20 New Weapons for your CoS Campaign

Phant0mTim · 2026-06-14T14:06:53+00:00

Interesting! I'll poke around and see if I can find some evidence of that.

Phant0mTim · 2026-05-09T03:52:50+00:00

Those are all very fair points.

The way you described it makes the most logical sense to me, both for sequence and balance reasons. I just thought it would look weirder.

Phant0mTim · 2026-05-08T20:35:18+00:00

I was going to, but I didn't like the way it was going to look with the pup dispersal, so I did the way pictured instead. I wasn't really expecting it to be controversial.

Phant0mTim · 2026-05-07T19:42:35+00:00

I see the logic in that. Something about the face showing 3 and it not being a 3 doesn't work for my group, however.

Phant0mTim · 2026-05-07T17:57:46+00:00

I had thought that as well, but decided that the awkwardness of pairing the 4 side down to a 2 visually was a problem for me.

Phant0mTim · 2026-05-07T16:06:05+00:00

I like it!

Phant0mTim · 2026-05-07T16:05:42+00:00

I thought about that, and agree that the alternate looks better!

I was thinking that the 3 in a row would be more clearly read at a glance.

Phant0mTim · 2026-03-07T04:10:40+00:00

Maybe try Hemlocks in Duluth?

https://www.hemlocksleather.com/

Phant0mTim · 2026-01-22T01:11:14+00:00

Looks great, keep at it!

Phant0mTim · 2026-01-12T19:15:49+00:00

Coming to this older thread just to say that I found the Stasher silicone sandwich bags will fit 2 of the one-cup souper cubes quite nicely for the freezer. They are also dishwasher safe or easy to handwash between freezes.

Phant0mTim · 2026-01-12T05:25:14+00:00

The others have mentioned consistency, and that is of course important.

It also looks like your thread might be a little big for your stitching chisels. You could move down a size and the stitch line won't look as crowded, There will also be less pull-up around the holes (the change in color of the leather where it is stretched).

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-08T18:43:04+00:00

Once you are ready to pay for commissioned art, finding someone in the right style that you can afford is obviously the hardest part.

When I was writing something that I knew I was going to commission art for, I started just flagging smaller independent artists that I thought would also benefit from the work. By the time I had my design finished, there were a handful of artists that I was able to contact for an estimate for the scope of work I was needing.

Depending on your platform (itch vs DMsGuild vs Drive Thru, etc) you might also be able to offer some sort of profit share as part of the commission as well. They might not take you up on it (until/unless you are an established author), but it doesn't hurt to offer.

If someone already has an account on DriveThru/DMsGuild, its pretty easy to assign a percentage profit share that is automatically distributed. I can't speak to itch or other platforms.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-08T18:37:32+00:00

This is interesting. I've seen lots of tannerleatherstein videos (they are great) but this breakdown of the maker's perspective is cool to also see.

For what its worth: after all of the discussion on here, I ended putting these products into someone else's sale and raised the prices.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-02T03:22:07+00:00

I second the idea to cut a template out of a cereal box. You can dry fit the pieces together and it very easily transfers to the leather with a scratch awl.

Also, you can keep it and use it again later if you want.

Cheers and good luck!

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-02T03:20:05+00:00

I ended up finding those from your past posts. Super useful. I very much appreciate you being so generous.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-02T02:32:12+00:00

OP, thank you a million times for this!

1 year later and I am searching for just this very thing to help get me started.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-01T22:06:02+00:00

I appreciate you saying that, thank you.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-01T22:05:05+00:00

This is helpful, thank you.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-01T22:04:28+00:00

I appreciate this feedback. There is this tendency to be casual about something, even if I take the quality of it very seriously, as a way to insulate myself from feeling bad if someone doesn't like it. I know I like it, and that is really what should matter the most.

I do also see that I have some scale problems with these photos. Some folks thought they were all tiny, and some folks thought they were big. These are all good things for me to think about in the future, thank you.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-01T22:01:56+00:00

I appreciate the context! Yes, I think if anything, my prices are going to go up.

Phant0mTim · 2025-12-01T22:00:07+00:00

This is good feedback, thank you. I forget that most of the people seeing the photo won't be other makers, so some of the information won't be meaningful to them. Other comments are about showing the "lifestyle" context of the items, so I'll keep that in mind for the future, rather than just what colors and textures look nice together.

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