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Post by astralplaydoh on Sept 5, 2014 14:13:17 GMT
After watching DM Scott's video of his improved cavern walls, I came up with an idea of my own. I haven't had time to implement it yet, but bare with me. What if you made 1 foot long, 1 or 2 inch diameter, tube-like pillows filled with rice. People make these things all the time for heating up in the microwave and placing on your neck or face for relief. You could even purchase and use a stone texture for the fabric, eliminating the need to paint anything. The advantage would be that these foot long tubes could be shaped, and reshaped, as needed. They would be heavy enough to stay put. Thoughts? Edited to include pictures:
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Post by DMScotty on Sept 5, 2014 14:31:32 GMT
Very cool idea!
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Post by dungeonmistress on Sept 5, 2014 16:48:37 GMT
Bingo! I like this very much! Going to dig through my fabric stash today to see what I can come up with.
Great idea!
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Post by thorswulf on Sept 5, 2014 21:50:51 GMT
Ooh, now that's a clever idea! You could even sew it so that it has kinked pieces to look irregular! Not only that, but this idea would get you in the good graces of any fiber artists, or quilters, or sewing folks you may live with! You could even batik the stone pattern by using a light grey and painting it with a dark grey.
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Post by beetlewing on Sept 6, 2014 4:48:48 GMT
Great idea!
For the irregularity, you could simply make them loose/floppy enough that you could twist them before placing, so some parts would be thinner, etc.
You could also stick a pipe cleaner in there, so they hold their shape, possibly even enough to make archways.
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Post by lebaron on Sept 6, 2014 16:17:55 GMT
This is seriously a great idea. I will try and make some of those.
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Post by DMScotty on Sept 8, 2014 18:23:54 GMT
If anyone makes these let me know I would like to see them.
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Post by astralplaydoh on Sept 8, 2014 19:06:50 GMT
I bought some fabric and will be making a set in the next couple of days. I'm hoping to borrow a friend's sewing machine as I don't relish the idea of hand-sewing.
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Post by sotf on Sept 10, 2014 0:40:44 GMT
One suggestion for this type of thing, if you're doing it yourself, sew most of it up inside out and then flip it before sealing the last side of it...the end result would look a lot better...
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Post by DarthTaco18 on Sept 10, 2014 21:44:10 GMT
agreed hide your seams. I learned this making stuffed animals embarassingly enough.
but I too would like to see these after you've made some. Preferably a table setup shot so we can see what it might look like in use?
Either way great idea. Lets hope it works like we are all hoping.
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Post by astralplaydoh on Sept 12, 2014 0:52:28 GMT
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Post by DarthTaco18 on Sept 12, 2014 2:33:00 GMT
looks pretty good. The walls look great and best of like you said, You can reshape as much as you like. With a hand full of these you could build a nearly limitless combination of cavern rooms.
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Post by beetlewing on Sept 12, 2014 6:14:19 GMT
Good job! tauster was looking for a use for packing peanuts... this might be it, crumbled up and mixed with rice or small gravel for weight.
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Post by sgtslag on Sept 12, 2014 15:08:11 GMT
Now this is MODULARITY at its epic best! I've used fabric as ground cloth, for years, for mini's gaming. I even have a city-scape, for 54mm Army Men games, made with quilted gray, for streets, and mottled green for grassy blocks which I put ruined buildings on top of. I even have a mottled gray for dungeons/caves, using cut-insulation foam pieces to form the walls from. But this, is even better. Simply an astoundingly good idea... Thank you for sharing! this is sooo modular, universal, etc... Simply amazing, Just stupendous... Cheers!
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Post by tauster on Sept 12, 2014 17:37:18 GMT
modular fabric walls - simply awesome! Good job! tauster was looking for a use for packing peanuts... this might be it, crumbled up and mixed with rice or small gravel for weight. I wouldn't use packing peanuts as filling material for that purpose, but that's just me... However you gave me another idea that goes in a slightly different direction. *rubs hands* thanks in advance!
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Post by astralplaydoh on Sept 12, 2014 17:44:31 GMT
Thanks for the encouragement, everyone. I'm going to make a few more and see how they work. You could also use popcorn kernels, rocks, sand, etc to fill them. I would be hesitant to use fine sand because it may make a mess. I'm sure if you filter your construction sand, you could probably use the larger stuff for these as well.
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Post by astralplaydoh on Sept 12, 2014 17:49:21 GMT
A few possible additions I've been considering:
Purchasing Custom Fabric with my own textures Gluing or sewing small magnets every 3 inches Use markers to paint and "spruce up" the fabric
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Post by Jason on Sept 14, 2014 1:22:14 GMT
I might actually build some of these and fill them with dry rice. Very nice idea.
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Post by sotf on Sept 14, 2014 2:37:13 GMT
Another idea with these that might work if you want shorter sections is to take some pipe cleaners and fill the cloth with those, they'd hold their shape a lot better.
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Post by ReliantLion on Sept 15, 2014 0:34:30 GMT
Being late to the thread I saw the pictures before reading the description and was like "That would take forever to make it look that awesome" but then read it, and was like "jaw dropped" at how awesome the idea is all around.
Also, you might consider pricing out dry beans vs rice. If one of them bursts, beans would be easier to clean up.
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