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Offline Schrumpfkopf

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks...and stuff.
« Reply #15 on: 13 March 2017, 08:40:14 PM »
Awesome stuff! Those demon furnaces are pure gold. :--)
westfaliaminiatures.com - proper stuff in 28mm

Offline matakishi

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks...and stuff.
« Reply #16 on: 19 March 2017, 06:50:22 PM »
The final piece for my basic dungeon set (I already have lots of painted resin doors so I haven't made new ones) is the raised focal point. Either a room on its own or a raised part of a bigger room I like to use it for big boss battles.





Also doubles as a box to keep the small bits together.



Here's a quick set up showing it finished with some miniatures:



Full details and more pics here:
http://www.matakishi.net/dungeon.html

Offline Elk101

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Final room page 2
« Reply #17 on: 19 March 2017, 07:06:29 PM »
Looking good. The cork is pretty effective for this sort of stuff.

Offline Jackal

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Final room page 2
« Reply #18 on: 21 March 2017, 08:19:31 PM »
Great stuff!! Thank you so much for the website where you offer so much information on crafting the items :)

Offline Maniacus

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks
« Reply #19 on: 22 March 2017, 12:48:36 AM »


Siesta cork. If you buy £50.00+ they deliver free otherwise there's a £5.00 charge. I buy £50.00 worth every two years or so depending on what's going on hobbywise.

Always enjoy seeing your terrain.  Great looking stuff!

I've wanted to try my hand at making some Matakishi-style cork terrain and buildings for quite a while, but have had a heck of a time trying to find a US equivalent to these cork floor tiles.  DIY stores here (such as Home Depot) seem to have cork floor tiles that are too thick and incorporate a hard backing that won't work, and cork rolls, tiles, and bulletin board material from other sources such as general hobby stores are either too thin and flimsy or if they are thick enough they seem to be too "crumbly" and not dense/sturdy enough.

Has anyone had any success finding such an animal in the US?


EDIT:  Using some additional details supplied here: http://www.matakishi.com/corkbasics.htm, I was able to locate some tiles from a US online supplier that might do the trick (http://www.corkstore.com/Products/Cork-Decor-Glue-Down-Floors/Cork-Decor-Floor-Pebble_2).  Ordered a box of the "unvarnished" version and will see how they work out.
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Offline matakishi

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Final room page 2
« Reply #20 on: 22 March 2017, 07:34:27 AM »
Great stuff!! Thank you so much for the website where you offer so much information on crafting the items :)

You're welcome :)

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks
« Reply #21 on: 22 March 2017, 07:36:08 AM »
EDIT:  Using some additional details supplied here: http://www.matakishi.com/corkbasics.htm, I was able to locate some tiles from a US online supplier that might do the trick (http://www.corkstore.com/Products/Cork-Decor-Glue-Down-Floors/Cork-Decor-Floor-Pebble_2).  Ordered a box of the "unvarnished" version and will see how they work out.

They look like they should work. It's so difficult to tell from the tiny pictures these people provide.

Offline SotF

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks
« Reply #22 on: 22 March 2017, 09:31:25 PM »
Always enjoy seeing your terrain.  Great looking stuff!

I've wanted to try my hand at making some Matakishi-style cork terrain and buildings for quite a while, but have had a heck of a time trying to find a US equivalent to these cork floor tiles.  DIY stores here (such as Home Depot) seem to have cork floor tiles that are too thick and incorporate a hard backing that won't work, and cork rolls, tiles, and bulletin board material from other sources such as general hobby stores are either too thin and flimsy or if they are thick enough they seem to be too "crumbly" and not dense/sturdy enough.

Has anyone had any success finding such an animal in the US?


EDIT:  Using some additional details supplied here: http://www.matakishi.com/corkbasics.htm, I was able to locate some tiles from a US online supplier that might do the trick (http://www.corkstore.com/Products/Cork-Decor-Glue-Down-Floors/Cork-Decor-Floor-Pebble_2).  Ordered a box of the "unvarnished" version and will see how they work out.


I've found something rather similar that comes in 4 packs at CVS...though they tend to only have afew in stock at a time and it's in their "art/office/school supply" section when they have them.

Offline matakishi

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Final room page 2
« Reply #23 on: 09 April 2017, 05:08:25 PM »
Here are my dungeon tiles in action:









there's a write up of what happened with more pictures here:
http://www.matakishi.net/frpg-adventures.html

This adventure featured my newly produced spiral stairs



and my portals





All the newest additions to the dungeon set are here:
http://www.matakishi.net/dungeon.html

Offline emosbur

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Game on! page 2
« Reply #24 on: 09 April 2017, 07:21:12 PM »
Awesome!!! The stairs are great!!

Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Game on! page 2
« Reply #25 on: 09 April 2017, 10:08:10 PM »
Amazing stuff! And what a joy to see those Chronicle kobolds lurking atop those blocks!

Offline matakishi

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Game on! page 2
« Reply #26 on: 23 August 2018, 04:55:29 PM »
After a year of using my dungeon tiles I find I now need...CAVERNS!

A really quick project so I can provide some 'natural' areas (mainly for my Pirates game). Simple cork work aided and abetted by the 3D printer.















Full write up with detailed instructions and lots of photos here:
https://www.matakishi.net/caverns.html

Offline Oldben1

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Now with Caverns! page 2
« Reply #27 on: 23 August 2018, 05:14:04 PM »
Another set of tiles?  Too much inspiration!  I can't keep up. :-*

Offline matakishi

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Now with Caverns! page 2
« Reply #28 on: 23 August 2018, 05:32:50 PM »
I'm working on a set for modern games...

Offline Oldben1

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Re: My Dungeon Tiles and Blocks. Now with Caverns! page 2
« Reply #29 on: 23 August 2018, 05:42:55 PM »
Of course you are . . .  >:(

 

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