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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Pizzagrenadier on May 11, 2016, 09:53:32 PM

Title: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: Pizzagrenadier on May 11, 2016, 09:53:32 PM

Hey folks. I found a bunch of wood boxes at the craft store and thought they might make good dice trays. I decided to paint a few of them up to go with the chapters my friends and I are doing for the Badab War project. So far I have done Mantis Warriors, Fire Hawks, and Carcharodons. They're pretty simple to do. Details on the blog...

http://thisveryblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/badab-war-dice-trays.html

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fw03CKjg4Sc/VzOaXD_ZqcI/AAAAAAAATrY/q8v5TXJwPwgEC6oLrGBbJ7FSpiyWdigNwCLcB/s1600/Mantis%2BWarriors%2BDice%2BTray.jpg)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6SVjn9R4fBQ/VzOaXFvuBjI/AAAAAAAATrg/DCzmjjj2rRwD8N-XUOLAPBs1Te0Ino9VwCLcB/s1600/Fire%2BHawks%2BDice%2BTray.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1p1GS3FHBs4/VzOaXIIgXyI/AAAAAAAATrc/oZ0UJKbBI5URqhjQA9ZC0RZ5K2NL5JRwwCLcB/s1600/Space%2BSharks%2BDice%2BTray.jpg)
Hope you enjoy and find it useful!

Oops, forgot the pic html... fixed.

Title: Re: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: Elbows on May 12, 2016, 12:11:09 AM

I'm a sucker for colour matched dice and other geeky gaming "aids" like the above.  Nicely done.  Also the glossed wood will give it some serious clatter! lol

Title: Re: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: Modhail on May 12, 2016, 07:01:44 AM

Aw man... As if I didn't have enough weird side projects for my various armies and warbands... ;)
Thanks for the inspiration, that's a great idea!

Title: Re: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: Dr DeAth on May 12, 2016, 07:56:40 AM

Nicely done

Title: Re: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: Daeothar on May 12, 2016, 08:48:53 AM

Awesome work! 8)

That should really make your games pop (read: clatter lol ).

I'm with Elbows in his holistic approach to gaming; matching dice, dice tray, cards, templates, stationary, website, phone cover, curtains, lighting; the works. :D  So I think your beautiful trays would be a great addition to every gaming table!

Title: Re: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: Shaved Dwarf on May 12, 2016, 04:15:11 PM

Nice idea and beautiful implementation.

Title: Re: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: The_Beast on May 12, 2016, 05:25:51 PM

They also can work as setup trays; I was going to do some larger ones for the store with our logo, but my list of only-started projects is long and honorable.

Why most of my games are played with things supplied by others.  ::)

I was going to go with printed pictures sealed to the wood, but yours are smashing!

Well done!

By the way, on the chance these are a little too 'bouncy' and dice tend to fling themselves out, a bit of color-coordinated felt along the inside walls might help.

Doug

Title: Re: Badab War Dice Trays: Rolling in Style
Post by: Pizzagrenadier on May 12, 2016, 07:53:21 PM

Thanks everyone!

They are very loud, which I found is the only drawback. I'm thinking of putting felt on the bottom underside to cushion the sound a little. Still, the sound isn't unpleasant :)

Here is a tutorial to make really nice ones that a friend of mine made. They're a little more time consuming but they turn out really nicely!

http://www.6mmacw.com/dice-tray.html

I'm thinking of making a set like his using printed out images. That way I don't have to hand paint them.