Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Codex Ulthwe: A Personal Project

For a while I lamented my rules being spread across multiple books... But then I realised... They didn't need to be!



My normal vocation is in marketing, and so I'm opting to use my graphic design and other skills to make an Ulthwe codex that's all in one! No more carrying around 3-4 books for me! Even better is it can feature my own models!

Now, my Dex is progressing well, but because It's effectively GW's writing for the rules of normal units I'm not showing them here.  That said I feel comfortable sharing the pages for conversion units I've made, which have no official corresponding 40k rules.



I'm really happy with how it's progressing, plus I'm learning a lot about how GW styles their own books.



3 comments:

  1. Interesting, I jad the same idea with my tyranids but kind of forgot it mainly due to my poor editing skills ...
    Any advice ?

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  2. Interesting, I jad the same idea with my tyranids but kind of forgot it mainly due to my poor editing skills ...
    Any advice ?

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    1. Hi Juxinator, Sorry about the long wait before I responded. I've been away for work. What do you mean by poor editing? Images or words? If you mean words I'd suggest sending it to a person you trust for review as that external perspective is really necessary, especially for a quick turn-a-round. If you mean photo editing I'd say there are a number of tutorials out there like "You Suck at Photoshop" that can get you through the basics. One thing I can say is that I wouldn't attempt to build something like this through Adobe Acrobat DC or Word. I'm using InDesign, which I find to be the benchmark program for this type of project. My biggest issue with this project is that I don't have a great camera for it. That aside I'm doing what I can with the recolouring and cropping to make up the difference as much as possible. If you have specific questions I'd be happy to give further advice.

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