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This is one of the coolest blogs I've seen on Dakka. I have seen your 28mm comics floating around the internet - didn't realise they originated from a Dakkaite!
I had no idea 28mm even was floating around. I thought there was my small circle of fellow ComicFury and a handful of Dakkaites.
This really brightens my day
tzurk wrote: The terrain/settings you've made are very evocative and the minis just drop right in. I'm also super impressed with how neatly you do their eyes!
I will be following along - excited to see the progress!
Thank you very much! I'm still showing off a lot of things on the 30 Days Of Characters challenge that I didn't want to spoil here first. But here's some of what's already popped up:
When BFE finally goes live, I'll be sure to leave a notification in the thread.
My Halbstadt exteriors are about to get twice as good:
Seriously, four decent sized 3D printed medieval buildings for around $35 ain't bad
Again, I raised the foundations with GW bases so the scale doesn't seem off. In the case of one building, the base extended really far past the building's footprint, so I made a little porch out of Apoxie Sculpt. I need to still sand part of it, as working with the material is like sculpting with cookie dough.
I've still been putting up an entry per day on the 30 Days Of Characters challenge. Feel free to check it out. You can comment if you like; you don't need a ComicFury account to do so.
Great work. I've wondered if miniatures could be used to make a photographic comic narrative, but of course I've never experimented with the idea. This is great stuff you're doing. Making alternate arms and poses for your main characters is genius. And it's nice to see that the Mantic furniture can paint up so well.
You're probably better off sticking with photoshopping word bubbles into your photos, but in case you're ever interested in staging something completely on the tabletop, are you aware of the miniature Heroclix word bubbles that Wizkids released with the Deadpool set? Some have Deadpool phrases pre-printed onto them, but there is also blank version, and it can usually be found second-hand inexpensively. (Game Hollow lists them for 20 cents apiece.). You could also easily cover up the pre-printed phrases with a blank sticker and type or write in your own words.
Here's a pic of one:
The obvious issue with these is that they only come in one size, limiting how much a character can "say." If you got really into it, I imagine it wouldn't be hard to design and 3-d print your own versions at whatever scale you desired.
Finally, since you're using characters in episodes taking place across multiple settings, have you considered using transparent bases to help them blend in?
I'll be following your comics with great interest. Keep up the great work!
Scherzo is genius, by the way.
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Thank you and welcome to the party, Talking Banana!
Regarding word bubbles: it works best for those to be done in post, as it were.
In 28mm, there are occasionally these complicated dialog interplays:
Spoiler:
Also, the shopped dialog will always work in scenarios where the camera angle is tilted or if I do day-for-night lighting.
Regarding bases: I can understand the logic, but I've never liked the look of clear stands. I had started this cobblestone scheme for my D&D and fantasy models about a decade ago. So there's literally hundreds of models I'm in no mood for re-basing
But I do appreciate your comments and I thank you for the support. Glad you like Scherzo.
Keep watching this blog to find out when Big Fantasy Epic goes live later this year.
I'm still trying to knock out the next four houses, but my parrot is making things difficult. I did manage to get a few little things done (or at least started):
Keeping the peace in Halbstadt
Bless you and your townsfolk line, Reaper Miniatures!
Now let's not put the cart before the horse... again...
I bought that cart when GW was doing Warhammer Fantasy Skirmish and they re-released all the old baggage trains. However, I somehow lost the horse over the years (and the little tiny yoke piece), so it sat in a bits box for years. When Wargames Atlantic came out with non-barded horses, I had to snap them up. The new yoke was made from greenstuff sculpted over two twist-ties.
And lastly, for a bit of fun, is some Mer-May art. All my fellow comic artists are showing off their mermaid drawings for the occasion, so I thought I'd join in with a miniature. Spoilered for bare mermaid boobs...
Spoiler:
Captain Marlinspike and his faithful mermaid companion, Nerida
While I'm still working on buildings & characters in anticipation of page one, I'm also fleshing out the background of the setting. But we all know nothing kills engagement like a lore dump (especially in the beginning of a story).
However, I still want to share my world building beyond what is directly pertinent to the story as it unfolds. So I'm doing a "lore" section of the comic's site as a repository for this kind of fluff for any readers who may be so inclined.
This is the first one I've done:
Just a quick six-panel page explaining some of the other nations involved. Not too dense but enough to get the gist for someone who wants something beyond what's currently shown in the story.
I do need some input: would this work better if the page was 2 panels wide and 3 panels tall? Or does the 2 rows of 3 panels look better? The current 3 X 2 tends to shrink the panels to get everything to fit.
I still need to add a teamster that can be added to the base when needed
Why yes, that little girl does know how to use that short bow
In the earliest stages of planning, I had created a character that was fully magnetized to be modular. It was my first attempt at such a model and he was initially the protagonist before Big Fantasy Epic even had a germ of a setting. Suffice to say, I learned from my mistakes with this model before doubling down and making Asphodel.
Body, legs, & head by Mad Robot, arms by Games Workshop
He will eventually have other arms, but this is the start
He's gonna have a horse, too!
I love how the final paintjob came out
That's all for now. Still have more houses and more townsfolk in the works.
I know I haven't been posting a lot here as of late. This is due mostly to the heat but also being burnt out on work & other creative endeavors. While cleaning up the scripting for the first chapter of BFE ready, I've been plugging away at buildings
I have managed to get something done despite all the heat & humidity:
Next verse house same as the first!
I wanted to get the 2-storey ones done first so I could use them to create a skyline:
I could have done this one just by staging the buildings & skipped the digital monkeying...
A better example of what I'm trying to accomplish
When the heat subsides and I can deal better with hot lamps, I'll experiment a little more. BFE is coming but I don't want to rush it.
Thanks for reading
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The kriegsknight looks like he's a professional duelist. Y'know, the type who often doubles as an assassin. Provokes his target into an unwise act so the duelist can claim his honor is offended and then "accidentally" kill the target in a duel just to first blood. A clean heart thrust is first blood after all ...
Ancestral Hamster wrote: The kriegsknight looks like he's a professional duelist. Y'know, the type who often doubles as an assassin. Provokes his target into an unwise act so the duelist can claim his honor is offended and then "accidentally" kill the target in a duel just to first blood. A clean heart thrust is first blood after all ...
Well he is a limited edition Empire Duelist. I had that model for years, agonizing over the paintscheme
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Excellent work and I very much enjoyed reading! I got the film noir feel in the second panel, glad I grokked that right. "There are a hundred stories in the Free Town of Halbstadt, and this is one of them..."
Rock on!
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Meer_Cat wrote: Excellent work and I very much enjoyed reading! I got the film noir feel in the second panel, glad I grokked that right. "There are a hundred stories in the Free Town of Halbstadt, and this is one of them..." Rock on!
I'm hoping to have a little something on Sunday. Thanks for reading
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