(Also, the person above is me! This is the account I use to post on the rest of the forum.)
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I just had a wonderful promotional idea!
First three people to buy the set and leave a review get a free custom paper mini of their own character, as drawn by me! Just leave a review, and e-mail me at Tim(at)battlestudio(dot)com to redeem your prize - but you must describe one of the characters not included on the cover to prove you bought it!
First one goes to gigglestick! I hope he reads this, I don't know if there's a way to contact people privately on the Paizo messageboard system.
Yes they're very nice doubt I could get anyone I play with to go for one of them but I'll certainly pick up a copy and will post a response as asked above after I do!
I just had a wonderful promotional idea!
First three people to buy the set and leave a review get a free custom paper mini of their own character, as drawn by me! Just leave a review, and e-mail me at Tim(at)battlestudio(dot)com to redeem your prize - but you must describe one of the characters not included on the cover to prove you bought it!
First one goes to gigglestick! I hope he reads this, I don't know if there's a way to contact people privately on the Paizo messageboard system.
Hey who chose the water bender?
Seriously that mini looks an awful like a certain character from Avatar the last Airbender!
There's even an alternative mini that could pass as a firebender, now to find a monk-like mini for the earthbender!
Well, there's the bard with the flute (or fife?) available as a brunette with green pants and a red and yellow tunic/cloak combination OR as a blonde with purple plants and a green and blue tunic/cloak. (And of course in black and white so you can color him yourself).
If you take a look at the pictures, you'll also see that the artist has done a good job of giving some personality and action to the minis. They're not just standing there in a "group pose" shot. Characters are casting spells, or prancing with their flute, or striking a defensive stance or whatever...gives them a little more life...
The style has grown on me even more one of my players has already picked out a counter to represent his charater in in our game.
I just had a wonderful promotional idea!
First three people to buy the set and leave a review get a free custom paper mini of their own character, as drawn by me! Just leave a review, and e-mail me at Tim(at)battlestudio(dot)com to redeem your prize - but you must describe one of the characters not included on the cover to prove you bought it!
First one goes to gigglestick! I hope he reads this, I don't know if there's a way to contact people privately on the Paizo messageboard system.
OK, I'll send you an email from splunge42(at)yahoo(dot)com
And do you do commissioned sets of mins?
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All right! One free mini review slot left!
I've done some thinking about mini commissions, but I don't have anything set in stone yet - I was thinking I would offer to do them, but I would do them for cheaper if the commissioner allowed me to include them as part of a later set for sale (though that may have some messy copyright implications, and if that's the case I should probably not do that!)
Also, I'm gonna start work on the first set of demi-humans right away. The next set was going to be Dwarven Adventurers, unless people would much rather I do a different race first!
Also, gigglestick, I'm interested to know which mini your player picked!
All right! One free mini review slot left!
I've done some thinking about mini commissions, but I don't have anything set in stone yet - I was thinking I would offer to do them, but I would do them for cheaper if the commissioner allowed me to include them as part of a later set for sale (though that may have some messy copyright implications, and if that's the case I should probably not do that!)
Also, I'm gonna start work on the first set of demi-humans right away. The next set was going to be Dwarven Adventurers, unless people would much rather I do a different race first!
Also, gigglestick, I'm interested to know which mini your player picked!
The "scientist-alchemist" looking character. We needed another alchemist character and that fit perfectly. (Not sure which color scheme yet...)
And I think that its a great idea to include "commissioned" characters in future sets. with a quick color swap you can do all sorts of things.
BTW - Tim is doing a set of minis for me for a few of the games I play or GM in. So far, he's done a Changleing Witch, Human Fighter, Halforc Barbarian, Goblin Monk, Varisian Magus, Elven Conjurer, Pseudodragon, and Cat Familiar. They all look GREAT!
And all this in less than a week.
I'll be posting them to my minis page with a link once they are complete. I'd recommend his work to anyone who wants a mini for their games. Tim was both quick and precise and he put up with little nitpicky changes (can we get different hair, can we add a wand tucked in the belt, can we change the color of the spell effect) from me with excellent results...
And they look good with these minis (and the other paper mini sets) already, just from the mockups.
OK. Here are the minis they did for me.
I liked the nice detail (Cyrdak's wand tucked into his belt, the crosspiece of Varn's sword and the handaxes at his waist, Goryll's Armor: a certain breastplate from a haunted forest, the cute eyes on Pilcher and Bluewing, the action post for Greenteeth, and the gear on Estle and Lliovynn that matches their present kit.)
These might show up in future sets. (Though they make up a single page, so he might be willing to sell you that page if you ask now...)
I'm looking forward to his next set. I think it's dwarves.
And he's going to finish a second set for my games (female gnome rogue, female human cleric of Shelyn, female halfelf sorceress, halfogre fighter, kobold ranger, hatchling speckled white dragon...) later on...
OK. Here are the minis they did for me.
I liked the nice detail (Cyrdak's wand tucked into his belt, the crosspiece of Varn's sword and the handaxes at his waist, Goryll's Armor: a certain breastplate from a haunted forest, the cute eyes on Pilcher and Bluewing, the action post for Greenteeth, and the gear on Estle and Lliovynn that matches their present kit.)
These might show up in future sets. (Though they make up a single page, so he might be willing to sell you that page if you ask now...)
I'm looking forward to his next set. I think it's dwarves.
And he's going to finish a second set for my games (female gnome rogue, female human cleric of Shelyn, female halfelf sorceress, halfogre fighter, kobold ranger, hatchling speckled white dragon...) later on...
You can see all of the Human Adventurers here:
And you can see some of them alongside Callous Jack's ROTR minis here:
OK. Here are the minis they did for me.
I liked the nice detail (Cyrdak's wand tucked into his belt, the crosspiece of Varn's sword and the handaxes at his waist, Goryll's Armor: a certain breastplate from a haunted forest, the cute eyes on Pilcher and Bluewing, the action post for Greenteeth, and the gear on Estle and Lliovynn that matches their present kit.)
These might show up in future sets. (Though they make up a single page, so he might be willing to sell you that page if you ask now...)
I'm looking forward to his next set. I think it's dwarves.
And he's going to finish a second set for my games (female gnome rogue, female human cleric of Shelyn, female halfelf sorceress, halfogre fighter, kobold ranger, hatchling speckled white dragon...) later on...
For those who are interested, the next set of custom minis (female gnome rogue, female human cleric of Shelyn, female halfelf sorceress, halfogre fighter, kobold ranger, hatchling speckled white dragon...) are viewable
to see some of the range.
Those are awesome. Tim is really talented. Once I get my life in order I need to commission some minis.
He's very affordable and has been receptive and helpful with specific changes. Which is important when putting together specific characters. Let's face it, we all have some sort of idea of what a character looks like. For example, you'll notice that Rynna and Moga both got "smilyer" in the final products. Because Rynna is the bubbly member of the group and Moga just enjoys being an adventurer. Both of them have "happy" personalities.
You'll also see little things like arm changes, extra equipment added (like the paintbrushes Kaerla uses as hair sticks, Lliovynn's wands, Varn's necklace, etc.), and if you look, Moga got a little "broader". And I'm nitpicky, so if he put up with my anal-retentiveness, he'll do a lot for someone else.
Once he's done with his next sets (Dwarves and Elves), I also hope to commission some more NPCs and PCs.
I'll keep adding them (and other paper mini sets) I get to the Photobucket page so that people can get a look at how they look assembled...
Of course, I'm a prop whore, so as long as the minis look good, I'll keep buying 'em... Because, as a GM, nothing is cooler than "And the sorcerer looks like THIS!" (Placing Mini on the table).
Do this include art of the back of each character, or are they double-front only?
Do this include art of the back of each character, or are they double-front only?
these are double front
While I prefer front and back (or front and black profile for back) double front seems to be the big trend now. And if it gets more minis out faster....GO FOR IT!
Awesome. Looking forward to it.
And the third custom mini goes to Mike Smith!
I suppose it'd be no problem including commissioned minis so long as I can get the commissioner to agree beforehand that the mini will go into the set (and that they keep the copyright to the character designs).
IANAL. I would expect that without an explicit agreement otherwise (such as a written employment contract), the copyrights to the images that you create are always yours, like my understanding of how it is for photographers.
That said, there is nothing stopping you from asking people if they would agree to it being a non-exclusive commission, with you retaining all rights to the image(s) that you create for them. Their benefit is that they can get the specific image that they want, which is worth paying for, since most people can't make any such thing. Your benefit is that you can make compilations or derivative works, or post/send/publish them as samples of your work, or whatever and etc., without a second thought.
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Yeah, that's basically the idea. Someone can commission me to draw their character, Cedric the Copyrighted, and opt for the cheaper "include in set" price - they still own the character of Cedric the Copyrighted and his design, but I get the rights to sell that particular image of him in a PDF of paper minis.
Also, I'm uploading the Dwarves set now; they should be available by tomorrow!
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A quick note - the cover character is, in fact, a mini in the set. She's doing a different pose in the miniature artwork, in the middle of leaping or running, sword held high with her off hand crackling with magic energy. I believe she appears on the third page.
She's actually a character I made for a home game and never got to use.
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A quick note - the cover character is, in fact, a mini in the set. She's doing a different pose in the miniature artwork, in the middle of leaping or running, sword held high with her off hand crackling with magic energy. I believe she appears on the third page.
She's actually a character I made for a home game and never got to use.
I looked for her in a different pose, go figure. I guess I am just taken with the cover pose.
If you like, I can finagle the lineart from the cover art into a paper mini if you prefer that pose.
I'd love to see that one done as a mini too...maybe in a future set.
(or as a freebe for people who order custom minis...:D )
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Tim, just purchased and printed your Human set, and I love the images, but...
Could you please change the circles at the bottle of the minis from pure black to an outlined circle or some other pattern that does not kill my black cartridges! Same with the base circles on the side of the sheet!
This is an excellent addition to my mini sets.