The Water Dam (Patreon)

The Water Dam

Image size - 5280 x 7560 px

Grid - [44 x 63] 120 DPI

Hi guys!

Okay here we go, the final map of March. I am so proud to present one my favorite cyberpunk battle maps of all time - The Water Dam.

This battle map is humongous. It covers such a large amount of ground that I had to resort to setting the grid to 1 square = 10 ft. For those of you who use virtual tabletop softwares (Foundry VTT, Roll 20, Fantasy Grounds Unity etc), it makes no difference as you can set up whatever grid sizes suit your games within the software.

Water Dam Overview

This water dam consists of a long, straight dam wall and a lower water drainage area (which probably leads to a river of sorts). In the middle of the dam wall lies a landing pad for cargo deliveries.

You can narratively chain this map with the Secret Facility map I created a while back.

The lower drainage area has a gateway that leads off to other parts of this facility. It might lead to the Sewer Canals and then Sewer Temple, as an example.

There is also the huge cylindrical tower. Now this one, can be literally anything. I just had to draw it in because of the cool looking shape that pulls the whole map together. In my mind’s eye, this tower is some sort of hydroelectric power harvesting plant. But call it whatever you want.

Closing Comments

I had a really fun time painting this one, experimenting with different brush textures to create a more painterly effect. One patron asked me recently why I had changed my art style where my brush strokes are not as uniform and neat as they were in the past. The answer is “evolution”. It is normal for artists to want to try new ways of doing things, to better convey their ideas. Painting the same way over and over again doesn’t really excite me. This is why experimenting with this battle map really hit the spot and the result really did it for me.

Let’s do a quick rundown of the map variants.

Map Variants

Night

Perfect for an espionage mission where the players have to get past security patrols along the wall, to the cylindrical tower to stop a group of terrorists from blowing up the power plant.

Winter

This one is well-suited to all out combat. With the frozen lake, there is suddenly a huge amount of space to launch (or defend against) a full scale assault on the dam wall.

Cracked Wall & Explosion

This is a two-stage sequence map variant.

Something had detonated within the base, rattling the dam. Structural integrity has been compromised and the wall has started to rumble and crack. The players have to escape to safety within x number of rounds before the whole wall collapses. Anyone caught on the lower levels are done for when this thing blows.

Patreon Supporter Downloads

Bronze

• The Water Dam (watermark-free, full-resolution, grid + grid-less formats)

Go to Bronze downloads section

Silver

• All above +
• Night

Go to Silver downloads section

Gold

• All above +
• Winter
• Cracked Wall
• Explosion

Go to Gold downloads section

I’d like to thank all of you for your support, which allows me to continue my passion for drawing maps for you on a full-time basis. Also, a quick shoutout to all the amazing Patreon members over at the Frag Maps Discord server. Thanks for your amazing ideas and feedback, and most importantly, your friendship. I hope you enjoy playing on this battle map!