Popular Post Docent Turbine Posted March 10, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Inspired by SMOOTHWD40's post Couple of downloads, I've been working on a SVG Marker Generator for Malifaux. There are lots of different markers mentioned in both Standard and Story Encounter chapters of the rulebook, in addition to generic Corpse, Scrap and Scheme Markers. Markers for Victory Points might be a good idea, and also conditions could be tracked by some kind of marker, both generic conditions like Fast and Slow, and model specific like Blighted +1 and Chi +1. But not every player will need all the different markers, wouldn't it be great to be able to pick the markers you need and then print a sheet of them? This Marker Generator fills a sheet with round images with a rim in faction colors. The size of each marker can be set from 20mm up to 50mm. Change the rim color and the upper and lower text on the rim, and select an image from a local file. Add as many copies as you like of each marker to the sheet, then start over by selecting a new text and image (and rim color?) for the next marker, and repeat again. Even though markers of different sizes can be added to the same sheet, the placement algorithm is rather basic, and every marker in a row should preferably be of similar size. The Marker Generator is written in html with javascript, and is pure client side. No images is uploaded anywhere to make the sheet of markers, and you don't need to be online to use it, just save the web page to a local directory and run it from there. Malifaux Marker Generator The link above works fine with Chrome, Internet Explorer and Opera. Firefox unfortunately work a bit different than the other browsers, and I had to make a special version for that browser. Malifaux Marker Generator for Firefox As an example, I've made a sheet with Scheme Markers for seven different masters. Download svg version Download pdf version Firefox has often been a good choice for printing the markers, as some of the other browsers have a tendency to print the images with low resolution. You might have to disable Headers & Footers for printing correctly. The browsers sometimes change behaviour from version to version, so some experimenting might be required. Remember that it's also possible to save the sheet as .svg (which can be opened in other browsers) or as .pdf (by using a PDF-printer, such as Cute pdf writer) to print elsewhere. The Marker Generator itself does maybe look a bit boring. If someone has knowledge of html and css and want to style it in a more Malifaux way, I'd be really happy. Please hack away! A few more points about the images: If the images you select are to large (in MB), the script doesn't work (do to limitations of data urls). See this post for the size limits for different browsers. 300 x 300 pixels gives about 300 dpi on a 30mm marker, which is sufficient for good quality printing. For a 50mm marker 500x500 pixels should be ok. Wikimedia has a list of free image sources (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_image_resources), or you can use your own images. Edited September 6, 2017 by Docent Turbine This time it is Firefox that needs a special version... 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoeIsMe Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 ill have to check this out when i get home from work, but that seems like an amazing idea! looking at the samples if they come out like that, AND i can do whichever configuration id need... you may have just solved me headaches i didnt even know i had. --Woe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwhan Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 This is a great tool. Thank you. Is there any chance you could set one up that makes some sort of "Base hugger" for marking conditions on models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I don't think printed base huggers would be very practical, as they would be rather flimsy and you need to cut both inner and outer edge, but I can give it a try. So, 30mm inner diameter, 3mm rim and no picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwhan Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 This is a great tool. Thank you. Is there any chance you could set one up that makes some sort of "Base hugger" for marking conditions on models? Flimsy won't be an issue, I print cards and counters on photo paper so they are pretty thick. I think 6mm would be better, no picture but the ability to type onto it like the counters would be great. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted March 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ok, I've made a "Base hugger" version with 6mm rim. I also increased the text size a bit. Malifaux Base Hugger Generator Is this something like you had in mind? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w00mie Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I've updated the Malifaux Marker Generator with the option to make either rounded border or flat border (somewhat like what SMOOTHWD40 did), and with the option to select a custom border color. Btw, I have found that printing from Firefox actually gives the best result than Chrome when printing directly. For some reason, Chrome uses rather low resolution when embedding images in the svg file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfish Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Looks like an awesome tool, the sheets I grabbed so far either came up short on something or had it outright missing. WIll put these to good use! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Today I also updated the Malifaux Base Hugger Generator with the "flat color" and "custom color" options, so now the different versions are in sync again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derO23 Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Very useful tool. Thank you Docent Turbine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuranes Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Nice tool! I end up getting black insides instead of images, I'm running over Chrome. Are there certain image formats that the tool "prefers" over others for compatability? I found out the problem seemed to be with the file names I had chosen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Which file names did not work? Was there a special letter that gave the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotep Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 This looks so amazing! Question; do the markers fit inside the standard bases, or do they overlap the lip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 @Kotep: The markers are the same size as 30mm bases. I guess the images themselves would fit approximately inside a 30mm base, but I have not tested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emberlost Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Awesome! Now I just need to bodge a good image for Mei Feng. Wish I had a better image of the Puppet Wars version, but that's the way it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotep Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Everything worked out great! I just resized the images to 75% and they fit perfectly inside the bases. Thank you so much!! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinn Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 How do I save full sheet as pdf? I am using Mozilla Firefox and I can only save it as svg. I tried to convert it to pdf via online convertor, but it changed size of markers to almost 35 mm. I also tried Internet Explorer (and appropriate version of Marker Generator) and I can save it as svg, bmp or png. Where do I go from there? Or should I just save it as svg? I want to print it on a thick coated paper in copy center. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancater Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 For the incompetant. How do you place an image into the marker in such a way as it fills the borders cleanly? I'm trying to use a saved photo from the web and I end up with a small rectangle within the larger circle with a border to each side. I'm not real good with these tools, what (if any) is the fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Dancater, that's what he was saying about needing to use some basic image editing software to crop the image square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fra nklancer Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 You need to use an editor and change the saved image to a circular image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho of Rime Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Wyrd sells those awesome translucent bases.. If these were the size to fit in those (as above have done) that would absolutely be the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I've been experimenting some more with javascript, and have made a new version with sliders for positioning and zooming the image. This version can be used for images that are not square. (Note: If the image is square and not zoomed, the position cannot be changed. I probably should add some visual feedback for sliders that cannot be used...) Malifaux Marker Generator (v4) What do you think? By the way, while experimenting I found that if you include several large images, the browser might crash when opening full sheet ! There seems to be a rather low (and browser depended) byte size limit for the full sheet svg file (around 1-2 MB). For me this limit was reached with Chrome when including 3-4 images with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. So don't do that! 300 x 300 pixel images (or similar) should be sufficient for printing. @Sancho: What size should these markers be? Should they still include the border with the text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalisix Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 For some reason when I try to print the svg page all I get is the outlines and a black space in the middle. Anyone know how to fix this? I'm using Chrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docent Turbine Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 What kind of image did you use (jpeg, png, gif, ...)? It's difficult to investigate without having the actual image you tries with. If you like, I could PM you my email so you could send me that image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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