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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 3, 2009 14:48:33 GMT -9
Since the gun crawl recolors came out I have been thinking of picking up gun crawl, but I have a couple questions: 1. Is the gun crawl basic tileset the same one thats in the gun crawl game? www.ebblesminiatures.com/shop/gctiles1.php2. do any figures come with the game? nope 3. Going through all the different products available on the ebbles site, I see there are two different marines sets and 2 different bugs sets, yet their descriptions are very similar. Are these sets just different colors or is there a difference I can't see? EDIT: 4. Where do those alien figs shown on the cover come from? Is it in one of the bug sets?
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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 3, 2009 14:23:37 GMT -9
I'm wondering, what's on your list of stuff "previously inked," and whats on your "new stuff" list?
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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 3, 2009 13:18:02 GMT -9
If your working on EVERYTHING from HQ, when are we gonna see a Fimir? PLEASE? I loved those guys. Goofy, but cool. I so second that! If I remember right, HQ was just about the only way to have a mini for them despite them existing in warhammer fantasy roleplay (I am not sure on current editions but I do know they did in previous versions at least)
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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 3, 2009 9:20:38 GMT -9
the original figure had the hat I believe, or at least the art for it did.
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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 2, 2009 14:56:13 GMT -9
I have a set of about four or five wizards of different sorts designed from HeroQuest minis. As I finish coloring them, I will post them to this thread. The first is a standard Sorcerer. Any chance one of them is based off of HQ's chaos sorceror?
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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 2, 2009 14:50:27 GMT -9
I just use a scalpel. The handle cost me about a fiver, and the blades cost naff all. Is the scalpel you're using a medical surgery type, or is it like a wood carving tool?
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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 1, 2009 15:37:45 GMT -9
Well if you are looking for a NEW rpg check this list for any local store: www.freerpgday.com/stores.htmFree RPG day is almost like a new holiday. It's an attemt to spread the word of new game products, and encourages many companies to release free quickset rules and whatnot for new games. Paizo for example is releasing a free monster sampler for the Pathfinder game going live this august ( paizo.com/store/paizo/pathfinder/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy87f9). I am contemplating taking a day off of work and driving an hour to the closest location just for that.
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Post by godofrandomness on Jun 1, 2009 15:27:10 GMT -9
Well, maybe not free - we still have to pay for card and ink. You also forgot knife blades, cutting matts, and glue. Man these costs just keep adding up! To be fair, I have found myself spending far more on paper stuff these days than I used to with "real" stuff. Part of it I think is the fact that money can go so much farther in the paper gaming market that I am willing to spend more. That and I like buying every new shiny utility knife or other papercraft thingy I see (I even bought the crayola "safe for kids" one (if anyone was curious, the blade has only a teenie tip of a blade exposed so its not that great for cardstock))
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Post by godofrandomness on May 29, 2009 14:43:58 GMT -9
Made it back. The elves are some of my first inkings in attempt to make Paper minis. They are much more close to actual size than some of my later attempts. I still have not drawn any new stuff, but like I said I need to get these done or I never will finish them, bouncing off to other projects. They printed but I think thats because I am using MS paint to print and printing these on basic index cards. Godofrandomness, I think something is missing here. Let me know if something looks funny to you, and I'll take another look at it. On the archer I ended up lightening a few bits before I posted him here. The cloak is a bit dark but the figures themselves should be lighter. I MEANT to say they printed a tad dark, so something got lost between my brain, fingers and keyboard.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 28, 2009 19:30:59 GMT -9
These look good and cut out easily like the rest of your stuff. They printed but I think thats because I am using MS paint to print and printing these on basic index cards.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 28, 2009 18:20:27 GMT -9
Don't forget Godofrandomness' request for dragons. It was moved with the Fairies. I got a request. I have been trying over and over the past month or 2 to draw a 2D dragon. I am never happy with the final designs. I have tried everything from tracing art, to stockpiling a bunch of "how to draw dragons" books (some are ok, but drawing for a mini and drawing for a piece of art are 2 totally different styles), to even attempting to trace over photos of WoTC's dnd minis dragons. I have even attempted to adapt the 2.5d dragon into 2D but the proportions just dont seem to come up right. It's getting to the point that I just want to take a pic of a dragon that's flat footed and reflect the image. So my request is a 2d dragon or 2 (or just even a pile of parts) of big size. That way if a smaller dragon is needed instead, it can just be scaled down without quality loss. Hey someone thought of me! I feel special!
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Wolf
May 28, 2009 17:43:16 GMT -9
Post by godofrandomness on May 28, 2009 17:43:16 GMT -9
Well, whatever you're doing, keep doing it! Jabbro, you're figs are great! Count me as a HUGE fan! onemonkeybeau I second all that. Keep up all the good work.
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Wolf
May 28, 2009 8:06:44 GMT -9
Post by godofrandomness on May 28, 2009 8:06:44 GMT -9
The last one looks giid, but I think the best way to get rid of that trippy look is to switch the grass and the rock. It's easier to imagine teh wolf jumping through the grass instead of jumping through the rock.
But thats just my 2 cents, keep up the great work!
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Post by godofrandomness on May 28, 2009 1:21:14 GMT -9
Yeah mine is mostly ok now. As long as I don't over do it on lifting ad stuff, then my back will whine and complain the next morning. Also, my tailbone likes to ache a little now whenever I am moving to sit down or get up.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 28, 2009 1:17:14 GMT -9
Yeah thats the Triple Ace games one I was refering to at the beginning of the post. I ahve one built, and they aren't bad, but it is only good for colossal size and I am looking for stuff that will cover the whole size range for dragons.
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Wolf
May 27, 2009 11:35:36 GMT -9
Post by godofrandomness on May 27, 2009 11:35:36 GMT -9
Ok I just assembled them using index cards and tacky glue, and they both came out great, flat base and everything
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Wolf
May 27, 2009 9:54:57 GMT -9
Post by godofrandomness on May 27, 2009 9:54:57 GMT -9
Personally I kinda do like the original better. He does look like he is tripping over that rock in the new one. And as for flatbasing, I am a flatbaser too, and had no problem basing the mounted version of King Arthur, so this shouldn't be that much more dificult.
I'm gonna go and test build both with a flat base and compare. I've got a bottle of super thick tacky glue I want to try out anyway.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 26, 2009 14:52:13 GMT -9
back injuries suck! I had one a couple weeks ago myself. There was a big convention promoting safety at the navy base I work at, and my store had me build a couple displays show what kind of safety products we carry, and as I was wheeling the last one inside, I backed up to go around an open door.... and walked backwards off of the receiving dock onto concrete back first 5 feet below. Nothing broke, thank god, but the trony irony is a real killer.... Hope everything is ok with you!
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Post by godofrandomness on May 25, 2009 16:45:54 GMT -9
Well after assembling the minis in those 2 sets, I decided to go ahead and give Jim's chtuluh an attempt: I based him using a 6" circle with Jim's dungeon texture (and shrunk down a bit thanks to GIMP... grrr...) and tooka random summoning circle pic from google images (i have absolutely no idea who the original artist is for that circle), changed it to a blue to white gradient, and stuck it on top. I felt that a mini as articulate as that requires a base fancier than normal. I quickly assembled a skele mini for scale adn size representation.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 25, 2009 15:52:08 GMT -9
Well i think I finally found the perfect knife! www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_heavy-duty-craft-knife.aspxIt has a nice comfy gripfor comfort, solid metal shaft for support, and it seems to be able to support both size of xacto blades (officially the package only says #11 size blades, but besides the slot where you put in the 11 blades, it has another slot perpendicular to it that holds the larger blades jsut fine). It is also only 4-5 bucks too!
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Post by godofrandomness on May 22, 2009 18:28:42 GMT -9
I am in a not-so-dire need of some dragons. The current 2.5d ones(Onemonk's and Traiple Ace Games) aren't bad but they are really out of scale and I also want something thats 2d... actually I want 6 somethings ideally.
I am looking for a dragon to represent the 6 sifferent size categores in dnd 3.5 that dragons use (small - 20mm base, medium - 25mm or 1in base, large - 2in base, huge - 3in base, gargantuan - 4in base, and colossal - 6in base (I know there are a few tiny size dragons, but a small one is good enough to represent that too)).
I am looking for all different poses and 30mm scale (or as close to it as possible; just something comparable to say a dnd dragon mini of that size). Preferably they would be all the same color so as to quicker conversions to any other color I need. They need to be printable on US Letter size paper (not neccessarily the whole set on one sheet) and follow the standard OneMonkian style (unique front/back or left/right poses, thickened outline for the back ect.).
Honestly I am not expecting any results for the colossal size (and possibly the gargantuan one too) as it seems that one half alone would take up a whole US letter sheet, and stability might be an issue, so 2.5d may be my only option.
Time is not an issue so I am not expecting results for weeks or months on end, so this can be jsut a side project or something. I am also willing to commission different people for this, probably wth a different base color simply for variety's sake. IF anyone is interested or has any questions please send me a pm.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 22, 2009 17:45:46 GMT -9
Yeah I saw that 30 seconds after posting
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Dwarf
May 22, 2009 17:44:03 GMT -9
Post by godofrandomness on May 22, 2009 17:44:03 GMT -9
These figs are looking great! should we be expecting a wizard in the near future?
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Post by godofrandomness on May 22, 2009 14:57:25 GMT -9
I love the tight cuts that conform to the figures shape ALOT! I try and do that with my figures using and Xacto but you wouldn't believe how many blades I go through because the very tip of the blades snap so easily... (I am talking the 1st mm or 2)... sight... I'd get a Craft-Robo if you were to make templates for all the figure sets.... LOL ~F p This is why I changed to x-acto blades with a less steep angle. I can't remember what size off the top of my head (x-acto calls it a scoring blade, but it is horrible for scoring), and I have broken only 1 tip, and that was from a crappy generic company's blade
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Post by godofrandomness on May 22, 2009 14:53:07 GMT -9
That's a cool method, GOR. I have taken to printing out one of Jim's texture page and cutting out bases from it. My methods kind of wasteful of paper and ink, though, and I have to draw a grid on the reverse side. I should try your method. Its a lot smarter. I have a suggestion you may find useful. Get a hole punch for cutting out your circular bases. I've started using a 1/2 inch circular punch for my 15mm minis and it works great. It was taking me forever to cut out the circles by hand. Now I can just whip through a bunch in no time. They have them in various sizes and they're pretty reasonabley priced at between 3-5 bucks. I found them in the papercrafting section of Hobby Lobby. Luckyjoe Actually I was already ahead of you on that. A couple weeks ago I picked up a 1 inch and 2 inch hole puncher from my local michaels. They would work great if GIMP had printed like it should have. That is how I realized GIMP doesn't always size things up right.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 22, 2009 14:46:28 GMT -9
There is also the option of payng hundreds of dollars for adobe acrobat too... As for paper buildings, there are tons of free stuff out there too. A guy posted here a while back as dagobahdave (I think) did all the buildings on this site: www.davesgames.net/wfrp2/. You just gotta scroll down a bit.
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Elf
May 22, 2009 14:39:35 GMT -9
Post by godofrandomness on May 22, 2009 14:39:35 GMT -9
I like the thinner sword too; it much more resembles what the real mini is
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Post by godofrandomness on May 21, 2009 9:17:10 GMT -9
I got a request. I have been trying over and over the past month or 2 to draw a 2D dragon. I am never happy with the final designs. I have tried everything from tracing art, to stockpiling a bunch of "how to draw dragons" books (some are ok, but drawing for a mini and drawing for a piece of art are 2 totally different styles), to even attempting to trace over photos of WoTC's dnd minis dragons. I have even attempted to adapt the 2.5d dragon into 2D but the proportions just dont seem to come up right. It's getting to the point that I just want to take a pic of a dragon that's flat footed and reflect the image.
So my request is a 2d dragon or 2 (or just even a pile of parts) of big size. That way if a smaller dragon is needed instead, it can just be scaled down without quality loss.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 21, 2009 2:54:21 GMT -9
I think I gave my comments elsewhere on this site about the Empty Room Studios set, so I will post something on the Fat Dragon set, or at least the figures from it as I have yet to build the terrain pieces (I haven't built them from the ERS set either).
They are much more realistic looking figures (more in the style of ERS's hard boiled undead set). There are 8 figs, and they come attached to a 25mm hex shaped base, but that can be cut off for those that want to use a base of a different style.
They look nice, but there are still a couple issues. First off, there's no outer black line. Thats not too much of an issue, as alignment is good, if you leave a white edge around the fig and color it in yourself. 2 of the 8 figures do not have a back view for some reason. Since I have no need for pulp era figs at the moment, I only assembled the monk-looking cultists, and they came out really nice when flat based.
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Post by godofrandomness on May 21, 2009 0:54:16 GMT -9
I've done both the "cut right away" and "wait til dry approach." It doesn't seem to make too much a difference for me. However since I have been doing cutting at several different places, I currently tend to glue stuff together way ahead of time so I can just cut wherever I go. I do have a few things that have had several months to dry because fo this...
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