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Post by aaron on Aug 31, 2015 6:36:29 GMT -9
ok so I posted this on face book but here on the forum I can get all nity gritty with it! this whole section of Splinwoods is in honor of WackyAnne. Ann got sick a while back and we were chatting on Facebook. She was telling me that her RPG Group was facing down Tiamat and she had this feaver dream about Toadymat a five headed frog creature ....well the madness of her fever dreams turned into my reality LOL but in True Aaron fashion I coudln't just let it be a single model nooooo I built a world around it .... and so The word Nata is Kelthose meaning no. no one goes there. No one ponders that place for to long. No boats fish there it's not safe. even the sea elves avoid the Nata Marsh. The Nata Marsh sits along the southern coast of the continent of Estall. It spans almost a thousand miles from end to end and about 500 miles north into the plains. If you are standing on the highest hills of the Harthan plains and the mist from the swamp isn't roiling up to badly you will see the tops of ancient ruins. Many explorers have fatefully gone into the marsh to learn the fate of what ever civilization lived there, none have ever returned. for living in the deep murk and brine that is the rivers mingling with the sea are the race of Merloms. They will drive out any seeking entrance into their marsh, and though the Merlom warriors are tough and their mounts the teuthiden can spray a boiling ink that will melt even the most stalwart of courage it's the great multi headed Gorgon that dwells in the neither that is the most terrifying to all. what great secret are they protecting, only a hand full of beings know and they will never tell! ok so right off the bat I want to publicly thank Jim Harmen for being the awesome papercrafter that he is/ was / I don't know anything about him personally, but his models have inspired me to do so much and I think of him kind of the founder of everything I have done. I knew I wanted fishy/frog like people, but I was having loads of trouble designing these guys. they went from more frog like to mind flayerish and even to squid people .... I'm still going to use some of those designs but I just wasn't happy with the Merloms I was creating. untill I stumbeled across Jim Hartmens Deep ones.... I was in love with the design of htem and it was perfect for what I was going for! you can find the orginals here! onemonk.com/onemonk-dl.htmlnow that I have my amphibian force fully figured I can start designing creatures and units to compliment them! I have to make the newt slaves and the Zog Dog in honor of Jims work but there's going to be more! and as always with each new relaese there will be more narrative piled on top of what's already here! the last thing is that since these are Jim's idea first and in honor of that the entire army, every unit I make for the Merloms, will be free. you can find them here or on facebook and if squirmydad wants to put them all on One Monk I would be honored! there is a lot more to come but since I don't want to scatter the models out over however many pages of this thread I'm just going to edit this post so check back and it will have new models as soon as I am done with them !!
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Post by squirmydad on Aug 31, 2015 10:57:00 GMT -9
Nice! Fishy people are always welcome.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Aug 31, 2015 11:14:42 GMT -9
Are those WWG swamp textures? I've kitbashed them - they sure look like the WWG textures. For Squirmy's sake, I'm thinking they need permission to be used. Geez, I feel like a wet blanket.
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Post by migibb on Aug 31, 2015 12:22:15 GMT -9
aaron - as always my friend, you are wonderfully, gloriously and fantastically bonkers!!! I love them!! I take it Toadymat is a four-headed giant dire toad thing? Have you got any build pics to show him in "action"? Just trying to get my head round the idea - if you'll pardon the pun!!!!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Aug 31, 2015 12:24:42 GMT -9
The colors and shading of the Teuthiden are really striking!
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Post by aaron on Aug 31, 2015 12:46:23 GMT -9
Hey mproteau (Paper Realms) that is a WWG texture but I found it on a free textures part of (I think it was their)site? it was a long time ago .... I actually purchased the exterior works swamp woods village kit and it's fantastic!! you can get it here if you are looking for a great backdrop for the Merloms! www.worldworksgames.com/store/index.php?view=product&product=159 but the texture was a free to use (as far as I know??) If I am stepping on any toes I will (as always) remove and replace , I will even go so far as to make my own LOL migibb I do have a build for everything I have made so far! I will be posting pics soon but I am on a lunch break right now so not a lot of time to update! next up sexy mind flayers !! here's a very early wip! I discovered something interesting (and don't understand why I am just now figuring this out!) my printer only prints one shade of green, and it's pretty dark. so all of my builds are darker than they should be. I thought that it was just bad lighting but its actually my printer !! hummm sooo there you have it all my builds will be a bit off.
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Post by migibb on Aug 31, 2015 13:50:53 GMT -9
Very good start to the illithid/mind flayer!! IIRC they were not included in the D&D 3rd edition OGL, so you may have to come up with another, suitably Splinterwood-esque name for them.... Brain eaters? Soul suckers? Squid-heads??? I'm sure you can come up with a better option than me!!!
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Post by squirmydad on Aug 31, 2015 14:05:11 GMT -9
Hmm, that swamp texture was the work of Matt Lyons when he was contracted by WWG, don't remember it ever being posted for free, but he did give some commentary on how it was made. I'm going to pull the bases, aaron can you make/find a new texture for them? Thanks.
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Post by aaron on Aug 31, 2015 17:46:12 GMT -9
I will re-do the basses for them tomorrow, just to avoid any unpleasantness...
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Post by aaron on Sept 2, 2015 3:00:46 GMT -9
So I didn't have time to get the bases re-done but I did manage to finish up a Grimaldi Wych she's one of 4 in a coven of five. then I am almost done with the Merlom Haggs ! all I can think about with this one is Gonzo saying "the multi armed Zanzabanian women and their exploding wigs of death!" ... seems appropriate !
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Sept 2, 2015 3:26:28 GMT -9
That octopus head thing is COOL!
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Post by aaron on Sept 2, 2015 6:10:15 GMT -9
ok So I was in a bit of a hurry this morning when I posted those images, and I didn't get to tell you much about them. So the mind flayer looking unit is a Grimaldi Wych she is one of 4 females and one male that make up a Gramaldi coven. this is important becuase the females can't summon magic they can only manipulate it. so if a spell is cast against them they can bend it back on the user, they can't cast spells themselves. the male Gramaldi can only summon magic he can't shape it into anything. So in a coven of Gramaldi it's the males job to bring up the magic energy and it's the females job to shape it and cast it. there are four females two for casting and two for blocking incoming spells. yes there will be more modles coming LOL Also in case you haven't figured this out yet I'm just using real squid names and altering them a bit .... LOL Lepidoteuthis grimaldii is the actual squid. it has scales and is sometimes called the royal squid. "...Monacan royalty might sound like an odd pairing. But Prince Albert I was an amateur teuthologist (squid scientist) whose hobbies included sifting through the “precious regurgitations” of sperm whales for specimens. The distinctive “scales” which cover much of this species’ flesh caught his eye and it was later named for the elite house of Grimaldi to which he belonged." since you can use a Gramaldi coven as a lord choice and they would be considered royalty among the Merloms I thought the name was fitting ..... LOL Hags are the eleet close combat unit. they are fast and deadly and come in squads of 4 but they have multiple attacks and can slaughter a unit pretty fast if they hit the right units. they lack a lot of strength and have no armor so they can dish it out but they can't take it. So an in game tactic would be to hit with your basic warriors and then clean up with the hags in a one two sucker punch. the hags aren't meant for a protracted fight and will die pretty fast if they are left out in the open to enemy fire! speaking of which it's time the merloms got some fire power of their own! here's the merlom Harpooner!! Harpooners don't have a great range but that can be improved by finding them elevation on the battle field. What they lack in range they make up for in punch! their Harpoon guns are giant crossbows with a spring loaded poisonous shaft ready to cleave enemy units in half!
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Post by cowboycentaur on Sept 2, 2015 23:17:06 GMT -9
So awesome bro.
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Post by aaron on Sept 4, 2015 14:13:21 GMT -9
So with the Merlom Harpooners we get to see the Newt Slaves for the first time! I'm on my way to making a unit of them ! like the grots in 40k the Newts are the grunties that carry the gear sharpen the blades and push the heavy stuff. Sometimes they build a small battle prowess and will lead a squad of Newts but for the most part their content to carry the gear and clean the latrines ... I made two pages one with the unit captain and the newt slaves / flag bearer you only need one of them so I made another page without them. unless some one wants a page of just newt slaves LOL
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 4, 2015 14:54:24 GMT -9
Your style is impeccable, sir
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Post by aaron on Sept 5, 2015 7:14:24 GMT -9
thank you kind sir! and for your words of encouragement I give you a wip of the Zog Dog Squad .... I believe Jim called them Zog hounds, I'm not sure who Zog was supposed to be but he will now be a Deity of the Deep! the keeper of a realm known only in whispers as the Neither! and this is one of his hounds (so far)
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Post by aaron on Sept 7, 2015 17:32:21 GMT -9
migibb in case your wondering why I haven't shown you any builds yet, tomarow is my birthday and I broke down and got a really nice camera.... my wife won't let me open it till tomarrow!!! so i'm waiting for my nice camera before I take any more pics LOL
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Post by aaron on Sept 8, 2015 6:08:23 GMT -9
the dogs aren't done yet but here's the handler ! look no big black boarders for you cut file folks
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Sept 8, 2015 7:32:43 GMT -9
aaron - were you implying that the lack of black borders was for the benefit of folks making cutfiles? The presence of the black borders makes our lives easier. That, and fill in all the small negative spaces (like between the arm and body, or between then legs) with black. :-P
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Post by migibb on Sept 8, 2015 8:15:14 GMT -9
Well happy brithday for tomorrow aaron!!! I look forward to seeing your build pics of these bad boys - and whatever else you have up your sleeve!!
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Post by aaron on Sept 8, 2015 11:42:39 GMT -9
aaron - were you implying that the lack of black borders was for the benefit of folks making cutfiles? The presence of the black borders makes our lives easier. That, and fill in all the small negative spaces (like between the arm and body, or between then legs) with black. :-P Good to know! I will make that happen then ! LOL I have never even seen a cutter so I don't know anything about them... making their files is like trying to fit a dress for a lady you have never seen LOL
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Post by aaron on Sept 8, 2015 11:43:31 GMT -9
Well happy brithday for tomorrow aaron!!! I look forward to seeing your build pics of these bad boys - and whatever else you have up your sleeve!! thank you sir!! and my sleeves are quite full!!
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Post by aaron on Sept 9, 2015 6:00:22 GMT -9
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Post by bravesirkevin on Sept 9, 2015 6:18:57 GMT -9
Definitely an improvement on your older pics!
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Post by aaron on Sept 9, 2015 16:54:32 GMT -9
iv'e seen kids finger paintings in mud that were better than my old pic LOL
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Post by aaron on Sept 9, 2015 17:11:25 GMT -9
Better?
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Post by aaron on Jul 25, 2016 15:38:16 GMT -9
Hey I was stumbling around in Splintwoods today and I found some merloms I hadn't posted. so these guys are 4 armed 2 legged swamp monsters called hunters because they are really good at sniffing out their prey. they have poison like the Lionfish so when they scratch you with any of their claws or spines you start to go numb and eventually get really dizzy and nauseous until the tunnel vision starts.... then it's pretty much goodby. I also added new basses to these guys and I am trying an experiment with the black tab being seperate from the model so you can position the legs however you want to. Also I found a completed Merlom Hagg. her nasty blades of death aren't poisonous like so many other things in the Merlom Army, but she can screech in an ultrasonic frequency so loud you'll be to busy holding your head to notice when she cuts it off ..... also she's an ambush predator and will come at you from under the murky water before your know it!
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Post by arcticdragongames on Jul 26, 2016 10:08:46 GMT -9
Aaron, your use of gradients for the colors is always so nicely done. Looking forward to seeing more of your work in distribution now that you have teamed up with Brave Adventures.
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Post by aaron on Jul 27, 2016 7:46:17 GMT -9
ya once things settle down with my move i'm going to start Focusing on Splinterwoods, and really making it into a playable game. Hopefully you will see that taking shape on Brave adventures, Right now I'm up to my eyeballs in Boxes and I have re-discovered why I hate moving !!
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Post by nikloveland on Jun 20, 2017 7:43:36 GMT -9
So here's my organization for this set. It's a rather large PDF + cut files (16.9MB) but it is seven pages. Aaron was quite the prolific drawer...
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