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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 9, 2013 4:21:36 GMT -9
Sorely tempted to wonder if we might see some Asterix figures in the range eventually! Glad to know i was not the only one thinking at this Hardly the only one!
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 9, 2013 4:14:16 GMT -9
Added to cart! (Actual checkout later this week - but an instabuy IMHO!)
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 20:15:31 GMT -9
Looking great, knew you'd have to find a commercial-rights font so just googled a quick example of what I meant.
You've got a lot of options in play here, and I'll have to take a look at them when I've got more sleep.
Two quick notes though
1) Could you use a somewhat different shade of purple? or red like your original alternate? I like the look of the green, but understand wanting to save it for another series too...
2) Carthage is the appropriate spelling for the nation in English, or perhaps you want Carthaginians for the people, since you have the Germans. Hmmm, that raises the question should they be Goths/Visigoths... been too long since I played around in that era of history...
Long past my bedtime, so goodnight for now...
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 16:41:11 GMT -9
Coming in the Sept horde "Halloween Wars": The League of Abnormal Gentlemen - Protectors of Humanity. This sounds AWESOME! And, I better get going if I plan on contributing even the merest piece...
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 13:53:42 GMT -9
My love for the Etruscans, and archaeology in general, was ignited by the National Geographic issue released in time for my 12th birthday (June 1988). I've always, before and since that glorious dedication, had a fascination for the mysterious and marginal cultures of history. I'll wait you here, then. My town (Bologna) is born around a Roman camp, which was built on the remaining of Felsina, an etruscan (and Villanovan, even before) town. We will never have a metro, 'cause each time they dig a hole deep enough they find etrurian stuffs which will require 5 years to be recovered from the ground Just google for "Marzabotto" (not about the orrid WWII episodes, but for the etruscan necropolis) and you'll come here in no time Thanks, Parduz, I may take you up on that offer , should my sister and her Italian boyfriend tie the knot one day. They are in Italy right now, around Milan, visiting his family. While my interests archaeologically speaking have largely shifted from the Old World to the New, I would be blissfully happy wandering thru fields and ruins, streets and museums in Tuscany. And would probably gain 10 kilos from eating too many delicious dishes!
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 13:49:34 GMT -9
One last thing, about the set & series titles. I can't decide whether I prefer the alternating colouration in #1 or #2 better. I love the two-tone effect, it really draws the eyes, while the plain white falls a little flat. In your other projects, you generally have both titles in the two-tone, but I can see how you want to further differentiate between set & series here. I don't know if you'd want to try something different with the blank white one (whichever you choose it to be, perhaps the series): a dimensional font, something suggestive of chiseled text. Something somewhat like this: preview.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_2009_07_16__17_37_20/font_nicholas_roman_sq05.jpg41a2cc29-cffb-4d3d-81e6-a4ce13f92295Larger.jpg ...
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 12:45:48 GMT -9
As to your initial question as to the best packaging - I like the royal purple best, for the colour, and the action shot of the gladiator, but prefer the text layout of the red version. Something like this (I'm trying to test various layouts, including banners and promo/info): Fantastic! Colour and layout look great! The purple and gold make a bold statement, and stand out from your previous preferred blue/red theme, suggesting this is a large new series you're starting. As to highlighting the number of minis, it's a difficult choice. Looking over your previous products, you've favoured the circle as element, and it's worked well. But I prefer the corner placement of example #1 here, and red as the colour background. However, the larger number vs. item in the circular element of #2 works best to highlight the feature. I'm not sure what work best: a red circle in the corner, or a banner altered to have the font size enlarged for the number (or just a red corner overall, with the "#" on a different line from the "MINIS").
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 11:50:42 GMT -9
Oh, and where's the Etruscan love? Rome couldn't have been Rome without appropriating Etruscan engineering, among other things... If i'm not wrong, once defeated by swords, the etruscan were "absorbed", with great apreciation from the romans. Basically, there were no aspect of the romans that have not been influenced from the etruscan.... so, in the end, everything roman is "loving the etruscan" My love for the Etruscans, and archaeology in general, was ignited by the National Geographic issue released in time for my 12th birthday (June 1988). I've always, before and since that glorious dedication, had a fascination for the mysterious and marginal cultures of history. The artwork of the Etruscans was so evocative and passionate, especially the frescoes - very like the Minoans who I also love. Also love the metalwork, some techniques of which are so intricate they've been lost to time and not quite reproducible to this day. They built roads and aqueducts, had a vast trading network, and our alphabet owes more to them than the Romans, who only further refined what the Etruscans had adapted from the Greek alphabet... They ruled the kingdom of Rome (7 kings? google it), until ousted to form the Republic. By the time of Jesus, they'd been absorbed into Roman civilization entirely, and their language lost to history for two thousand years. They raised the status of women to near-equals (at least by ancient standards), unlike both Greeks and Romans. They also knew how to party, apparently
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 8:01:05 GMT -9
Patience, guys, Squirmydad doesn't have the onemonk site revamped and back up yet. Lots on his plate with rereleasing the sets themselves, the Papercut Awards Not to mention his RL job which must be busy now that school's back in session (and a couple of kids who must be keeping him busy too)!
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 8, 2013 7:40:41 GMT -9
I don't know the fine points of the law, but my early favourite computer game had to name from Hero's Quest to Quest for Glory, because there was already a boardgame called Hero's Quest (which, oddly enough, I never saw until this year). And Apple had difficulty with iTunes and its entry into the music market over Apple Records, the Beatles' label... So, the same or similar names, even for tangential overlap, certainly does cause problems. You don't want to confuse either your fans, or the exisiting Imperium Romanum fans, for whatever intersection there might be between the two. Best to change it now before it becomes one, especially as you plan to expand your coverage beyond purely Roman Empire figures. What about World of Rome (Mundus Romanum? is that right?), or something similar? EDIT: I love Shep's suggestion of Roma Aeterna - captures a breadth of time and setting that will allow you a great deal of flexibility, not to mention it sounds cool As to your initial question as to the best packaging - I like the royal purple best, for the colour, and the action shot of the gladiator, but prefer the text layout of the red version.Oh, and where's the Etruscan love? Rome couldn't have been Rome without appropriating Etruscan engineering, among other things...
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 7, 2013 8:56:04 GMT -9
Finally getting caught up on a lot of things, and had a really boring training meeting today, so I had an idea for a Terra Force "Gun Dog" support weapons drone- The "wings" on the side would be optional infantry shields so that troops could advance alongside the drone. The weapons load-out would be all of the different TF heavy weapons modded to be added to a light turret with splinter shield. Ok, so totally not my bailey wick, but I'm going to comment anyway... please take in the helpful spirit it is offered It seems to me that the "shields" would in fact be anything but. The soldier's most vulnerable parts are left vulnerable - eyes, groin, legs - while his protecting his already armoured chest and head. Assuming the eye slot would be high impact glass or somesuch, he can see out, but that would be limited depending on his pace with the vehicle (changing the moment-to-moment distance between his eyes and the slot, even if only minimally), the synchronicity of the up/down movement of soldier and vehicle (based on terrain, vehicle movement vibration, etc.), the clarity of the screen, weather conditions, battle conditions (fire, smoke, projectiles, etc.). In any case, as it stands now, the shield would block him from doing any firing at the enemy while he advanced. What I could see as a useful compromise, would be longer, heavier-duty ballistic-like shields that can serve as detachable "wings". Attached, they would be spring loaded, so the soldier could grip it to match his up-down-forward-back movement, while it carried the bulk of the weight. Having a side weapon slot would help too. Trick is, figuring out whether to put the slot always on the outside, or standard to always play to right handedness. Hmmm... never really thought about all this before. I usually keep from commenting if it's something I know little about, but when I saw the vehicle's lines overlaying the figure, even my (non-existent) nuts hurt.
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 7, 2013 8:31:23 GMT -9
Anne I think the images you see depend on your demographic profile. Most male viewers are going to get NSFW images more often than not. Oh, they were 80% NSFW, and 20% borderline for me too. I don't think that site's ad programming knows or cares much that I'm a woman. I expect it with an image like the one linked, but not so much when other images (i.e. a CW publisher's product sample ad) are posted.
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 7, 2013 5:38:09 GMT -9
Exactly my thinking... every one of us should have received SPAM! What am I going to have for dinner now?
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 6, 2013 20:49:18 GMT -9
Don't click if you are at work the image is fine, but the side ads may get you in trouble Yes, but one of the ad images happened to be of Jewel Staite, who played Kaylee on Firefly/Serenity, which happens to tie into another thread Most of the rest I'd happily skip, and can get you into as much trouble at home as work
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 6, 2013 10:11:50 GMT -9
The newest version that's been showing up this year is much more impressive. My favorite though is the Beta version- I prefer your version, squirmydad. The real video just sends chills down my back, and not in a good way. Rise of the Machines indeed.
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 6, 2013 3:54:50 GMT -9
Yay! I took my laptop apart, removed the hard drive and bought a $20 hard drive to USB adapter and was able to recover everything! If anyone's computer ever dies, I recommend trying to recover the data yourself. It will probably save you at least a few hundred dollars! Ryan So pleased! My husband's a computer technician, and has been able to restore many things himself, so we've been lucky. However, I am going to back up my laptop right this second just in case ;D
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 6, 2013 3:35:27 GMT -9
Oh, and by the way, my own response is HELL YES! While your basing method (and similar variations thereof) is terrific, I love the versatility and ease of use of these. As I've said elsewhere, I rather spend my time cutting new minis than bases any day. And as can be seen in my vignette for Papercuts 2013, getting a base to match or blend can be tricky. I'd love it if you could offer a variety pack with a discount as well, similar to other offerings on your site. And please consider pill-shaped, and hexagonal or octagonal. While Pathfinder may be my system of choice, I find it a little stupid that there are no facing rules (ok, you wargamers are rubbing off on me!), and really stupid that horses take up four squares instead of two (fixing that is my 2nd house rule, after no psionics). This is great news, Jim, and I'm sure there will be enough demand to get them into the store permanently. Heck, if I had paper minis for sale, I'd plug them in my releases. My first Litko order will include not only these gems, but regular bases so that I can start rebasing all the bargain HeroClix I've been picking up lately. I've been putting off this cross-border purchase in the hope that you'd make this paper mini bases available again.
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 6, 2013 3:23:35 GMT -9
I'm having trouble picturing how these would work. Are the figures going to be flat on the ground with these, or if not will they still hold figures if I cut off the tabs? I like when the figures have their feet on the ground. I do seem to suck at making the paper bases of that type though, so I would certainly not mind buying some good ones. Here is a pic of SirRob01 Emergencyoverride's setup of OkumArts' Spot of Bother: EDIT: My deepest apologies to Emergencyoverride - I rushed the post, and claimed his pic was actually sirrob01's.
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 4, 2013 17:48:01 GMT -9
I brought my computer into the repairshop. They said the hard disk is fried. There was a typhoon in my city yesterday, so my computer must have suffered a power surge while I was at work = \ They say it will cost more than twice as much as what I paid for the laptop when it was new, just to get the data. Ryan That's awful! I hope you've at least got the majority of your stuff backed up, even if not the most recent creations. Do you have enough to move forward with this project, once you've had a chance to recover yourself?
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 3, 2013 16:09:51 GMT -9
I love this scene, and it is good to see someone getting use out of my Child Adventurers. The trees and bushes go well with the rest of the scene, and the giant ant must be terrifying to those poor, young children. Since Dave Okum just released 2 new sets, I may have to get inspired and start posting a few new things. I do have a lot of scenery and props that match the hand-drawn style of Inked Adventures (which I use a lot of), but I haven't turned much into PDF files. Perhaps I need to post some Imperfect Props. Anyway, I'm rambling again, so back on track, I love this little scene and hope you are continuing to have fun! Dryw the Harper I just have one response to the above, at the moment... SQUEEEEEEEEE!
Whoops, forgot the fan-girl warning
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 3, 2013 15:57:21 GMT -9
I made a few of these. I scaled down the free 1/300 to 1/900. wanna talk about pain in the butt. You did a fine job of shrinking that down - my fingers are cramping just thinking about it That would be this one, I take it? The models are amazing. They'd be nice to do up for a sea-going interlude in an RPG, too, if you wanted something more dimensional than Dramascape or Fat Dragon's battlemaps/tiles, and something rather less than intense than Worldworks' Maiden. Of course, looking through the photos on the site, the last shot made me wonder if he's scaled and built one to float in his beer
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 3, 2013 15:24:06 GMT -9
Yes, it's neat that they are coming out with this (2nd) RPG. Anyone had a look at it yet? I'm not even going to peek - to many games to be played on my list already... BTW It looks like DriveThruRPG added a discussion tab for products, like paizo.com has. That's great, as you can get good informal reviews and general information on the product from other peeps without a formal purchaser's review (esp. useful when you might have bought something elsewhere, like paizo.com)
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 3, 2013 13:37:40 GMT -9
I think that I speak for most of us on this forum when I say never let language be a barrier to communication. We are all able to use the internet for translation. I say post those problematic parts in your own language. If it is not clear to us what you are trying to convey, you are there to ask, no big deal. I think that the community is strong enough to survive it. What he said
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 3, 2013 13:35:33 GMT -9
It´s great to have a bilingual member(spanish/english) because sometimes i don´t post because i don´t know what words use to say what i want to say. Both you and Parduz, and all the others whose first language is not English _amaze_ me at your fluency, most of the time, here in the forums. Truth be told, my own "fluency" is far better face to face, in verbal and not written communication. Sadly, I don't have much opportunity to practice these days, so I am getting rusty. For me, in both Spanish & French, it is easiest to understand others than express myself, and my verbal/auditory skills are better than my written ones. Now, if you can't think of the word in English, try it in Spanish, or Italian, rather than saying nothing at all. If we can't make it out, or I can't translate, then at least we tried. But if we succeed, you'll have learned something new, and we'll get a better idea of what you were trying to express in the first place.
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 3, 2013 13:24:39 GMT -9
Whoops, forgot to post my response before shutting down last night. Short version: love it, learned from it*, looking forward to more! * two highlights: 1) I learned how your distinctive style results from hand-drawn sketches 2) you underlined the importance of careful consideration and refinement, how the small stuff can make the difference between a good mini and a great one
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 3, 2013 4:37:44 GMT -9
Ok, got it About Monty Phyton, my problem with it is that i can barely understand spoken english. Years and years of youtube video tutorials makes me able to guess if the speaker is british or american, but that's my highest level In the end, i can grasp the meaning of a sentence, but when the things goes on word puns and subtle jokes i miss them all. And switching to the italian dubbed versions of some movies does'nt help 'cause the puns obviously does not work. So i'm completly ignorant about Monty Phyton for this reason. (As example, the famous Frankenstein Junior joke "werewolf" "there wolf, there castle" worked here 'cause the dubbing chief was a genius and build a completly new word pun with italian words, but even with such a genius the "walk this way" joke never worked, and i did'nt get it until i saw the english scene). I understand completely, Parduz. I was an exchange student in Mexico for a year after high school, and know well that word play is the hardest part of any language to get right. Sure, jokes are one of the first things you learn, but beyond the most basic (and often crudest) jokes, you've really got to be immersed, or well-practiced to get it. And at the speed of rapid or even normal conversation, it's tough to get. Lots of layers, assumptions of basic expressions, etc. And English is known to be one of, if not the MOST, hardest language to learn. English is an amalgam of ancient Germanic, Latin, French, liberally sprinkled with every language which it has replaced, displaced, or lived alongside for hundreds of years. One of my favourite authors is the inimitable Theodor Geisel, AKA Dr. Seuss. He did far more than write the children's books that he is now most famous for (Green Eggs & Ham, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, The Cat in the Hat, etc., etc.). He was a political and topical cartoonist, also drew some somewhat racy stuff, and put out a book which illustrates my point above perfectly. It's called: The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough. Now, all four of those words match visually in their endings, but everyone of them SOUNDS differently. Tough sounds like Tuff, Cough sounds like Off, Plough like Plow (which is how Americans usually spell it anyway), and Dough rhymes with "O" as in tomato. I wish I could provide you with Italian comparatives, but it's my sister who is fairly fluent in Italian, I've got Spanish. We both are fairly fluent in French, learning it in French Immersion all through school, growing up in Canada's only bilingual province. So we've got some experience tackling similar issues to yours However, you may very well find it worth the effort watching a few of those movies. While Monty Python is very dry/straight-faced/never-catch-them-laughing-at-their-own-jokes, and thus more difficult than most, it is excellent exercise for the brain!
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 2, 2013 21:18:38 GMT -9
You could try this one, instead. But it's worth buying, or at the very least renting. Feed the artists of laughter
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 2, 2013 21:11:34 GMT -9
King of the who? I Didn't vote for him. The horses are the wrong shape and haven't got coconuts. .....Sorry still getting my coat. Once a time upon, when I was a theatrical technical director at the university, we were working on a show where the director wanted to add a bit where two knights are supposed to be doing a joust demo but have lost their horses so they enter followed by squires banging coconuts together. Next to the giant dragon puppet I built this was the highlight of the show. But when you make purchases at the U. you are not allowed to purchase perishables, like coconuts, and I received a nasty note from the fiscal office about my misappropriation of public funds for food. I replied that they were props for a show, not food. They didn't care and said I was on notice for fiscal mis-management. The next day I came clattering into the offices of the University's Chief Fiscal Officer with my squire and coconuts in action, they were gob-smacked. I said, "See? They're props, not food." After they finished laughing they tore up their nasty notes and apologized. I didn't tell them that my crew ate all of the coconut meat. I'll be sure to share this with my husband. Long-time lover of the Flying Circus, one time actor, one time film worker, currently employed at a university, he'll be laughing even harder than I am
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 2, 2013 17:32:16 GMT -9
Hi Anne, A charming diorama, congratulations! My two lads are older than yours (10 and 'gulp' nearly 15) I tried designing kid friendly versions of rpgs and pre-literate character sheets for them when they were young, but by the time I had the designs working they were ready for more complicated rules so nothing ever ripened. My oldest now DMs a 4e game every week though, so I guess he caught the bug. Bug . . . ants, it all hangs together. Thanks again for your diorama. Thanks so much I'm just learning the ropes myself, as I was little older than my son Gabriel when I first&last played tabletop RPGs. Now's the perfect time to experiment with simple and variant rulesets, learning as I go. We (my husband & I, and our best-friend/couple) have been trying to get a D&D game together since New Years' without much luck (kids, life, etc.), so I've been building towards that with edition and ruleset tasting, and a couple of wonderful little tangents like this paper crafting addiction There are lots of kid-friendly rulesets out now, easily accessed through RPGNow, Kickstarter, and even D&D did a mini-version, but frankly the choices get overwhelming when the GM is as new as the players to the hobby. I ran G through the Pathfinder solo adventure (and later my husband, though he got a paper terrain & mini version in the comfort of our dining room), and most of their Beginner Box seems workable for his age and understanding. Of course, he wants to solo a wizard, and shoot fireballs and lightning, so I still have to figure some things out Soon, once school's settled in, G & I will be getting some quiet time together in the afternoons, and it will really start to come together. He's got a terrific imagination, and is excited about our project. Hopefully it's enough to weaken his Angry Birds obsession... a bit.
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Post by WackyAnne on Sept 2, 2013 17:03:44 GMT -9
Woot! What fun! I'm glad I made a few people smile in return for all the enjoyment I've had here
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