I'm having a big sale during Christmas Eve with all of my stuff selling for $1 or less.
I've only recently started doing back art AND colors on my minis. I've been trying to keep a foot in the stockart/illustration world as well where back views aren't necessary. So far, it's been fun and challenging but a lot of effort for very little profit. So, if you guys like my stuff please support my work.
Some samples are posted below. I have sets and solos. Solos include a Photoshop version of the figure for custom tweaks.
Papercraft sales promotions are always useful to know about, and plenty of other publishers that use the OBS sites also regularly advertise similarly here, so I don't think anyone's liable to object.
As a potential customer, perhaps a few comments might be helpful here though. I've been following your work on DTRPG for some time, as I do have an occasional use for artwork - generally as filler items to illustrate text points in my own personal projects. As these aren't meant as items for sale, and with limited capital resources anyway, the amount I can justify spending on such items is not great, so I have to be VERY selective, and often rely on free clipart (including in fonts) available online instead, or illustrations I've made myself.
With minis, similar restrictions apply, but because it's very easy to self-create minis without backs from any illustration, or even a photo of a suitable character/figurine, paying for minis that have no back artwork (up to and including ones with mirrored shadow backs, which are again simple to home-create) is an automatic "no thanks". Similarly, one huge advantage of paper minis is not having to paint/colour them, and again, for me at least, paid-for minis that aren't pre-coloured is an automatic "no". I can't pretend I'm representative of the entire papercrafting community, of course, but I know there are other regular contributors here who share similar views regarding backless paper minis, for instance, so perhaps this is something to think further about.
In terms of set contents, maybe it would be worth considering offering variant poses of similar figures/creatures per set, instead of just one pose per type. Or create sets with a selection of linked but different solo minis - such as "mages", "warriors" or "evil bosses". I appreciate that you're often working from a specific piece of artwork, so the first of these may be impractical. However, for the cost of three or four of your 75-cent single-pose solo minis, I could pick up a set of at least 8-10 differently-posed figures, often with colour variants per mini too, simply by looking at another paper mini producer on DTRPG. For anyone looking to create tabletop armies, or just to get some extra variety for their RPG foes and heroes, that can be really important.
Naturally, I'd prefer to see any and all paper mini producers thriving, to increase the breadth of what's currently available, so I hope you'll take these comments in that spirit and keep producing yours - if perhaps in a slightly different way in future
Post by Vermin King on Dec 26, 2017 10:05:35 GMT -9
You may not have noticed, but a recurring theme in the Welcome Desk is to put links to your sites in your forum signature. Always make it as easy as possible for folks to buy your projects
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Iām with wyvern about offering sets instead of individual minis. As an example, I bought Set 21 a day or so ago. Two other suggestions: indicate the scale of your minis on your cover page and consider including a fold line between front and back.
wyvern: As for Proboards running slowly yesterday, it wouldn't even open individual topics for me, just the usual homepage here. Seems fine today though.
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wyvern: Ennies? Well, the submission deadline for products released in 2023-24 ended on April 30th, but the nominees list won't be released until July 5th. Voting opens on July 12th and runs till July 21st. Details are here: ennie-awards.com/ .
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okumarts: I noticed that too. I just left it alone
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Vermin King: Proboards is really moving slow this morning
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Punkrabbitt: I am very drunk. I love you all. Thank you for everything.
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Vermin King: We want it to feel like a sanctuary. At least that is what I try to do, sometimes failing miserably
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okumarts: Hello! It was a busy weekend so I wasn't able to get online as much as I like. I find this site relaxing.
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Vermin King: Hey! We're back! Not sure what the issue was about 12 hours ago, but it seems to be resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience
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Vermin King: Income Taxes are DONE! Owe state, but get a refund on Federal. Hot Dang!
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wyvern: cowboycentaur: The Fat Dragon Volcano set was a stretch goal from the Wilderness Adventures KS back in 2015, so that should still be available in your DriveThru RPG Library. You should be able to find it there under "Fat Dragon Games".
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Vermin King: Before my time
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cowboycentaur: Anyone recall a Fat Dragon Volcano set? I have one that seems to have lost a bunch of files in the last decade or so, and moves across several computers. Now i can't find the set anywhere online.
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Vermin King: Happy birthday, lightning. Hope it was a good one
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Vermin King: Thank you, sir
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alloydog: You can copy/paste the images into the forum and this shout box - š but there isn't the Thumb Up... š¤
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alloydog: OK, update! Goto the Wikipedia page for the List of emoticons link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons
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alloydog: You can even copy/paste it to Notepad (or any other text editor, I guess - I use Gedit)
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alloydog: From the post I linked to below, if you select it, then right-click on it, you will even get an option to search for the Thumb Up character, so I think it is part of the standard ASCII character set: https://i.p
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