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Post by shaungamer on Jul 29, 2007 21:24:20 GMT -5
I know you can use Paper figures for RPGs but I thought I would put this topic here where it seems more applicable.
I assume you will be making some paper figures for Drakkenheim eventually, I was just wondering what style you would be using? Personally I think it would be great in the comic style that Oversoul is so well known for, but I need to know what you have in mind, seeing the subject matter is reasonably DARK and you may have something else planned!
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Post by oversoul on Jul 30, 2007 19:31:19 GMT -5
That is a good question. It is actually one I intended to partially answer in my blog. How do you draw dark figures in a cartoon style?
This is tricky and the more I draw ghoblins and demons the more it is on mind. There is a fine line that has to be followed. Where is that line is the problem. You want it to come across as dark and evil but in a tongue-in- cheek manner, and I have discovered that is not easy.
What I would like to do is a very Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas-ish sort of way. Well let me rephrase that in my style but giving props to him. That is what I would like. I am still trying to figure that form out. I am doing some sketching and trying to find it. I am getting close but I am not quite there yet.
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Post by brynbrenainn on Jul 30, 2007 23:49:16 GMT -5
I would say that you could do 'dark cartoony' by having more textures. The heroes and orcs and whatnot have two or at the most three tones to emulate animated cartoon movies.
But if you/we texturize everything, even down to 'warting up' the skin of the orcs I believe you could keep your style in the lineworks while still get a more sinister mini. It really would make the minis more gritty and 'dirty'.
In the almost ten years of being the herald in my local SCA group I had to revamp a lot of heraldic devices members showed me. The heralds of old times did something called 'diapering' to break up big areas of colour. Nowdays we would call it 'repeating seamless texture'.
I <think> that is what you mean by being inpired by Tim Burton while keeping your own style, huh? At least that is what I hope you mean.... I mean, Tim got a personal style you recognize a mile away, but so do you!
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Post by shaungamer on Aug 19, 2007 20:29:17 GMT -5
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Post by shaungamer on Aug 23, 2007 19:50:20 GMT -5
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Post by shaungamer on Aug 23, 2007 20:34:00 GMT -5
I thought While I was here I would show you the Badger driver, I converted from a DP figure:
I like the mixture of textures, gradients and shading.
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Post by magpiestear on Aug 24, 2007 16:35:14 GMT -5
Great vehicles shaun (I think I've said that before elswhere!).
Really like th edriver too, especially the large 'ignition' keys hanging from his belt, but............ Wouldn't the crew of a steam powered vehicle be covered in soot and grease? We went to a thomas the tank engine day at our local steam railway and all the engine 'crew' (driver, engineer etc) were covered in sooty/greasy marks, as well as sweat from the heat of the furnaces and the footplate of the engines weren't enclosed like these vehicles would be. Or is this figure one who hasn't been inside yet?
just a thought (definitely not criticism)
mags
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Post by shaungamer on Aug 24, 2007 20:47:57 GMT -5
You are right of course!! But when I printed the greasy dirty driver he didn't look as good as the clean pristine driver. (Who still looks rather dingy except for the skin).
I will probably go back and keep the clothes the same but change the face so that you can see the gogglemarks and smudge up the hands a bit.
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Post by magpiestear on Aug 25, 2007 16:08:33 GMT -5
perhaps his clothes are teflon coated!! Apparently they are doing this with children's school uniform clothing so that they don't get so mucky!!!!
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Post by shaungamer on Aug 28, 2007 5:53:11 GMT -5
Still following the pristine look: Introducing the 'Thunder Trooper' A steam powered armoured suit with built in 6 pounder hand cannon. Internal pistons assist movement and take the weight of the armour. Powder and spark for the cannon is provided by an internal mechanism but the cannon has to be muzzle-loaded by hand.
The Steam engine is mounted on the back of the figure. I could have gone for more detail but I felt it got lost on the figure. Comments still welcome!!
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Post by brynbrenainn on Aug 28, 2007 8:52:15 GMT -5
I love him! (Uh... That didn't come out right...) ;D ;D
/B
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Post by emergencyoverride on Aug 28, 2007 11:58:37 GMT -5
Very nice! Soon the steam powered armies will rule the world....erm or at least my table! ;D
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Post by magpiestear on Aug 29, 2007 9:28:30 GMT -5
He's really cool (though not possibly inside that armour!)
How about a steam powered gatling gun as an alternative weapon mount?
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Post by FNH on Aug 29, 2007 13:33:36 GMT -5
That suit is soooooo hot!
What he really needs is a little red wagon for the coal he must have to haul around!
:-)
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Post by magpiestear on Aug 30, 2007 7:27:52 GMT -5
Do they work in two man teams so that hey can stoke each others boiler? (that doesn't sound quite right )
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