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Posted on July 21, 2025 by Juan

New Portrait reward, Victorians

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Juan

I’ve been working on a small side project, a kit of Victorian Characters for roleplaying games. It’s basically a collection of illustrated tokens, the character tokens or minis you use in VTT (Virtual Tabletops), with some extra material.

I made a previous attempt at VTT tokens from a series of paper tokens I drew for a convention game:

But this time I tried to make a more interesting product, so besides producing less crude art for the tokens, I added some text, background material for character creation mostly: a table with 36 background history details, and lists of possible names for Victorian flavor. This is the cover:

Looking at the finished art, I thought this could be a fun theme for a Patreon portraits reward, using the tokens as inspiration for the clothing, hairdo or general style of the portrait. So, here it is, the Victorians portrait reward.

Victorian Token portraits.

  • This reward is available to members in the $3 tier (Birds Opera Aficionado), and in the $10 tier (Earthquake Critic).

  • Choose one of the numbered samples as inspiration for your own token. I will use the overall style of the character, and your own picture, to make an original round portrait in this format.

$10 tier customizations:

  • Those in the Earthquake Critic tier can ask for a special prop if you want: a book, a weapon, an animal companion, or any small addition to the basic portrait.

I’ll be sharing some tokens in a post around here, so let me know if you prefer to keep yours private.

If you are in one of these tiers and want a portrait, or just upgraded and would like to ask for yours, please write to juan@thesecretknots.com with the subject Victorians and a reference picture. (Or let me know if I can use one you’ve already sent). 

Leave comments or questions below, and thanks!

Juan