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Post by Aestelon on Apr 10, 2009 9:53:37 GMT -9
I suppose theoretically, for the paper fastener issue, you could cut crosses into the card (probably in the back side) that fold out through the centre of the wheel and hold it in place while giving it something to pivot round...
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 18:07:32 GMT -9
Have fun, don't get pwnthingythingyed, or however you say it! Steve Pwnz0rd. Pronounced "pone-zord". ;D
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 17:28:24 GMT -9
That's a very cool, simple design. Nice one.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 11:27:55 GMT -9
Thanks, guys.
@ Nate: Obviously these arms could be added to a normal Stalker if you were that way inclined (you could use them with the standard clawed arms to make the mutant Genethief with the extra attack).
I considered just using the normal Stalker bodies, but realised if I wanted a good leaping look, it'd be a nightmare to attach it to the base using the feet, so that's why I spliced the front halves of the Buzzers with the rear of the Stalkers.
I also considered shrinking them down by a small amount to show they're closer to the little scuttlers, but I've decided to keep the actual models the same size so anybody else who wants to can keep them consistent. I can easily reduce them to 90-95% or so when I print them to bring them down to scuttler size.
I'm gonna get onto flatting in a little bit - I've almost finished adding the extra thick back outlines.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 11:14:15 GMT -9
Sort of like a Heroclix base, you mean? Interesting idea. Wouldn't it be a bit complex to design something like that out of card though? Especially if you need one for each unit.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 6:26:04 GMT -9
Fair play - it's difficult to argue with free stuff, it makes you look silly. Is that why they call you Lucky Joe? Andy
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 6:20:41 GMT -9
Finally, test shot photies.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 4:34:18 GMT -9
And a box of disposable scalpels with #11 blades for those tiny cuts. Have you considered just getting a proper scalpel and just buying replacement blades? The handle tends to cost a little bit in my experience (I think mine was about a fiver with ten blades), but then the replacements cost hardly anything. I tend to prefer 10A blades myself, though.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 9, 2009 2:31:27 GMT -9
Typical. Turns out my camera batteries are dead, so I had to put them on to charge before I can take any snaps.
Meanwhile I've altered the arms (The forward-pointing arms looked more like they were pointing down, so I bent the elbows up) and am currently doing a general cleanup before I start colouring.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 17:59:17 GMT -9
As I said in my Hybrid Stalker mod thread, I've been pondering on how to create more species from the Hybrid figs, and in particular versions of aliens from certain well-known games... My Genethief conversions worked out pretty well, as shown in that thread, so I decided to get a bit more ambitious and attempt a heavier conversion. First up are leaping critters with big scythe claws. I've combined elements from the Stalker and Buzzer sets, as well as a couple of bits from the Acessories download, and quite heavily modified most of them. No pics just yet, but I've just printed out a b/w test model to see how it goes together. Once I know that works, I'll tweak the feet (the claws aren't quite right yet), beef up the outlines and it'll be ready for colouring. I'll post a pic of the test shot when it's done. <EDIT> I've done a test build, and I must admit I'm fairly happy with it for the most part, even though it's a fairly slipshod rushed job (I couldn't be doing with waiting for glue to dry between parts ). It's way past my bedtime now, so I'll use that time to let the glue set properly and post pics tomorrow.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 17:21:04 GMT -9
Aren't there rules against making eleven-year-olds throw up?
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 14:25:03 GMT -9
Actually, we do that too.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 12:30:41 GMT -9
ps. I find that it has a way of rubbing off on a person a little. As I have incorporated quite a few of those into my everyday speak and computer talk. Much like the Nadsat speak I picked up (and never let down) from the novel A Clockwork Orange. It has that sort of r hymey, sing-songy, word play feel. Viddy well me broth-ahs, viddy well. A little. Yeah, right. Such words as pwnz0rd and w00t (and indeed pr0n) are all common spoken words in our own household. And I think most of is the missus' fault; she has a way of screwing up my own vocabulary...
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 10:52:23 GMT -9
"Pwnz0rd" is exactly the same as "pwned", or "owned".
You lose, n00b. You has been pwnz0rd. ;D
I do find it amusing how many new languages the internet has fostered, even if they are essentially versions of pigdin English.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 8:52:34 GMT -9
Personally, I'd only capitalise it at the beginning of a sentence. But it's actually pretty much onomatopoeia rather than a proper word - it's just become much more common to actually type it in times of ambivalence. What about "pwnz0rd"?
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 4:50:23 GMT -9
I wasn't aware it had more than one potential meaning, myself.
"Meh" is a general purpose, non-committal or unenthusiastic comment. In this case, I get that he bought the books, but could quite cheerfully live without them.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 4:02:47 GMT -9
Or work for GW, (which may well entail the part in italics), whereby you still get paid, but get to paint and play at work. Believe me, nothing can kill the fun quicker. And you know what I'm all about... Have fun! Steve Indeed. I've never worked for GW, but I did briefly do a work-at-home job painting ceramic ornaments. It took less than two weeks to leech the fun out of painting at all. There was absolutely no creativity involved either, which was even worse (making the house stink of turps didn't help, either. ) The first warning actually came when I first went to check the place out. One employee told me that she used to enjoy painting models...
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 8, 2009 3:23:51 GMT -9
I hadn't delved further into this, but noticed my e-mail from Paizo saying about their not selling WotC PDFs anymore.
The two of you seem to have summed up both the situation and my feelings on the matter pretty well. On the whole, I don't really give a monkey's, as I haven't played D&D in years (I can't remember if it was 3e or 3.5e, but either way, it must be at least six or seven years now). It was a lot of fun.
But it's difficult to justify spending all that dough on the rules, especially if you haven't had the opportunity to 'try before you buy'. And as Abaddon points out, nowadays, there's so many rulesets avilable from independent publishers, many of them just as good as D&D (if not better), and most of them a lot cheaper (if not free).
It's surely not news to them that a few people will fileshare their PDFs. I can't think why they're pulling their stuff now; frankly if any damage has been done, it's too late to undo it, and odds are they're hurting themselves more with the bad publicity of their own actions than the 'pirates' could ever inflict.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 7, 2009 16:41:41 GMT -9
Blow that, I'm unemployed and still couldn't find enough time to paint that much. You'd need to have a large savings account, no job to get in the way, and nothing else in your life. Or work for GW, (which may well entail the part in italics), whereby you still get paid, but get to paint and play at work.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 7, 2009 8:56:59 GMT -9
Sod it, just use GIMP and pick the res you need when you open it. That also means if you're resizing something (like when I'm upscaling the Hybrid Slashers to 150% for my Tyrant Hunters) you can alter the resolution to suit as and when.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 7, 2009 7:28:00 GMT -9
Well, if you've got the DPI set for 200 in PSP, can't you just reset to automatically open at 300 instead? You pretty much need 300 for anything you want to print anyway...
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 6, 2009 18:41:12 GMT -9
It's been ages since I used PSP (version 5, actually), so I can't remember what kind of lag it has on it, but I know I have the same kind of problem when I run Artweaver, which I love to bits, but can really chug at times. GIMP, on the whole, does seem to be a lot faster. I certainly find it runs much more smoothly when I'm sketching than when I use Artweaver.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 6, 2009 18:35:07 GMT -9
I wound up trying GOR's trick of cutting off the tabs entirely and just running a line of glue along the feet, and it really does work surprisingly well. It was actually unintentional, as I was assembling a couple of TF special weapon guys when I realised I'd glued the whole unit together without scoring the backs of the tabs (so I can separate them and glue them to the base)! So rather than throw the whole unit away, I thought I'd give it a go. I glued the bases flat (F&T Slag2 25mm octagons), cut the tabs off the feet, loaded my brush with neat PVA and ran it along the edge, then planted the feet on the base between the top halves. A touch of grey paint on the slot and base edge and they look great!
I switched to Slag2 since it made more sense than the grass I was using before. I'm starting use a fair bit of F&T scenery now with the Sci-Blocks and now the Slagtown I bought yesterday.
I'll try and snap a photie or two tomorrow once I've assembled the rest of the squad.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 6, 2009 15:02:59 GMT -9
So basically the image was sized to print correctly at 200 dpi instead of 300?
GIMP actually has a good way round that - you can open a PDF up directly into the program and choose the size and print resolution from the start.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 6, 2009 13:15:01 GMT -9
Totally need to make one of those. I'm impressed that it's supposed to work with normal paper, too. I'll have to try that.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 5, 2009 17:24:55 GMT -9
Blimey, that does sound like a lot of figs. But what about if you scaled it down and used card minis?
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Neo
Apr 5, 2009 2:30:43 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on Apr 5, 2009 2:30:43 GMT -9
Heh. There's barely any programs on my computer that I've paid for. I must admit, I haven't got to grips with Inkscape properly yet; I mostly use it for bitmap tracing. I open my drawing file in Inkscape, run a bitmap trace and save as an SVG, then open the SVG back up in GIMP and re-save as a PNG; this gives them a much smoother, more consistent look. Which is probably a large factor in where the smooth flow you referred to actually comes from. Next time I do a convert I'll have to show a before and after so you can see the difference. Most of the time I do actual vector art (like my Kawaii!Scully badges), it's in OpenOffice.org Draw.
I totally recommend the Intuos if you can afford it. I got the Intuos 3 A4 during a brief period of having money, and I love it to bits.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 4, 2009 13:08:02 GMT -9
Fantastic - I always wondered what happened to the other colourschemes. And great job on the clean-up too. The Martian version in particular looks much better now.
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Neo
Apr 4, 2009 12:40:41 GMT -9
Post by Aestelon on Apr 4, 2009 12:40:41 GMT -9
That's looking like a really good likeness so far, well done. I'd suggest amping up the highlights, though. Partially because the leather coat ought to have a half-decent shine on it, and partially so it still stands out at 30mm.
This is gonna be an awesome fig.
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Post by Aestelon on Apr 3, 2009 6:51:44 GMT -9
Yeah, I'm starting to be swayed into the components camp myself. Brilliant figs, Jenny.
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