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Chimera245
2011-05-16, 09:55 PM
I am making a campaign setting. It has a wild west theme and flavor. I want to find some pictures of all sorts of stereotypical wild west characters to help visualize the world.

I can't find ANY good pictures beyond the "gunslinger cowboy" and the "saloon girl". And most of those are Halloween costumes...

But nothing for the "banker", "blacksmith", "average Joe farmer and family", etc.

Is there a good place to find a whole mess of quintessential Western character archetypes, in picture form? I've found a list like that on TVtropes that describes the character types verbally, but that site has very few pictures.

Even if I find nothing more than some good pictures of typical Wild West era fashion, that would still be a huge help.

Tvtyrant
2011-05-16, 09:56 PM
Look up characters of the show "deadwood." Most of the roles are shown in the show, and you can get an idea of what they would look like (dirty mostly :P)

Shademan
2011-05-16, 10:59 PM
or contact some artists and comission some work.

Serpentine
2011-05-16, 11:16 PM
Or try the Dungeons and Dreamboats thread.

Janus
2011-05-16, 11:23 PM
deviantART.com can be a pretty decent source, too.

dsmiles
2011-05-17, 05:05 AM
Or try the Dungeons and Dreamboats thread.Yes. Definitely try this thread. It is awesomesauce in a can.

TroubleBrewing
2011-05-17, 05:11 AM
Yeah, most requests to that thread come through in a matter of minutes or hours.

J.Gellert
2011-05-17, 05:46 AM
Try either of these.
ConceptArt.org (http://conceptart.org/)
CGSociety.org (http://www.cgsociety.org/)

Delwugor
2011-05-17, 09:56 AM
Clint Eastwood after taking care of pigs in Unforgiven:

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/auron626/Unforgiven.jpg


J. Noble Daggett the quintessential lawyer in True Grit:

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsF/5651-20088.gif


Bank in A Big Hand for the Little Lady:
http://www.odinartcollectables.com/images/smpAbighand.jpg


Old fashioned blacksmithing:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_prXlgPrugDA/S9W3f3HVuVI/AAAAAAAAA_s/1XPjKhUDJ4U/s1600/wishbone_smith.JPG

wormwood
2011-05-17, 10:40 AM
Or... you could just google 1880s portraits, since that's basically what you're looking for, and pick some.

Serpentine
2011-05-17, 10:42 AM
Or... you could just google 1880s portraits, since that's basically what you're looking for, and pick some.Bam (http://www.google.com.au/search?q=old+timey+photos&rls=com.microsoft:en-au&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1419&bih=666). Although I find the naked cowboy and banjo-playing Sadam quite odd...

jerriecan
2011-05-18, 09:02 PM
I like using TV screencaps for NPCs. You might try here:

http://www.fishsticktheatre.com/TV/Deadwood/Deadwood%20S3.html

http://magich0urs.livejournal.com/tag/caps%3A%20tv%3A%20deadwood

Best of luck with your game!

Jerriecan