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Post by jabbro on May 16, 2009 16:55:27 GMT -9
Whew. I have been playing around with these for a week. These are the equivalent of the Men-at-Arms or Mercenaries in HeroQuest (Depending if you are British or American). I'll let you figure who fits into which role. Let me know if the chain mail is a bit too dark. I could not decide and this is my first time doing anything like it. Also my fist flat based figures. Outta curiosity, should there be the thick line under their feet, too?
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Post by squirmydad on May 16, 2009 17:22:13 GMT -9
They look great. The coloring on the whole looks a little dark ,I'm not sure what it is. I also notice you draw your human guys a lot closer to realistic proportions, which is cool, but will look a bit thin next to my stuff ( meaning you just need to make more in your style). These will make for nice guards and henchmen. JIM
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Post by jabbro on May 17, 2009 8:25:54 GMT -9
I noticed part of the problem seems to be with the thick lines. I think I am going to play a bit with that next time I ink something in. I drew and designed these close to actual size, I'm thinking next time I should draw them much larger and shrink them down.
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Post by squirmydad on May 17, 2009 9:51:53 GMT -9
I usually double the size of the figure, then ink it with a very thin, 01 technical pen.
You don't want to do any shading or texturing with the inking, only the lines. Texturing and shading can be done with color, just mike painting miniatures. JIM
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Post by cobra on May 17, 2009 11:02:22 GMT -9
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Post by jabbro on May 17, 2009 12:36:15 GMT -9
Looks good Cobra. I'll play with to orginals tomorrow. I have the ink and color on separate layers so I can lighten them without doing so with the outlines. Hopefully I can repost them after that.
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Post by squirmydad on May 17, 2009 14:24:55 GMT -9
I often boost the brightness by 20% after the figures are done. If the colors are too dark, then they will look muddy when printing. Often, if they look too bright on screen ,they are about right.
It takes some experience to get used to the brightness and contrast setting for paper. JIM
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Post by stevelortz on May 17, 2009 18:13:29 GMT -9
Interesting note on word origins: "paladin" originally meant "palace guard". We get the word "palace" from the ritzy homes built by Roman big-wigs on the Palatine Hill. Charlemagne's Paladins were his palace guard, or in Song of Blades and Heroes parlance, his personal warband.
Have fun! Steve
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Post by jabbro on May 18, 2009 4:23:07 GMT -9
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Post by jabbro on May 18, 2009 4:26:16 GMT -9
Interesting note on word origins: "paladin" originally meant "palace guard". We get the word "palace" from the ritzy homes built by Roman big-wigs on the Palatine Hill. Charlemagne's Paladins were his palace guard, or in Song of Blades and Heroes parlance, his personal warband. Have fun! Steve Steve, you are indeed a fount of knowledge. Given the same roots, the two would make sense together, I just would never have linked them.
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Post by stevelortz on May 18, 2009 8:39:13 GMT -9
Steve, you are indeed a fount of knowledge. Given the same roots, the two would make sense together, I just would never have linked them. Thanks, jabbro! At my age I'm just thankful I can still be a fount of anything. I came across this particular stuff while I was doing research to read The Song of Roland with a bunch of 10th graders. Have fun! Steve
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Post by jabbro on May 22, 2009 4:44:54 GMT -9
Hrmmm. Seems I am still learning when it comes to this stuff. Photobucket ended up resizing these to different resolutions. If anyone wants a fixed pack of these, just name your preference and I'll repost them to actual pixels.
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Post by xtea on Sept 24, 2009 12:26:27 GMT -9
Nice set! I like the poses. I cannot tell which is my fav but maybe the archer. ;D
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