Paper Minis and Terrain for download

[MisterVimes]

I've been working on some downloadable 6"x6" Terrain Maps. They are nothing special, but they have some nice detail. I put them on the download section of My Website (http://www.silentempire.com) . There aren't a lot of them yet, but I'm working on it. Anyway, you can find them in My Download section (http://silentempire.com/downloads.php)

[lemming]

Originally posted by MisterVimes
I've been working on some downloadable 6"x6" Terrain Maps. They are nothing special, but they have some nice detail.
I've only just looked at the pizza parlor so far, but I like.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by lemming
I've only just looked at the pizza parlor so far, but I like.

I'm particularly proud of the Pizza Parlor

[aylwin13]

Originally posted by MisterVimes
I've been working on some downloadable 6"x6" Terrain Maps. They are nothing special, but they have some nice detail. NOTHIN' SPECIAL?!? Co-MasterV you do yourself an injustice. These are awesome. :D Looks like I'll be right clicking my little, minion fingers off when I get home this evening. The maps are fantastic. I love the 'cycle mini, too. I used to have a 600 Ninja myself, until parenthood and responsiblity got in the way (Mrs13 made me sell it. :(). If I might ask, what are you using to make the maps? I'd be interested in giving it a go, myself. Thanks for all the hard work. Now I can see why we haven't seen you for a while.

:: He bows and thinks, "what an industrious Co-Master I have". ::

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by aylwin13
NOTHIN' SPECIAL?!? Co-MasterV you do yourself an injustice. These are awesome. :D Looks like I'll be right clicking my little, minion fingers off when I get home this evening. The maps are fantastic. I love the 'cycle mini, too. I used to have a 600 Ninja myself, until parenthood and responsiblity got in the way (Mrs13 made me sell it. :(). If I might ask, what are you using to make the maps? I'd be interested in giving it a go, myself. Thanks for all the hard work. Now I can see why we haven't seen you for a while.

:: He bows and thinks, "what an industrious Co-Master I have". ::

Thanks. I do all the work in Photoshop 7.0
With the Maps I make a 6"x6" file at 300 pixels per inch and I draw everything by hand. Then I add the Hexes and fade them. Then I reduce to 100 pixels per inch.

My future plans are:

Hospital Interior (using the Warehouse format)
High-School Interior (using the Warehouse format)
Park Monument add-on(an overlay for the park)
Convenience Store (using the standard store format)
Mad Scientist Lab (using the Large Builing Format)
Headquarters/Mansion (using the Warehouse format)
Prison/Superprison (using the Warehouse format)


As far as the Minis, I will probably add some more, but most of mine are reduced scanned images that HERO will probably sell (so I don't want to violate any copyrights)

[aylwin13]

Well' let's just say I'm impressed. Keep 'em comin' and I'll keep stea##... ahem, I mean borrowing 'em. As for the minis, I have some 700 or so character jpg's that I'm making into minis. Plus the Marvel ones, and the old SJG Cardboard Heroes. I think I have more than enough. :D I do like the SWAT/agent minis. You can never have enough soldier/agents.

[Redmenace]

Hey Vimes, I'm at work so I can't give you the props you deserve but had to thank you for the great maps and figures. Really appreciated.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Redmenace
Hey Vimes, I'm at work so I can't give you the props you deserve but had to thank you for the great maps and figures. Really appreciated.

My pleasure... should have more for y'all in a day or so

[Spence]

All I can say is "awesome" :D

[RPMiller]

These are obviously well thought out to be used in a modular way. I like that type of format. It is great for ad hoc areas/battles. Major kudos.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Spence
All I can say is "awesome" :D

Now you're just gonna swell my head:o

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Durnin
These are obviously well thought out to be used in a modular way. I like that type of format. It is great for ad hoc areas/battles. Major kudos.

That means a lot coming from you sir... gracias

[Sketchpad]

Those maps are excellent Vimes :)

[MisterVimes]

For those of you downloading the maps, I updated the Road Tee (http://silentempire.com/downloads/terrain/modern/1inch_road_tee.jpg) . After printig, it was out of alignment with the other road segments. That has now been fixed.

[MisterVimes]

Another update.

I added the 4 sections of the Mad Scientist Lab (http://silentempire.com/downloads.php) and an add-on (http://silentempire.com/downloads/addons/1inch_lab_addons.jpg) for the lab that contains:
1)A Nuclear Missile
2)An Atomic Brain in a vat
3)A Huge creature under glass
and
4)A Laser containment grid.

[Redmenace]

I've loved em all but the last batch have been among the best. That pizza parlor still stands out.

I spent almost $20.00 on SJG's Haunted house floorplans and, save for allready being printed and with hex& square grid, they didn't look as nice as your stuff.

Thanks again for making them available.

[aylwin13]

Even more crunchy map goodness! I'm hardly able to contain myself. If you continue to make them, we will come (and "borrow" them). :D

Thanks for sharing.

[BarryB]

I agree with the previous posters. Excellent work. Professional quality. I would pay for most of them. I hope we don't use up all of the bandwith allotment of your site downloading these things. :)

I'm going to laminate them. I used a few of them today in my gaming session. Aside from the common problem of sliding around (I gotta find a sticky mat), they worked fine.

[RPMiller]

Originally posted by BarryB
I'm going to laminate them. I used a few of them today in my gaming session. Aside from the common problem of sliding around (I gotta find a sticky mat), they worked fine. Excellent idea! And if I may make a suggestion? You can do one of several things to keep them from sliding around:
Print them on static plastic sheeting (the stuff they make window decals from)
Print them on heavy card stock
Attach velcro to each side, and allow it to overhang so that the pieces can be velcroed in together
Attach a thin piece of rubber pad to the bottom (the stuff they put on the bottom of coasters
Just a few ideas there.

[ChuckB]

Dude , excellent job on the maps , I especially liked the "mad scientist add-ons".

[Agent X]

Most excellent.:) :) :) :)

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Durnin
Excellent idea! And if I may make a suggestion? You can do one of several things to keep them from sliding around:
Print them on static plastic sheeting (the stuff they make window decals from)
Print them on heavy card stock
Attach velcro to each side, and allow it to overhang so that the pieces can be velcroed in together
Attach a thin piece of rubber pad to the bottom (the stuff they put on the bottom of coasters
Just a few ideas there.

Typically, I use a little of that blue tacky stuff to secure the map... and I plan to laminate them myself and I recommend printing them on cardstock.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by ChuckB
Dude , excellent job on the maps , I especially liked the "mad scientist add-ons".

The Big eyeball was very popular with Mrs Vimes and Stargirl

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Agent X
Most excellent.:) :) :) :)

Thanks Doug... :)

[GreyGuardian]

Those are WAY cool! I have recieved prods from the folks that have played in my dark champions campaign about one too many warehouse - You have freed me from the barren wasteland of warehouses!

regarding the sliding around - ruber shelf paper and super glue or some other adhesive works wonderfully to keep terrain flat and from sliding. I used that for my mage-knight terrain. There is also the tape it to the darn battle mat theory as well.

[MisterVimes]

The next project will probably be a Shopping Mall with Add-ons and Minis (to take advantage of the printed area of the page)

I appreciate the support

[Strike13]

Those are some great maps. I always grab maps of parks, malls, houses, etc. whenever I go just to use them as maps for Champions. I have a huge collection just waiting to be put onto hex paper.

[Agent X]

Heh, I've printed all of them and now with my copier/scanner... :cool:

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Agent X
Heh, I've printed all of them and now with my copier/scanner... :cool:

Good deal... I recommend printing more than one of the road sections though... ;)

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Strike13
Those are some great maps. I always grab maps of parks, malls, houses, etc. whenever I go just to use them as maps for Champions. I have a huge collection just waiting to be put onto hex paper.

Well... share 'em :D

[Agent X]

Originally posted by MisterVimes
Good deal... I recommend printing more than one of the road sections though... ;) That's what the copier/scanner is for.:) I just hope I cut these suckers out well so they will fit properly.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Agent X
That's what the copier/scanner is for.:) I just hope I cut these suckers out well so they will fit properly.

Straight-edge, exacto-knife and a good cutting surface

[Agent X]

Originally posted by MisterVimes
Straight-edge, exacto-knife and a good cutting surface I'm so smart that I've found ways to even make that not work.;) But it's usually reliable.

[Strike13]

As soon as I get a scanner I would be more than happy to share them. Does anyone know if Kinkos or a similar place offers scanner use?

[Barrier]

Originally posted by Strike13
As soon as I get a scanner I would be more than happy to share them. Does anyone know if Kinkos or a similar place offers scanner use?

Actually most if not all Kinkos should have an available scanner on both their PC and MAC rental computers. Take it from a former Kinko's employee.
:D

[tiger]

Great Work. These will make wonderful maps to use. Only suggestion I have is maybe making a zip file or files of the images to download.

[Agent X]

Anybody tried printing stuff like this on photo-quality paper?

[zornwil]

Wow, just caught up to this, excellent! Thanks Mr. Vimes!!!

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by tiger
Great Work. These will make wonderful maps to use. Only suggestion I have is maybe making a zip file or files of the images to download.

A zip and a tar file (for Linux users) will be available with "sets" (street, buildings, mall, lab, etc)... soon

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Agent X
Anybody tried printing stuff like this on photo-quality paper?

Very. The resusts are nice, but the quality is not greatly imprved. I have found medium card stock to give the best results.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by zornwil
Wow, just caught up to this, excellent! Thanks Mr. Vimes!!!

Thanks for the support. I haven't forgotten you guys, I've just been working dilligently on scanning and colorizing the pics from CKC and converting them to minis for my own campaign... as well as working on the Mall, which is about 50% finished. Dragon*Con is this weekend, so the mall should be finished early next week.

[TheQuestionMan]

Great work sir , only in Hero Games and Champions can you get this kind of MGS . Too Cool for words .

[DoctorItron]

We all love you, Mr. Vimes. You've had enough fun at DragonCon, now get back to work.

I like the maps a lot. I have one nit-picky comment: the backgrounds for the lab interior are too dark. I prefer the lighter background used for the other building maps.

John "Mr. Vimes might own stock in an inkjet cartridge company, and he's doing this just to make us use ink" Speroni

[DoctorItron]

Originally posted by MisterVimes
Very. The resusts are nice, but the quality is not greatly imprved. I have found medium card stock to give the best results.

Ditto on the cardstock working well.

/begin run-on sentence/
Since most of us are probably printing these on an inkjet, and many printer inks smudge when they get wet, and many gamers have soda and other foods around the table, it's probably best to seal the surface so you don't have to print and cut a new set of maps for every game session.
/end/

After cutting, try spreading them face up on cardboard or newspapers, then spray with clearcoat. Laminating is always an option, but it will be a lot tougher to trim all the maps to size.

[RPMiller]

Originally posted by DoctorItron
Ditto on the cardstock working well.

/begin run-on sentence/
Since most of us are probably printing these on an inkjet, and many printer inks smudge when they get wet, and many gamers have soda and other foods around the table, it's probably best to seal the surface so you don't have to print and cut a new set of maps for every game session.
/end/

After cutting, try spreading them face up on cardboard or newspapers, then spray with clearcoat. Laminating is always an option, but it will be a lot tougher to trim all the maps to size. Another very interesting sidenote would be that if you use a plastic cover, laminate, etc. you can draw right on the surface usually with a dry erase or wet erase marker depending on the type of plastic.

[BarryB]

Originally posted by DoctorItron
After cutting, try spreading them face up on cardboard or newspapers, then spray with clearcoat. Laminating is always an option, but it will be a lot tougher to trim all the maps to size.

I'm just going to have them laminated and then use a paper cutter on them to slice them all down to size. I don't really care if there's a sliver showing. It's close enough for government work.

[dei1c3]

Does anyone know a good place online to order plastic stands for paper miniatures?

Thanks.

Chris

[RPMiller]

Originally posted by dei1c3
Does anyone know a good place online to order plastic stands for paper miniatures?

Thanks.

Chris Steve Jackson Games (http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?SJG5104D) has them in bulk and in different colors.

[dei1c3]

Perfect! Thanks much. =)

Chris

[Major Tom]

I just got through looking at the floorplan templates on your website, and
they're fantastic, to say the least. Do you have any plans to create other
floorplan add-ons for the existing plans (say, for example, something like
the Time Tunnel or the Stargate for the Mad Scientist's hideout)?


Major Tom :confused:

[keithcurtis]

You might need to email him to get his attention. Mr. Vimes hasn't posted in months and this thread is several years old.

Keith "Misses Sir Samuel" Curtis

[zornwil]

I read this before, but thought it was worth a bump. :)

[mayapuppies]

Thanks Zornwil, I never would have known about this one.

[Cougar]

Good stuff!