Printed miniatures tokens

[rounser]

This just occurred to me, and I feel dumb for not thinking of it before.

1) Find artwork for a monster you need in the next adventure.
2) Zoom out in paint program until said artwork is right scale.
3) Print out, glue to cardboard or plastic base or token.

Walah. Unlimited miniatures on the really cheap, which look good to boot. No need to paint them, either. And you can do the same for the terrain they're on, such as dungeon floorplans. Only drawback is that they're 2D rather than 3D. And you might go through quite a few ink cartridges.

Does anyone do this?

 

[JVisgaitis]

Tons of people. Check this link: http://www.aleatools.com/Tokens.aspx

I do this, but glue them to 1" and 2" washers.

 

[Pinotage]

Yip. Loads of people do it. Fiery dragon produce some of the best artwork around just for this. Their Counter Collection Digital is fantastic.

Pinotage

 

[Cabled]

Yep

Here's a link to the tool I use for it. Free and really slick...tokens in no time.

http://rptools.net/doku.php?id=tokentool:intro

 

[Gundark]

Does anyone do this?

All the time....wotc has all the art from their books on their website

 

[Glyfair]

All the time....wotc has all the art from their books on their website

So far, none for 4E though (at least no dedicated galleries).

 

[Klaus]

This just occurred to me, and I feel dumb for not thinking of it before.

1) Find artwork for a monster you need in the next adventure.
2) Zoom out in paint program until said artwork is right scale.
3) Print out, glue to cardboard or plastic base or token.

Walah. Unlimited miniatures on the really cheap, which look good to boot. No need to paint them, either. And you can do the same for the terrain they're on, such as dungeon floorplans. Only drawback is that they're 2D rather than 3D. And you might go through quite a few ink cartridges.

Does anyone do this?

Some of us even do it for a living: http://www.fierydragon.com/