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Post by sammo on Jun 14, 2010 7:47:37 GMT -9
I've been lurking around here for a while and after a bit of muddling have put together a paper mini. Any feedback would be appreciated. I'd also like to thank all of the people here who helped me indirectly by posting their work and tips on all of these threads (especially Jim for all of his work here). Anyway, here is an image. I'm not 100% sure about the scale, they are supposed to be big, 7' 6" or so. Also here is a link to the PDF if anyone wants to print them. broken
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Post by onemonkeybeau on Jun 14, 2010 9:03:25 GMT -9
These look great! Do you have any more?
I haven't printed them out yet, but will post something when I get around to it.
onemonkeybeau
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Post by jabbro on Jun 14, 2010 11:08:24 GMT -9
These look nice. I like the style. Very Orc-ish.
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Post by squirmydad on Jun 14, 2010 11:36:31 GMT -9
The designs look great. The only thing I can see to make them better is stronger highlights, and maybe cleaner detail coloring, but that's just nit picking. These would look great en mass. JIM
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Post by Dryw the Harper on Jun 14, 2010 12:45:20 GMT -9
Very good. I'm not familiar with Seed Born, but these are good-looking minis.
Dryw the Harper
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Post by Dagger on Jun 14, 2010 12:53:51 GMT -9
Very nice... good job on the proportions and level of detail. Too much detail gets lost and blurs together at gaming distance.
Along the lines of what Jim said... maybe a little more contrast in the colors might help... definitely nit-picking though...
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Post by sammo on Jun 14, 2010 14:02:29 GMT -9
Thanks for all of the comments.
Nit picking is fine, it will make future minis better.
I'm not certain what you mean by cleaner detail coloring (do you mean shading the smaller objects individually?)
I didn't really do any highlighting here, just started with a light base color and shaded. I'm trying to incorporate highlights into the minis I am working on now but I am not sure I am really getting the hang of it. . . Practice practice.
As for more minis, I am working on another set now, I'm coloring them and hope to have them ready this week.
The Seed Born Brawlers are the first unit in the first faction of a skirmish minis game I have been working on for a while now. Finding this website really offered me inspiration in being able to put together a playable version of the game in a print and play format. I hope to be able to create minis for all the units in the game and get some play testing going. But with the time I can devote to it now that is still a number of months away.
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Post by tugunmojo on Jun 14, 2010 17:13:06 GMT -9
I would like to see more of these! ;D
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Post by squirmydad on Jun 16, 2010 7:00:39 GMT -9
To emphasize the shapes, you can add highlights to the corners and edges, that's all I was thinking, but I am a detail freak. JIM
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Post by sammo on Jun 16, 2010 14:19:20 GMT -9
Here is the second set of minis, same faction different unit. I'm not sure if I am as happy with them as I am with my first set, but the process was easier the second time. Now it is going to be back to the paper and pencil to get more art ready to produce. and if anyone wants the PDF (there are seven, though only three different poses and some mirror images) broken
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Post by Dagger on Jun 16, 2010 21:56:55 GMT -9
They look really good... I like them. If you want me to nit-pick though, I'd say the legs/feet might could be a tad bit bigger... but that boils down to personal preference really...
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Post by enpeze on Jun 17, 2010 3:22:04 GMT -9
very cool. These are kind of plant-men no? Do this faction have special units (like treants or thorn-catapults) too?
Additonally one could use them for green venusian natives in a space 1889 game.
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Post by sammo on Jun 17, 2010 13:48:57 GMT -9
It's been said other places on this forum, but it is true, getting the proportions right can be difficult, and it is really noticeable when they're off. Funny though, when I was finished I thought the torso and arms were to big. I built two sets of them last night and they look pretty good on the table at an arms length away.
They're definitely a race of woodland folk. I have had plans to include treants and some other special plant themed units. But as of right now I am concentrating on getting infantry done for just two factions so I can try and get some people playing.
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Post by Reivaj on Jun 22, 2010 17:15:53 GMT -9
They`re great man, I wish to do something like that some day, congratulations
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Post by sammo on Jun 22, 2010 18:28:15 GMT -9
Thanks everyone. Here is the next unit... Hopefully I will have the fourth one colored tonight or tomorrow. and the PDF broken
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Post by sammo on Jun 23, 2010 7:50:19 GMT -9
One More, the first "Hero" unit. Half man, half plant. This guy is a Seed Born Brawler that has developed into something more... and the PDF broken
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Post by squirmydad on Jun 25, 2010 10:17:41 GMT -9
Stuffs looking good.
I created your own board, so now you can start other projects in their own topics. Welcome aboard! JIM
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Post by sammo on Jun 25, 2010 14:09:58 GMT -9
Thanks Jim!
I'm not sure if I can keep up the pace, but there are still about a dozen mini's I want to produce.
I'll put them up as I get them done.
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Post by BlackCat13 on Aug 25, 2015 19:25:03 GMT -9
Okay, just saw these for the first time and thought that they might make an interesting Sci-Fi Alien race for my Star Trek group to encounter as well as an interesting fantasy race. They would also be great for some Pulp Sci-Fi alien action as well, perfect as the sentient and barbaric plant natives of some jungle world under the control of some galactic despot.
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