So I made a thing. The box turned into a box with b0rked terrain which turned into caves and canyons with b0rked terrain and a castle in the middle but was pretty cool for a first map overall:
Download and discussion:
http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61604
Playthrough for non-Quakers
Download and discussion:
http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61620
Playthrough for non-Quakers:
And finally for now, a smaller thing. I got an early whiff of a "Terracotta" themed speedmapping session, had a look at Quake's terracotta texture selection, realised there were a lot of terracotta-coloured base textures, and did my own thing, in just a couple of days. Fun to do something smaller and quicker!
Download and discussion for whole pack:
http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61621