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No they are like two pixels out... this post was a big help when I first got ee

 

 

Looks like I will have to keep a copy of the portrait at 210x330px. I'm glad that I asked and that you told me. :)

That link looks great. I'm glad that I started this thread as it will be useful to others going down the same route, even if I am currently the only one on the road. :)



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So, you wipe your feet when you leave the house?

 

p.s your welcome, I'm happy to help and just so we are clear I really like what you have done so far mate! :wub:

 

Cow dung is actually an anti-bacterial agent. We first lived in Nepal 25 years ago. Then toilets were quite rare and people used the footpaths in lieu of loos. Not good. My wife got hepatitis as a result. We were in the process of supplying clean water to the village that we were working at, and realising that clean water would not help much, if their customs did not also change, we said that we would only connect the water when every house had at least a pit toilet. One man was refusing to comply, but eventually social pressure from the other villagers forced his compliance too. When we returned 25 years later, the village was so much more pleasant!

 

We did find that we had to wash our feet and then wear flip-flops otherwise or damp feet would pick up the mud and we would take the mud to bed with us and have red or yellow footprints on the bedding. :D

 

So no, we removed our footwear when we entered a house, as was the local custom with good reason. :D


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5)

 

Dwarf20.jpg
 

 

The road in this picture is the one featured in Michael Palin's documentaries on the Himalayas.

 

We were traveling the road, and in one day, the road was blocked three times, and just south of here it was blocked for two hours. After trying everything else we had to unload a lorry and then by a combination of pushing it with a tractor and about thirty people pulling it with ropes, we managed to pull it up the hill and get it off the road. All the people who had been so helpful in getting the road clear then disappeared whilst the lorry driver had to re-load his lorry single-handed. :(


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He would make a nice Dwarf Sharman?



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fyi Sarah is;

bg5-crop-u25585.jpg + credi_08.jpg

 

= gnomfl2.jpg


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A trip to Durham and Hadrian's Wall gave me some new locations, plus some from the BG game.

 

ALL%20copy.jpg


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That lass with curvy sword is awesome, especially the last photo!


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I liked her too, which is why I tried her with three different backgrounds. :)

 

I also liked No.1 as standing on his doorstep, looks quite natural as if he has come out to meet somebody.

 

EDIT

 

Did you recognise the backdrop to curvy sword no. 2 anyone?

 

Though I took the photo, the scene is from a popular film.


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I decided to give Sarah a new (adytum) look so this is she posing outside of Candlekeep with a halberd borrowed from one of the guards.

 

dwarffl2.png

 

Original portrait = http://orig12.deviantart.net/f93a/f/2014/190/f/7/kings_of_the_realm_by_grafit_art-d7pwk1a.jpg


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Nice Pic USSNorway - and yours are pretty good too Wise.



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Have decided that my next run will have an arctic dwarf in it, but images didn't have white hair. Photoshop to the rescue. :)

 

4SnowyfFL.jpg

 

 

Also did a generic knight. The advantage of this image is that it can be light skinned, dark skinned, normal ears, pointy ears and I don't have to change the portrait. :)

 

4knightL_1.jpg


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Does any one know of a good halforc image to replace the basic one?

p1-beastl01.jpg



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How about this one?

Goofy_zpsyj8ljs59.jpg

 

If you want something a bit less wacky there are several possibilities in the Death Rabbit portrait pack - Orc3 might suit you.


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There are a couple here. I can't remember where they are from. One M one F.

 

Orcs.jpg

 

Others here:

 

http://fantasy-npc.d...31427&offset=48

 

This might be the best one though.

 

http://www.sorcerers...-Portraits.rar#

 

It is the ones by riggin scheer. There are 24 charactes there that are half-orc.


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For a druid I like this one

 

skMGg2z.png

 

Best,

 

A.



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For a druid I like this one

 

skMGg2z.png

 

Best,

 

A.

I wonder why that could be? :wub:

 

Thanks guys... I went with this one

garml.jpg



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A perfect example of a caring, sharing relationship as daddy carries his baby into battle with Sarevok ...


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Thats a daintree possum not an orc and Puk just feeds this one out the back of the inn.

 

p.s. Orgin images = garmo.png + daintreePossum.jpg



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Your possum photos have disappeared.

 

Now if they have been censored, I can't understand it. They were cute.



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The orig possem photo is still up Wise and it is open-source as far as I know? My Adobe site could have been down for a bit but that image is in lots of places around the net.

http://pukdarkstar.b...ntreePossum.jpg



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It's back again. :)



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http://pukdarkstar.b...sets/Orml-1.bmp

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Ormaline will prob be a Fighter/ Thief
orig image = https://ixquick-prox...ab7d0582ed5d455


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Looks like a good fighter/thief, but then some really foul criminals LOOK good.

 

A friend of mine was on a jury and was totally taken in by an angel faced thug. Fortunately, there were enough on the jury to outvote her.

 

She was totally embarrassed when the string of convictions was read out prior to sentencing. :(

 

However in this game, I tend to have good guys looking good, and bad guys looking bad.


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I do like giving characters with low charisma some bad looks... they may or may not be "good" at heart.



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Ormaline is an Elf Mage-Thief...

 

chick%20by%20window-recovered.jpg The model is from Deviant art a link .

 

Small bgee bmp image = http://pukdarkstar.b...ssets/annes.bmp

Large bgee bmp image = http://pukdarkstar.b...ssets/annel.bmp