Cardstock Characters

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By Carter Dippold, Melissa Dowell, Bradley K. McDevitt,

Alejandro Melchor
Melchor,, Phillippe St. Gerard, Will Thrasher
Will Thrasher,,
and the Skirmisher Game Development Group
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Artists: Carter Dippold, Melissa Dowell, Bradley K. McDevitt, Alejandro Melchor, Phillippe St. Gerard,
Will Thrasher, and the Skirmisher Game Development Group

Assembly Instructions: Steve Lortz

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Print copies of all these miniatures will be included in the preview issue of the new
d (“d-Infinity ”) multi-platform game supplement that will be available at game
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Instructi
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Baboon Man
1. Cut away the excess
white cardstock around the
rectangle that carries a spe-
cific group of figures. Figures
can also be assembled indi-
vidually if desired, rather than
using the guidelines for creat-
ing groups that are described

Artificer
Morlock
here.
2. Using an appropriate
scoring tool and a straight
edge, score the horizontal line
that runs between the fronts
and the backs of the figures.
Fold in along that line so the
Swordsman

images are facing out. We use

Wa n --T

a broad burnishing tool to put

a sharp crease to the folds.
Ti

3. With the cardstock

folded, score along the hori-
zontal line that runs between
the image panels and the base
panels. We use a burnishing
Arsonist
Mutant

tool with a tiny ball on its tip

to do this. Because you want
both layers to be scored iden-
tically, you need to press hard.
If you don’t have a special tool,
and you don’t want to use the
back of a knife for fear of cut-
Cthulhu
Cultist

ting through the cardstock, a

Lithe

ballpoint pen works fine, es-

pecially one that has run out
of ink. Fold the base flaps out.
4. Score along the horizon-
tal line separating the bottom
panels from the base panels.
Temptress
Dark Elf

Fold the bottom panel under.

5. Open the cardstock out
again and apply glue only to
the backs of the panels that
carry the fronts and backs of
the figure images. We use
gluesticks for this. Press the
image panels together and let
Golem
Flesh
Sexy

them dry for at least a half an

hour. We like to press them in
an old book while they’re dry-
ing. This makes them good
and flat. We put them in the
book with the base flaps stick-
Brainlasher

ing out right at the edge. We

Psionic

separate the base panels to

make sure we’re not gluing
them together at this point. We
like to slather on a lot of glue,
because it stiffens the
cardstock when it dries, like
plywood. Just be careful not to have excess glue around the edges, or you might wind up gluing your figures into your book!
6. After the glue has dried thoroughly, cut the figures apart along the vertical lines, then trim away the areas colored dark gray.
7. Put glue on the backs of the base panels and the bottom panels, and press them together. After they’ve dried, you have
your cardstock characters!
There are a few other things we like to do. Using five-minute epoxy, we glue a steel washer, about 1/16th inch thick with an
outside diameter of 1", to the bottom of each base. This gives the figures weight, and allows me to store and move them on
pieces of plastic sheet magnet. If you don’t care for square bases, you can clip the corners to make them octagonal. When you
trim the dark gray areas away, sometimes the white of the cardstock shines through and detracts from the effect of the figure.
We rub the edge of the figure against the side of a colored pencil point, light blue for sky, dark green for grass, medium brown
for dirt, gray for stone, to solve this problem. Also, the join between the image and the base can be a weak spot. With use, the
figure begins hinging back and forth, and no longer stands up properly. This problem can be solved by running a bead of
Elmer’s or a similar glue along each side of the join and allowing it to dry while the figure is standing up straight. We go ahead
and glue the join while we’re putting the figures together.
Skirmisher Design Contest
Skirmisher Publishing LLC has announced its first-ever design contest! This event will tie in with the company’s new
Cardstock CharactersTM line of figures that can be downloaded, printed out, and used in many different sorts of games.

The point of the contest is to create a set of statistics, No purchase is necessary, however, and any of the
an encounter, or a mini-adventure for part or all of one miniatures that appear on the facing page can also be
of the company’s sets of Cardstock Characters TM. used; an updated sampler that includes these and some
Acceptable rules systems include but are not limited to additional miniatures is also available through
“Basic”or “1st Edition” retroclone systems, v.3.5 OGL, DriveThruRPG.
Pathfinder, 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, and Note that there is also no requirement to stat the
Tunnels & Trolls (and we are open to suggestions on creatures in accordance with the names they currently
other systems and will not reject entries for using them). have. The Morlock Artificer, for example, might be
Currently-available sets of Cardstock CharactersTM stat’ed as a Morlock, a Human, a Hobgoblin, or anything
include ones for use with Mutant Future and other post- else the creator deems fit.
apocalyptic and science-fiction games; the “Forbidden Prizes: One grand-prize winner will receive $100
Creatures of Foree” line of monsters; anthropomorphic worth of Skirmisher products, runners-up will receive
ducks and pigs inspired by the Quactica wargaming rules; $50 worth of Skirmisher products, and all other
and the “MILFs” line of sexy monsters. Anyone wishing contestants will receive a free gift. The best entries will
to participate in the contest can use any of the miniatures, be published in future volumes of “d-Infinity.”
individually or collectively, that appear in the Cardstock Deadline: July 31, 2010. Entries should be in Word
CharactersTM line, which is available through a number or other compatible format and submitted via email to
of online sales venues, including DriveThruRPG [email protected], to which you can also write for
(rpg.drivethrustuff.com) and the Skirmisher Game Store. more information.

Sample Cardstock CharactersTM

The previous page contains variant or bonus miniatures tying in with various sets of Cardstock CharactersTM paper
miniatures that can be cut out, assembled, and used in a wide range of games. Print copies of all these miniatures will
be included in the preview issue of the new d (“d-Infinity”) multi-platform game supplement that will be available
at game stores nationwide on Free RPG Day, Saturday, June 19!

While the figures presented here are associated with William T. Thrasher’s “H.G. Wells’ Morlocks.”
existing or upcoming sets, all are at least slightly different Wan-Ti Swordsman. This is a variant of a miniature
from the miniatures that appear in them. These sets are that appears in artist Alejandro Melchor’s big 16-figure
all also very different in character from each other and “Forbidden Monsters of Foree: Wan-Ti Snakemen.”
each is an expression of the artist who created it.
“It was very important to us that these miniatures Arsonist Mutant. This variant figure from William T.
not look like they were mass-produced on a computer,” Thrasher’s “Creatures of the Wastelands: The Thrasher
said publisher Michael J. Varhola. “Every one of these Gang” replaces his homemade gun with a flamethrower.
sets is like a little work of art.” Notes follow: Lithe Cthulhu Cultist. This variant from William T.
Thrasher’s “Erotic Cult of Cthulhu” is overdressed
Baboon Man. This is Carter Dippold’s concept for a
compared to her counterpart in the full set of figures.
Baboon using the Noble Wild prestige class Man Ape to
pass itself off as a Human. He eventually created a Dark Elf Temptress. This is a variant on one of the
completely different image of the same character tamer entries in Melissa Dowell’s sexy set of “MILFs”
disguised instead as as Goblin. From the artist’s “Noble (the “M” stands for “Monsters).
Wild Iconic Characters.” Sexy Flesh Golem. This a is PG-13 version of one of
Morlock Artificer. While Morlocks are typically the miniatures that appear in Bradley K. McDevitt’s
presented as being little more than beastmen in “MILFs 2” collection of alluring monsters.
productions of The Time Machine, author H.G. Wells Brainlasher Psionic. This is a variation on one of the
makes it clear that they are fairly technically advanced miniatures in Phillippe St. Gerard’s “Forbidden Monsters
and operate huge areas of subterranean machinery. From of Foree: Brainlashers.”
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