JMGraham Posted February 1, 2013 Report Posted February 1, 2013 Howdy! I’m in the process of designing some swag for a tournament I’ll be running in May. As part of the give-aways, I like to make a small terrain piece that is used as part of one or more of the special scenarios. Last years, it was a laser-cut MDF gallows. The year before that it was a cast “minor breach” (also useable as a pool of aether or the like). This year, I thought I’ve got in my head that I’ll nake a graveyard. I reckon I’ll laser-etch some decaying stone walls and gravestones out of MDF, and provide them to tourney participants for use in the tournament. I’m done with the design of the walls, and have collected a bunch of gravestone shapes from various sources and converted them to outlines. Now, the question is, what to put ON the gravestones? I thought it might be fun to include y’all in the process. As such, I propose a contest! Design a Gravestone Step1: Download the gravestone outlines to which I’ve linked below. They’re in .png form, so you should be able to import them into any graphics program you care to use, or print them if you prefer to work in a non-electronic medium. Step 2: Design some gravestones! One, two, three, as many as you like. Add decorative carved elements, names, dates, witty epitaphs, whatever you like! Keep in mind that the final product will be laser-etched on a Malifaux-miniature-sized gravestone. As such, please use black only for your designs (no shading or multiple greys), and keep in mind how much the gravestones will be shrunk down when making your design. Little tiny letters full of witty prose probably won’t translate when it’s shrunk to an inch-high stone, though if you’re just focusing on the design elements, a couple of scrawls instead of words could translate well. Step 3: Submit your work electronically. If you printed the sheet to draw by hand, you’ll need to scan it back into an electronic format. I can take things in just about any form you’d like: .pdf, common graphic forms (jpg, png), Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, etc. You can submit your work by either making a post here and linking to the images, or e-mailing them to jmgraham12 (at)gmail(dot)com . With your permission, I could post them here for others to enjoy and comment on, or I could just post if you win. Deadline : The deadline for submissions will be Feb 16th. Prizes: I’ll be doing the judging, and will select a handful or two of gravestones to be immortalized in MDF. If one or more of your gravestones are selected, you will win: The thanks of about 40-or-so gamers, who will drink to your honor at the third annual Walpurgisnacht tournament on May 4th/5th in Bellingham, WA. If you don’t mind your name being in the tournament pack, we’d love to give you design credit for it. A copy of your winning gravestones, laser-cut in MD, mailed to anywhere in the US in a first-class envelope as a small token of thanks. It’ll be shipped out on or before May 4th. Hopefully much, much before! Furthermore, we’ll raffle off one full copy of the graveyard set (including the walls and all of the gravestones). Every person who submits a gravestone will get an entry in the raffle, and each of the winning gravestones will get an additional raffle entry (one per gravestone). I’ll ship it anywhere in the US, on or before may 4th/5th. Maybe we’ll come up with a special prize for a fan-favorite or the like. International Caveat: Unfortunately, due to how ridiculous international shipping has become, I can’t ship anything overseas. I can try my best to find something reasonably priced to send out a gravestone or two (you can still send a letter overseas, can’t you?), but can’t make any promises. If I can’t ship to you, I’ll ask you to designate someone in the US to receive your prize. Apologies in advance if it comes to that. Copyright Caveat: I've no intention of producing more of these for general sale. I'll produce the copies for the tournament and prizes, and that's it. As long as I have your permission to do that, your design remains your own to do with what you like! I’m interested to see what y’all come up with, and I hope you have fun. It’s kind of like a macabre coloring book. I’ll be trying my hand at a couple myself! Enough Already, where are the gravestone links! If you don’t see an outline here that strikes your fancy, feel free to create your own! http://www.ordofanaticus.com/gallery/d/12943-1/gravestone1.png http://www.ordofanaticus.com/gallery/d/12946-1/gravestone2.png http://www.ordofanaticus.com/gallery/d/12949-1/gravestone3.png http://www.ordofanaticus.com/gallery/d/12952-1/gravestone4.png Quote
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