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Post by phookadude on Mar 6, 2017 22:05:54 GMT
A miniature bottle can be made by sticking a toothpick into one of those cheap plastic craft beads and cutting it off to form a stem. You can sand the bottom of the bottle to make it stand up.
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Post by voodoo on Mar 7, 2017 16:20:19 GMT
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 8, 2017 8:50:09 GMT
cheaper would be using varnish to simulate the glass of the jar. this is what i did, nowhere near perfect, but enough for gameplay.
beads and varnish makes it look like glass jars. like waters on lakes you could apply more then one coat and get the illusion of the glass jar itself.
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Post by Sam on Mar 8, 2017 14:01:35 GMT
cheaper would be using varnish to simulate the glass of the jar. this is what i did, nowhere near perfect, but enough for gameplay. beads and varnish makes it look like glass jars. like waters on lakes you could apply more then one coat and get the illusion of the glass jar itself. That sounds interesting. Can you post some pics? I have a bunch of plain plastic beads (dull looking) and would like to use more of them.
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Post by voodoo on Mar 8, 2017 21:25:34 GMT
cheaper would be using varnish to simulate the glass of the jar. this is what i did, nowhere near perfect, but enough for gameplay. beads and varnish makes it look like glass jars. like waters on lakes you could apply more then one coat and get the illusion of the glass jar itself. Yeah never thought of using varnish. Any pics you could share? would love to see what they look like. Cheers.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 9, 2017 22:11:40 GMT
sure i'll take some pics of them, though they have only one single coat so its not all that great. Yeah they aren't all that great thought of trying this a few months ago after i saw how someone made a lake with numerous layer of varnish. mine have bubbles in them too which sucks even more. heres the scatter jars And heres my alcohol bar shelf. i definitely need to try to make it numerous layer, once is cool from up close, but from afar its not all that great. but its cheap and allow me to use my beads.
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Post by voodoo on Mar 10, 2017 17:53:43 GMT
sure i'll take some pics of them, though they have only one single coat so its not all that great. Yeah they aren't all that great thought of trying this a few months ago after i saw how someone made a lake with numerous layer of varnish. mine have bubbles in them too which sucks even more. heres the scatter jars And heres my alcohol bar shelf. i definitely need to try to make it numerous layer, once is cool from up close, but from afar its not all that great. but its cheap and allow me to use my beads. I can't see any pictures that you posted. They are just little black squares with an X through them. No link, no pic. Hope this can be fixed.
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Post by Sam on Mar 12, 2017 14:13:45 GMT
I can't see them either.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 12, 2017 21:02:59 GMT
Well i can see them and the share of them is there on 1drive so i dont understand. let's try that album thing... D&D Jars
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Post by Sam on Mar 12, 2017 22:12:05 GMT
I see you used push pins on some of them. I will have to try that when I make mine. I do not have the same type of beads. I may just wait until I get some nice looking beads.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 14, 2017 3:26:54 GMT
i only bought a random assorted beads sack for 3$ at the dollar store, beads for life really. separating them into types was more tiresome then making the jars. in hindsight the push pins weren't all that bad but it wasn't all that great either. if there is one thing i could of done differently though was to just paint them one single color.
also my varnish had bubbles in it which made it look weird, hence why i have to redo them now.
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Post by Sam on Mar 17, 2017 19:50:20 GMT
I made a few bottles with my cheap beads. The two on top are glued to a toothpick, then multiple layers (3) of white glue to make the neck. The one on the bottom is glued to a piece of cocktail stir stick.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 19, 2017 19:52:49 GMT
they look awesome. as i said in my post with pictures the only thing i regret is having painted them two different colors.
looking at yours, painting them one single color is definitely the way to go.
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Post by Sam on Mar 19, 2017 22:07:15 GMT
Made some more. They turned out nicer than I expected. Still need to get some nice beads.
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Post by ageofgaming on Mar 19, 2017 22:47:00 GMT
Wow!, those Bottle, books and furniture props are awesome!
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Post by voodoo on Mar 20, 2017 1:18:03 GMT
They do look good Sam!
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