Tetsubo
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Aristotle said:So far these look really good. I need to do some weapon illustrations for my homebrew. I want to do them myself, and I have some background in art but weapons have never been an area of strength for me. Any chance you could give us a list of tools you use (if any), and maybe a little insight into your design process? It would be much appreciated.
I use a 0.3 mm mechanical pencil (for lines), a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil (for coloring and shading), a "pencil" style eraser and a Rapidesign R-18 Template (Master General Purpose). I also use an old clipboard for a sketching surface and a pad of 10 per inch graph paper. Other than that I use patiences.
You'd be amazed how many times I can redraw a single line until I'm happy with it. I've been 3/4 done with a sketch and just erased the entire thig because it wasn't going where I wanted it too. I also have a very large reference library of real world books on weapons and armour and a very large RPG selection. My weapons and armour collection of books is larger than the local city library. Any other questions that I can answer?
