Here is what we got from todays touch up work ,..pretty happy with the "his horn" scroll...calling that piece done. Probably hit the compass rose again just a few minutes tomorrow before finishing the cartouche box. Some of the line work shows on the map..but I don't care for that much of it showing..just want the shaded triangles to be 1 notch darker. 

Fantastic work!!  

Awesome!

Last few sessions have been shading the cartouche box,...and went ahead and hit the scroll and compass rose 1 more time. They are complete. The cartouche box will get 1 more session next week,..I re-inked to see where I was at last night,..after drying overnight this was the result today. 

Awesome

Ooooppps,..wrong pics posted of scroll and compass rose,..anyway heres the shaded versions...more to come next week or so 

Here's a small snapshot of the last 2-3 sessions...I'm darkening most of the ends of the rivers and creeks,...per our map reference....then I'll go over the large legs a shade or 2 lighter...also just more or less going by the map. Also most of the river edges were hit with the wider bit to accept more ink..a little bolder line. Yes it is per the reference but it really gives our map some "Pop" as well.

Some amazing patience and skill.  

That is some darned cool work Aaron

Owner of the horn wanted something referencing his Ky Corps of Longriflemen #,...I did an abbreviated version in Old English script on a radius over his name. Best Place I could find for it...didn't want to do the long winded wordy version as you start to get away from the true theme of the horn. No ink is down yet,..everything just penciled and scribed today.

I hijacked this off of a model ship forum,..it's some sort of contract related to some 50 gun ships. While it's dated slightly earlier than the powder horns related to the revolution at 1693,...it's still a kickin document with some vintage Old English script on it. I'm on the prowl for a book or 2 loaded up with documents from this era give or take....early American or before.

 

 

 

 

A good solution for the "change order" this late in the game.

Good luck with your book search.

First pass of ink on the "ky corps #,..." today. Looks pretty clean,..will give it a once over tomorrow and a final ink and clean up on the next inking. Next session (hopefully tomorrow) I will be laying out "Indian Territory". Notice how it falls in behind the scroll and other things on the map look overlaid on top of it. We will be doing something of similar fashion..I've actually been waiting for this...I like the wordage and also love how it is slightly hidden....great concept    ..had to get the map out tonight and take some better close ups for some print outs tomorrow .

 

 

"Indian Territory" sketched up. Had to finish a little tail on the map before I started on it,..going to let it sit over night and see what I think about it.

 

 

 

 

Beautiful!!!

That is so darned cool Aaron!

"Indian Territory" is now scribed..."Boonsburo" is scribed with some fort pics..."OHIO RIVER" is penciled. Will be darkening some map river lines and adding more map details until I'm done,...it's the fun part now  

 

 

Aaron, where would this be on today's map?  Couldn't find Boonsburo, or Boonesboro, KY.  Did find a Boonesboro Rd. near Lexington.  Just my curiosity at work...

You guys have seen me mention "map shading" and "letter shading",..this compared to previous pics should give you an idea what I'm after. I pretty much consider this little section here complete. Still a little smudgy but it'll clean up more later on. It should look much closer to our reference than before. I'll be adding more map details like hills..and river names,..etc next week...and hopefully all the map shading will be done.