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Post by wilmanric on Jun 13, 2014 21:20:14 GMT
So, I was digging through my old teaching supplies and I found this bag of "tens" from "Base Ten Blocks." You use them to teach place value to elementary students. I suspect you could find them cheap if you were interested. They are wood, light, thin and they are marked to look like "blocks." Sure, they're a little regular in shape, but that's not terrible. I painted them black. I gave them the sponge treatment. Here's a pile of them finished. They don't take up much space. The pillars would be more stable if you used some rubberbands to hold them together (I'll need to keep a few from the newspaper.) I think they could be very flexible in use and easy to transport to conventions and such. Add a tablecloth or some marine vinyl from the fabric store and you've got something... I'll go get some vinyl and I'll add to this post.
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Post by slurpy on Jun 13, 2014 22:11:39 GMT
I don't know if you have any left, but sponging with a grey and then dry-brushing with that near-white color might highlight the joints and give a stronger carved-stone feel to it. It's a really interesting idea you had there!
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Post by wilmanric on Jun 13, 2014 23:17:28 GMT
I don't know if you have any left, but sponging with a grey and then dry-brushing with that near-white color might highlight the joints and give a stronger carved-stone feel to it. It's a really interesting idea you had there! I might just try that. It also occurred to me, I could do some with other colors - like red for a "blood room" or metallic green for a "magical wall or gate." Just thinking out loud...
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Post by wilmanric on Jun 14, 2014 20:03:53 GMT
Now I made some doors and portals. I painted 3 sides, so I could flip them to a "black" side to represent that the door or portal is open. These are "open" (with a few closed for contrast)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 21:46:20 GMT
That is a great idea! Having different states on the sides of the wall/door pieces makes them very versatile. excellent.
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Post by teaman on Jun 15, 2014 11:04:58 GMT
Jenga blocks would work very well for this too. And here I just passed them up at a book sale yesterday.
Could also rip some on a table saw and make a whole bag really quickly. If you are like me, you have junk wood just sitting around the basement, just waiting to be an orc layer.
Just watch those fingers boys and girls! I'm serious.
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Post by wilmanric on Jun 15, 2014 17:11:35 GMT
Jenga blocks would work very well for this too. And here I just passed them up at a book sale yesterday. Could also rip some on a table saw and make a whole bag really quickly. If you are like me, you have junk wood just sitting around the basement, just waiting to be an orc layer. Just watch those fingers boys and girls! I'm serious. I've used Jenga blocks. They are a nice size and shape. They work very well.
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Post by dragon722 on Jun 15, 2014 17:21:05 GMT
Now I made some doors and portals. I painted 3 sides, so I could flip them to a "black" side to represent that the door or portal is open. These are "open" (with a few closed for contrast) I need to find me some of these blocks or make some
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Post by onethatwas on Jun 15, 2014 17:33:14 GMT
Wow...I'm always amazed at what neat ideas you come up with. This is awesome!
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Post by Bael on Jun 16, 2014 14:13:37 GMT
Great idea!
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Post by DMScotty on Jun 16, 2014 14:17:25 GMT
Very cool idea, I am working on something similar.
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Post by skunkape on Jun 16, 2014 17:04:51 GMT
They look great.
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Post by teaman on Jun 17, 2014 16:18:11 GMT
Jenga blocks would work very well for this too. And here I just passed them up at a book sale yesterday. Could also rip some on a table saw and make a whole bag really quickly. If you are like me, you have junk wood just sitting around the basement, just waiting to be an orc layer. Just watch those fingers boys and girls! I'm serious. I've used Jenga blocks. They are a nice size and shape. They work very well. I went back to the book sale and THEY WERE STILL THERE. For a buck, and the set was missing two blocks. Therefore, I won't feel guilty about ruining a complete set.
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Post by beetlewing on Jun 18, 2014 19:44:23 GMT
Great idea!
You could also make something similar using sections of square dowels. If you wanted the evenly spaced grooves like these have, simply glue on card stock squares, or lightly hit it with a coping saw.
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Post by wilmanric on Jun 18, 2014 22:15:02 GMT
Great idea! You could also make something similar using sections of square dowels. If you wanted the evenly spaced grooves like these have, simply glue on card stock squares, or lightly hit it with a coping saw. I totally agree. I just couldn't resist the price of these pieces. Speaking of sawing; I'm thinking about cutting some of these down to 5 squares -- just for mapping flexibility. I'm also thinking about regrouping completely with Jenga blocks (I have a partial set from the Goodwill...)
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Post by brokentoy on Jun 22, 2014 4:09:54 GMT
Great idea! You could also make something similar using sections of square dowels. If you wanted the evenly spaced grooves like these have, simply glue on card stock squares, or lightly hit it with a coping saw. Sawing grooves works beautifully. I made 6 x 6" and 1 x 12" measuring sticks with a 48" dowel, marked at 1" intervals with a saw. It required a bit of sanding as well, which could take a while for the walls. Worth it though. ...Time to hit the hardware store again.
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Post by grym247 on Jun 25, 2014 9:31:54 GMT
Awsomeness
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Post by slurpy on Jun 29, 2014 7:48:41 GMT
That's just fantastic.
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Post by voduchyld on Jul 13, 2014 23:32:29 GMT
I love your idea, as genius of an idea as DMScotty's modular cavern. I'll probably make some of those and use it in my games.
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