Seeking Ideas for Future VTT Token Sets

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#1

Hallo Fellers,

As some of you know I have started illustrating VTT token sets and have recently put my first set of goblin tokens up on Drive Thru RPG. I am moving forward on future sets and thought I would ask the mighty shield wall for some inspiration. The sets I am making contain six unique illustrations of humanoid-ish creatures/characters of the same kind (anything with a face). What race/themes would you guys like to see illustrated? (I’m cool with outside of the box stuff and not committed to just fantasy).

Here are some somewhat standard ideas that I had:

Kobolds
Orcs
Ratmen
Elves
Gnomes
Lycanthropes
Zombies
Pheasants

Droids
Mechas
Aliens
Civilians

#2

Gnolls. I need more gnolls in my life.

#3

Seconded! Gnolls are great bad guys that need more use.

#4

Ooo…I like Gnolls!

#5

Mimics
Slimes
Otters
Insectoids

#6

If doing gnolls…that I whole heartedly endorse a couple of hyaena’s would be grand as well!!! Or a asset with one and an asset with 2…
But if just displaying the heads how to differentiate???

Not my problem I’m not an artist!!!

#7

Lizardfolk
Bears
Holograms
Atomic Space Mutants (from Beyond the Moon!)

Basically my Community College graduating class…

#8

Bullywugs
Skeletons
Wraiths
Bandits
Snake men
Giant rats

#9

Vote up your standard ideas, they are common enough that having characterful tokens will add just a bit of unique fun.

Zombies at different levels of decay: 1 month dead, 3 months dead, raven picked on, 1 year dead.

#10

Poison Frog Men tokens - different colors, different weapons and expressions.

#11

I am going to include ooze, ochre jelly, mold, fungi, myconids in my low level dungeon crawl.

So I am also voting up:
Oozes - different colors - pink, green, purple, yellow, grey, black
Myconids - different mushroom shapes, expressions and weapons

I enjoy being able to customize the look and add a bit of whimsy to the game.

#12

A lot of awesome ideas here guys, thank you!

@Angram091: Ooo, Mimics could be fun to make! An Insectoid race is cool as well.

@bleaquehaus: I dig the Lizardfolk idea, I can do a lot with that.

@Shadymutha: I love Bullywugs! Skeletons will likely be up by the end of the week. Giant rats or Ratmen have big potential for some funny personalities.

@Byzanti: Yeah, Zombies are a standard I can’t pass up, they have potential for some fun variations. Frogmen are so cool, I’m going to wrap those in with Bullywugs, they are a for sure for me. Oozes may be a bit tricky because they have no face but I will think on that. Myconids have huge potential!

So far my favorites are: Gnolls, Mimics, Lizardfolk, Bullywugs, Zombies, and Myconids. Runners up are Oozes/Slimes and Insectoids. I may just do a random roll out to see what I illustrate next!

#13

Zombies at … 1 year dead.

That’s just a skeleton, innit? :laughing:

#14

Illustrate what grabs you!!! the Shield Wall Stands strong!!!

Games!!
Beer!!
Cider!!
Fun!!
MEAD!!
Awe Man, I don’t feel so good???

Shield Wall!!!

#15

Hmm, snake-people :snake: sound good, might as well do some “Turnip Knights” also…hmmm, some Neanderthals sound cool too. Always good to have options.

#16

I would like to make a request to increase your token count to 12 characters each pack. If that is not feasible then I would request some paper minis to go along with the 6 you do each pack.

#17

I certainly respect the request but upping the token count with 12 unique characters is not feasible due to the shear volume of work involved. I feel that 6 unique character illustrations is the perfect balance for me as the creator. I may revisit some sets and create additional 6 character sets to match if I feel inspired to do that or if there is enough demand or requests to do so. However, they would not be add-ons to a current set but a stand alone set (you would have to purchase the new set of 6 characters).

The introduction of paper mini’s may be something I consider if I get into Patreon but at this time I will not be the putting extra work into that. I am not currently doing full figure illustrations for the characters I have been making for the tokens that I think would be required for paper mini’s. I appreciate the request and I will certainly keep that in mind for the future!

#18

Alrighty, just wanted to get my opinion out there. I think your whimsical art as paper minis and props would be pretty cool. I say give it a shot (when ya have time for extra work)…and then use their heads as tokens. :skull:

#19

The idea of paper mini’s or even token stickers that could be used on discs for tabletop play is really cool and I do like it a lot, I just need to be realistic about what I can produce with the time that I have. I’ll see how things unfold in coming months and will for sure keep this in mind!

#20

So I don’t know if your still taking request.
But some Modern Day assets could be useful. Either a pure modern day look or Maybe something like Batman the Animated Series that looks like it could be anywhere from 1950s to the 2000s.

Would be useful for a Vigilante City and Altered State, but also for a Noir game,World of Darkness style, or any other game set in a Modern setting.

*A side note, destroyed modern assets could be cool for an Apocalypse game or a war setting.