I need to work on my Quark XPress skills (same package GW uses to make official codices), if you provide me with some artwork I coul crank up a faux-dex that looks like the official ones (but with a big large red "unofficial" to avoid confusion).
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I need to work on my Quark XPress skills (same package GW uses to make official codices), if you provide me with some artwork I coul crank up a faux-dex that looks like the official ones (but with a big large red "unofficial" to avoid confusion).
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[url]http://www.mediafire.com/file/kndfzymmmwm/Codex%20-%20SoB.pdf[/url]
A little test with placeholders, just for fun. Wondering if I want to create a different watermark, C:IG has 3, but they are very simple, C:Tyranids has 2 completely different ones (albeit similar looking) C:SW has 3, the frost pattern and 2 very similar rune strips, C:SM has only one. TBH I wouldn't know how to do a different one.
I like that cover picture
Source: [URL="http://andreauderzo.deviantart.com/art/Canoness-Elana-42893709"]Canoness Elana by Andrea Uderzo[/URL]. Slightly modified.
The cover is tastefully done. I prefer [url=http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/Other/45f181ba6f70xb8.jpg] this[/url], myself. [url=http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/BattleSister.png]This[/url] if it had background behind it instead of just plain white...
As for your current PDF file, it looks like a good format. I'm not putting in tons of fluff, though... mostly because I don't want to bring GW's ire for poting such a comprehensive source of fluff for all the public to read.
It was mostly a study on how to get such a thing done, the placeholders can stay there be it necessary, or one could even skip a section altogether. It was an excuse to get dirty with QuarkXpress (which I ditched in favour of InDesign).
About the cover, I'm up for almost anything, as long as it has color in it, [URL="http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/BattleSister.png"]this[/URL] is nice as long as I photoshop something in the white bits.
Anyway, if you can provide me with some stuff I can throw it in and see how cool I can get it to look.
Here's all the Adepta Sororitas Sororitas art on my account, mostly Fanart because that's most of what's out there:
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/BattleSister.png[/url] (From 2nd ed C:SoB)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/SistersOfBattleHelm.png[/url] (From 3rd ed C:WH)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/SistersArmor.jpg[/url] (DoW:SS promo art)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/HolyOrders.png[/url] (icons of the major orders, from DoW:SS)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/1239103246584.jpg[/url] (Fanart)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/PalatineElisaUbanek.jpg[/url] (Fanart lineart)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/AnimeSororitas.jpg[/url] (Anime-esque fanart)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/Other/1210250022443.jpg[/url] (Anime-esque fanart)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/Adepta_Sororitas_by_FirstKeeper.jpg[/url] (Fanart)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/Battle_Sister_by_IronShrineMaiden.jpg[/url] (Fanart)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/1230052783344.png[/url] (Fanart, manga-style)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/Other/Sister_Dominique_by_dnomrah.jpg[/url] (Fanart)
[url]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a28/melissiablackheart/Adeptus_sororitus_by_Sly_Stalker.jpg[/url] (Fanart lineart)
If you want more, I'll see about uploading more later.
Well it's your codex, as long as it looks officialish enough I'm cool with it.
What I need to get more done:
- Large black and white image for page 4.
- Something with impact for page 5.
- The army list stuff in downloadable form, possibly pre-formatted so I can copypaste it, touch the layout a little and be done with it.
- Battlefield pictures, better if they feature 'eavy metal painted stuff, like stuff scanned from white dwarf or somewhere else.
The thing is, I'm not overly intending this codex for release or use at the moment. It's as much a mental exercise as anything. So it is my codex, but converting it into a high quality PDF is your project rather than mine, if that makes sense.