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[ED-209]

A few weeks ago I'd made a tutorial topic about designing torso images in Illustrator, and reproduced the Collectable Minifig forestman as an example. At the time, I'd made a few alternative colours/designs with the intention of posting them in a separate thread rather than in the tutorial. I had a total facepalm moment when I realised only now that I'd forgotten to ever post them!  

So anyway, here are the modern-styled forestmen (the first one being a straight-up repro of the official one):





Will Scarlet, is that you?!  















I made sure to include black, blue and red variations as these were the colours used in the original line:
http://www.bricklink...ype=M&catID=288

And here's the link to the tutorial in case anyone's interested in how I made them:
http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=67532

As always, any feedback, suggestions or requests are most welcome!  

[K-Nut]

You are awesome. Stunning work! I like the last two the most, since they look just like the classic ones accept in the modern design and detail. I will be using these very soon.

[ED-209]

K-nut, on 14 April 2012 - 01:06 PM, said:

You are awesome. Stunning work! I like the last two the most, since they look just like the classic ones accept in the modern design and detail. I will be using these very soon.

Cool, thanks! The updated classic is exactly what I was aiming for!  

[Piranha]

These are all very nice designs that do pay homage to the classic Forestmen. My favorite would have to be the black and tan designs.

[CallMePie]

Awesome.   Your decals never cease to amaze me. Perhaps you should produce some in a green/dark green/brown/dark brown/black tone, ala Dark Forest.

[The Joker1]

Nice work. I like the blue one.

[ED-209]

Thanks guys!

CallMePieOrDie, on 16 April 2012 - 01:08 AM, said:

Awesome.   Your decals never cease to amaze me. Perhaps you should produce some in a green/dark green/brown/dark brown/black tone, ala Dark Forest.

Ah, that's a good idea. The Dark Forest was during my dark ages, so I must admit I'd not even thought of that!
Here are some darker themed styles, let me know if there's anything specific you'd like to see!

[CallMePie]

Those are even better.     The last one really emphasizes the studs on the belt, but the fourth one might have to be my favorite. You've nailed what I think the Dark Forest was, story-wise: a combination of Wolfpack and Forestman. Fantastic work.  

[Scubacarrot]

These are once again very awesome, my favorite of the last bunch is the last one.

But now I am wondering, how do they look like applied? I don't have the time/patience/tools to apply decals myself, but these look very awesome. If you have any pictures of these (Or even more of the wolfpack ones you did) I would love to see them!

[K-Nut]

I really like that 2nd to last one in the new batch. Great job!

[The Blue Brick]

I agree, these are great. I never got into forest men that much, but I might need to print some of these out.  

[Shadows]

These are very nice, I've always appreciated a blending of the old and the new to create something that fits both well, so I was glad to see this officially released, and now you've provided some nice recolours to give us variety.

On that note, it wouldn't be hard to adapt these to pirates, the straps/belts are perfect already, imagine a vest and shirt instead of the existing tunic.

[ED-209]

Thanks again everyone, I'm always glad when people like them!  

Scubacarrot, on 16 April 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

But now I am wondering, how do they look like applied? I don't have the time/patience/tools to apply decals myself, but these look very awesome. If you have any pictures of these (Or even more of the wolfpack ones you did) I would love to see them!

I'm afraid I'm guilty of being something of a daydreamer - I make far more designs than I apply!  
I haven't applied these (or the Wolfpack ones to be honest!), but I tend to use sticker sheets and a colour laser printer. I just wait until I've got a whole A4 sheet filled up, then print them. It doesn't look quite as good as a waterslide decal, but the results are quite reasonable and it's substantially easier.

Shadows, on 18 April 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:

These are very nice, I've always appreciated a blending of the old and the new to create something that fits both well, so I was glad to see this officially released, and now you've provided some nice recolours to give us variety.

On that note, it wouldn't be hard to adapt these to pirates, the straps/belts are perfect already, imagine a vest and shirt instead of the existing tunic.

I'm alway's a fan of the joining of old and new too, that's probably why I do a lot of updated versions of Classic Castle factions!  

Hmm... I hadn't thought about doing pirate ones, I might have to look into that...

[NickAb]

Nice work as always.
Let me put my two cents in. Just in case some of your forestmen will need a shield:

All images are 600dpi



Stroke variations:

• No stroke around brown border
  
• Light brown stroke around brown border

Round-shield (the small one ∅1.6cm, like this one from collectible minifigures):



Ovoid shield (simple and enforced):



Also available in vector. You can edit it in InkScape to replace triangular shield with round one, change colors, etc.
Small round shield SVG
Triangular shield SVG
Ovoid enforced shield SVG

Edited by NickAb, 30 April 2012 - 10:21 AM.

[ED-209]

NickAb, on 28 April 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

Nice work as always.
Let me put my two cents in. Just in case some of your forestmen will need a shield:

All images are 600dpi


Stroke variations:

Round-shield (the small one ∅1.6cm, like this one from collectible minifigures):

Ovoid shield (simple and enforced):

Also available in vector. You can edit it in InkScape to replace triangular shield with round one, change colors, etc.

Oh wow, the shields look wonderful!
You should do a flag/banner with the stag too!

[NickAb]

ED-209, on 30 April 2012 - 12:47 PM, said:

Oh wow, the shields look wonderful!
You should do a flag/banner with the stag too!

Thank you very much.
I saw your boar's head fraction template. Very nice.
Here are banners based on your work:




And one without ovoid background can be found here.

Edited by NickAb, 02 May 2012 - 10:37 AM.

[ED-209]

NickAb, on 02 May 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

Thank you very much.
I saw your boar's head fraction template. Very nice.
Here are banners based on your work:

And one without ovoid background can be found here.

Very nice! I prefer the banner without the ovoid myself. Have you tried outlining the antlers in a darker colour? Darker than the main antler colour I mean.

[NickAb]

ED-209, on 02 May 2012 - 01:11 PM, said:

Very nice! I prefer the banner without the ovoid myself. Have you tried outlining the antlers in a darker colour? Darker than the main antler colour I mean.

I tried using darked stroke. It definitely highlights antlers better than light stroke.
And SVG version can be downloaded here for any derivations.

Edited by NickAb, 03 May 2012 - 03:39 AM.