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Post by erho on Dec 21, 2017 18:37:09 GMT
We need you, Mr.Scott DM of all DMs, Crafter of all Crafters to render a topographical map of your towns or kingdom for your campaign(s) Imagine, something no one has quite done before, only coming close per Hex tile for Settlers of Catan, etc, but rather one homogeneous map with paper towel mountains and craft bead buildings for cities and towns, and hey might as well put a "Here be dragons" type of monster sticking out of the oceans, etc. Props to jackmatt's post on maps for the inspiration for this! Something akin to this, but not in hex or grid, just a map made 3d for players to oogle at in between fights Combined with this(not mine)
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Post by sotf on Dec 21, 2017 21:47:29 GMT
You might want to look at the Terrain Tutor's fabled realms campaign map project on YouTube.
I've started some work on one of my own campaign, but it's slow going with everything else going on for me.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Dec 30, 2017 3:40:04 GMT
Dont remember who it was on this forum but someone did village maps with monopoly houses. It was awesome and he had pins to represent players on the map. World map probably would work the same me think.
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Post by margaret on Dec 30, 2017 18:25:49 GMT
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Post by erho on Jan 2, 2018 15:22:41 GMT
Thats about right! Id love to see DM Scotty give something like this a go
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 26, 2018 22:15:13 GMT
I've toyed with the idea of using TP and PVA, to form mountains on a globe. The idea being that I would take a globe of the Earth, and paint it over with my own world map, with small mountain ridges. Several ways to do it have come to mind, but it's still a lot of work, and a difficult project, to say the least. Earth globes often have ridges for the mountains, already. With that in mind, I thought another option would be to use the inflated vinyl kid's balls at Wal-Mart, and other stores. It would be easy enough to apply paper mache' to the surface, building up layers, as appropriate. One could cut the paper mache', after it dries, and remove the vinyl ball at its core, to make more. These balls come in various diameters, so it should be possible to find one of the desired size. Inflatable beach balls could also work, and they come in some decently large sizes, for very little money. Leave the air nipple out of the paper mache', and it would be that much easier to deflate, and extract it, from the outer skin. Once removed, it would be simple to patch up the seam with additional paper mache'. Would I use it? Well, I would display it at every game, and it would be quite popular with my players for years to follow. It might inspire my players to explore the rest of my game world, but then I would need to develop other continents, and societies, and cultures... Like I said, it would be, " a lot of work"! I am still toying with the idea of making a bas-relief map of the main continent where my games are based (it is a smaller continent, compared to the rest of the planet...). This, too, could be done simply, with paper mache'. I would likely use 1/4"-thick plywood for the base; that, or artist's easel cardboard. It could be made to order, for size, up to 4 feet by 8 feet! I did the hard part: offering inspiration! Now. Go forth and craft like the madmen that I know you all are! Cheers!
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Post by sotf on Jan 27, 2018 5:15:54 GMT
I've toyed with the idea of using TP and PVA, to form mountains on a globe. The idea being that I would take a globe of the Earth, and paint it over with my own world map, with small mountain ridges. Several ways to do it have come to mind, but it's still a lot of work, and a difficult project, to say the least. Earth globes often have ridges for the mountains, already. With that in mind, I thought another option would be to use the inflated vinyl kid's balls at Wal-Mart, and other stores. It would be easy enough to apply paper mache' to the surface, building up layers, as appropriate. One could cut the paper mache', after it dries, and remove the vinyl ball at its core, to make more. These balls come in various diameters, so it should be possible to find one of the desired size. Inflatable beach balls could also work, and they come in some decently large sizes, for very little money. Leave the air nipple out of the paper mache', and it would be that much easier to deflate, and extract it, from the outer skin. Once removed, it would be simple to patch up the seam with additional paper mache'. Would I use it? Well, I would display it at every game, and it would be quite popular with my players for years to follow. It might inspire my players to explore the rest of my game world, but then I would need to develop other continents, and societies, and cultures... Like I said, it would be, " a lot of work"! I am still toying with the idea of making a bas-relief map of the main continent where my games are based (it is a smaller continent, compared to the rest of the planet...). This, too, could be done simply, with paper mache'. I would likely use 1/4"-thick plywood for the base; that, or artist's easel cardboard. It could be made to order, for size, up to 4 feet by 8 feet! I did the hard part: offering inspiration! Now. Go forth and craft like the madmen that I know you all are! Cheers! If you want to make a globe, the easiest option is to go to the craft store. There are often the large foam spheres and, sometimes, there's the hard, moulded cardboard ones...and rarely plastic ones that are intended for display globes (Meaning you stick things in them and then seal it up to set on a base). A very long time ago, a creative writing class I had in Jr High did a world building project that actually involved making a world, a map, and a globe for it over the year. The map was done starting with a large cardboard piece covered in a layer of foil and sculpted with flour paste before it was painted, the globe was just painted on a ball of floral foam.
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Post by astrobouncer on Jan 29, 2018 14:04:10 GMT
Dollar general here in Arkansas has some miniature castles on sale in the garden section for 1$ each. Also some unicorns and Faerie mushroom houses for 1$ and 3-5$.
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