Custom Templates

[Hobbiton Lad]

Wow. These all look pretty cool. What about signet?

I've been trying to work on signets today, and it's a pain in the neck. Work like this is VERY arduous, and while I feel I'm a good designer, it turns out I'm not a very good artist. This is the kind of thing that probably needs to be hand-drawn by a professional illustrator. I'll keep trying to work something up, but I'm not hopeful that I'll be able to find a signet solution that meets up to the rest of the template's standards.

[menace64]

So... I don't suppose there's any way I could convince you to design some custom templates for my SW/LotR crossover, is there? It's the LotR TCG rules but utilizing the Star Wars property. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, neato, and I wouldn't be against paying you to do them!

[Hobbiton Lad]

So... I don't suppose there's any way I could convince you to design some custom templates for my SW/LotR crossover, is there? It's the LotR TCG rules but utilizing the Star Wars property. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, neato, and I wouldn't be against paying you to do them!

Let me get the LOTR ones done and we can talk about it.

[Hobbiton Lad]

I had an epiphany and thought up a bit of a different concept for the "signet" element. I thought I'd put a more modern spin on it, which consequently made the design much easier. Let me know what you guys think.

Arwen (Aragorn Signet):   http://postimage.org/image/z4vkm9z2n/
Frodo (Gandalf Signet):   http://postimage.org/image/7ist1lfpr/
Gandalf (Frodo Signet):   http://postimage.org/image/d891lwlvz/

[LOTRFreak15]

These are fricking amazing. Nice job. Awesome! Really like how the signets look too.

[menace64]

Those signets look incredible (which is good because the rest of the templates also look incredible).

Are you having trouble coming up with new icons for any of the other cultures? I'm sure we could give you a hand with that.

[Hobbiton Lad]

Those signets look incredible (which is good because the rest of the templates also look incredible).

Are you having trouble coming up with new icons for any of the other cultures? I'm sure we could give you a hand with that.

Rohan is giving me a little trouble. The obvious choice would be like a horse head or something like that, but I'd like to give it a little flair as well.

As for Gondor, I have a pretty good vector of the White Tree that I'm going to spruce up.

The shadow cultures are a different matter altogether, though. I'm kinda torn on whether or not to stick with the original movie block cultures or develop new ones altogether.

[menace64]

Perhaps you could use the pommel design on either Theoden's or Eomer's sword for the Rohan icon?

And what kind of cultures are you considering for Shadow?

[Hobbiton Lad]

And what kind of cultures are you considering for Shadow?

I'd like to see them a little more thematically organized. Something like:

Mordor Culture:
- Mouth of Sauron
- Nazgul
- Mordor Orcs/Trolls

Isengard Culture:
- Saruman
- Uruk-hai
- Isengard Orcs/Wargs
- Isengard Men (Ferny, Grima, etc.)

Fallen Realms:
- Haradrim (Southrons)
- Men of Rhun (Easterlings)
- Corsairs of Umbar

Moria
- The Balrog
- Cave Troll of Moria
- Moria Orcs
- The Watcher in the Water

Dunlendings pose the only real conundrum. Grouping them with Isengard seems like overkill. Grouping them with the Fallen Realms seems like a bit of a reach thematically. Grouping them on their own seems like a stretch gameplay-wise. Not really sure what to do there.

[menace64]

So basically you want to absorb Nazgul into the Sauron culture?

As for Dunland, how about making a Rohan Shadow side?

[Hobbiton Lad]

So basically you want to absorb Nazgul into the Sauron culture?

As for Dunland, how about making a Rohan Shadow side?

Interesting thought. Might be tough from a card design perspective, though. At this point, I'm leaning toward throwing it in the "Fallen Realm" culture because that's what Dunland technically is at this particular point in Middle Earth's history.

[Hobbiton Lad]

And here are the Gondor templates:

Character:   http://postimage.org/image/x1uc63e1b/

Non-Character:   http://postimage.org/image/d5ycqjwzz/

[Hobbiton Lad]

Here are the Rohan templates. Big shout out to menace64 for giving me the inspiration for the Rohan culture symbol. I think it turned out quite nicely.

Character:   http://postimage.org/image/j4c60sfyn/

Non-Character:   http://postimage.org/image/g8z2txbyn/

[Cw0rk]

Wow! Awesome signets.

Your cards looks so nice, that as I was looking at the Gondor cards, I realize that I forgot what the Gondor logo looked like.

Rohan cards also looks very nice, especially Simbelmyne!

The shadow cultures are a different matter altogether, though. I'm kinda torn on whether or not to stick with the original movie block cultures or develop new ones altogether.

I prefer would original movie block cultures first.

[Hobbiton Lad]

So I've been working on the Sauron template today. I'm a little frustrated. I don't feel like I'm getting the colors exactly where I want them.

Can you guys look at this minion template and give me some feedback?

http://postimage.org/image/cak8u2gun/