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Post by cowboyleland on May 3, 2013 19:36:47 GMT -9
Inspired by suggestions over at Dave Okum's thread. One step towards happier nine-year olds Cluny by cowboyleland, on Flickr
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Post by cowboyleland on May 5, 2013 17:24:18 GMT -9
No love for the bad guy, eh? Well, that may be as it should be. How do you feel about the good guy? Matthias by cowboyleland, on Flickr I'm taking these from screenshots on youtube. Does anyone want more?
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Post by okumarts on May 5, 2013 17:36:43 GMT -9
These are so cool! I've often thought of doing something like this. I'm sure people will get some real use out of them.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on May 6, 2013 5:14:40 GMT -9
My son has added YOU now to the list of people more awesome than me. He had started making a D&D-esque redwall campaign by himself, and when I told him about Cluny there, he was really excited.
Does anyone want more?
Anything you make in this series will be warmly received!
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Post by onemonkeybeau on May 6, 2013 5:30:57 GMT -9
Agreed! Thank you so much!
onemonkeybeau
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Post by cowboyleland on May 6, 2013 8:37:07 GMT -9
Glad you guys are enjoying them. I need some help on this one. I thought it would be easy because it looks like it is a profile, then I realised that you are looking at the front below the waist so I drew a back but now . . . well you see. What needs to change? wip basil by cowboyleland, on Flickr
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on May 6, 2013 9:40:06 GMT -9
Maybe move the tail up and to the left a little, allowing for the lighter colored belly to show? I think the lines that define the toes on the top foot should be inverted, so it looks more like the top of the foot, not the bottom. If I could attach a pic, I would, but I'm not familiar with the forum. I'll try to find another way. dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65444848/Papercraft/rabbit_guy.pngI also see that his hands, er front paws, need reversing - on the 'front' (the bottom of the image), his left front paw is lower than the right. On the top, back of the image, his right is lower than the left. Changing that might make a difference.
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Post by cowboyleland on May 6, 2013 20:15:01 GMT -9
I may have to try another screen shot. If I move the tail it is coming out of his thigh. The head and shoulders seem to be in profile but reversing the ears seems to put them on backwards. The hands should be a problem if you compare one side to the other, not when you are looking at just one side. It feels like, to make sense of the bottom, you should see more back on the torso and no eye on the head, but that is not the opposite of the original and that looks fine. Puzzling.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2013 0:53:32 GMT -9
Firstly - I absolutely love these minis and Matthias mouse-monk is my favorite! So thanks for sharing, Cowboy! As for suggestions - I'd consider more vivid / bright colours - it would bring-out these minis. IMHO these are too good to be blurred/muffled by dark tonality. I think that technique described by SirKevin could be useful for this task - quite fast and intuitive and provides good results - not sure though which thread it was, one of Reivaj's recent perhaps? Ad. A-B sides and perspective Agreed with you and mproteau - ears and hands needs some changes. On a side note: I think that it would be much easier to compare A and B sides and thus to notice what needs to be changed not upside-down but putting both sides aligned - let's say B side behind A - vide following preview. Then good idea is to "stack" both A and B sides (aligned!) one exactly above another on separate layers, so you can instantly change A-B view with just one mouse-click. Some errors started to be kinda more visible when views are quickly swapped. Well, at least it works for me... Perhaps not too helpful but that's my two cents (or should I wrote "one" cent?). Anyway - I'd like to see more of these funny small animal-fighters minis!
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Post by cowboyleland on May 9, 2013 17:11:25 GMT -9
Thanks for the tips Mesper. I decided another pose was going to be less work overall. I punched up the colour on his jacket this time as you suggested. Basil Staghare by cowboyleland, on Flickr My younger son suggested I do Constance next. I don't know how many of these I will do in the end. A note on scale: I don't remember how big I made Cluny but Matthias is meant to be about 25mm. In the cartoons Matthias comes up to Basil's belt. I don't know yet how Constance compares to Basil, but you may want to re-scale them all after you see how big she is. I think she is the biggest character.
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Post by magpiestear on May 10, 2013 8:08:49 GMT -9
Oh these are very nice!!!! I have a very exited nine year old bouncing up and down at the side of me, not least because Basil Staghare is her all time favourite character!!!!! ;D She's also realing out a list of others she would like to see if possible; Warbeak (the sparrow); Log-a-log, cheek (the young otter in mattimeo), mattimeo and cornflower. I've shortened he list somewhat Oh and she say's a big thankyou!!!!!
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Post by cowboyleland on May 10, 2013 10:40:23 GMT -9
Wow, I'm feeling the glow from your daughter all the way across the pond Basil is my favourite too. I have a good start on Constance and then Cornflower will be next. I don't see why I couldn't do Warbeak (if he is who I think he is) and I'll try to look up Log a log, Cheek and Mattimeo. These last few may take a while, Sunday is Mother's Day and I need to pay my wife some attention BTW Constance and Basil seem to be the same size in the TV version and I think I scaled them accordingly so Mathias can stay as is but I didn't think about scale on Cluny so he is about half size. I think he should be scaled up or printed at 200%.
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Post by cowboyleland on May 12, 2013 18:14:11 GMT -9
Here's Constance Constance by cowboyleland, on Flickr I don't quite know where those strange lines around her are coming from, I'll maybe clean her up later.
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Post by cowboyleland on May 16, 2013 20:21:40 GMT -9
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Post by magpiestear on May 20, 2013 9:35:34 GMT -9
Quote from my daughter who has just seen the Cornflower figure, "COOOOOL!!!" Keep up the excellent work!
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Post by cowboyleland on May 20, 2013 15:43:46 GMT -9
Will do. Warbeak is in the works
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Post by magpiestear on May 21, 2013 3:53:46 GMT -9
Great, though I won't relay that news yet, I value my eardrums!! LOL! ;D
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Post by cowboyleland on May 23, 2013 18:03:45 GMT -9
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Post by magpiestear on May 24, 2013 9:18:32 GMT -9
A big cheer of Warbeak!!!! has just emanated from the couch!!! That's great and it's really cheered up my daughter whose been ill for the last few days with a chest infection. She sends a big thankyou!!! and can't wait to see what you come up with next!! Seriously these are rather good and just right for a game of song of the splintered lands!!
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Post by cowboyleland on May 24, 2013 11:22:49 GMT -9
Well, I'm glad I did that then. This one actually started life as King Spara which was partially obscured by other sparrows. I had to cut and paste different parts to get two full wings and two feet. Then I had to change the markings and colours to make it Warbeak.
I don't actually have anything else planned so I am open to requests.
Cheers
C.
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Post by spaceranger42 on May 24, 2013 11:44:37 GMT -9
Inspires a need for some Secret of NIMH love.
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Post by magpiestear on Jun 2, 2013 4:41:44 GMT -9
a request from a little someone I know for a figure of Log a Log, the leader of the GUOSIM shrews. (the ones with the bandanas on their heads and the russian accents) Apparently log a log has a brown cape with a hood on it.
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Post by cowboyleland on Jun 2, 2013 19:06:55 GMT -9
will see what I can find.
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Post by cowboyleland on Jun 8, 2013 17:21:04 GMT -9
Here is Logalog with ink saving base! My ten year old thinks his base should be a log, but since I was finished the base when he said that, I maintain the log should be a separate tile. : ) logalog by cowboyleland, on Flickr
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Post by cowboyleland on Jun 24, 2013 17:39:21 GMT -9
And here is Cheek Cheek by cowboyleland, on Flickr Heading off to Bavaria to visit family soon, so I probably won't be posting anything new, unless things are so slow at my inlaws I download GIMP for them.
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Post by WaffleM on Jun 25, 2013 17:35:01 GMT -9
These are great! They remind me of the Mice and Mystics board game, which my nephew and I recently had a great time playing. These miniatures would be excellent to add custom elements to the game. You can read more about it HERE.
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Post by cowboyleland on Jun 26, 2013 3:41:35 GMT -9
Looks like a fun game. I actually had dreams of a "Song of Redwall" homebrew with some of Cluney's Lieutenants and rabble against the heroes and some of those otters in armour but I wanted to fulfill the requests so it is turning into a long term project. I find it very relaxing though so I probably will get back to it soon.
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