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Post by whiteknight06604 on Aug 8, 2013 15:25:01 GMT -9
Does anyone know of a source,free or pay, for these little guys? I was hoping to find a set that could be used to form a small militia or mercenary unit(a couple spearmen,archers etc.). Art quality is less important to me but 2 sided is a must. Any help would be very helpful.
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Post by cowboyleland on Aug 8, 2013 20:13:41 GMT -9
For some reason I'm thinking Dryw the Harper. If he doesn't actually have halflings, you could try scaling them down.
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Post by Rhannon on Aug 9, 2013 0:12:46 GMT -9
There is a great lack about this ( little ) fantasy people in paper minis. Paizo has a great set, " Pathfinder Paper Minis—Halflings of Golarion". Very great art but, sadly, mirrored. Idem " Battle! Studio LLC on RPGNow" has Halfling Adventurers and Gnome Adventurers but they are mirrored too and they are a bit too "manga" for me. Arion Games has an " Halflings Set" but it is in CG art. "draggah" ( aforum's user ) has three wonderful halflings, here. I don't remember if "Dryw" has a specific halflings' set, but surely there is some halflings in his " Imperfect Thieves' Guild" set. In an old Onemonk's set, " Classic Dungeon Heroes" there is a female halfing. There are two free Onemonk's halflings. One in "Lost Treasures Henchmen" set ( in this tread: " Jim's FAN ART figure sets!" ) and one in "Lost treasures figure set", but I can't remember where is the colored file. Probably, if it is not in an old hoard, it is in MMiP 17, but I can't find it now. Megaminis has some font/back paper halflings but the are based on his metal minis photos.
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Post by okumarts on Aug 9, 2013 8:13:51 GMT -9
There will be a male and female halfling in my next set due out in a week. I know, I know... It's been a busy summer.
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Post by WackyAnne on Aug 9, 2013 8:47:16 GMT -9
There is a great lack about this ( little ) fantasy people in paper minis. <snip></snip> "draggah" ( aforum's user ) has three wonderful halflings, here. This is fantastic, hadn't seen his work before since I'm so recent. The Lost Treasures game (which I think was sometimes labelled as being MMiP 17, includes the hero & villain figures on pages 38 & 39. Each set in two different colourways: villains red & purple, and heros blue & green. Haven't gotten around to the game yet, but the blue halfling served as the goblin's kidnap victim when I ran my 7-year old through the Pathfinder Beginner Box solo adventure. Had to send in his big brother to help my guy slay the Skeleton King, though. Can't let bad rolls ruin a kid's first dungeon crawl! EDIT: The page for Lost Treasures.
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Post by mahotsukai on Aug 9, 2013 10:28:23 GMT -9
BrynBrenainn of Oversoul Games did some 15mm Greeks, Romans and Celts in a cartoony Style that could possibly pass for halflings.
There are more bits here...www.flickr.com/photos/42373068@N04/sets/72157624813727492/ Lawrence
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Post by Dryw the Harper on Aug 12, 2013 18:49:29 GMT -9
Hi Guys. Just went through my stuff and the only two Halflings I've posted were in the Imperfect Thieves Guild set. I did a commission of a bunch of Halfling sailors, but I didn't really like how the line art came out when they were shrunk to Halfling size, so I never posted them. Since then I re-inked all the lines on the original art, but I've never scanned them back in or turned them into a new PDF. Since the figures I do are generally for my campaign (and there are some I've never posted) and in the past 15 years no one has played a Halfling (the last was named Cognac Brandywine), I've had little reason to make any. Anyway, maybe I'll get around to posting new things soon, but it seems I go through fits of creation and then periods of simply using what I've already made. And I make more than figures, I have all sorts of Imperfect Props and Imperfect Scenery (done to match the style of Inked Adventures) I've never posted that get used in my regular game. I guess I never wanted to release too many things for free that others make their living off of. I see I'm rambling a bit, so I'll come to an end now. Dryw the Harper
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Post by WackyAnne on Aug 12, 2013 19:49:11 GMT -9
Hi Guys. Just went through my stuff and the only two Halflings I've posted were in the Imperfect Thieves Guild set. I did a commission of a bunch of Halfling sailors, but I didn't really like how the line art came out when they were shrunk to Halfling size, so I never posted them. Since then I re-inked all the lines on the original art, but I've never scanned them back in or turned them into a new PDF. Since the figures I do are generally for my campaign (and there are some I've never posted) and in the past 15 years no one has played a Halfling (the last was named Cognac Brandywine), I've had little reason to make any. Anyway, maybe I'll get around to posting new things soon, but it seems I go through fits of creation and then periods of simply using what I've already made. And I make more than figures, I have all sorts of Imperfect Props and Imperfect Scenery (done to match the style of Inked Adventures) I've never posted that get used in my regular game. I guess I never wanted to release too many things for free that others make their living off of. I see I'm rambling a bit, so I'll come to an end now. Dryw the Harper Dryw, I want to thank you once again for all the wonderful minis you have generously shared with us. They have brought such fun to me and my son, and we've only gotten a couple of sessions in since I started in this hobby a few months ago. I'm new again to the whole RPG experience, having been led through a couple of AD&D adventures when I wasn't much older than my seven-year old. We (my self, husband, and a very good friend-couple) have been trying to get a game of D&D4E or Pathfinder together for several months together without success, but fortunately (nay, serendipitously) I found this complementary hobby. After succumbing to Fat Dragon's tantalizing Kickstarter (a miraculously economical alternative to the Dwarven Forge campaign running at the same time, especially for a Canadian), I ran across your Imperfect Wilderness posting on FD's forums, which led me here. Your work has entertained me with its whimsy, and its practicality, and led me to the work of so many other papercraft artists here. I never would have discovered them otherwise, and have been happily buying from them when funds and fancy align. I would be MORE than happy to purchase anything you decided to sell. I don't think either selling or giving away your work would be detrimental to others here (and I think they'd agree), as your style is unique, and your pieces almost always fill gaps in other's offerings, rather than overlap/compete with them. I would LOVE to see your Imperfect Scenery in particular (I've bought nearly all of Inked Adventure's stuff so it would fit in nicely), and I'm sure I'm not along, especially with many of us (here @ Cardboard Warriors, and far beyond) playing Card Hunter and coveting the "hand-drawn"/"old school" battlemaps If you were my GM, I'd be thrilled to pieces, and bringing you cookies and other goodies. Over the interwebs, my effusive gratitude may have to do. P.S. My own GM (if only for two Pathfinder Society sessions so far) will be getting some lovely papercraft goodies any day now: your closed wagon & driver, a draft horse from Xtea, all tucked inside Dave Graffam's hovel. Funnily enough, for all the MANY papercraft files I've purchased, I've almost only built free ones so far. Maybe because my laser printer has been threatening me with low toner for the last couple of months? P.P.S. Sorry for further derailing the thread. More hobbits/halflings would be nice . My husband read our son The Hobbit, and assuredly we'd love to play a Shire-themed adventure. There'll be plenty of time for him to grow into Mirkwood and worse
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Post by WackyAnne on Aug 12, 2013 20:00:23 GMT -9
Ah! I have something _actually_ constructive to add to the topic @ hand! I'd forgotten about this one - not ideal, but good artwork: Treasure Awaits! Conflict Kit from Precis Intermedia, a free download which includes "Hobling" counters in their Disposable Hero line: not minis, front only, but shouldn't be too hard to convert them over in quick & dirty fashion. The scale is right, and the artwork decent. The set includes 4 copies (same pose) each of a Warrior, Rogue, and Wizard. The female Dwarven Rogue might also work. www.rpgnow.com/product/104880/Treasure-Awaits-Conflict-KitEDIT: Another likely possibility is from Alea Publishing Group's APG Paper Figures: Military Orders, "based on historical and fantastical military orders and Dwarfs and Halflings hide among them." It's only a buck, I liked the City Tiles set that I bought last month, their products appear well illustrated, and well-rated, so should be worth a try. BTW, their publisher previews lead you to an similarly-named but apparently unrelated publishing company. Alea's actual website is www.apg-games.com/, but there's not information there at the moment.
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Post by Rhannon on Aug 13, 2013 1:01:35 GMT -9
... EDIT: Another likely possibility is from Alea Publishing Group's APG Paper Figures: Military Orders, "based on historical and fantastical military orders and Dwarfs and Halflings hide among them." It's only a buck, I liked the City Tiles set that I bought last month, their products appear well illustrated, and well-rated, so should be worth a try. BTW, their publisher previews lead you to an similarly-named but apparently unrelated publishing company. Alea's actual website is www.apg-games.com/, but there's not information there at the moment. This product isn't very good, imho. It's a ( very ) old product. These "paper figures" ( it wants to be only an euphemism ) are photographs of historical models ( 54/90 mm ) by Pegasus Models ( a very good italian producer, but this is another hobby ). Despite this many figures have the mirrored photo on front and back. Dwarfs (3/4) and halflings ( 2 ) are only resized humans' ( historical warriors ) pics. Only one has regular back. This is a Knight hospitaller halfling:
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Post by WackyAnne on Aug 13, 2013 3:41:38 GMT -9
This product isn't very good, imho. It's a ( very ) old product. These "paper figures" ( it wants to be only an euphemism ) are photographs of historical models ( 54/90 mm ) by Pegasus Models ( a very good italian producer, but this is another hobby ). Despite this many figures have the mirrored photo on front and back. Dwarfs (3/4) and halflings ( 2 ) are only resized humans' ( historical warriors ) pics. Only one has regular back. Ah, that's too bad, though not terribly surprising. I recall reading that it was photographs of well-painted physical minis, but that can have varied success. I've sent them Alea PG a message via Facebook, here's hoping they comply with my request and update their links with previews. Even if something's a buck I like to know what I'm getting. The APG City tiles are also an older product, but I was quite happy with them nonetheless - not ZseZse quality by any stretch, but wouldn't look out of place with Dramascape or dunjinni battlemaps or maptiles. They'll be useful for flexible village/town/small city battlemap construction when existing maps don't work and 3D terrain isn't worthwhile. I also bought Medieval Landscapes: Peasant House, which has good flavour, and an interesting 3D rendering of a handful of peasant houses. Thanks for sharing the photo!
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Post by WackyAnne on Aug 13, 2013 4:15:48 GMT -9
Another halfling source, once again only front art (mirrored, and I think from Pathfinder in the case of the fantasy stuff), is Paper Friends -> scroll down to the fantasy section. Bookman60 pointed the site out in this thread, and I'm just now taking a peek. Looks like there are lots of viable halflings, and passable gnomes & dwarves too, though if that's the case, best to chase down the Paizo product they are from - maybe the NPC Codex Box?
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Post by cowboyleland on Aug 13, 2013 5:53:28 GMT -9
Unless we actually need hairy feet, in a pinch you couldn't we scale down humans?
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Post by mahotsukai on Aug 13, 2013 6:57:49 GMT -9
Going back to source IIRC Merry and Pippin were mistaken for 10 yr old children. Dryw has provided quite a few children in his sets.
Change wooden sword for metal. Lose doll and add staff or wand Add wand or spell book. Lose the head of the hobby horse, elongate into spear. Then there are the child adventurers some of whom can be used without conversion.
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Post by cowboyleland on Aug 13, 2013 19:00:36 GMT -9
That's why I was thinking of Dryw
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Post by whiteknight06604 on Aug 13, 2013 20:37:43 GMT -9
thank you all for the great hints and links. I have a lot to look through. I might be able to make a Hobbit militia unit yet.
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Post by mahotsukai on Aug 14, 2013 9:06:25 GMT -9
Please post photos if you do, as inspiration to others.
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Post by Dryw the Harper on Sept 10, 2013 8:10:01 GMT -9
Hi guys, just posting to say I've got a set of Halfling Patrol members up now at the Imperfect People thread. In case you still need them. Dryw the Harper
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