Power card art?

[PowerBalance]

Hey guys,

I'm new to these forums, but would be very interested to find artwork that is high res enough for printing. I'm interested in making any power cards 5, 6 and 8 which were supposed to be part of the elusive "Marvel" expansion, but need good artwork in the style of the official Overpower cards. Does anyone have any good links?

[Jack]

Forgot to mention in our e-mails, the trading cards that were printed out in the same period as OverPower are excellent sources for card art.

[mattkoz]

I think he means trading cards like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-1995-Fleer-Ultra-X-Men-Mixed-Special-Cards-/260996860974?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc4a00c2e#ht_522wt_1270

[Jack]

The jumbo card back would print out quite well, it's the highest resolution image of the card back that I'm offering. All other cards are 500x700.

If you want ones with specific copyright years (at 500x700), I can provide a link, all distinct card backs are scanned in and available.

[Jesse]

I've used Jack's site to print quite a few proxys and depending on how well your printer prints they come out looking quite nice. 

[Jack]

I gave Onslaught the image backs for his cards. The source was the same, I scanned him a 5"x7" place card. This was before I worked on my scanning project so the version he got was different.

You're not going to notice any difference with the file you received and the "source" scan. Effectively, you're getting a 400DPI image. Most people have problems differentiating between 200DPI and 600DPI images.

What are you trying to accomplish anyway?

[Jack]

In most cases, just printing out the front of the card would suffice for regular play. You should be using opaque card sleeves when playing OverPower because of the possibility of mixing in the 3 images of card backs or if you use any X-Men expansion cards.

[Jesse]

Jesse, did you use professional commercial printers? Do they look indistinguishable from the real thing?

I used a Laser Printer. Set aside from my color template being a little off on one set (i.e. the XMen Set's yellow border was a tad darker) they looked pretty good. I printed mine, then lamenated them (I dont like the 'paper' feel) and once in a sleeve it was difficult to distinguish the real cards from the proxy cards. I even had to do a double take on some of the Onslught cards once they were in the sleeve because they looked almost 100% perfect (almost becuase I can't cut 100% straight  ).  Jack has a great set of quality scans so printing any of them with a reasonable printer will net you some good looking proxys. Even printing them on a bad printer should get you something nice to work with.

[mattkoz]

Can you post some photos of your results?

[Jesse]

Can you post some photos of your results?

Sure, but it will probably be monday. I've got two seperate birthday parties to attend this weekend (Starting tomorrow) so I will be  crazy busy.

I will put the printed card next to the real one (if I have the real one).

[Jack]

I'll snap some pictures of some of my prints with the real card next to it.

[Jesse]

I'll snap some pictures of some of my prints with the real card next to it.

Out of curiosity what type of printer do you use Jack?

[Jack]

I'm using a colour inkjet printer. It's not the best in the world but the ink is ridiculously cheap at $1/cartridge with third-party refilled cartridges. The cartridges last me enough for at least 30 prints per change. The colour reproduction is pretty accurate once the settings have been tweaked.

Model: Brother MFC-5490CN
Application: Photoshop with finely tuned settings for accurate prints

I print on photo paper, thick enough so that if you back it with a (Bicycle) playing card (not an OverPower card) in a sleeve, it feels like the real thing. The photo paper I bought was $5 for 50 sheets, which is a steal as well.

I also made some prints using clear adhesive-backed acetate -- like window decals. I stuck them onto blank playing cards and they look pretty real from a small distance but noticeable "fake" if you hold it in hand.

[gameplan.exe]

I'm using a colour inkjet printer. It's not the best in the world but the ink is ridiculously cheap at $1/cartridge. The colour reproduction is pretty accurate once the settings have been tweaked.
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dang! $1/cartridge?! that's crazy good!

I have a decent printer, but it's pretty old so it seems to have a hard time warming up. the first several print jobs I do come out distorted, seemingly every time. Fortunately, I'm not too concerned with color accuracy - as long as the text can be read, I'm pretty happy.

(by the way, I print onto blank labels the size of name badges. then stick'em to super-common OP cards. If I stick it to a card from the same set, it usually looks pretty darn good, if I do say so myself  )

[Jesse]

I'm using a colour inkjet printer. It's not the best in the world but the ink is ridiculously cheap at $1/cartridge with third-party refilled cartridges. The cartridges last me enough for at least 30 prints per change. The colour reproduction is pretty accurate once the settings have been tweaked.

I use this really nice Laser Printer that they have at my office.....on the nights that I work late and everyone in my area goes home early 

(by the way, I print onto blank labels the size of name badges. then stick'em to super-common OP cards. If I stick it to a card from the same set, it usually looks pretty darn good, if I do say so myself  )

I've read that from you before, and since the first time I read it, I've been looking for labels that would be large enough to cover a card and havent had much luck....