Friday, February 1, 2013

Hail Caesar Unit Reference Cards

I haven't felt the painting mojo this week. I've certainly had my opportunities, but I'll sit down to paint and fifteen minutes later I'm up doing something else - I'm sure you know what I mean. The second unit of Spanish Scutarii are on the table, but progress has been slow. Despite that, I have managed to do some fun hobby related things - such as planning the Republican Romans and creating these Hail Caesar unit reference cards for the Carthaginians.

The cards measure 3.5" x 2.5" and includes a icon, the unit name, type and size, game statistics and a list of any special rules and definitions. My plan is to print a card out for each unit type in the army and have them handy at the table's edge for quick reference. I made the cards using Adobe Illustrator and they can be easily saved as a PDF file for printing. I'll print these on card stock, cut out each card individually and then place them in plastic card sleeves for protection.

Now that I have a design and temple, creating cards for additional units and armies will be easy. If anybody that plays Hail Caesar would like some cards created for their specific army please let me know and I can mock them up and send you a PDF file. I'm serious.

This is a low resolution example of the Hail Caesar unit reference cards.


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  1. MontyFebruary 1, 2013 at 5:56 PM

    I really like what you're doing here! What you're doing is beyond my abilities, with an emphasis on the plural. Frankly its beyond most of us as well as very kind to offer out your hard work. If I had even one person to play HC with, I'd jump on this.

    And maybe something is in the air this week. I'm having trouble keeping my butt in the painting chair as well.

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    1. JonathanFebruary 2, 2013 at 8:00 PM

      Thanks Monty. As a graphic designer I love doing these kings of things... :)

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  2. UnknownFebruary 1, 2013 at 7:03 PM

    The cards look really nice Jonathan. I am sure they will be handy at the game table.

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  3. Ray RousellFebruary 1, 2013 at 9:52 PM

    Nice work Jonathan!

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  4. AHuntFebruary 1, 2013 at 10:33 PM

    I have some thoughts for making my own, but if they don't work out, I'll be hitting you up, for sure. Very nice.

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    1. JonathanFebruary 2, 2013 at 7:58 PM

      Cool Arron, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. If you chaneg your mind let me know!

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  5. JohnFebruary 2, 2013 at 6:39 PM

    Whoah, sweet! Jonathan, I want these. I'll take PDFs but I'm pretty hand with Illustrator. Would you feel comfortable sharing your design files? No worries if you don't.

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    1. JonathanFebruary 4, 2013 at 4:29 PM

      Thanks John. I'm more than happy to share the source files. I can email you the EPS files along with the fonts so you can make your own cards. Shoot me an email: jonathan_jaynes (at) yahoo (dot) com.

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  6. fireymonkeyboyFebruary 5, 2013 at 11:43 AM

    Yep, these look great. Super-handy.

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