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Post by Aestelon on May 29, 2009 7:19:50 GMT -9
Dozens of times. Mostly in tea, mind.
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Post by Aestelon on May 29, 2009 1:13:21 GMT -9
Now that's dedication! ;D Early on, I noticed that I couldn't paint and drink at the same time. Well, I could. The trouble with drinking and painting is it's far too easy to accidentally dunk your paintbrush in your drink.
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Post by Aestelon on May 28, 2009 14:22:16 GMT -9
Nice... but is she really throwing out the Motley Crue rock sign with her left hand? No, for two reasons. a) You don't really think Motley Crüe invented the horns, do you? b) The thumb's out. I don't know if it's the same with the hand pointing down like that, but I believe that's actually the sign for 'love' in American Sign Language.
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Post by Aestelon on May 28, 2009 14:10:08 GMT -9
Definitely coming along nicely. But shouldn't the thread title be " Brains Quest Zombies?"
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Wolf
May 28, 2009 11:27:38 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on May 28, 2009 11:27:38 GMT -9
Sweet! That actually is even better...
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Wolf
May 28, 2009 10:38:40 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on May 28, 2009 10:38:40 GMT -9
Personally, now the rock's not directly under his feet, I think it works fine. ;D
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Wolf
May 27, 2009 13:18:43 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on May 27, 2009 13:18:43 GMT -9
Ah yeah, I see what you mean. As it stands the rock is directly in the path of the wolf's back-left foot, so as GOR says it kinda looks like it's tripping on it. I never noticed that before.
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Wolf
May 27, 2009 8:45:24 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on May 27, 2009 8:45:24 GMT -9
Like it. I think you've got just the right amount of grass there that it shouldn't look too out of place even on a more barren tabletop, like a desert or slag battlefield.
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Post by Aestelon on May 27, 2009 8:31:47 GMT -9
I concur. This is coming along quite nicely. ;D
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Post by Aestelon on May 26, 2009 8:53:32 GMT -9
That looks very nice.
For future reference, I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but GIMP can actually produce an automatic swatch of camo patterning using whatever three colours you pick.
Just go to File > Create > Patterns > Camouflage and a Script-Fu box pops up with three colour pickers and a few other options. Once you click OK, the swatch is generated in a new GIMP window so you can copypasta as you want it.
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Dwarf
May 25, 2009 1:19:05 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on May 25, 2009 1:19:05 GMT -9
Are you (or the missus) perhaps also a weensy bit colour blind? I get that all the time as well, as I'm deuteranomalous (mild red-green colour blind, green-weak - the most common form).
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Post by Aestelon on May 22, 2009 15:08:51 GMT -9
Never broken a scalpel blade ever. ;D Only times I need to change them are when they start to get blunt, or if I use them for sculpting and wind up getting some kind of clay on them.
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Post by Aestelon on May 22, 2009 15:05:14 GMT -9
He did, and he's posting here again now.
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Post by Aestelon on May 22, 2009 11:17:35 GMT -9
Why do they sell projectiles that aren't potatoes?
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Post by Aestelon on May 22, 2009 11:14:07 GMT -9
I'm sure I could be tempted. What sort of figs are we talking about?
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Post by Aestelon on May 22, 2009 6:00:03 GMT -9
As to the second, the easiest way to guarantee the print size is to draw them at the actual size you intend the final figure to be, or at some multiple (I tend to draw at double size). Start by sketching guidelines 30mm apart, and use the bottom line as the base for the feet, and the top one for the eyeline. Do any scanning at 300 dpi, as that's pretty much the optimal print resolution; when you open the file up in an image editor, it'll keep that resolution unless you specifically change it.
For making PDFs, personally I import the image into OpenOffice.org, which has an in-built PDF export facility, but there are plenty of free programs and services thart can do the job.
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Post by Aestelon on May 22, 2009 0:39:23 GMT -9
What, barbarians always have to be tall?
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Post by Aestelon on May 22, 2009 0:36:30 GMT -9
"Dear John" is a letter left by a woman to inform her partner that she's leaving him.
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Post by Aestelon on May 21, 2009 11:13:33 GMT -9
I think the solid shadow base you've got is good. No need to over-complicate matters.
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Tiling
May 21, 2009 11:10:13 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on May 21, 2009 11:10:13 GMT -9
Ba-dum TISH! ;D
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Post by Aestelon on May 21, 2009 5:30:42 GMT -9
One of the advantages to using octagonal bases - they're a lot easier to cut out...
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Post by Aestelon on May 21, 2009 3:39:59 GMT -9
I think the problem with that idea is that if it's getting lighter toward the edge, then it suggests that there's more light reaching those areas. And if that's happening, then what you'll see won't just be a lighter grey, it'll be a less heavily-shaded version of the table colour. And since the idea of the shadow bases is essentially to make the figure blend on any colour of tabletop, it'd kind of kill that if it just faded to a lighter grey.
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Post by Aestelon on May 21, 2009 3:36:05 GMT -9
I've found, too, that I can't always rely on GIMP to print at the size I want it to; a Print Preview feature would help immensely with that. That's why, although I've migrated to GIMP for a large portion of what I do now, I still print through Artweaver.
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Post by Aestelon on May 21, 2009 0:25:25 GMT -9
Mostly what they're intended for - tabletop miniatures gaming. If you've heard of the likes of Warhammer, then you know the sort of thing I'm talking about; games played with little model soldiers across a table. But gaming can be a very expensive and time-consuming hobby - first you have to shell out a large wad of cash to build an army, then you spend hours (or days) painting them. As fun as it can be, not everyone has that much money or time to spend on it. These figures are a low-cost and quicker alternative, that look about as good on the table. Hope that goes some way to answering your question!
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Post by Aestelon on May 20, 2009 18:28:55 GMT -9
Like it. The pose is really nice, and your shading works really well.
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Post by Aestelon on May 20, 2009 18:26:08 GMT -9
Massive improvement - the edgelighting works really well!
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Post by Aestelon on May 20, 2009 8:22:13 GMT -9
Recoloring Jim's sets and having them keep almost 100% of his signature look and feel would be an absolute breeze if Jim did shaded grayscale versions of his figures alongside the uncolored ones. Granted they're not all midtoned, but I find you can get a pretty decent approximation just by dropping the saturation down to nothing and jiggling the brightness and contrast controls... Whack on a few Colour and Multiply layers, and yeah, Robert shares a parent or two with your sire, as you rightly said.
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Post by Aestelon on May 20, 2009 1:25:48 GMT -9
That's brilliant! I love those desaturated colours; they definitely give an 'old movie' kind of feel. And since Giger's aliens weren't particularly 'spiny', getting rid of the vanes actually really works for them.
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Post by Aestelon on May 19, 2009 13:19:33 GMT -9
Dude, they rock. King-size. ;D
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Post by Aestelon on May 19, 2009 12:58:19 GMT -9
You do draw some kick-arse monsters, sir. ;D
I do agree with Jim, but it's not just the base of the feet to consider; I notice that we're actually looking partially at the tops of his feet, as if we're looking down on them. You need to completely forget your rules of perspective for these things, and draw everything as if each part is being viewed directly from the front.
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