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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 8:18:50 GMT -9
Pirates: Set #1 Series: Historical / FantasyRPGnow link:www.rpgnow.com/product/101855/Pirates%3A-Set-1Set description:30mm front and back full color paper minis for RPG This set includes 41 figurines plus scenery elements including Jolly Roger flag and banners, treasure chests, barrels, trail signs and additional accessories: shields with various emblems and colors, banners - 83 elements total! Watermarked PDF:6 pages (cover + 4 pages with figurines + info pages) Figurines:Captain Redbeard, Captain Hook, Pirate with Parrot, Abordaging Buccaneers, Corsairs, Barbary Coast privateers and others... Scenery and modability:This set includes: -many variations for each figurine: posing, colors and accessories -additional replaceable accessories: shields, banners -2 types of figurines ground: sandy beach / grass and ship deck -various elements of scenery Incoming HISTORICAL issues:-Pirates #2 - Corsairs and Privateers including Mary Read, Henry Morgan, Blackbeard -Pirates #3 - Tortuga's Artillery Outpost including cannons, howitzers, mortars Incoming FANTASY issues:-2.5D Dragons - Dragon's Lair -Dwarves #2 - Bearriders Download and enjoy!Mesper
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Post by kiladecus on May 2, 2012 10:12:15 GMT -9
Awesome on MANY levels! ;D
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Post by oldschooldm on May 2, 2012 11:55:38 GMT -9
OMG! Perfect timing!
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Post by stevelortz on May 2, 2012 13:28:32 GMT -9
I've got this set, and I'm looking forward to Pirates II! I'm going to have to get back to my thread on Scurvey Dawrgs!
Have fun! Steve
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Post by onemonkeybeau on May 2, 2012 15:03:29 GMT -9
Cannot wait for the Dragons!
Woo Hoo!
Onemonkeybeau
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 15:08:27 GMT -9
@kill - thanks! It's my first historical (OK - semi historical:) 30mm set. I hope that users will find it attractive/useful, so I can proceed with others, even more historical ones... BTW - I'm working (slowly but patiently and constantly!) on Sci-Fi, just to let you know that project is alive although not kicking yet:) oldschooldm - ?... hope that Pirates arrived just in time? @steve - thanks! Pirates II are almost ready - in fact initial idea was to release both I and II at the same time but some additional touch/ tuning is necessary, so in the meanwhile 2.5D dragons will be published firstly - but Pirates II should be released shortly after. Pirates III could be more time-consuming as I'm going for 2.5D or perhaps even 3D artillery (flat versions are ready) so some extended test-cutting and assembling might be inevitable. onemonkeybeau - LOL - I was writing replay for @steve when you wrote about Dragons - anyway there is a good news for you as dragons should be released soon ;D
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Post by gilius on May 2, 2012 15:21:32 GMT -9
Awesome! This came just in time for my tests of a skirmish system I got recently. By the way, I've just printed 26 pirates + 3 treasure markers at reduced scale and a bunch of other minis in a single page... isn't 15mm great? Is it OK for me to post a photo of them on this thread?
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 15:28:17 GMT -9
Is it OK for me to post a photo of them on this thread? But of course, please
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Post by gilius on May 2, 2012 18:52:35 GMT -9
Six pirates completed, another twenty to go... still, these ones already make a good photo (not considering the limited quality of my cellphone camera...) Colors look good and figures retain a good amount of detail even in 15mm scale Attachments:
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Post by Rhannon on May 3, 2012 0:53:14 GMT -9
In the third set there will be a simple naval gun?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2012 1:53:00 GMT -9
Colors look good and figures retain a good amount of detail even in 15mm scale Nice photo - thanks! It's very first posted photo of my 15-30mm figurines ever made (wait, there was 1 "mesper's wing" among @killadecus photos? Actually I didn't realize that this set could be used in 15mm scale! Hmm... perhaps I should consider this scale for incoming sets and (assuming that results would be acceptable) provide appropriate info within release note / set description on RPGnow? Anyway it would be interesting to see photos with other figures as well - so keep posting, please In the third set there will be a simple naval gun? YES! ...with one difference - there will be obviously more than 1 gun ;D I'm going to put into this set "classic" naval gun's (as on your picture) - one big and one medium perhaps, plus howitzer/mortar and one "falconet" - ie. light gun mounted on ship's board (the one you can see in printed issue) Plus of course some gun-crew and perhaps privateer / corsair artillery officer (or rather commander as there was no stricte pirate officers?) and some scenery elements like cannonballs, ramrods etc... Although I'm still not sure should I go for 2.5D or stay with classic "flats" (I'm not using any unfolding software - with this kind of "geometrical character" figurines and scenery I'm working with Photoshop - thus introducing any changes / fixing mistakes usually causes a lot of additional work).
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Post by Rhannon on May 3, 2012 2:21:44 GMT -9
... Hmm... perhaps I should consider this scale for incoming sets and (assuming that results would be acceptable) provide appropriate info within release note / set description on RPGnow? ... Hmmm ... No!!! For me for me it is not. Simply I have some problems with my personal sight ( view/visual ... eyes ...) and I'd be sad to lose some new sets (I'd buy them anyway). But if they had a double option ( in 30mm. and 15mm. ) then it would be fine.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2012 2:42:50 GMT -9
RhannonI was meaning double option - but with 15mm scale only when applicable (as some sets might include particular figurines / accessories which looks simply too dark / muddy and overall poorly when scaled down to 15mm and reworking them might be too time-consuming - then these kind of sets should be counted as "non 15mm adaptable"). 60mm (for figurines and some scenery) and 30mm (figurines, scenery and 2.5/3D models) are basic scales.
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Post by gilius on May 3, 2012 5:09:44 GMT -9
Colors look good and figures retain a good amount of detail even in 15mm scale Nice photo - thanks! It's very first posted photo of my 15-30mm figurines ever made (wait, there was 1 "mesper's wing" among @killadecus photos? Thanks! Actually I didn't realize that this set could be used in 15mm scale! Hmm... perhaps I should consider this scale for incoming sets and (assuming that results would be acceptable) provide appropriate info within release note / set description on RPGnow? ... I'm not sure. Taking the cardboard warriors forum as a sample, most people seem to prefer 25-30mm scale or play at both scales. I think I can understand the reason too: as size decreases, the paper builds become more fiddly and painting a "table-worthy" mini becomes easier (obviously, painting 15mm mini with lots of details is still a lot of trouble.) That said, maybe a 15mm version of historical minis would appeal to gamers who play large battles, because in that case, creating a whole paper army will still be significantly cheaper and faster than a metal one -- and as you look at the large table it might look as good. I remember reading a blog post about a large WWII game played in a convention with Junior General figures.
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Post by gilius on May 6, 2012 18:07:06 GMT -9
Here's another picture, this time with two dozen pirates in 15mm. A little disagreement on how to split the treasure, too much rum and these guys are ready to fight each other Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 1:37:57 GMT -9
Rum + treasure => double trouble! BTW: next Pirate issue should be released (fingers crossed) till the end of week -- with even more figurines, some of them stricte fighting skirmishers - mostly corsairs and privateers this time.
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Post by Reivaj on May 7, 2012 4:28:39 GMT -9
WOW great work Mesper!!
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Post by kiladecus on May 7, 2012 13:21:03 GMT -9
WOW! I beat him by a wing... I will be posting MORE of my dungeon figures for my "Dungeon Crawl Game" (currently being called "My Dungeon Crawl Game"). I will be including MANY of your figures in the pictures to come... alas, I ALSO have a poor quality camera phone at present. (It gets good service and can make phone calls where other phones lose service... but the picture quality...). Anyway, I have this set in my "Wishlist" and as soon as I can, I plan on picking it up. (I need to get ink first, though...). Looks very great! (Thanks for the updates on the Sci-Fi sets). ;D
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Post by Rhannon on May 7, 2012 13:48:13 GMT -9
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 15:42:46 GMT -9
Actually I was just confirming that Sci-Fi project is not totally abandoned - I'm still working on it but with different approach -- previously I wanted it to be firstly fully completed and only afterwards published. But as there is a lot of sub-threads within this project (ie different conflict-sides/factions soldiers/characters -- ie terrain marines, spec-ops, space henchman's, kinda-imperial troopers, rebels and even some aliens -- all of them including various mutants, war-machines, robots, androids PLUS for the first time a lot of playable scenery -- most of them modable) - really HUGE project! Moreover I made some sort of mistake (OK, perhaps not stricte mistake, but choose somehow false direction -- decision which influenced the whole project) - ie I was working parallel on all sub-threads, adding new ones and introducing in the meantime new and new ideas - so now I got rely a lot of figurines / elements ready BUT... can't combine them into separate issues / sets (for example many figurines are only 1-side colored, some 2-sided already but without weapons -- which was intended to be modable unified for each faction etc...) At the and, which shouldn't be surprising, this project definitely overgrowth my time resources at that time... and without chances for publishing it within reasonable timeslot I've become tired and much less enthusiastic - so it was very close to abandoning it So now I decided to focus on 2 (maybe 3?) core threads and publish first which will be ready as soon as possible, and others afterwards. And if there will be positive response I could add other sets on more regular basis. But, as I'm currently "playing" mostly with Fantasy genre (OK, Pirates might be counted as Historical / Fantasy) so described process is done in background - ie I'm finishing old figurines and adding new ones within Sci-Fi in "free" time, between Fantasy sets -- so in overall less stressed and more long-term approach but with permanent work couple of first sets should be available within reasonable time-boundaries (while waiting for whole project might took another year or even longer). ;D There is also one more issue -- Sci-Fi ptoject was originated as 60mm scale - and with it's different /own/specific realistic art-style after rescaling to 30mm I feel that there is too kinda much details, details on textures mostly dissapeared and in overall some figures and scenery (which looked superb! in 60mm -- especially within some post-apo) might look more then intended "grim". Although personally I like original art-style very much it has also some drawbacks... so nowadays I've change mind and working with 30mm scale as basis, "thining" the art-style to be more flexible yet still climatic/immersing. Well, I'm reveling here some of my "kitchen secrets"/problems, which, while probably not so interesting for most forum users, might be interesting to some extent for those who are looking for some fresh Sci-fi sets. At least hope so...
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Post by cowboyleland on May 9, 2012 15:53:46 GMT -9
I like hearing "kitchen secrets." It might help me avoid similar mistakes. It certainly helps me forgive myself for "going down the wrong path" when I know that prolific professionals make mistakes too.
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Post by Rhannon on May 9, 2012 21:52:25 GMT -9
Thanks for reply, Mesper.
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Post by kiladecus on May 11, 2012 4:51:42 GMT -9
Yes, thank youfor the reply. I love your sets, and am gradually picking them up as the budget allows. I understand what you are saying about your Sci-Fi sets. Please don't give up on it entirely... I can see where you want to focus on the stuff that sells. "Give 'em what they want, and they'll buy it." When it comes to a project that takes so much time that it isn't fun any more, I can see where you might want to scrap it. Maybe for a "while you're waiting" consolation, after you get teh next couple sets worked through, you can focus on the set with the beast and that big winged snake thingy. That whole set looks VERY awesome (and can be both fantasy of sci-fi), so that will keep me happy for a while! Thanks again. REALLY looking forward to this next set of pirates!
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