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Post by Marquis on Aug 14, 2017 19:05:49 GMT -9
Evening all!
I noticed you had the lights on in here, and thought I should pop my head in and say hello. I am one of those sad and pathetic "miniatures" painters, but having three kids is really eating into my prep time, and so I am contemplating a shift to the dark side - i.e. paper flats. Come to think of it, the kids are eating into my disposable income too, so all the more reason to try the long pork, eh? I have spent a few hours roaming the halls of this fine institution, and so I thought it only proper to register, all legit like.
I am particularly interested in amassing a vast array of Sci-Fi figures (especially Giegeresque Aliens and the like), so any advice on where to go for the finest in 2D future, retro, and pulp spacey goodness would be much appreciated. Also, I rather like Pirates (undead and otherwise) so if you have any leads I would appreciate those too.
Cheers,
Marquis.
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 14, 2017 19:16:11 GMT -9
Welcome to the forums. Yes, we like flats, but we like seeing 3d painted minis (most of us just hate painting).
You caught us during Papercuts this month, so many of us are under a time crunch to finish items for the contest.
But ... we have an outstanding search engine in the forum. I generally use the 'With the phrase' box. You should find many helpful posts. This place is a treasure trove.
Again, welcome
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Post by kgstanley81 on Aug 15, 2017 8:49:04 GMT -9
Wargamevault or drivethrurpg check out Okumarts retro space line, really great pulpy space, and check out onemonk's download page, lots of great freebies to wet your whistle
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Post by yifferman on Aug 15, 2017 9:17:12 GMT -9
this is a good place to find creatibity
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Post by Marquis on Aug 16, 2017 6:37:31 GMT -9
Thank you all for the kind welcome. I have spent some time deep-diving into the threads and already picked up some awesome Aliens, a Serenity crew, several Star Trek landing parties, and a really great set of Not-Tau. Kudos to all of the authors for these sets! I'm beginning to feel tempted to start making my own sets (there are some great Sci-Fi IPs that I would like to explore, if only for my own gaming amusement) and so I have started to bookmark a few of the tutorials as well. So much for my plan of freeing up some hobby time - I can already tell that this has the potential to be a massive time sink. At least it is cheap, right? Time to download GIMP...
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Post by jeremyhartillos on Sept 13, 2017 23:47:48 GMT -9
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Post by jeffgeorge on Sept 14, 2017 7:41:07 GMT -9
Welcome, jeremyhartillos! The line art for your minis looks great; since you're already doing backs, you've already done the hard part. Now you just need to color and format them for printing. One thing that's important to remember with minis, which is a bit counter to what you learned in normal art classes, is that you need almost perfect registration between the front and backs of the figures, so they can be cut out closely, to minimize the margin around the figure on the table. This can be tricky, especially with arms and legs. With arms, you get into trouble whenever you attempt major foreshortening, because the arm that's pointed at the camera on the front of the mini is enlarged, while on the back, that same hand is pointed away from the camera, and should therefore be shrunk. With legs, if you imagine the camera to be at about eye level--which is how most of us instinctively draw--you show the near foot as lower and larger in the drawing, and the far foot higher and smaller, thus indicating depth and perspective. However, with paper minis, you don't want to vary the placement of the feet from front to back. The solution to these problems is equal parts pose selection, camera position, and cheating. In pose selection, try to avoid exaggerated "Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Adventurers" poses in which spears, swords, bows, fireballs, arms and legs project forward toward the camera; as much as possible, try "flat" poses, in which the body and limbs are roughly on a plane. That doesn't mean static poses, but it may mean slightly rotating the pose so that the "forward" arm and the "away" arm project from the body at angles (when imagined as being viewed from above), rather than straight at or away from the camera. Most of your foot placement problems can be handled with camera placement. If you imagine the camera being placed way back, viewing through a long telephoto lens, and positioned just a few inches above ground level, the near and far feet will both be on or very near the near-ground-level horizon line. In such a case, even if one foot is positioned forward and the other back, they will be level with one another on the miniature. And finally, there's cheating. I can't give you any general guidelines for when and how to cheat to clean up front-to-back registration, but when such opportunities present themselves, don't be afraid to take them. Remember that paper gaming minis are viewed at an inch-and-a-quarter tall, from three to eight feet away. Minor cheats and imperfections in perspective will not be noticeable in play, but mis-registration between the front and back views will result in cutting problems that certainly will be visible on the table. Fortunately, you've found your way to the best collection of paper mini enthusiasts, experts, and mentors on the internet, and you'll get as much encouragement and feedback from this community as you ask for. If you're open to constructive criticism and guidance from established pro artists and long-time collectors in the field, we'll give it; if you just want encouragement, without analysis or input, we can provide that too. Just post your stuff, and ask for reactions. Generally, we're always hungry for new artists, styles, and miniatures. One suggestion, and this one is entirely personal--if you plan to actually sell your minis, either as packs through DTRPG or via Patreon, you might consider dialing back the Pamela Anderson figure and Playboy pose on the sorceress just one notch each. My sense is that the market these days has moved on from Frank Frazetta/Boris Vallejo depictions of female characters as buxom damsels in distress or dominatrix villainesses, to a style of depiction that suggests a bit more competence and independence. Our hobby is (somewhat) more diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity than it was a generation or two ago, and I think the visual aesthetic in the commercial market has evolved to reflect that change. Characters--both male and female--can be sexy or attractive, but I'd avoid objectifying them. Remember that the most likely person to use your female minis as their own avatar are female players, who'd rather see themselves as Scarlett Johannson's Black Widow than as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 14, 2017 18:53:20 GMT -9
I like your style but the poses are a bit static. Your dual wielder is a step in the right direction. I would second the last paragraph of jeffgeorge's post.
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Post by pavaro on Sept 14, 2017 20:09:51 GMT -9
Great work. What technique do you do minis? Do you have some vampires or undead?
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Post by primeoddity on Sept 17, 2017 15:08:34 GMT -9
Hi everyone I just found this site from the Super Cheap wargaming facebook page.
Prime
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 17, 2017 16:51:02 GMT -9
Welcome primeoddity, feel free to look around and speak up when you have something to say.
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Post by jeremyhartillos on Sept 19, 2017 15:47:33 GMT -9
Thanks! Yeah, I have lots of undead and a few vampires. But, they're still in my old format. I have quite a bit of stuff on DriveThruRPG. As I get deeper into the paper mini realm though, I will be ending my "sets" on DriveThru and instead doing "solos" that evolve. They'll begin as mirrored line art PWYW and I will add color once they reach $5, back views once they reach $10 (price goes up to $0.50), and if they manage to reach $20 I will also upload the Photoshop file of the figure for custom mods and colors (price goes up to $0.75). I hope this new marketing idea works, it's kind of like micro-crowdfunding for minis. Hahaha. Here are two figures that I've begun the process with. Since they're already in color, they need to reach $10 for back views. www.drivethrurpg.com/product/219114/Elf-A-Solo-Paper-Miniwww.drivethrurpg.com/product/219035/Hunter-A-Solo-Paper-MiniGreat work. What technique do you do minis? Do you have some vampires or undead?
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Post by nolabert on Sept 19, 2017 18:27:00 GMT -9
Hi jeremyhartillos. I hope my invite on Drivethru brought you here (my customer name there would have been Robert N.). At any rate, I'm glad to see you here. Your art is awesome and why I'd love to see back views too. I'm not sure about the plan you currently have regarding the art up on Drivethru. Why not consider a Patreon account and then release sets at a later date on the OBS sites? I think if you offer back views right away, you'll get more of this crowd to support your art. I think there is some truth to jeffgeorge's advice in his last paragraph, but for what it's worth I would buy your "Pamela Anderson" sorcerer just as she is and happily use her as a major villian in my 5E campaign. I'm a huge fan of Frazetta/Vallejo/Caldwell btw.
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Post by puffinslayer on Sept 19, 2017 20:08:20 GMT -9
Hey there. Recently got a Silhouette Cameo and after making stencils for etching and some t-shirt transfers, I went looking to see what other nerdy things I could do with it. And I came across this page from an old thread on BoardGameGeek. Still looking around and seeing what there is to see, but some really cool stuff here.
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Post by jeremyhartillos on Sept 19, 2017 22:25:09 GMT -9
Hi jeremyhartillos . I hope my invite on Drivethru brought you here (my customer name there would have been Robert N.). At any rate, I'm glad to see you here. Your art is awesome and why I'd love to see back views too. I'm not sure about the plan you currently have regarding the art up on Drivethru. Why not consider a Patreon account and then release sets at a later date on the OBS sites? I think if you offer back views right away, you'll get more of this crowd to support your art. I think there is some truth to jeffgeorge 's advice in his last paragraph, but for what it's worth I would buy your "Pamela Anderson" sorcerer just as she is and happily use her as a major villian in my 5E campaign. I'm a huge fan of Frazetta/Vallejo/Caldwell btw. Hi! I think you were one of a few that finally convinced me to join the forum. I haven't been using forums for almost three years now. I do have a Patreon account... www.patreon.com/jeremyhartillos but I like the idea of selling "solo" minis on OBS. Hopefully, it will give me a feeling for what style and characters people are looking for. And, my Patrons will get earlier access to my stuff. Thanks for your kind words about the female figure. I know the diviersity zeitgeist is everywhere now, but judging by some of the figures in Kingdom Death, I think there are people out there that still enjoy the oldskool aesthetic too. Sadly too many gamers and publishers can't leave their personal politics out of the hobby. It's created unsavory extremes in a lot of content on both sides of the issue.
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Post by jeffgeorge on Sept 20, 2017 18:04:06 GMT -9
I know the diviersity zeitgeist is everywhere now, but judging by some of the figures in Kingdom Death, I think there are people out there that still enjoy the oldskool aesthetic too. Sadly too many gamers and publishers can't leave their personal politics out of the hobby. It's created unsavory extremes in a lot of content on both sides of the issue. I apologize if my input regarding the female sorcerer came off as prudish or intolerant. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and I still treasure my original Fritz Leiber Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser novels with the Frank Frazetta covers (Actually, Frazetta was a true genius, in my opinion, while Vallejo was a vastly over-rated Frazetta wannabe, but that's just me...). I can appreciate a Heavy-Metal-Magazine cover babe as much as the next over-the-hill, old-school gamer. I just wasn't sure that was the best way to appeal to today's female gamers, which in 2017, actually exist, as opposed to 1977, when female gamers were as imaginary as unicorns and balrogs. But hey, I've been wrong before, especially on matters of taste. In any case, if gave offense in any way, I am sorry. That being said, I don't believe your pricing plan is going to work on DriveThruRPG. Try to look at it from the perspective of your prospective customers--if you want them to pay you for your miniatures, you have to offer a value that is competitive with current market rates. I've bought dozens--perhaps hundreds--of sets of cardstock miniatures for anywhere from $2 to $4. In each set, I've received a minimum of six to twelve professional-quality full-color minis with finished back art. Many of these sets use the layers function of PDF files, or multiple pages, to include several color variations on each miniature in the set, making it possible to print several dozen unique minis from a single set. This is the going rate that the top players in the field get paid--about $3 for a set of at least a half-dozen full-color minis with back art, and usually with color variants. Check listings on DriveThruRPG by Okumarts, Kev's Lounge, Trash Mob Minis, Permes, and One Monk/Mayhem in Paper to see that this is the case. Most or all of these artist/publishers offer at least one introductory set of finished minis with full color and back art for free on DriveThruRPG. You can also download dozens more free, finished color minis with back art from onemonk.com at any time of the day or night. I'm confident that in the next 10 minutes, I could legally download a hundred or more unique miniatures with full color and back art that the original creators are intentionally offering for free. Minis without back art are by most collectors' definition less desirable than minis with back art, and if the minimum price for minis with back art is $0, the market value of minis without back art pretty much has to be $0 (or less)... As further evidence of the absolute necessity of back art, the free monthly figure hoards created by the members of this community have a rule that specifies that only figures with back art will be eligible for inclusion in the monthly collection. Here is a direct quote from the rules for Monthly Hoard submissions: So, I'm afraid to say that the minis you are asking DriveThru shoppers to pay fifty cents for don't meet the standards for minis that this forum has given away for free every month for at least a decade. Consider this: anyone with an internet connection and Photoshop Elements or GIMP can make an infinite number of front-only paper minis with professional artwork for free. Just punch "elf warrior with sword" into the Google Images search bar, pick one you like, and download it as a JPG or PNG. Open it up in Elements, scale it down to 1.25" tall at 300dpi, duplicate the layer, flip the duplicated layer and align it with the front, and print it on cardstock. A gamer with minimal photo manipulation skill can do that in ten minutes or less, and he got to choose from an almost limitless assortment of illustrations. And it's not even a copyright violation, so long as he never shares the file--making minis for personal use from images legally uploaded to the internet is allowed as "fair use" under copyright law. I'm about to say something that I believe is a fundamental truth of creating, marketing, and collecting cardstock miniatures, and it's going to sound harsh, but I'm quite confident the rest of this forum will back me up: Cardstock miniatures without backs are not worth paying money for under any circumstances.Some gamers may feel that certain cardstock minis without back art are worth printing, if the art is really good, and it matches the character you're trying to depict really well, and it can be downloaded for free. But I don't know a single person willing to pay money--even a few cents--for a mini without a back. The way you're describing your marketing plan, it sounds like you're trying to use a Kickstarter strategy, setting up the colored versions and back art as stretch goals. The problem is, DriveThruRPG isn't Kickstarter. People shopping there expect to download a finished product as soon as their credit card payment goes through--the promise of immediate delivery is contained in the title DriveThruRPG, as well as RPG Now.com. But you're promising to deliver a finished miniature at some later date, only after 19 other people join the current shopper in paying 50 cents up front for a product that will be delivered at an unspecified point in the possibly distant future, if ever. Even Kickstarter has deadlines for a project to raise its funding goal, and if it isn't funded, the backers' money is returned to them. Your plan asks customers to pay 50 cents up front, and hope that a finished miniature will be delivered weeks or months from now. That's just not how DriveThruRPG works. Your artwork is great. That's not why your minis aren't selling. The problem is your marketing and pricing strategy of selling what are essentially unfinished products at full price, with a vague promise to deliver a finished product in the future. That's not going to move minis. Try this as an experiment. Pick your three favorite minis, color them and finish the back art, and put them up on DriveThruRPG with a flat price of $0.50. ( Don't use PWYW, because most people treat PWYW as synonym for free, and most publishers know and expect that.) I bet those three minis sell twenty copies each long before any of your front-only minis raise $10 through PWYW. If you put those three colored minis with backs up for sale and let us here at Cardboard Warriors know when they'll be available, I'll be first in line to buy them--I promise you that, because I like your art, and I collect good miniatures. But I'll never pay a dime for a mini without finished back art, no matter how good; in fact, I won't even download it for free, because to me, a backless mini isn't worth the time or trouble to print and cut out. I have too many full-color minis with backs waiting to be printed and trimmed to waste time on unfinished ones. I apologize in advance if my tone or advice come across as disrespectful--my intent is exactly the opposite. If I didn't think your artwork was worth my time and attention, I wouldn't have bothered writing this post. I'm trying to support your work with time and suggestions that I believe will be worth more to you in the long run than if I just sent you $0.50 as a PWYW on DTRPG. If you put backs your minis, they will sell. If you don't, no one's going to pay for them. That's just the way the cardstock mini market works, and nothing you or I do is going to change it.
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Post by pavaro on Sept 20, 2017 19:54:13 GMT -9
If they make one side of figurines are these figurines are not figurines? I hope that you will have separate thread jeremyhartillos.
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Post by jeffgeorge on Sept 20, 2017 22:05:40 GMT -9
If they make one side of figurines are these figurines are not figurines? I hope that you will have separate thread jeremyhartillos . He does have a separate thread discussing his work in progress now, so we should move any further discussion of this topic there. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming!
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Post by jeremyhartillos on Sept 21, 2017 21:04:45 GMT -9
I know the diviersity zeitgeist is everywhere now, but judging by some of the figures in Kingdom Death, I think there are people out there that still enjoy the oldskool aesthetic too. Sadly too many gamers and publishers can't leave their personal politics out of the hobby. It's created unsavory extremes in a lot of content on both sides of the issue. I apologize if my input regarding the female sorcerer came off as prudish or intolerant. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and I still treasure my original Fritz Leiber Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser novels with the Frank Frazetta covers (Actually, Frazetta was a true genius, in my opinion, while Vallejo was a vastly over-rated Frazetta wannabe, but that's just me...). I can appreciate a Heavy-Metal-Magazine cover babe as much as the next over-the-hill, old-school gamer. I just wasn't sure that was the best way to appeal to today's female gamers, which in 2017, actually exist, as opposed to 1977, when female gamers were as imaginary as unicorns and balrogs. But hey, I've been wrong before, especially on matters of taste. In any case, if gave offense in any way, I am sorry. That being said, I don't believe your pricing plan is going to work on DriveThruRPG. Try to look at it from the perspective of your prospective customers--if you want them to pay you for your miniatures, you have to offer a value that is competitive with current market rates. I've bought dozens--perhaps hundreds--of sets of cardstock miniatures for anywhere from $2 to $4. In each set, I've received a minimum of six to twelve professional-quality full-color minis with finished back art. Many of these sets use the layers function of PDF files, or multiple pages, to include several color variations on each miniature in the set, making it possible to print several dozen unique minis from a single set. This is the going rate that the top players in the field get paid--about $3 for a set of at least a half-dozen full-color minis with back art, and usually with color variants. Check listings on DriveThruRPG by Okumarts, Kev's Lounge, Trash Mob Minis, Permes, and One Monk/Mayhem in Paper to see that this is the case. Most or all of these artist/publishers offer at least one introductory set of finished minis with full color and back art for free on DriveThruRPG. You can also download dozens more free, finished color minis with back art from onemonk.com at any time of the day or night. I'm confident that in the next 10 minutes, I could legally download a hundred or more unique miniatures with full color and back art that the original creators are intentionally offering for free. Minis without back art are by most collectors' definition less desirable than minis with back art, and if the minimum price for minis with back art is $0, the market value of minis without back art pretty much has to be $0 (or less)... As further evidence of the absolute necessity of back art, the free monthly figure hoards created by the members of this community have a rule that specifies that only figures with back art will be eligible for inclusion in the monthly collection. Here is a direct quote from the rules for Monthly Hoard submissions: So, I'm afraid to say that the minis you are asking DriveThru shoppers to pay fifty cents for don't meet the standards for minis that this forum has given away for free every month for at least a decade. Consider this: anyone with an internet connection and Photoshop Elements or GIMP can make an infinite number of front-only paper minis with professional artwork for free. Just punch "elf warrior with sword" into the Google Images search bar, pick one you like, and download it as a JPG or PNG. Open it up in Elements, scale it down to 1.25" tall at 300dpi, duplicate the layer, flip the duplicated layer and align it with the front, and print it on cardstock. A gamer with minimal photo manipulation skill can do that in ten minutes or less, and he got to choose from an almost limitless assortment of illustrations. And it's not even a copyright violation, so long as he never shares the file--making minis for personal use from images legally uploaded to the internet is allowed as "fair use" under copyright law. I'm about to say something that I believe is a fundamental truth of creating, marketing, and collecting cardstock miniatures, and it's going to sound harsh, but I'm quite confident the rest of this forum will back me up: Cardstock miniatures without backs are not worth paying money for under any circumstances.Some gamers may feel that certain cardstock minis without back art are worth printing, if the art is really good, and it matches the character you're trying to depict really well, and it can be downloaded for free. But I don't know a single person willing to pay money--even a few cents--for a mini without a back. The way you're describing your marketing plan, it sounds like you're trying to use a Kickstarter strategy, setting up the colored versions and back art as stretch goals. The problem is, DriveThruRPG isn't Kickstarter. People shopping there expect to download a finished product as soon as their credit card payment goes through--the promise of immediate delivery is contained in the title DriveThruRPG, as well as RPG Now.com. But you're promising to deliver a finished miniature at some later date, only after 19 other people join the current shopper in paying 50 cents up front for a product that will be delivered at an unspecified point in the possibly distant future, if ever. Even Kickstarter has deadlines for a project to raise its funding goal, and if it isn't funded, the backers' money is returned to them. Your plan asks customers to pay 50 cents up front, and hope that a finished miniature will be delivered weeks or months from now. That's just not how DriveThruRPG works. Your artwork is great. That's not why your minis aren't selling. The problem is your marketing and pricing strategy of selling what are essentially unfinished products at full price, with a vague promise to deliver a finished product in the future. That's not going to move minis. Try this as an experiment. Pick your three favorite minis, color them and finish the back art, and put them up on DriveThruRPG with a flat price of $0.50. ( Don't use PWYW, because most people treat PWYW as synonym for free, and most publishers know and expect that.) I bet those three minis sell twenty copies each long before any of your front-only minis raise $10 through PWYW. If you put those three colored minis with backs up for sale and let us here at Cardboard Warriors know when they'll be available, I'll be first in line to buy them--I promise you that, because I like your art, and I collect good miniatures. But I'll never pay a dime for a mini without finished back art, no matter how good; in fact, I won't even download it for free, because to me, a backless mini isn't worth the time or trouble to print and cut out. I have too many full-color minis with backs waiting to be printed and trimmed to waste time on unfinished ones. I apologize in advance if my tone or advice come across as disrespectful--my intent is exactly the opposite. If I didn't think your artwork was worth my time and attention, I wouldn't have bothered writing this post. I'm trying to support your work with time and suggestions that I believe will be worth more to you in the long run than if I just sent you $0.50 as a PWYW on DTRPG. If you put backs your minis, they will sell. If you don't, no one's going to pay for them. That's just the way the cardstock mini market works, and nothing you or I do is going to change it. Solid advice. Thanks for taking the time to clarify your points. Don't sweat the stuff about the buxom magical lass. I've gotten scorn from SJW types and been disgusted by smut peddlers acting as RPG publishers. It's all a big mess. I trust the market to decide and that's why I'll be doing solo minis from here on out. I think it will give me a better feeling for what is popular which I'll measure against my own tastes as an artist and arrive at a happy medium. Regarding your points on pricing. I can't disagree with you, but my prices on Patreon are already set at $2 to start with for color minis without back art. I'm overhauling my process now to include back views (5-7 color and line art figures with back art). But there's the fact that a few people have supported me for over a year for just the front views. I can't throw them under the bus and give away the content they've paid for. I have seen sets on OBS of 5 figures for $2.50, so I don't see starting a figure as a PWYW mini with "stretch goals" of a sort once the mini reaches a certain level of profit as unreasonable. I did adjust my benchmarks down though. Once my current Patreon drop goes out I will upload the figures individually on OBS as mirrored line art. If the figure reaches $3 of profit I will include a colored version. If the figure reaches $6 of profit I will include a back view. If the figure reaches $9 of profit I will include a Photoshop file. As the figures will already be completed for my Patreon campaign, it will just be a matter of updating on OBS as the products grow in popularity or don't (creating a barometer of my audience's interests). Eventually I will work my way through my previous sets in a similar manner. Once I've broken them up into solo minis I will likely drop the prices on my older sets to $1. And for those who like my work this may give them enough incentive to sponsor me on Patreon. As my patrons will receive earlier access to the complete figures (as a whole set and not as solo figures) because they won't have to wait for the vagaries of crowdfunding to unlock the various levels. Regarding the "PWYW = promotional or old content" paradigm, is that written in stone? Why not try something new and see what happens? Like I said, the figures are already done for my Patreon campaign so why not try to market them differently on OBS? It may even give cheapskates with blogs an incentive to share my content around so that I get more views and they get access to the full version of the mini sooner.
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Post by hoplite318 on Oct 4, 2017 11:36:22 GMT -9
Hello everyone! I am new to the forum, and already excited about many of the awesome things I've seen here. I've been gaming since the late 70s/early 80s in both tabletop RPGs, tabletop skirmish/wargames and the like. Sadly several years ago I had to part with my massive miniatures collection, but have since been slowly rebuilding it. However, due to space/cost restraints I have found that paper/cardboard scenery and miniatures is a much better alternative for me. I'm hoping to learn how I can go about creating my own pieces as well, so any advice and help will always be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, and I look forward to spending a lot of time on this forum!!
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 4, 2017 11:55:02 GMT -9
Welcome to the forum. What are your favorite games right now?
Take a good look around. Thar be treasure in these threads
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Post by cowboyleland on Oct 4, 2017 13:13:51 GMT -9
Welcome hoplite318! If you click on the "Home" tab and scroll down a bit you will see a whole section of tutorials and tips. Looking forward to seeing what you bring to the table. Anything is welcome! (So long as it is not pirated.)
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Post by hoplite318 on Oct 4, 2017 13:37:48 GMT -9
Thanks for the welcome! At the moment I'm playing the new Star Wars RPG, as well as doing some sci-fi tabletop skirmish games trying out a couple of different rule sets. I'm eager to try out Starfinder, and of course always up for a good D&D game.
One of the elements that really appeals to me about paper minis is that it makes it far easier to switch between 28mm and 15mm without having to drop a ton of money. I have main PC and specialty characters in both scales, but being able to print out NPCs, full squads and terrain/scenery in both scales just can't be beat.
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Post by arcticdragongames on Oct 7, 2017 9:02:28 GMT -9
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Post by creyates on Nov 22, 2017 0:00:57 GMT -9
Hello all! My name is Paul Yates. I am a freelance illustrator working out of the greater Montreal Area. I've been an avid player of tabletop games, roleplaying games, and board games for over a decade now. I got started playing Warhammer Fantasy 6th Ed back in the day. I recently got into Kings of War, and I love it. I have only been thinking about getting into paper minis very recently, but I wanted to post something as soon as possible. Stumbling onto this forum in my research was a great surprise. It seems like a nice, welcoming community with many active, passionate members. I will keep this intro post short, but I'm looking forward to sharing the rest of my ideas with you all, and hearing what you have to say. I've been doing a little testing and with the help of Wyloch's crafting videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWWu9Ny8cW8) I've been able to come up with some pretty decent looking prototypes. I'd like to create a wide selection of paper proxies for those who want to get into wargarming, or want to try out certain lists, without having to worry about the investment right away. I have ideas for story driven art, fleshing out the setting, and maybe terrain and other extras in the future. All artwork was created, and is owned, by me. You can see my other artwork at www.creyates.comI'm looking forward to meeting you all, and hearing what you have to say. Any critiques, comments, questions, or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by cowboyleland on Nov 22, 2017 5:13:14 GMT -9
Welcome aboard creyates! I live in Ottawa, so we must live within a few hours drive of each other. I have been on this site for years and have been obsessed the whole time about making figures that were more than 2D. I don't remember anyone else using shields to create a 2.5D effect. I think it is great! There are lots of tutorials around here that might give ideas on workflow etc. Again, welcome.
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Post by creyates on Nov 22, 2017 18:15:21 GMT -9
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Post by yifferman on Nov 26, 2017 18:15:23 GMT -9
Hello all! My name is Paul Yates. I am a freelance illustrator working out of the greater Montreal Area. I've been an avid player of tabletop games, roleplaying games, and board games for over a decade now. I got started playing Warhammer Fantasy 6th Ed back in the day. I recently got into Kings of War, and I love it. I have only been thinking about getting into paper minis very recently, but I wanted to post something as soon as possible. Stumbling onto this forum in my research was a great surprise. It seems like a nice, welcoming community with many active, passionate members. I will keep this intro post short, but I'm looking forward to sharing the rest of my ideas with you all, and hearing what you have to say. I've been doing a little testing and with the help of Wyloch's crafting videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWWu9Ny8cW8) I've been able to come up with some pretty decent looking prototypes. I'd like to create a wide selection of paper proxies for those who want to get into wargarming, or want to try out certain lists, without having to worry about the investment right away. I have ideas for story driven art, fleshing out the setting, and maybe terrain and other extras in the future. All artwork was created, and is owned, by me. You can see my other artwork at www.creyates.comI'm looking forward to meeting you all, and hearing what you have to say. Any critiques, comments, questions, or advice would be greatly appreciated. you have a very good art =3
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Post by creyates on Nov 28, 2017 4:19:37 GMT -9
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Post by yifferman on Nov 29, 2017 10:22:08 GMT -9
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