Building the perfect door?

[Neldoreth]

When I was young and broke, I always scratch-built them. They're not too hard:













I even needed some that opened, and I made some out of foam core, but now I think they look terrible! Really, I could have done better:



Then I got lazy and used some that a buddy gave me. They were plaster casts, a bit chip-able, but overall pretty good, if not a little dungeon-specific. However, I found they saved me a lot of time, which is more valuable to me nowadays than money is...:





Finally, I'm thinking that $18 for 27 reasonably-well sculpted doors that actually open and close is a killer great deal! I may pick up a few packs and never build another scratch-built door again!







What do you guys think?
Thanks
n.


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[SBRPearce]

What's your source for those injection-molded plastic doors? They look good.

[Rhoderic]

I made a few functioning archaic-style doors similar to your foamcore one out of balsa hardened with watered-down PVA glue once. They were thinner than your foamcore door (maybe 2.5mm not counting fittings) and I was quite happy with them, but eventually I ended up scrapping the building project that the doors were part of without ever finishing it.

Come to think of it, one could probably make doors as thin as 1.5mm out of 1mm plasticard and PVA-hardened paper. Fiddly work, though.

Those commercial doors look very nice, but the double door on the left doesn't open the "correct" way. What were they thinking there?

[Neldoreth]

What's your source for those injection-molded plastic doors? They look good.

Zombicide Black Plague is the source of the doors. Currently they are only available through the kickstarter, but I imagine they will be commercially available after that; the modern zombicide doors are available through retail still, so I imagine this version will also be.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/zombicide-black-plague

Thanks
n

[Neldoreth]

Come to think of it, one could probably make doors as thin as 1.5mm out of 1mm plasticard and PVA-hardened paper. Fiddly work, though.

Yes, I agree with the above. Plasticard (or sheet styrene for those in North America) would definitely work, and it can be textured by dragging sand paper over it as well. But it would indeed be fiddly work! Too fiddly I think for me at this point.

Those commercial doors look very nice, but the double door on the left doesn't open the "correct" way. What were they thinking there?

Haha, I didn't notice that! Nice catch! That's super cheesy though... Now I'm rethinking whether or not these doors are all that good afterall...

Thanks
n

[Connectamabob]

Use matt board for the wood instead of styrene card. Nice thickness, and easy to do wood effects on. Solidify with liquid CA instead of PVA (it'll be tougher, and the glue won't warp the board as much as water-based might).

For furniture, etch copper sheet. Sounds like a bigger deal than cutting out card, but it's actually simpler. Just spray paint the copper to act as a resist, then scribe the design with a pin. It's way easier than fiddly cutting, 'cause you're basically just drawing, only with a pin instead of a pen/pencil (you can stick the pin in a dowel, pin vice, or even mechanical pencil).

[Daeothar]

I'd certainly be in the market for such ready-made plastic doors!!

Here's to hoping for a post-KS commercial availability...