So, in a mad fit of inspiration, I picked up a HB pencil and 0.4 ink pen, and proceeded to produce some PC portraits for MG, ostensibly for use in the after-school rpg club I run for the kids at the school I teach in.
You can see the quick evolution and change from the initial two pics (which are essentially just modified sketches of Petersen originals), through the third (which was done from a quick mental snapshot of an image from the comic) to the final three pics which were off-the-cuff. The final one, incidentally, is a Mouse Guard version of myself.
If enough folks are interested, I’ll happily share any more MG PC portraits I produce as they only take me a few minutes each to whip up now I’m getting the hang of it.
I had this idea of providing a template mouse sketch to my players and color pens during the character creation phase.
Then I would ask them to put their Fur and Cape color on it for everyone to see, adding some details such as weapon of choice, other items…
It would basically work like a colorbook for kids, which in return would certainly add a kid-friendly factor to the character creation phase, as I have read for other indie games (don’t recall their names, though)
It could also serve as a “name-tag” that every player would put in front of them, which in my experience in other games always comes in handy, at least for my players
Nice idea, and might do something like it when I get the time. This coming half-term holiday, perhaps. My hardcopy of MGRPG should’ve arrived by then as well.
Nice to see another teacher hereabouts, especially one sharing the benefits of roleplaying.
As for the tri-corn wearing mouse, I’ll see what I can do.