a map that looks great and captures the mood you are wanting it to convey.

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Basic AoW Terrain Examples

Basic Terrain Suite

See the basic terrain types available in Shadow Magic.

Terrain Combinations

Examples of how basic terrain can be combined to form additional Shadow Magic terrain types.

Mapmaker-Submitted Scenery Design Tips

Making Extreme Mountains and Kewl Waterfalls

Learn how to make mountains stand out or add waterfalls to your scenario, using these design tips from Talon-Thorn.

Creating Dark Grass Effects

Damon Rellik explains how to make a darker forest by blending different tiles together.