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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4875029" data-attributes="member: 59506">I make my own using PowerPoint (just because it's really easy to cut-and-paste and resize), MS Paint (for the reverse side), and the pictures from the WoTC D&amp;D Minis Galleries.&nbsp;I start by making a PowerPoint slide with a 1 inch grid on it (just insert straght lines every inch using the ruler).&nbsp;Then I copy pictures from the D&amp;D minis gallery and past them on the PowerPoint slide.&nbsp; Resize them until they are the size you want.&nbsp; (25mm to 30mm is aproximately 6 ft/1 inch, or 1/72 scale - so a typical medium sized humanoid is about 1 inch tall - however I size them so they are about 1 1/4 inches tall, for reasons I'll explain later).&nbsp;I'll then open Paint and paste the same picture in, then flip it vertically (under Image) and then invert the colors (also under Image).&nbsp; This makes an upside down mirror image that looks like a photo negative.&nbsp; I use this for the back side of the mini.&nbsp; I'll then copy and past this picture onto the PowerPoint slide just above the first picture (resize as needed).&nbsp;Then just print, cut out the mini (leaving some extra at the end of both sides to fold under), tape together the tabs to form your base - and there you have a cheap, do-it-yourself paper mini.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />&nbsp; (example below)&nbsp;If you want to spend the extra time, you can also tape a penny to the base tabs to weigh the mini down (paper minis will blow all over the place with the slightest breeze - i.e. a fan, a sneeze, a fellow gamer slamming their PHB shut in frustration<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush&nbsp; &nbsp; :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" />, etc.).&nbsp;I size the pictures slightly bigger than 1 inch because when the minis are finished they make a slight A-frame (which means that if the picture was exactly 1 inch, the mini will stand slightly less then 1 inch - making them noticably shorter than any real minis you may be using).&nbsp;You don't have to just use pictures from the D&amp;D gallery.&nbsp; You can use any picture you pull from the internet.&nbsp; You can get creative that way and make minis your players have never seen before.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil&nbsp; &nbsp; :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />&nbsp;Hope this helped.&nbsp; Have fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 4875029, member: 59506"] I make my own using PowerPoint (just because it's really easy to cut-and-paste and resize), MS Paint (for the reverse side), and the pictures from the WoTC D&D Minis Galleries. I start by making a PowerPoint slide with a 1 inch grid on it (just insert straght lines every inch using the ruler). Then I copy pictures from the D&D minis gallery and past them on the PowerPoint slide. Resize them until they are the size you want. (25mm to 30mm is aproximately 6 ft/1 inch, or 1/72 scale - so a typical medium sized humanoid is about 1 inch tall - however I size them so they are about 1 1/4 inches tall, for reasons I'll explain later). I'll then open Paint and paste the same picture in, then flip it vertically (under Image) and then invert the colors (also under Image). This makes an upside down mirror image that looks like a photo negative. I use this for the back side of the mini. I'll then copy and past this picture onto the PowerPoint slide just above the first picture (resize as needed). Then just print, cut out the mini (leaving some extra at the end of both sides to fold under), tape together the tabs to form your base - and there you have a cheap, do-it-yourself paper mini.:cool: (example below) If you want to spend the extra time, you can also tape a penny to the base tabs to weigh the mini down (paper minis will blow all over the place with the slightest breeze - i.e. a fan, a sneeze, a fellow gamer slamming their PHB shut in frustration:blush:, etc.). I size the pictures slightly bigger than 1 inch because when the minis are finished they make a slight A-frame (which means that if the picture was exactly 1 inch, the mini will stand slightly less then 1 inch - making them noticably shorter than any real minis you may be using). You don't have to just use pictures from the D&D gallery. You can use any picture you pull from the internet. You can get creative that way and make minis your players have never seen before.:devil: Hope this helped. Have fun. [/QUOTE]

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