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Post by madarchitect on Apr 5, 2014 9:28:15 GMT -9
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Post by WackyAnne on Apr 5, 2014 10:37:41 GMT -9
Madarchitect, this set is delicious! So very versatile and useful... Yet beautifully detailed too!
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Post by madarchitect on Apr 6, 2014 7:11:20 GMT -9
Glad to hear/read that WackyAnne. Reading such feedback really helps to put the effort into upcoming sets. (Although criticism is also always welcome:) ) More ideas to come...
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Post by cowboyleland on Apr 6, 2014 17:55:23 GMT -9
I know your cannon crew were already entered in the papercuts competition as a figure set, but I think it would still be allowed to enter them as part of a diorama . . .
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Post by WackyAnne on Apr 6, 2014 18:57:50 GMT -9
I just recently watched the entire run of Midsomer Murders, and while much of the architecture could easily be covered by Dave Graffam and Tom Tullis, your wattle walls and other fencing would allow me to recreate even more of the setting. Of course, they'll be even more useful for the fantasy medieval games and such that I _actually_ run
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Post by dungeonmistress on Apr 7, 2014 20:18:06 GMT -9
I just recently watched the entire run of Midsomer Murders, and while much of the architecture could easily be covered by Dave Graffam and Tom Tullis, your wattle walls and other fencing would allow me to recreate even more of the setting. Of course, they'll be even more useful for the fantasy medieval games and such that I _actually_ run I love the Midsomer Murders, great show! And you are right about the architecture and the fences. I love madarchitect's fences and walls. Another thing to add to my growing list!
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Post by oldschooldm on Apr 9, 2014 14:52:21 GMT -9
Hey! madarchitect - you've apparently protected this PDF from being broken apart (pages extract) by Acrobat - so it is tough to create cutfiles for each page without having to export 26 pages every time I want to customize, print and cut something. Could you turn that irritating "feature" of PDF's off? It provides no real protection against copying and makes it very hard for us to use your wonderful product. As it is, I won't be creating cutfiles for sharing as a result of how difficult this makes it. :-( Oh, it'd also be handy if each page of fences would allow the disabling of the logo to make it easier to insert registration marks... Thanks!
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Post by pavaro on Apr 9, 2014 23:21:30 GMT -9
Madarchitect, it's a pity that there is no tutorial how did your figurines. I mean cannon crew.
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Post by madarchitect on Apr 10, 2014 0:22:40 GMT -9
Hey! madarchitect - you've apparently protected this PDF from being broken apart (pages extract) by Acrobat - so it is tough to create cutfiles for each page without having to export 26 pages every time I want to customize, print and cut something. This is weird. I've put no protection like this, and had no problem in extracting pages from the source PDF. Is seems it was OBS processing engine that put some extraction blockade on it. I'll try to figure that out. As for the logo and legend I'll try to fix that maybe on weekend. Give me some time. BTW I think the word "very" is a slight exaggeration. It is not hard to cut out without robocutter, I've checked it experimentally . (Sorry I couldn't resist) There is not much to it. Pencil sketches scanned into photoshop, scaled to 30mm and drawn by hand with graphic tablet. One layer for lineart, second for colour. No fancy filters or other effects.
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Post by bravesirkevin on Apr 10, 2014 1:38:09 GMT -9
Is seems it was OBS processing engine that put some extraction blockade on it. I'll try to figure that out. As for the logo and legend I'll try to fix that maybe on weekend. Give me some time. OBS locks the PDFs when it puts an ID stamp in them (it's pointless to add the stamp without locking them, or the pirate could just scrub the stamp). While that has some value to it, it's usually better to just put them in a zip.
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Post by madarchitect on Apr 10, 2014 1:48:44 GMT -9
In the meantime, another gun emplacement I made yesterday. This time a renaissance era gabion emplacement. Here's description.
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Post by oldschooldm on Apr 10, 2014 5:29:21 GMT -9
Is seems it was OBS processing engine that put some extraction blockade on it. I'll try to figure that out. As for the logo and legend I'll try to fix that maybe on weekend. Give me some time. OBS locks the PDFs when it puts an ID stamp in them (it's pointless to add the stamp without locking them, or the pirate could just scrub the stamp). While that has some value to it, it's usually better to just put them in a zip. Thanks bravesirkevin for the clarification how that's happening! I'm glad to hear that it wasn't intentional, madarchitect. :-) I guess that's another piece of of vendor arcana/best-practice knowledge that cardboard warriors is great for passing along! Let me rephrase my request: "Could you please update your kit(s) to be a zipfile instead of PDF, to compensate for OBS's watermarking policy, which makes kitbashing difficult? Thanks!"
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Post by madarchitect on Apr 16, 2014 2:47:46 GMT -9
...Oh, it'd also be handy if each page of fences would allow the disabling of the logo to make it easier to insert registration marks... I've re upped the file with legend on a "turnoffable" layer. For now I will keep it in PDF however. The main downside of ZIP-ing is that it does not allow quick preview feature annd I believe it is very useful to be able to see exactly "what's in the box". Especially for people willing to risk hard earned money for an widely unknown "emerging publisher" as I am . P.S. oldschooldm I've PMed you re page extraction .
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Post by oldschooldm on Apr 16, 2014 7:03:28 GMT -9
madarchitect Thanks for updating the PDF. Interesting catch-22 about the PDF v. ZIP tradeoff for previews, I hadn't noticed that and can respect your tradeoff decision. I guess this is why some folks point to their own previews or include them in the product description. Signing/"locking" the PDF should be an <i>option</i> at OBS, as it really provides absolutely no protection and doesn't work for other (ZIP) files. Keep on making such innovative models!
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Post by madarchitect on Apr 30, 2014 8:29:01 GMT -9
I was watching Rob Roy lately. This is the effect. Scottish blackhouse using MFnW elements. Description and some more images of this build here.I think it is getting close to the full potential of this set . How do you like that? I still have some spare prints to make more fun stuff, but I intend to focus more strictly on horse and modular outpost now. (Unless some other stupid idea come to my mind )
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Post by cowboyleland on May 1, 2014 4:05:00 GMT -9
This was NOT a stupid idea!
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Post by madarchitect on May 2, 2014 8:52:54 GMT -9
This was NOT a stupid idea! I'm glad you think so .. What I meant with "stupid" was rather - "Random great ideas that keep me from working on and finishing new models"
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Post by cowboyleland on May 2, 2014 12:32:21 GMT -9
Oh, THOSE stupid ideas. Yeah, I get them too.
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