What are you working on today?

[Decipher]

Making all of the expansion treasure, artifact and monster cards for reprint via photoshop. Long and daunting process.

I have them in the Photoshop format if you'd like them. Or you can find them in the jpeg format here. I also have all the ones I've created for the quests I was converting in there. If you want the Photoshop files, just PM me.

Edit: Anybody who wants the cards in the Photoshop format can find them here. These are the cards from the official quests, but they are only in the North American format. One day I may get around to getting them done in the European format.

I was printing my self made quest book yesterday and was shocked how bad it looks. Now I want everything in vector format.

This is the main reason why I don't like the HQ Quest Editor program. The end result is a .png file which doesn't look very good to me and you can't really scale it if need be without losing quality.

Thanks. I am about 90% finished. The thing is the printer requires them at 300 dpi and at whatever a standard NA poker card dimensions are, which I can't remember off the top of my head. I was trying to resize all the different cards I have downloaded from the forums, but they dont look right after I am done or the quality drops.

[StratosVX]

Heroscribe can export .eps files. They, you can import to word or PowerPoint. When you're done you klick on Save as pdf. Everything's fine.

I use Mac computers and do all of the quests in Pages. It does the same thing and I have templates all set up. I'd just like to get a vector version of the graphic behind the quest intro as well as one for the Mentor's insignia. That is about the only thing I don't have in vector format. One day I might get the skills I need to do that. I'd also like to do a vector of the HQ logo but I know that will be beyond what I could do.

[Count Mohawk]

Heroscribe can export .eps files. They, you can import to word or PowerPoint. When you're done you klick on Save as pdf. Everything's fine.

I use Mac computers and do all of the quests in Pages. It does the same thing and I have templates all set up. I'd just like to get a vector version of the graphic behind the quest intro as well as one for the Mentor's insignia. That is about the only thing I don't have in vector format. One day I might get the skills I need to do that. I'd also like to do a vector of the HQ logo but I know that will be beyond what I could do.

You guys probably have more powerful tools than this, but I use an online image vectorizer I found to convert PDFs into vector-style graphics.

[Anderas]

That was a super good tip! Now i have the Mentor's scroll in EPS, cool!

The last thing i am searching for is now a emf to eps converter that works with batches and delivers good quality. The emf files Powerpoint was generating are HUGE. 2mb for a goblin face. I try Inkscape now.

[Anderas]

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Hmmm somehow my flickr is not working today. The pic shows 12 skeletons and some heaps of bones. You will have to imagine them.

[Schmidt]

Waou! The way I'm imagining them, they are beautifully painted. And the amount of detail is just crazy.

[knightkrawler]

This weather takes its toll on me. Not only physically - I sweat like a pig.
But also psychically. I tried to paint today, some nice wet blending on Ork skin and JUST COULDN'T DO IT FOR THE freakin' LIFE OF ME.

It's just too hot. It would be ridiculous if it weren't so sad.
I'm depressed and on the verge of giving up the entire hobby. I'm not kidding, I am that far.
Painting is a new passion of mine and I've got the tools, the passion, the inclination... maybe even some talent, but seeing these dirty unblended watermarks on my figures because the paint dries too fast is making me nuts and depressed.

I tried Drying retarder, which makes the paint too gloopy, water, which makes it evaporate even faster, and all kinds of aids, but nothing helps. I'm desperate.
Hope I'll get over this sometime in September and am satisfied with painting results then, else I'll state what I've always considered myself: I'm too impatient for painting miniatures and should just give it up.

Sorry for the rant, but these little disappointments takes more from me and my life than anyone could guess.
It makes me wonder if I shouldn't strive for something higher (more money, more working time) professionally instead of trying to utilize so much time for a hobby that sometimes burns me out becuase so much is to do and I'm not a planner at all.

[Schmidt]

Don't put aids in your paint, it won't help. I haven't painted at all this year as I don't have a dedicated space for hobbies, but have to bring it to the kitchen when I want to hobby. But I did take some half painted minis down from the shelf and blew some cobweb away from them.

[IvenBach]

This weather takes its toll on me. Not only physically - I sweat like a pig.

Sit in front of a fan.

Sorry for the rant, but these little disappointments takes more from me and my life than anyone could guess.
It makes me wonder if I shouldn't strive for something higher (more money, more working time) professionally instead of trying to utilize so much time for a hobby that sometimes burns me out becuase so much is to do and I'm not a planner at all.

There will be good days and bad days. Enjoy the good days as much as you can. As for the bad, put stuff away on those days and go for something else. Don't force it if it's un-enjoyable. Find something else with which to pass the time.

Staying inside mostly. Rain and thunder, thunder, Thundercats HO! Can't really go outside and juggle so it's become a relaxing day for me. Fly back home on Tuesday to see my family again. I'd like to get into some painting if at all possible since I couldn't all summer.

[cornixt]

Really piling through my HQ alternative figures, with quick and dirty painting. I'll go back and improve them at a later date, but for now they looking good enough for the table. Now got a proper gargoyle, no more troll being used as a stand-in. Got a couple more skeletons done, beastmen (fimir stand-ins) and even a hyena man. For the first time I will have a fully stocked painted dungeon without Blood Bowl figures taking up the slack.

Also, been loading up on random dungeon furniture and accents. Little rows of bottles, tools, barrels, and a nice big throne. Something to put in the rooms randomly.