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Post by algoesnext on Sept 18, 2010 7:59:23 GMT -9
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Post by onemonkeybeau on Sept 18, 2010 8:12:07 GMT -9
I saw these too! The coloring reminds me of okumarts' style. If only they had backs... and flat feet... and black borders onemonkeybeau
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Post by Two foot Tom on Sept 18, 2010 9:06:58 GMT -9
I remember seeing these quite a while ago. I had forgotten about them so thank you for reminding me. They are fairly nice figures; i only say 'fairly' for the same reasons as onemonkeybeau.
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Post by mruseless on Sept 18, 2010 12:51:43 GMT -9
I like these enough that I'm interested in trying to convert them to actual "paper miniatures". I may or may not have enough talent to create backs.
Are there any tutorials that anyone can recommend? Should I use Inkscape to add the border and tabs, etc?
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 18, 2010 17:26:48 GMT -9
I do all my fig work as quickly as possible. This usually makes it dirty, so here is what I would do for quick and dirty backs. What you end up with might not be art, but it is good enough for gaming (IMO) 1.Import a fig image to gimp and magnify as desired 2. Draw a tab that would surround the feet and outline the fig with a three pixel pencil 3. Rectangle select whole fig, with the bottom line running flush underneath newly drawn tab 4. Copy, paste, flip (vertical) 5. Move layer (the pasted image) down the page until the two tabs are lined up flush against each other and anchor layer. 6. You can then use the pencil tool (or airbrush or whatever) to turn the original fig into the back, or you can flip the whole image and work on the copy, or you can work upside down. ( I can't do the latter) 7. When you have adjusted the interior of the fig to look like a back outline the whole thing with a five pixel black border. It is not too hard to change a front into a back. Mostly you are removing a belt buckle and putting in more shirt and belt. Or removing a face and putting hair in its place. I can't understand why people don't do backs, to me it is the easiest part of the process.
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Post by gigglestick on Mar 13, 2011 14:03:18 GMT -9
As the person who wrote the (now out of print) Little Black Book, I liked how Dario did most of the minis. (They look a little better at their normal scale). What I liked is that he did a mini for each of the NPCs and ALL of the individual badguys (so that when you encountered Orc#31, the paper mini actually showed his armor and main weapon...) If you go to the Dark City Games Website, there are a bunch of other free minis and a few free games. darkcitygames.com/downloads.php(When I worked for them, I did the advenutre Orcs of the High Mountains, which also has some Dario minis for all of the encounters. darkcitygames.com/docs/OHM.pdf One word of warning, since I left the company, the re-written water cave encounter is a lot more dangerous than when I originally wrote it...take care. ) All of the games come with mapbaords and flat counters ro those who are interested in them, and the rules are compatible with the old TFT games and can also be modified a little to work with 3rd Ed GURPS. (LBB also had conversion rules for d20 games as well). But Dario's minis cover a lot of range for free!
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 13, 2011 14:37:22 GMT -9
Thanks for the links. Funny that in the Hoard for this month I requested a wolf and a bear. In Darios Raid on Cygnose Counters, there is a wolf and a bear, although the bear is wearing a kilt and carrying an axe ... LOL
EDIT -- Wolves of the Rhine has the bear, several wolves and a boar ... looking for a longhorn and a vulture and I'll be a really happy guy!
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Post by cowboyleland on Mar 13, 2011 20:13:04 GMT -9
I'd like to update the little tutorial I wrote above. I now thicken outlines of figures I import to Gimp by selecting the background with the "magic wand." Then I "invert selection" then I "grow selection" 2mm and "stroke selection (6 pixels, if I remember right) It is much easier then tracing by hand!
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