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Post by wildagreenbough on May 3, 2014 19:52:18 GMT -9
I love what you're doing with the Splinterwood Elves Aaron. Everything about them says they're seriously annoyed with whoever it was who was daft enough to enter their forest and they have just the right touch of the feral quality about them. Their clothing is storybook Wood Elf (or at least the books I use to read as a child anyway), but with just the right amount of stylistic twist to knock the sugar out of it. By the way I like those curly vine bows and the arrows look positively nasty, but in a good way. Thanks for explaining the life-cycle of a green Splinterwood Dragon too.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 2, 2014 19:20:16 GMT -9
I'll keep you in my prayers Anne. As a complete newcomer to the forum I've barely had a chance to get to know you but despite that my heart goes out to you and your husband. Love and cherish one another, you will get through this even though the hurt and pain is very real at present.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 1, 2014 23:44:52 GMT -9
Indeed we shall I've downloaded GIMP, but I haven't tried doing anything with it as yet as I've been having a couple of not so good days. Even though I'm a reasonable but slow figure painter I really do find paper minis delightful and enjoy the more hands on craft type process of ending up with a collection of nice minis. I agree! My process is somewhat more involved than most. I print nearly everything at the library in B&W on standard paper, then color it by hand at home, glue it to cardboard (cereal boxes and the like) then score, cut and assemble. It takes some time, but I get good results. Maybe I'll post some of my builds in the gallery...? Yes please do post some pictures of your completed minis
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 1, 2014 20:50:21 GMT -9
7zip is the bee's knees I wouldn't be without it. Monica, the castle is absolutely wonderful only I'm going to have to get myself another printer cartridge before I try printing it out and putting it together.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 1, 2014 20:46:08 GMT -9
I've just purchased the Ancient Temple bundle, - no doubt because I played the Tomb Raider series of games far too much when I was younger The maps look good with nice detailing and have plenty of potential for play by just about any ruleset I can think of. I had a look at the Top Down minis, but hesitated because I'm most probably too much of a traditionalist. Some years ago I did try playing DBA using top down paper minis, only the artwork wasn't very good and it was hard to tell what some unit types were without picking the pieces up and looking at what was written underneath.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 1, 2014 19:46:28 GMT -9
wildagreenbough, I am right there with you, Lady! I too have a disability and have good days and bad. Though I have found getting into this hobby(obsession)has been very helpful to me in a lot of ways, to say nothing of the fun I'm having! Also, I am brand new to GIMP as well! I have a Paint program, but have only minimally fooled around with it. I did just look at hackbarth's tutorial and I am sure once I've spent some time with it, it will explain a lot. So, we two will soldier on, shall we? Indeed we shall I've downloaded GIMP, but I haven't tried doing anything with it as yet as I've been having a couple of not so good days. Even though I'm a reasonable but slow figure painter I really do find paper minis delightful and enjoy the more hands on craft type process of ending up with a collection of nice minis.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 30, 2014 16:47:41 GMT -9
Welcome to the forum
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 30, 2014 16:40:59 GMT -9
Yay for huge green dragons and bad ass Queens
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 30, 2014 16:24:24 GMT -9
Can I put my hand up for 4x4..... Desert temple Ancient ruins in a dry and rocky landscape Blasted landscape (by magic or fire) Sulphurous rent in the earth that is a portal to hell.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 30, 2014 4:54:36 GMT -9
I gathered all the small folk I could find on Paper Friends together. That little female Gnome thief looks to be a tough nut. Edit: Rats, I just checked and I missed some wee folk.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 30, 2014 3:37:24 GMT -9
There is actually a full set of Pathfinder Paper Minis of Halflings (probably gnomes scattered thru various sets as well), with 100 figures, male & female of each class. That is for mirrored backs, and gluing them to circles for bases, and this particular set is in a very cartoony style. It's $5.99 @ paizo.comWow, - all those wonderful Halflings I like Halflings and still have a Halfling army of old metal minis. My son never quite lived down the day my Halflings beat his Dark Elves.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 29, 2014 19:33:59 GMT -9
Yes I much prefer hand drawn figures too. Digital CGI figures always look like something dead propped up with sticks.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 29, 2014 10:27:56 GMT -9
BTW, nice figure, remind me of the SJGames Cardboard Heroes. Thanks hackbarth Your tutorial is going to be very useful as I didn't have the foggiest idea of how to do anything in GIMP. I'll give it a go on another test figure and see if I have any success with it.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 29, 2014 5:14:55 GMT -9
Looks good to me. I have always been put off the Microtactix stuff because ao many of them are black and white. The whole idea of using paper miniatures over regular ones is so I don't have to paint them!!! lol!! A shame - because I love the style of the artwork. Very old-school. You should offer to sell the coloured ones back to MT. Tell them I'd buy a copy for a start!!! Yes it's that old school quality that I like too Some of Microtactix's other figures are now in colour so I don't know if they're working their way through their range or not, but I've decided not to wait to find out. I don't think my graphic skills would be good enough to interest Microtactix all that much since I haven't a clue how to do all that magic stuff with Photoshop & etc. So long as I'm happy with them I suppose that's all that matters really. Next stage will be to make a back for this first test Elf and then perhaps experiment with hanging a shield on her back or on her left arm.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 29, 2014 1:38:31 GMT -9
And first test Elf done. With some variations in colour tone this will be the basic colour scheme for these Elves. I decided against making their skin pale because these are outdoor type Elves.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 28, 2014 23:35:38 GMT -9
Several years ago when I was wargaming with my children I downloaded this set and we coloured the Elves in with coloured pencils. This evening I was delighted to discover that Microtactix was still offering this set and from the illustration it looked like the set was now in colour. Only it wasn't, it was still black and white. Bad Microtactix for misleading me I've always had a soft spot for this set and with me being interested in a Forces of Nature army I decided that I was going to not only colour it, but I'd make some proper backs for the minis too. I live with a disability and when I'm not well I suffer from fatigue as well as joint and muscle pain. Because of the illness I have my ability to think and concentrate can be affected too so creative hobbies are really good for me. Before it got too expensive I used to be heavily into Lego and I actually have a nice Lego Elf army, but before I get distracted with that I'll get to the point. With my laptop setup in bed and linked to my daughter's incredible old dual processor IBM blade server (she does software development from home) I can potter away at graphics work to my hearts content keeping my brain busying which helps to distract me from the soreness in my limbs and body. Paint.net is my weapon of choice at the moment which suits me because I know virtually nothing about using Photoshop or GIMP and Paint was what I used to create my Silk Road Elves so it does for me. What I'll use this thread for is to report my progress and to ask for advice & etc. The modded Tribal Elves will be for my own use and I'm using them as a practice piece for when I start back with creating my own figures again. Test Elf, still WIP.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 28, 2014 19:49:48 GMT -9
I've just downloaded this PDF and I think it's going to be really useful to me in my games. On two levels with an undercroft supported by pillars it's a very appealing model that can fit all manner of scenarios. Once I've built it I'll no doubt have more to say, but perhaps my only criticism is that the broken walls don't follow the stonework courses and look a little odd with straight line breaks. I'm planning on re-cutting these breaks in a more organic way when I assemble the model, but really I feel that this is a minor point as everything else about the model sheets looks excellent.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 28, 2014 16:43:44 GMT -9
Thank you very much for the explanation I'm a keen fan of your Elves and have purchased all your Elf sets as I love the colours and refreshing and original style of your minis. I particularly like your warbeasts set with all the additional mod pieces included and when I saw the Gryhonriders I knew I had to have those too. I suppose it was my stuck-in-a-rut too much playing by one ruleset brain that failed to see the potential of the Aspect figures, but I must've seen something in them because I purchased them. The more I think about it the more I'm beginning to see the potential of the Aspect figures. I'm putting together a Forces of Nature army at the moment so immediately the green Aspect figures are starting to look useful and I've taken note of your suggestion about shields and banners too. Thanks again and please continue with the cutting edge ideas (pun not intended) because this is where paper minis have it all over traditional painted metal and plastic minis.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 28, 2014 10:19:34 GMT -9
Eddnic's minis are amazing, I've downloaded his Unicorn and I'm still working on getting my nerve together to assemble it.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 28, 2014 1:21:48 GMT -9
Ooooooo very nice, - thank you Parduz
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 23:43:15 GMT -9
Lovely retexture on the Elven tower. I was just thinking of downloading the tower too so this is very timely.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 23:13:05 GMT -9
Thanks for the suggestions, I did think about using the Shadow ones to represent summoned spirit warriors, but that was as far as I got.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 19:01:11 GMT -9
Not really VK, but thanks for the thought. I think I'll have a go at making my own, but when I did a little search on female paladins/clerics I was disappointed to see too much of the 'yes-I'm-a-holy-woman-warrior-but-I've-taken-most-of-my-clothes-off' school of artwork on display. I did find some nice sketches though which I'm going to use as a guide. Because I'm not much of a natural artist I need something to guide me with regard to proportions and the like, but I don't want to rip-off anybody's original artwork in the process.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 14:11:35 GMT -9
I've purchased both the full colour Gryphonrider set and the Aspect set and while I really like the full colour set and think it's wonderful I find myself somewhat at a loss to know what to do with the Aspect minis. I dare say I will figure it out and find something in the way of a role for them, only I'm wondering what ruleset you might've had in mind when you created the Aspect series of minis.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 12:59:21 GMT -9
Oh that's sad, his models are amazingly inspired pieces of work. I was only on his website a day or two ago and I didn't know.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 6:34:34 GMT -9
I really like chariots, I have various examples in my collection of plastic and metal wargaming minis. but when it came to making a printed paper chariot I didn't have much success. Having just found the MMIP Armies of Mythology PDF I was delighted to discover a chariot on pages 6-7. The rest of the Amazon minis that it belongs to are nice too, only I'm trying not to distract myself before I've finished the armies I'm presently working on. I'm wondering if it would be alright if I was to use this chariot as a template to create other chariot models for other armies? My Silk Road Elves could certainly do with a chariot or two. War elephants are all very well, but it would be nice to have some chariots too.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 5:54:21 GMT -9
I'm very keen to try out the KoW ruleset with paper minis, only I'm trying to find suitable paper minis to represent the Sisterhood. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 27, 2014 5:46:13 GMT -9
Wildagreenbough: Your Elves dowdy? No; think "pale and interesting" instead Seriously though, that pale, ghostly look from a distance really helps them stand out in my view. If you can recreate them, maybe updated a little if you feel they need it, that would be great. And I love those Sprites too! Be wonderful to have them available as well. And well done Mahotsukai for recalling them. I'm wondering now what else might you have hidden away from past army triumphs - or that were never developed into minis back in the day? Yep, definitely needing a separate topic to make sure as many as possible here find out about these minis, I think! Pale and interesting, - I like that Wyvern Yes I did have a lot more bits and bobs I made up for various things. I was interested in Steampunk/Victorian Sci-Fi at one time and made up artwork for various things, but none of that seems to have survived (sigh).
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 26, 2014 23:13:01 GMT -9
An absolutely brilliant set, I've downloaded it and I can't wait to assemble the minis. The flour bag monster is absolute win all the way.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Apr 26, 2014 22:52:53 GMT -9
Beautiful work, what an amazing castle and it all folds flat too! When it's all done and ready for sale I'll be definitely spending my hobby pocket money on buying this set.
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