IshMEL's Customs: Updated 7/11/2018

[obfuscatedhippo]

Originally Posted by IshMEL

I think it looks good so far! It certainly makes more sense to have the commanding archer be an actual archer!

You'll have to fix the name (Kazumi / Keiko) in the powers. Is the Archer squad supposed to be Einar-only as well? In that case, it might be easier to just say "choose either a Roman Archer or Tagawa Samurai Archer Army Card you control." Or perhaps:

After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Kazumi, you may choose either an Archer or Samurai squad you control. The chosen squad must have a Range greater than 4 and follow Einar. You may either take a turn with the chosen squad, or move all figures you control in that squad up to 2 spaces each. A figure activated with Archer’s Commander must be within 8 clear sight spaces of Kazumi at the start of its move.

I'm not sure if that is clearer or not?

I think your text reads much cleaner! Thank you. That whole 'Tagawa Samurai Archers' are not Archers makes the wording more challenging.

I went with more of a buff to Attack/Defense - following a Master Woo style aura because the Roman Archers need a little defensive help and the Tagawa need an attack boost to be more competitive.

Might drop the Combat Leader to keep points down - as 80-points seems low with an Attack/Defense aura and OM flexibility.

[IshMEL]

The LOTR lot I bought came with a nice Gríma Wormtongue figure. I thought I'd spitball a custom for him. I'm using the LOTR cards from @Sherman Davies , so this Gríma fits thematically with his Gandalf, who gives friendly figures within 6 spaces the fearless personality.





He's a one-evil-trick pony. I thought of giving him some kind of negative aura, but the initiative roll seems like it might be worth something. Suggestions welcome!

[IshMEL]

Argh!

I've been using Dropbox for image storage. Which has been great because it was super-easy to save images from Photoshop right to the Dropbox folder on my computer, without having to go through the trouble of uploading them to another site. And if I changed them, I didn't have to re-upload them anywhere. Dropbox just took care of it.

Well this relied on using the "Public" folder. Today Dropbox turned off access to the Public folder. I mean, the images are still there, but you can no longer view them directly. I think they sent me an email about this pending change, but I honestly did not really pay attention.

This means that all my image links are borked. They're not all Heroscape cards, but I have over 550 images in that folder. Which means uploading all of those cards here, and re-doing all the links....

Just when I was about halfway done with updating my index posts, too. OK, rant over, I just needed to complain!

[obfuscatedhippo]

Aaaah, that is a TRAGEDY - you are allowed to complain.

I will look forward to your customs' return.

[TheAverageFan]

I am also in the process of moving all my images to the Heroscapers Gallery. It's a darn shame. But sometimes s**t happens, someone has to deal with it, and who you gonna call?

~TAF, unable to avoid the reference

[Sherman Davies]

Yikes. If it helps any, I can relate; I remember the PITA when I switched from Photobucket to Flickr (and then back again), and that was when I had fewer pictures than I do now. Only thing to do is take it one step at a time and you'll be done uploading them all before you know it.

(Apparently Dropbox just didn't want me to see what your Grima card was like.)

[IshMEL]

Thanks all for commiserating!
@Sherman Davies I started with the Grima card. Gotta start somewhere...

Does anyone know, is there a shortcut for inserting images that are in your gallery? The gallery has an <img> source link but that doesn't work in phibb or whatever it is I'm writing with here.

[IshMEL]

I don't usually share figure acquisitions before I have a card brewing, but I picked this up at the pharmacy this afternoon:



It's a pirate! On a motorcycle! Brandishing a cutlass! With a hole in his pegleg for the foot peg! Courtesy of Hot Wheels. The scale isn't too bad (compare with Finn) and for $5 I could not resist. Here's a better picture:



I think a little wash is in order. It's called the "Skullface".

[IshMEL]

OK, so I have finally uploaded my cards, updated this entire thread and fixed the images throughout. It wasn't actually that bad -- the index files were mostly updated with some global search-and-replace in a text editor. And, I had a nice trip down memory lane re-reading the thread. There may be some images missing still -- I didn't always bother to upload old versions of cards that I was working on, for instance. But the finals should be all accounted for. Let me know if you run across anything wrong.

This also forced me to do the housecleaning I've put off for too long. Here's a change log of sorts:

• A Voyage to Arctorus: Updated card for Pheelix.
  
• Agents and Specialists: Added Agent Kelvin. Moved the Microcorp Strikers here.
  
• Archons, Elementals, Golems, and Warforged: Added Hjalmar the Dauntless, Ice Elemental, Tar Elemental, Shadow Elemental. Added the Warforged (Slice, Phaestus Cannith, and Glyph of Creation Forge) to this index.
  
• Creatures of the Underdark: Added Bolvag Lat.
  
• From Sylvan Shadows: No change.
  
• Grut's Forest Creatures: Added Velociraptor.
  
• Heroes of the Underdark: Added Nephele, Prince Ahmed
  
• In the Hall of the Mountain King: Added Auric Stormcleave.
  
• The Infernal Horde: Added Nomratu, new version of Yersinia, updated Reaper of Bleakwoode. Moved the Vampires to their own section, added Morbius and Ilyeana.
  
• Mariedian Rising: Added Corbin Nine.
  
• Ophidian Supremacy: No change.
  
• Portal to Yarth: Getting this project a bit higher off the ground. Re-organized by House. Added First Bank of Mechanisburg ATM, first draft of Jägermonsters.
  
• Soldiers and Lawmen: Added General Mayne and all 7 of the "Namesake" Lawman units.
  
• Soulborgs, Cyborgs, and Spacefarers: Added Captain Faraday Jones.
  
• Swords of the Alliance: No change.
  
• Tales Come To Life: Added units from Doctor Who, Buffy, Agents of SHIELD, Lovecraft, and Ghostbusters.
  
• Wizards and Magical Minions: Updated Dread Warrior, Gryphon, Iroth.
  
• They Put The "Cape" in Heroscape!: I've been pretty good about keeping this updated -- I think the only thing I added in was Sherman's version of the Doombot. Oh, and Jesse Quick and Penguin.
  
• General Customs: This was a mess. Added Samara the Kyrie Sentinel, Giant Frog, Bellatrix Severa, Kalashnikov's Irregulars, Reven The Kyrie Warrior, Suten Anu, Khamanu the Darklord, Kumo, Baron von Bronn, and Jedidiah Cobb.
  
• CheapScape. No change.
  
• And the Card Index was completely updated, overhauled, etc. As before, I did not include the Superhero cards, or the Cheapscape / Proxy cards there.

I did not put all the stats / powers in text form along with every card. I like doing it but it would have pushed this project out even further. (The text gets generated from my spreadsheet, but that's not entirely up to date either so...)

The current count (on customs with a card is) 32 26 36 23 36 34 25 (glyphs / objects) 3
Plus: 18 "Cheapscape" / Proxy cards
10 Marvel adaptations
93 Superhero adaptations

Which I think works out to... 336 cards. Phew! Obviously, I have as much fun making customs cards as I do playing Heroscape!

Thanks for all the encouragement, helpful feedback, and inspiration from this community.

Now to that backlog of cards to be created... and the miniatures waiting for inspiration to strike!

[IshMEL]

So I recently acquired this Clix:



It's a really well-done sculpt. The "lightning bolt" twists in a series of angles through an S-shape around the figure, and it "floats" on 3 other bolts while others give it a sense of forward motion. Plus, it was cheap.

I started thinking about what I would do with it. Flying, and some kind of Lightning attack, and... hey, why not clone this?

Spoiler Alert!

I mean, I don't always have to be creative... and I don't foresee acquiring this particular dragon any time soon.

On the plus side, this figure (an Archon?) would have more maneuverability (single space, no flappy wings in the way), making the Lighting attack easier to set up. On the negative side, it would lose two different bonding squad options (I can't see making this a predator.)

So, Quahon veterans, is this a terrible idea?

[TheAverageFan]

That's a really cool looking figure. Seems like a waste to just make a Quahon clone out of it. I know @Ixe has a Superhero faction (Rannians I think?). You two should collab to make a card fitting for such an awesome looking unit.

~TAF, just a thought

[Lazy Orang]

Yeah, that honestly looks like too cool a figure not to try to do something original with it. Not sure what I'd do, but there seems like there's a tonne of possibilities with that sculpt.