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Are You Inspired Creatively in Your Campaigns by Miniatures?

Started by SHARK, July 07, 2024, 09:30:00 PM

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Nah, not really into miniatures. Though I admit to liking the art and miniatures of Malifaux and Cadwallon... but not enough to buy the miniatures let alone paint them. The most I'd want to do is write up multipart tactics battle adventures for minis, and play them, maybe photograph them. But buy the minis, paint them, diorama the thing... takes up too much money, time, and space compared to my other interests.
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SHARK

Quote from: Festus on July 09, 2024, 12:49:24 AMAbsolutely! I have minis that inspire NPCs, monsters, entire encounters or adventures. I also get inspired by monsters in various games or books, NPCs I've created, and then kitbash and paint minis to represent them. I'll hear a song or piece of music that gives me an idea or sets a tone that might give me ideas or evoke a color palette for a mini. For me there is a very productive interplay between the visual, tactile, audio, and verbal media - each inspiring or embellishing the other.

I have one mini - old Ral Partha figure called the "Dwarf with No Name" - holding a crossbow, wearing a serape and cowboy hat, smoking a cigar. He inspired an entire campaign mixing western tropes and aesthetics into a fantasy world set in a region of mountains and high desert.

Greetings!

That's awesome, Festus! Yeah, I am the same way. I have a collection on the computer of weird art images of places, fantastic castles, beautiful forests, and such like. I get so many ideas for places, scenarios, monsters, and characters just going through such images! Between that, and my collection of miniatures, I can always stay busy! *Laughing*

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SHARK
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