Tokens - now with posters on 'urban' backgrounds to blend in better

[Bellboy]

Wanted to prove that it is a fast and easy way of producing specific tokens for games. 

You're right - I just need to edge them now (dark grey for concrete, dark red fro brick), like this...



Seen from the side to show that filling in the white makes 'em MUCH better





Thanks for the suggestions etc. - I'm much happier with the idea now. 

Plus we'll never use 'rout' again.  From now on it's 'doing a Forrest'.

[Pil]

[Argonor]

You can be really, really happy with that result! How about posting the file here so we can all benefit from it? 

[Cory]

That's a great idea.

Now I'm inspired to try some newspaper headline tokens for my pulp games.

[Lordblackwing]

Awesome work Bellboy. Any chance you would post the images so we can "borrow" them ? By the way...what is that truck in the background? it looks perfect for my mobile command post idea.

[Bellboy]

Hope this is what you mean.  Note new 'Dead' token courtesy of The Sun.




Happy to take requests - you give me the picture and text, I'll produce a sheet in MS Word and e-mail to you.

[twrchtrwyth]

Excellent. What software do you use to make the tokens, before putting them on a word sheet I mean, as I'm assuming you do?

[Argonor]

 

[Bellboy]

Excellent. What software do you use to make the tokens, before putting them on a word sheet I mean, as I'm assuming you do?

Use Macromedia Fireworks.  Form a Canvas to 75 pixels square, place background then import graphic (i.e. poster).  Freeform Arrange to tilt it at an angle then save (as a .png file).

Then open the file in MS Paint and 'save as' a jpeg.

Open MS Word - insert new jpeg picture, copy and paste multiple times.

Repeat for other graphics.

Once a sheet is full, print out and stick to foamboard (see above for the rest).

 

[twrchtrwyth]

Where did you find Macromedia Fireworks? Not one I've heard of. Thanks for the explanation too.

[Argonor]

You could do this in most graphic editors. I'd use Photoshop, for instance (I happen to have a legal version that came with a digicam).

I also have a small freeware progtram called pdf995 that transform any document into a pdf - I'd do that when I made up a sheet with a nice mix of counters - cannot be f****d up by mistake 

[NECROSTONE]

I second that other fellow as in

"What is the cool looking truck please?"

Many thanks for the inspiration on tokens too.

regards

[Argonor]

I second that other fellow as in

"What is the cool looking truck please?"

Many thanks for the inspiration on tokens too.

regards

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=9606.0

[Bellboy]

Thanks Argonor.

As it says - airport fire truck sprayed black for my BioHazard team.

Just need to attach a biohazrd logo and we're in business.

Macromedia - don't know (was loaded on the work computer).

 

[NECROSTONE]

Many thanks Argo old bean!
(doffs hat in his general direction)