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Black_Knyght

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In need of simple character busts/portraits
« on: 06 July 2019, 19:13:12 »
Anyone around know a good person or place to find/hire/acquire about a dozen small character images? In roughly a shoulders up "bust" style?

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #1 on: 06 July 2019, 20:09:07 »
There are the character portraits from Megamek, and the associated downloads

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #2 on: 06 July 2019, 20:40:15 »
Good to know.
I'm kind of trying to find portraits for mech pilots, not unlike the old FASA pics in their early Unit products.

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #3 on: 06 July 2019, 21:34:42 »
Most of the custom pics are from all over so it's a good start.  Also, if you have the HBS game, you can play around with the pilot customization tab too to make up busts

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #4 on: 06 July 2019, 21:39:08 »
Also, if you have the HBS game, you can play around with the pilot customization tab too to make up busts

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #5 on: 06 July 2019, 22:17:00 »
You could do what most people do for RPG art, swipe it off devart and crop it down.
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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #6 on: 07 July 2019, 08:36:58 »
If it's for personal use, you can cast your net much wider than that.  There's a great shot of Vanessa Kirby from the forthcoming Hobbs & Shaw movie that I am SO using for an NPC in my game.

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #7 on: 07 July 2019, 08:49:19 »
The BBC had an article a few years ago with some amazing pictures: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29473419

The photographer has his own website now, but not all the pictures in the BBC piece made it over: http://www.helmandreturn.com/

A number of them became part of billboards posted throughout the UK for a time.

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #8 on: 07 July 2019, 11:15:55 »
For a home campaign I just googled army officers of X military and airforce pilots got plenty just from that

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Re: In need of simple character busts/portraits
« Reply #9 on: 07 July 2019, 14:56:53 »
Check the link on my sig and let me know what you think.

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