Missing Persons announcement

Mission Orange · **Posted:** 05-11-2006, 01:32 AM

When I saw the title of this thread I first tought it was about one of the model designers. LOL

Andorax · **Posted:** 05-19-2006, 11:05 PM

And another update. A bit late, but since there was no radio show, it threw me a smidge off.

thecaptain · **Posted:** 05-20-2006, 12:23 AM

Suitably nasty!

Andorax · **Posted:** 05-26-2006, 10:20 AM

And...another update.

Spoo · **Posted:** 05-26-2006, 04:14 PM

Andorax wrote:

And...another update.

I want one!

Frank5471UK · **Posted:** 05-27-2006, 02:24 PM

Andorax wrote:

And...another update.

Bob

Having just purchased Gothic Realms, I am pleased to find out that your new module will be based upon that. The pix so far look great.

Only problem is I haven't even started building something Below yet :roll:

Keep up the good work.

Frank

Kane · **Posted:** 05-27-2006, 02:58 PM

Eep! Watch out for the card-stock beastie!

Lord_Abbadon · **Posted:** 05-27-2006, 03:44 PM

The critter looks great but Ihave to ask why not just got a flat. I know the answer is going to be something like .."because we could" What I really am asking is who come up with the design and execution of it?

Also the bending of the iron work, melted or bent?

Lord Abaddon of Womrwood

robby · **Posted:** 05-29-2006, 07:01 AM

Very cool looking stuff, Andorax.

Count_Zero · **Posted:** 05-29-2006, 02:40 PM

I'd say good job on the critter, but I have no idea what it's supposed to be. Looks maybe like a giant bat. Meh.

SeattleGamer · **Posted:** 05-30-2006, 04:26 PM

Um . . . where are y'all going to see these update piccys? They are not in this thread, and not on the home page. I have no clue.

Lord_Abbadon · **Posted:** 05-30-2006, 04:28 PM

Seattle Have a look at the start of the thread.

I was going to inform you that you need to buy a special pass but my paypal account is not up and runnning

Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

SeattleGamer · **Posted:** 05-30-2006, 04:41 PM

Ahh . . . see them now. I started from the beginning of the thread when I first was reading this, but now I just jump in at the end to check out recent posts. Didn't know that any updated photods were always stashed at the start.

That beastie is . . . er . . . interesting. Can't say that I care for it at all. Sorry.

Steve

sharkycharger · **Posted:** 05-30-2006, 08:13 PM

Um, no, that critter doesn't look nasty. Sorry, but keep the cardstock to the terrain...
He looks ,well, like a LEGO monster with taped-on limbs... No offense meant, but... many a mini will suffice in his stead... (GRRRRR!).
Valiant effort, though! But boss-man needs to fight, know what I mean? As in moving about/ casting/ ripping... Maybe I'm being a bit too judgemental...

Conaill · **Posted:** 05-30-2006, 08:31 PM

Bit hard to make out on the photograph, but I assumed the creature was some variant of gelatinous cube. It definitely looks too angualr to be anything really "organic".

GRUUMSH · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 12:03 AM

Looking good...now I really have a reason to buy Gothic Realms :lol:

Interesting to see everybody has a different interpretation for the creature in the last shot....my first instinct was: Ahaaa a construct of some sort...but I guess that's just wishfull thinking taking over :roll:

Greetz,
GRUUMSH

Conaill · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 10:19 AM

*Could* be a construct, I guess. Those eyes seem more spiderlike though. This really isn't a very good view of the critter, regardless what it's supposed to be. But based on what I see, I can't really imagine I would want to build it. Sorry...

Count_Zero · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 10:27 AM

I think the picture is a rear view of the model as it looks like it crashed through the gate. If it's a front view then someone definitely needs to go back to the drawing board. Still looks like a giant bat to me. How....dull.

Conaill · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 10:34 AM

Heh - if we can't even agree on which side is the front or the rear, I'd say that's a good sign there's something wrong with that figure!

(PS: I still think it's the front. Looks like a double set of beady spider eyes: two large ones on top, two smaller ones just below that. And it looks like it's got hands at the end of those... appendages... Definitely not bat-like.)

Count_Zero · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 10:44 AM

LOL, I didn't notice the hand-like growths at the end of it's appendages. So if that makes it the front, then I have to say that thats one awful looking model. Stick with the scenery fellas!

Gamesmith Denny · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 01:19 PM

Count_Zero wrote:

LOL, I didn't notice the hand-like growths at the end of it's appendages. So if that makes it the front, then I have to say that thats one awful looking model. Stick with the scenery fellas!

This is a consequence of challenged image compression, bad lighting (That evil camera flash flattening things out) and a general ill-placed camera angle and compostition. I have seen this model in person and I can tell you than it's far more impressive than whats shown here. We'll be getting some revised shots to you soon.

Pencil_In_pain · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 01:31 PM

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What I really am asking is who come up with the design and execution of it?

I did. I have an army of these little ugly XXXXXX helping me finish the work in here. Docens, hundreds of them! Wah - ha - ha!

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why not just got a flat

That's an easy one. I always try to include (at least) a bigger, more complex, monster in every set of standees, mainly because I'm a big fan of the old Heroquest and Space Crusade games. Both had a special, bigger miniature inside: the gargoyle and the dreadnought. You'll find lots of flats in Missing Persons, so the inclusion of the XXXXXXX adds a little variety.

We had the Skeletal Viper in Something Below, and now we have the XXXXXX in Missing Persons.

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Bit hard to make out on the photograph, but I assumed the creature was some variant of gelatinous cube.

Nope, BUT WE HAVE GELATINOUS CRITTERS TOO!

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So if that makes it the front, then I have to say that thats one awful looking model.

You aint seen the rear yet! :wink:

COME ON, GRAB YOUR BINOCULARS, YOUR BUTTERFLY NET AND YOUR MONSTER MANUAL. WHAT'S THE XXXXX?

I could tell you the answer, but that's the easy way...

Deathreaver999 · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 01:46 PM

After looking throught out the monster manual I found it it is a Owlbear on pg. 148 correct? Aleast that is what it looks like to me

Lord_Abbadon · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 01:58 PM

I have to agree the Denny that the camera angle and flash were wrong for the shot. As for the build - I like the idea and knowing Denny's standards the texture work will be sexy too.

I really like the idea that big critters will get a more 3D look to them. And as you can see Denny has pulled the picture because it didn't do the model justice.

I can't way for this set to be released - just for the reworked GR and the paper Minis, in all formats.

Could it be a cave troll?

Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

GRUUMSH · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 02:24 PM

Lord_Abbadon wrote:

I really like the idea that big critters will get a more 3D look to them. And as you can see Denny has pulled the picture because it didn't do the model justice.

Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

Same here...I love (as do my kids) the skeletal viper. That one was wicked :twisted:

So I am happy to hear someone is into designing critters with a more 3D look to it :lol:

Greetz,
GRUUMSH

sharkycharger · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 05:07 PM

I should amend my previous comment, since it's not just terrain that comes out super with cardstock. Many a great creature/construct can be created with the medium, it all comes down to converting complex surfaces into less-fiddly polygonal parts that can be cut/folded/pasted. I have faith that the "box-monster" we saw in the poorly-shot preview will come out fine...

Spoo · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 05:34 PM

The occasional cardstock critter sounds like a great idea to me. If you have a better plastic/metal mini available, then you don't have to build it. Not everyone has an army of minis at their disposal.

Andorax · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 05:40 PM

Guys, please accept my humble apologies for my horrible building and photography skills. It is, as Denny has said, vastly cooler than the pictures seem to indicate.

I'm going to have to rethink some of my preview pics in light of current events...but I will keep something coming.

sharkycharger · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 05:47 PM

PLEASE don't misconstrue the comments here... I've realized they were rather presumptuous, and judgemental... But hey, so are most of my other comments...

Andorax · **Posted:** 05-31-2006, 05:52 PM

Well...I'm posting the next preview now.

It's a bit of interior art from the module.

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