Custom Characters

[AdamSouza]

 

[lerchey]

Adam,

Nice character. Different than what I came up with. I read the descriptions/bios of the Adventurers in the on-line game rules. The shared folder where I am keeping my available zombicide stuff is here:

https://www.box.com/s/5sf5phda3i9if1bwuxks

I still have to create cards for Rasputin and Jose. My versions of the others are done, and are on the above link.

 

[AdamSouza]

Some neat characters there. I didn't have any Pyramid of Horus stuff for reference when I did mine.

They look good. My only constructive criticism is that I found the use of different fonts for their names distracting.

 

[lerchey]

AdamSouza,

That's a completely fair complaint. I'll pick one font for the names and will replace the cards sometime today.

Thanks!

 

[lerchey]

Hi. Same link as above. I set the names all to the same font.

 

[ninjahamster]

What do people reckon of these:

And one for us Brits:

Not playtested yet - so if anyone has any ideas about changes.

 

[Dedwrekka]

What do people reckon of these:
Not playtested yet - so if anyone has any ideas about changes.

I think as long as you're using the skills in the rulebook and sticking with the general outline of the other characters (ie the yellow threat level gives +1 Action like every other character) there's no way to overpower character creation. The skills are slightly helpful when the game relies heavily on chance, but not so weak as to be insignificant.

I think the art on the Elvis is a bit over the top, and Ash has already been done by guillotine games. But as "Troy" is a "pre-Army of Darkness Ash", I can't fault someone for wanting an "Army of Darkness Ash" character.

 

[ninjahamster]

yeah, trying to find a good cartoony style picture of elvis is hard :s - that was the best of a bad bunch

 

[reziman]

how do you make these player cards ?? got the template for the background but how do you put the pictures on them and text??

 

[lerchey]

Hi reziman,

I use either Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Illustrator, depending on what specific part I'm working on. Photoshop is very good for making transparent gifs so that I can take something like a picture of a shotgun and remove the background from it. Illustrator is my workhorse. I clean up illustrations, do the text, etc. and then save as a PDF. Pretty much any paint or illustration program will let you do some level of editing provided that it can read the PDF file. How you save it is less relevant unless you plan to share it.

If you have other questions, post away.

 

[Runner5]

Hey I'm new here but was wondering if anyone could make me a custom character card if I gave you the picture and info?

 

[lerchey]

Runner5,

I'll do it. Won't make any promises on quality until I see the pic.

 

[Runner5]

Character name: RUNNER 5

Blue: Slippery

Yellow: +1 Action

Orange: +1 Free Combat Action
Ambidextrous

Red: +1 Die: Combat
Sniper
Hoard

Can I email you pic?

 

[lerchey]

Hi Runner,

I sent you a PM with an address. Yes, please send me the pic.

 

[lerchey]

Oh, and I'll need a blend color as well.

 

[reziman]

Hi thanx for your reply ill try maybe weekend :smile-big:

 

[Runner5]

Pic sent. Thanks

 

[reziman]

Heres my first attempt survivor cardView attachment 17321WHAT DO YA THINK ? LET ME KNOW:smile-big:

 

[lerchey]

Nice job. I would suggest that you change the extra dice for orange and red to: +1 to dice: Ranged and then, +1 die: Combat. That way you're still increasing deadliness, but not changing the rules.

 

[Scorpion0x17]

Nice job. I would suggest that you change the extra dice for orange and red to: +1 to dice: Ranged and then, +1 die: Combat. That way you're still increasing deadliness, but not changing the rules.

Why is having "+2 die ranged" or "+3 die ranged" in orange and red "changing the rules", lerchey?

Also, reziman, it should be "+2 dice..." and "+3 dice..." ('dice' is the plural, 'die' is the singular).