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Title: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: cowabounga on September 11, 2010, 11:53:54: Hi guys.
It's time for a new thread! Yeahhhhhh! I am not forgetting about my other thread "making new parts with resin" but sculpting and taking pictures takes some time that I currently lack.
So here are my Romans. They're mostly customised with vinyl stickers. The designs were made with Photoshop as usual.

Roma Forum Guard
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080233.jpg)

Close up on a footman
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080260.jpg)

Two riders
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080230.jpg)

Close up on a rider
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080262.jpg)

Blue Legion
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080235.jpg)

XXth Legion
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080239.jpg)

XVth Legion
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080254.jpg)

Black Legion
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080257.jpg)

Black Legion cart
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080278.jpg)

African Legion
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080264.jpg)

Praetorian
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080249.jpg)

Praetorian Camp
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080199.jpg)

Roma Victor
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080694.jpg)

Caesar
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080821-1.jpg)

That's it! Next time you'll get to see the Greeks!
:wave:
Arnaud
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: Wolf Knight on September 11, 2010, 12:08:36: Really really great Arnaud!! Love your Ceasar!!!
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Post by: scan on September 11, 2010, 12:38:31: Super designs really awesome !
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Post by: baden-wurttemberg on September 11, 2010, 12:38:38: Excellent romans Arnaud! Very good job! :)9

Baden :wave:
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: Richard on September 11, 2010, 12:58:18: Arnaud, your Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) designs are wonderful !!!

Have you posted a topic anywhere that describes how you make your beautiful vinyl stickers?

Looking forward to seeing your Greeks!
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: el jefe on September 11, 2010, 13:23:22: Sweet Romans. I love all the shields. Nice job!
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Post by: Jimbo on September 11, 2010, 13:49:44: Very well done, Arnaud :)9
Great job on the shields and interesting for sure!

Best regards,
Jimbo
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Post by: Tiermann on September 11, 2010, 14:44:03: Excellent graphics work, they all look great
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Post by: Elric on September 11, 2010, 15:07:11: You have some excellent Romans! :)
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 11, 2010, 15:49:48: WOW WOW WOW!!!
I LOVE your Praetorian Camp! :o
Magnificent customs! :wow:
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: cowabounga on September 11, 2010, 19:18:48: Quote from: Richard on September 11, 2010, 12:58:18

Arnaud, your Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) designs are wonderful !!!

Have you posted a topic anywhere that describes how you make your beautiful vinyl stickers?

Looking forward to seeing your Greeks!

Hi Richard! Thanks for your comments. I'm glad you loved those. There is no thread about how to create designs with Photoshop. You need to learn (I took one three hour lesson, really necessary) and experiment (took me several months). What I think is essential is to have a pen tablet, because you'll need to draw lots of your designs and it's nearly impossible with a mouse. Then always remember a few things like: work with CMYB colour 300 dpi settings, and it's always better to draw a big design and to shrink it later to fit upon a small part (like a shield) than to enlarge a tiny one.
You'll need many trials for shapes, colours and sizes, but you'll manage!
I buy the vinyl in A4 sheets, fifty at a time, from a French shop, specialised in papers for printers, don't know if they would ship outside France. They're less than 2€ apiece. You waste a lot in the early stages, though. I think there's an on line shop for the US market called Papilio.
That's pretty much it. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

Cheers,
Arnaud
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: basilsdad on September 11, 2010, 20:11:51: Superior job, Arnaud! :love: Can't wait to see the Greeks. ;D
Joe
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: Richard on September 12, 2010, 14:44:00: Quote from: cowabounga on September 11, 2010, 19:18:48

I buy the vinyl in A4 sheets, fifty at a time, from a French shop, specialised in papers for printers, don't know if they would ship outside France. They're less than 2€ apiece. You waste a lot in the early stages, though. I think there's an on line shop for the US market called Papilio.
That's pretty much it. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

Thank you very much, Arnaud!

I have already found the website for Papilio (http://www.papilio.com/) and I'm really excited about giving it a try!

Thanks again and all the best,
Richard
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Post by: Gis on September 12, 2010, 17:07:20: Great customs again Arnaud!

and thanks for the explenation!
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: skypurr on September 12, 2010, 23:15:00: Wonderful customs Arnaud :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
Look forward to seeing your Greek customs.

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: tonguello on September 12, 2010, 23:57:12: Loooooved your designs! Can't wait to see the Greeks. It is what's missing fromm Playmobil. Maybe is it still on production??
Cheers! :wave:
Gaston
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: cowabounga on September 13, 2010, 09:12:09: OK guys.
Thanks for your comments. I really appreciate that. Here we go for the Greeks. As you all know I'm sure, there are no Greek helmets so I used mostly Romans, but I'm working on a Spartan helmet as well as a more classical one, more like Athena's.

Let's go!

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090019.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090020.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090021.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090023.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090022.jpg)

:wave:

Arnaud
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: cowabounga on September 13, 2010, 09:15:53: And now this is Sparta! Never retreat! Never surrender!

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090014.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090016.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090017.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1090015.jpg)

And to finish with, two cities at war:
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/Sarrasins_et_romains/P1080723-1.jpg)

Cheers!

Arnaud
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: Gis on September 13, 2010, 09:33:44: Very nice customs again.

YOu are a customizing MANIAC *grin*

Can't wait to see more of your work!!
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: Wolf Knight on September 13, 2010, 09:34:43: Another amazing sereis of customs Arnaud!!! Very very well done!!!
I like both cities!!!! But love the blue ones!!! :love: :love: :love: Brilliant shild decoration too!!!
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 13, 2010, 13:52:58: WOW!
I absolutely love your Greeks! :love: :love: :love:
I especially like your idea of using the non-Roman helmet you have there,
It is very Greek looking. I think I used it for one of my Greeks too. :)
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: playmofire on September 13, 2010, 16:38:37: Wonderful customs and designs! Quite superb. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Do you use a laser or an inkjet printer, please? Ah, just looked at the web link - inkjet, I guess.
Title: Re: My Romans (tough guys!)
Post by: BlueWizard on September 13, 2010, 16:47:14: Wow, great work, Arnaud!

Also thanks for posting (and Richard for asking!) about the technical details of how you created your designs. I have somes designs and now I have some idea of how to proceed in actually making them - thanks!

David
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Post by: GRANT on September 13, 2010, 16:55:36: Very nice work. :)9 I would really like to try something like this in the future. Thanks for the tips.
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Post by: Justindo on September 24, 2010, 06:54:02: It's always good to see Romans on this forum and yours look good, Arnaud, and so do your Greeks. :roman:
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Post by: baden-wurttemberg on September 25, 2010, 15:51:28: Wow great Romans! :love: Very good customizing! :roman:

Baden :wave: