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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: emosbur on February 20, 2014, 01:50:53 AM
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I made these pieces for a dungeons game:
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/emosbur/dungeons/P2062177.jpg) (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/emosbur/media/dungeons/P2062177.jpg.html)
Very cheap and easy to do:
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/emosbur/dungeons/P2062180.jpg) (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/emosbur/media/dungeons/P2062180.jpg.html)
I still have to paint it...
I am using this method:
http://www.thedmg.info/
Is anybody doing something similar?
Emilio
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Is that just foamcore (ie. compressed foam between two sheets of card)? It looks nice, though I find it tends to bend up a bit when painted. I think a lot of people have done similar projects. If I was doing something like that I'd be tempted to grab up the box of WOTC D&D dungeon tiles though - cheap and very nice (and a ton of bang for the buck).
What size squares are you doing? Looks like the walls infringe on the floor space a bit. Keep us posted as this goes along though - I looove dungeon builds.
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No, is card. I donīt know how is called in english. Is the card from big parcels and boxes, like the one is used for carrying TVīs and the like. Is very strong, and I hope it doesnīt warps when painted.
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Corrugated card board.
Search DMSCRAFT on youtube for the original master of cardboard dungeons.
I made a heap of these- they are soooo much better to play on than walled ones!
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The squares are 6.5 centimeters side. Each will be four one inch "tiles" when painted. As explained here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7gd8rP7Xo&list=PLw-XImXo4zfOKxI_NWJpESKHiX71yyLXU&feature=c4-overview-vl
Carboard, is carboard :D :D :D
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Corrugated card board.
Search DMSCRAFT on youtube for the original master of cardboard dungeons.
I made a heap of these- they are soooo much better to play on than walled ones!
That is!!
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Our Pathfinder GM bought into the Dwarven Forge Kickstarter and while they're nice to look at they are kind of a pain to play games on because of the higher walls... and just the limitations of room size and shape.
I much prefer the terrain featured in the DM's Craft videos and elsewhere. I made a couple of HUGE airships for our Earthdawn game... we use them for ship to ship battles... and it took me about an hour. There are rowing benches and stem/stern platforms, places for stowage... but still the basic 2.5D flatness that gives information and atmosphere without lots of vertical clutter. Easy to store away too.
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Ships, you say...
::) ::) ::)
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Really eficient way to make dungeons. I made my own (3d) and it took ages to be completed. This way I would have been able to build a dungeon 3 or 4 times bigger, with a good overall look and playability.
I'll keep the idea for future specific thematic dungeons. Thanks for sharing the info !
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Hi, looks good so far and I almost think my own plans should feature lower walls. How high are the Dwarven forge ones? What hight would you guys consider easy to access?
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I debated talking to my buddy about doing a big set of laser-cut stuff like this. Would be easy to do, and in turn cheap (obviously not as cheap as cardboard). I bet there would be a decent market for it though.
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I debated talking to my buddy about doing a big set of laser-cut stuff like this. Would be easy to do, and in turn cheap (obviously not as cheap as cardboard). I bet there would be a decent market for it though.
Infinite Crypt ran a KS campaign last year for laser cut dungeon pieces:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/736875383/infinite-crypt-modular-terrain-for-underworld-arch?ref=search (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/736875383/infinite-crypt-modular-terrain-for-underworld-arch?ref=search)
I am not a backer (chose to buy into the Itar's Workshop resin set instead) but the idea is a good one. Due to start shipping in May so should start seeing reviews soon. the KS pictures seem to be more "construction" sets than simple modular walls/floors.
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I meant super-simple, obnoxiously cheap...ie. flat pieces of MDF with stone squares laser-cut into them. No walls, though perhaps a simple edge piece like the cardboard ones shown above. The problem with Infinite Crypt was that their prices were borderline outrageous. I don't know if they re-did their thing by the end, but originally it was more than dwarven forge stuff considering what you got. Shame too as their system looks pretty slick.
I just meant bargain-basement MDF tiles for cheap. lol
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I really like the idea of the walls - it just seems to make it more "realistic" than flat cardboard.
It has got me wondering about using pre-printed tiles (such as from Fat Dragon Games) and gluing them to the floor between the walls. That would mean the only painting would be on the walls, so any warping should be very minor. While the paper tiles are not proper 3d, I don't think it would matter too much, and the quality of today's paper tiles is more than adequate for my needs.
I feel a test of this coming on. Just what I need, another project ;D
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The nice thing about cardboard is it is totally disposable and quick to make. It also does not have to look that great, as is played at a few feet distance.
For mine I used masking tape to hide corrugations and textured the surface with Acrylic heavy body texture paste stippled on with sponge.
Another great trick is using bark to make stone walls.
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Good ideas, King.
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Well now. This has piqued my interest. However there's a lot of talk and not much pictures ;)
How about you guys that have made some show us your stuff?
Please :D
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Hi all.
I am painting a few dungeon pieces. A very basic paint job.
Until I finish them and take several pics, here you are some figurines:
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/emosbur/dungeons/P3022224.jpg) (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/emosbur/media/dungeons/P3022224.jpg.html)
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/emosbur/dungeons/P3022223.jpg) (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/emosbur/media/dungeons/P3022223.jpg.html)
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/emosbur/dungeons/P3022225.jpg) (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/emosbur/media/dungeons/P3022225.jpg.html)
Emilio.
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Sharp painting !
I really like your orcs, with these classic D&D skin tones.
I also like the last blueish grey of the official D&D bestiary.
I'm a bit sad I painted all my orcs green lol
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Thanks!!
My orcs are brown, as per Lord of the Rings. No green mammals here (orcs are mammals, arenīt they?).
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Gorgeous brushwork...and loads of character! :-*
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That's a FINE collection of Heroes & Evil Doers...EXCELLENT brushwork! VERY WELL DONE!
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I am using this method:
http://www.thedmg.info/
Is anybody doing something similar?
Emilio
I'm doing the exact same thing, also based on the DMG videos.
I'm curious how you gonna paint your tiles: I did NOT do it my first ones the DMG way, instead I brushed PVA glue on them and dipped them into my usual basing material. I basecoated the whole thing with black paint, and I'm about to drybrush them with grey, but...
I'm starting to think I should have done the painting the DMG way, with a cut up sponge and stuff...
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Thanks!!
My orcs are brown, as per Lord of the Rings. No green mammals here (orcs are mammals, arenīt they?).
Depends who you talk to, GWs orcs are fungi, Tolkiens mammals (corrupted elves and humans), don't know about D&D though.
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Depends who you talk to, GWs orcs are fungi, Tolkiens mammals (corrupted elves and humans), don't know about D&D though.
In D&D must be mammals, bacuse they can breed with humans.
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I'm doing the exact same thing, also based on the DMG videos.
I'm curious how you gonna paint your tiles: I did NOT do it my first ones the DMG way, instead I brushed PVA glue on them and dipped them into my usual basing material. I basecoated the whole thing with black paint, and I'm about to drybrush them with grey, but...
I'm starting to think I should have done the painting the DMG way, with a cut up sponge and stuff...
Driller, I painted the pieces with a black spray, then painted the floor with a brush and grey paint. Then marked the tiles with a pencil and painted them with a brush and lighter grey. marked the divisions between tiles witha fine brush and black paint. Finally, a light brown wash. I didnīt use a sponge, because the craft paint I got donīt goes well that way.
Are you from Budapest? My grandfather was hungarian and lived in Budapest until he came to Spain in early thirties.
Emilio.
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I would love to see how the tiles look like! :)
Yes I live in Budapest, and what can I tell you... your granddad took off just in time! :)