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Post by rovaljax on Mar 28, 2022 4:57:04 GMT -9
So I decided that i want to try out minis that i can color out with colour pencils before sealing it with clear tape and sticking it to cardstock with the Tau-like army as my first test. Despite not having backs i might make use of opr's TAO coalition but i'd be down for other free paper minis similar to the tau aesthetic like Jim Hartman's Alien Trooper and tonsha's ZOA but is B&W with black outline and preferably for other unit types. Any recommendations i could check out?
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 28, 2022 5:25:37 GMT -9
Those were the ones that came to my mind
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Post by rovaljax on Mar 28, 2022 6:00:18 GMT -9
Those were the ones that came to my mind Im aware but i can't find ones that are purely B&W akin to OPR's TAO Coalition.
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Post by alloydog on Mar 28, 2022 6:29:56 GMT -9
So I decided that i want to try out minis that i can color out with colour pencils before sealing it with clear tape and sticking it to cardstock with the Tau-like army as my first test. Despite not having backs i might make use of opr's TAO coalition but i'd be down for other free paper minis similar to the tau aesthetic like Jim Hartman's Alien Trooper and tonsha's ZOA but is B&W with black outline and preferably for other unit types. Any recommendations i could check out? I've posted this picture before, but can't remember where, but years ago, when I had access to only a black & white printer, I printed up some of Ebbles' Terra Force figures and painted them with fairly thin watercolour paints. I also upped the contrast a bit so that there was a more clear difference between the light and dark areas. The corridors were also B&W, but I didn't colour them, as it suited the look & feel of the bug infested spaceship. The only major issue, was that they were done on a laser printer, where the ink sits on the paper, as opposed to soaking in as with an inkjet. The ink starts to flake off, as you can see from the white speckles on the black borders around the figures and the door.
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 28, 2022 6:30:41 GMT -9
Do you use any image software? Gimp? Photoshop? etc.?
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Post by rovaljax on Mar 28, 2022 7:31:36 GMT -9
Do you use any image software? Gimp? Photoshop? etc.? Tried to for ZOA Sentries using its recolor template but no dice sadly. Also i don't have a steady hand so the results keep getting awful.
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 28, 2022 7:38:48 GMT -9
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Post by rovaljax on Mar 28, 2022 7:39:03 GMT -9
So I decided that i want to try out minis that i can color out with colour pencils before sealing it with clear tape and sticking it to cardstock with the Tau-like army as my first test. Despite not having backs i might make use of opr's TAO coalition but i'd be down for other free paper minis similar to the tau aesthetic like Jim Hartman's Alien Trooper and tonsha's ZOA but is B&W with black outline and preferably for other unit types. Any recommendations i could check out? I've posted this picture before, but can't remember where, but years ago, when I had access to only a black & white printer, I printed up some of Ebbles' Terra Force figures and painted them with fairly thin watercolour paints. I also upped the contrast a bit so that there was a more clear difference between the light and dark areas. The corridors were also B&W, but I didn't colour them, as it suited the look & feel of the bug infested spaceship. The only major issue, was that they were done on a laser printer, where the ink sits on the paper, as opposed to soaking in as with an inkjet. The ink starts to flake off, as you can see from the white speckles on the black borders around the figures and the door. I don't plan on using watercoloring, just plain old coloring pencils and sharpie for the edges. Sadly i'm gonna have to use a printing service so there's that. I'll need to get cardstock, and foamcore but maybe cardboard might be a good alternative instead though i wanna make the mini bases reusable, so it'll be some time before i can print.
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Post by alloydog on Mar 28, 2022 9:33:39 GMT -9
I don't plan on using watercoloring, just plain old coloring pencils and sharpie for the edges. Sadly i'm gonna have to use a printing service so there's that. I'll need to get cardstock, and foamcore but maybe cardboard might be a good alternative instead though i wanna make the mini bases reusable, so it'll be some time before i can print. Pencils will work just fine. I too used sharpies to colour the edges. The figures were on plain printer paper glued to cereal box card, then folded over, so they were quite strong. The bases were thin corrugated card, with a thin slot cut in the middle, so the figures could be removed and everything stored flat.
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Post by rovaljax on Mar 28, 2022 19:12:53 GMT -9
I'll see if I can give it a shot tho.
But aside from the TOA/ZOA/TAO Coaliton and MAD as well as misc mmodels from Jim, Patorach and maybe one from r/Poorhammer are there any other tau-like minis/models I can check out preferably ones that are purely B&W?
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Post by rovaljax on Apr 1, 2022 0:12:38 GMT -9
So bad news, good news.
Bad news is that I've completely forgotten about recoloring the figures and by now im like 'eh no point in doin it'.
Good news is that I somehow found some b&W Tau paper minis from the same person who designed opr's 2d paper minis in their DA. the only thing lacking is black lines but i may have a solution and i bought my materials to make paper minis, i just need to get it printed. Have some 120gsm a4 paper and cardstock along with some foamboard, gluestick and packing tape to cover it after i used color pencils.
Will focus on the orc marauders and battle brothers first, then on the TAO Coalition.
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