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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Delaney on 01 June 2011, 02:37:38 PM
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Hey all,
I just updated the Skulldred blog with a whole lot of new goodies for you kind playtesters to enjoy. Skulldred is getting a full colour A5 manual, which means me doing lots of art and funky things to cram it with- so expect to see more goodies, such as new counters, new Skulldred specific Bederken Minis, floorplans and stuff of that ilk.
Up now are blank character cards, a photoshop .PSD for putting your own pictures into customised cards!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tfjVzzH0Aeg/TeYrxS_kiJI/AAAAAAAAAMI/vkPt-ocrwbk/s1600/pc5_dwarf_grimbo.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hd7Ww4vHEQg/TeYs2pqAFOI/AAAAAAAAAMM/-_nhfxYm5X0/s1600/tutorial.jpg)
And a sneak peek at one of the formatted pages, to give you an idea of what direction its going in.
Visit www.skulldred.blogspot.com for all the goodies!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gf1n7K2-FWk/TeYoiqyjR3I/AAAAAAAAAMA/OIU8OT2-JNc/s1600/samplePage.jpg)
You can also grab the warband generation spreadsheet too.
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Looking really good Dave!
I'll have to have a proper browse later and see if I can squeeze a little game this week with those Bederken minis I painted up. :D
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You're seriously spoiling us now :-*
Love the new character cards & can't wait to get my grubby little paws on the finished A5 rulebook when it's unleashed.
All hail King Dave. The man's a genius :D
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The man's a genius :D
That!
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Those cards look great... :)
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Thanks for including the Photoshop mini-tutorial. Very helpful! ;)
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Outfreakingstanding
I am going to look at these rules immediately. The character sheets are perfect for convention games.
Ryan
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Outfreakingstanding
I am going to look at these rules immediately.
Yeah, I did that a couple of weeks ago & as a result I've just ordered a pile of fantasy figures & I'm building a new games table too.
Curse you, Dave, you & your awesome set of rules lol
Skulldred is well worth trying & I defy anybody not to be impressed.
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Skulldred is well worth trying & I defy anybody not to be impressed.
Agreed! It has replaced SOBAH as our game of choice at the Asbestos' household. Not to put that game down in any way, but this just gives the right feel for our heoic battles!
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Aww shucks you guys...
Spot on re: conventions - when I sat down to plan it out that's one of the key things I wanted to address. You should be able to show up at a con with a bag of minis, shuffle your cards to get the points balanced then get into a fun, fair game in minutes with a total stranger. No looking at army lists or flicking through books. A deck of cool looking, color coded cards. Easy.
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I'm playing this game this weekend If I have to beat my children to do it. I love your passion for this project. Inspirational! Now paint more figures so I can look at those too.
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:)
Love to see everyones unit cards and warband photos if you have a crack at it!
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Gagamella... ::) :)
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Downloaded the ruleset and it looks excellent! I love SOBH, but very keen to get cracking on Skulldred too. The magic system in particular looks really interesting.
Love to see everyones unit cards and warband photos if you have a crack at it!
Here are a few gobbos that I mocked up earlier today. The tutorial was really handy, since I am basically a Photoshop nuff-nuff.
(The Fanatic was given the Treacherous trait, because after he drinks the mushroom brew and swings the ball and chain a few times, he gets mixed up which end of the battlefield he should be pointing at!)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/GoblinWarbosscard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/GoblinArcherscard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/RiverTrollcard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/GoblinSpearmencard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/GoblinBattleStandardcard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/GoblinFanaticcard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/GoblinShamancard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/SquigHoppercard.jpg)
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/patisarat/Skirmish%20gaming/Squigcard.jpg)
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Awesome! Keep 'em coming!
I should add that my copyright only extends to the card itself, how the end user populates it for their personal use is their affair!
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I put a bunch more up on the Skulldred forums
http://skulldred.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=showcase&thread=16 (http://skulldred.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=showcase&thread=16)
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Say, Dave -
After a bit of faffing about I got my picture to layer properly on the card, but when I go to adjust the statistics I don't see the little triangle you mention. When I click where it should be, I get a message saying "You are attempting to open a group, which is not supported in Photoshop Elements. The layers in this group will be simplified into a single layer. Simplify? Y/N".
Pardon my stupididity, but what am I doing wrong? Is my Photoshop insufficiently up-to-date? I've got Photoshop Elements 8. Does the fact that I'm working on a Macintosh make any difference...?
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Heldrak, I use a Mac & not a P.C. (Pretend Computer ;) ) so that won't be your problem.
When you're trying to edit the card in Photoshop, does your layers palette look like the pic below?
(http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h441/StavrosBanjo/Layers.jpg)
If not then it may be something to do with Photoshop Elements which is a cut down version of the full blown Photoshop application. I would be surprised if it is though because I thought Elements handled layers fully :? Hopefully Dave can shed more light on this for you.
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Great stuff! Beautiful cards
I should add that my copyright only extends to the card itself, how the end user populates it for their personal use is their affair!
Of course that's fair so tomogui you should be careful where you post and how you use the GW names, I'm guessing Suigg is a copyrighted name and GW are very protective. That said the cards are beauties and your painting is great
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do you need photoshop to edit the cards?
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I see it is. is it a free package?
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I will post up a version without groups when I get a moment today.
Photoshop elements is the cheap cut down version of Photoshop - you can also use gimp, which is a free program, but the workflow is different for making the mask.
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Heldrak, I use a Mac & not a P.C. (Pretend Computer ;) ) so that won't be your problem.
When you're trying to edit the card in Photoshop, does your layers palette look like the pic below?
(http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h441/StavrosBanjo/Layers.jpg)
If not then it may be something to do with Photoshop Elements which is a cut down version of the full blown Photoshop application. I would be surprised if it is though because I thought Elements handled layers fully :? Hopefully Dave can shed more light on this for you.
No, I don't get an individualized palette like the one you show, I just get the error message that I quoted... :'(
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All fixed up now for elements. I recomposed the layers so it is much easier to use too! Just paste and your done!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TbrSamgaxC4/Teth9dvNqwI/AAAAAAAAANo/VARcLctIQC4/s1600/UnitCardTutorial2.jpg)
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Great stuff! Beautiful cards
Of course that's fair so tomogui you should be careful where you post and how you use the GW names, I'm guessing Suigg is a copyrighted name and GW are very protective. That said the cards are beauties and your painting is great
You're probably absolutely right. I didn't even think about IP when I made 'em. Just got enthusiastic to show Dave how excited I am about Skulldred! Oh well, if I get a cease-&-desist letter from the Evil Empire, I will remove 'em. The painting is not mine, by the way; these are images downloaded from the Internet.
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You're probably absolutely right. I didn't even think about IP when I made 'em. Just got enthusiastic to show Dave how excited I am about Skulldred! Oh well, if I get a cease-&-desist letter from the Evil Empire, I will remove 'em. The painting is not mine, by the way; these are images downloaded from the Internet.
On this forum you should be alright!
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Loved the enthusiasm!
So has anyone tried the new version I posted? Doe sit work in photoshop elements?
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Could you make a step-by-step guide for GIMP, too, please? My PhotoShop refused to be installed on Vista, so I have started dabbling in GIMP, but I'm by no means an expert...
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Will give it a go...
In the meantime, more suggestions for rules changes for first edition here...
http://www.daveking.com.au/articles/skirmish/Skulldred_suggestions.pdf
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I just got GIMP working.
Looks like I have to build a different card so you can use GIMP, as it does not read psds as well as I was lead to believe.
This may take a while- its really hard to switch between photoshop and gimp.
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its really hard to switch between photoshop and gimp.
Not only file-wise... I used to use photoshop all the time, and now I'm trying to learn to do just half the things in GIMP that I used to do in a blink of an eye. Completely different interface. I LOATHE having to learn new intefaces lol
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Especially ones that are clearly, and in all ways worse than what your used to.
I know GIMP is free, but its so painful to use I feel that's not enough... I feel they should be paying ME to use it.
So far its crashed out each time I have had the patience enough to redo the text.
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Loved the enthusiasm!
So has anyone tried the new version I posted? Doe sit work in photoshop elements?
It didn't when I tried it last. The picture was easier to move and I could change the name on the card, but I kept getting the same error message when I tried to change the individual stats.
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I know GIMP is free, but its so painful to use I feel that's not enough... I feel they should be paying ME to use it.
Believe me, I would still be using my photoshop if it would run on my 64-bit Vista. But, alas, not.