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Post by josedominguez on Feb 24, 2011 8:30:29 GMT -9
As some of you may have seen my group has previously carried out a full papercraft Mordheim campaign With custom figures etc... to represent all of the gangs. We are now starting on a 15mm Warhammer Fantasy Battle project and I'm busy converting figures to that scale and making new ones. I was wondering if anyone else is interested in this and has any suggestions for minis we can use. I'm currently working on some war machines. Such as the corpse cart. I'll clean the kit up and post it up. I've also done some weapon swaps and a few mods. I'll post these as they progress too. Anyone else interested in getting involved? I definately think 15mm is overlooked and offers loads more tactical options. Paper figures based on magnetic sheet then placed on steel paper movement trays are a dream to play with (I'll get some photos as this progresses).
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Post by josedominguez on Feb 24, 2011 8:37:07 GMT -9
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Post by josedominguez on Feb 24, 2011 8:37:41 GMT -9
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Post by vodswyld on Feb 24, 2011 8:40:58 GMT -9
Very cool, but very tiny.
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Post by josedominguez on Feb 24, 2011 9:23:48 GMT -9
15mm works really well in card..... just fill in the smaller gaps rather than cutting and you can churn them out really quickly.
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Post by Vermin King on Feb 24, 2011 11:12:26 GMT -9
I've always admired your Scooby-based figures.
As you continue to work on this, I am assuming you are working with png or jpg files which are scaled to 15mm and converted to pdf. Will you make the source files available to us wasteful 28mm folks as well as the pdf's to the 15mm players?
I think many of us would appreciate it
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Post by dwargon on Feb 24, 2011 16:14:00 GMT -9
If you are using a CraftRobo, you won't need to resize or rescale anything to get ~15mm from the typical ~30mm figures posted around here with their GSD's.
My method of scaling down to 15mm is basically:
A) download and install GIMP B) download and install GhostScript (note that installing ghost script so GIMP can use it on a Windows computer will require updating a system variable, not a really big deal, and most Ghostscript downloads will have it documented)
Now to the actual doing:
1) Open the .PDF with GIMP. Tell GIMP to use 600dpi, and pick the page you want to import from their import menu. 2) Select the figures in GIMP using the select tool of your choice (typically the rectangle select) -- note, you do not need the registration marks in your selection, just the figures. 3) Copy the selected region 4) Use File -> Create from Clipboard 5) Save the new file as a .bmp, selecting Advanced and use the 24bit BMP option. 6) Open the GSD in the craftrobo software. 7) insert the .bmp using the Insert image from file option. 8) have craftrobo put the image to the back level. (Arrange/move to back) 9) move the graphic around until the red cut lines match up with the image lines. 10) Save the gsd. 11) use File -> Output settings, and set scale to 50%. 12) click send to printer.
(optional: flip page 180 degrees in printer and print a second time. Since you are scaling down to 50%, there is plenty of space for two copies on the same page)
13) attach your paper to the craft robo carrier, and load into robo. 14) Use File -> Output Settings and make sure the scale is still 50%. 15) click send to cutter and proceed as normal to cut the ~15mm minis out.
(options: if you printed a second time, flip the carrier and reload into the robo and cut again to get double the figures off the page.)
fold/glue/line/base as desired.
Note, for basing I use craft foam from walmart that comes as peel and stick. cutting a slit in the foam to slot the figure tab. At 15mm most all tabs are completely hidden in the foam, which allows glue to home them pretty well. Then peel and stick the foam to metal bases to add weight and magnetic abilities.
Benefits is that you do not change the original scale of the artwork, so you can use that same GSD for 30mm, 15mm, or any scale in between.
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Post by gilius on Feb 24, 2011 18:08:04 GMT -9
Congratulations on your models, you actually modeled and built a corpse cart! Some time ago, when I got interested in paper minis, I built a small army of ratkin or whatever they are called under the big miniature company IP. Then I started working on some undead, built a prototype cart but never finished it. I'll post some pics on the fan art forum.
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Post by josedominguez on Feb 25, 2011 3:37:09 GMT -9
I've always admired your Scooby-based figures. As you continue to work on this, I am assuming you are working with png or jpg files which are scaled to 15mm and converted to pdf. Will you make the source files available to us wasteful 28mm folks as well as the pdf's to the 15mm players? I think many of us would appreciate it can do, not sure if the texturing on my stuff will hold up though.. not my strong point!
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Post by Vermin King on Feb 25, 2011 15:35:58 GMT -9
They are fine. It would be an excellent addition
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Post by jspudz on Jan 24, 2012 10:33:19 GMT -9
josedominguez, these are great! I know this thread is old, but did you by chance release your source for that corpse cart? I would love to have it for my 28mm-30mm stuff.
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