dmdoc
Cardboard Collector
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Post by dmdoc on Jul 19, 2020 16:49:35 GMT
My wife recently introduced me to DM Scotty’s YouTube vids and it sparked my creative side. Not new to D&D or Chainmail, but I am new to building tiles. I am introducing my orphaned niece and nephew, whom we are now raising, to the early versions of D&D before working up to 5E (to be honest and I have a soft spot for the original D&D) . I want to tile out Keep on the Borderlands as that is the first adventure I am taking them on. As for myself, I am a retired service connected Disabled Vet FMF Corpsman. I have three grandkids who, when they are old enough, I want to share D&D with and if I have the tiles build and bugs worked out working with my niece and nephew I will be a very happy DM. looking forward to learning and sharing. DMDoc
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Post by margaret on Jul 19, 2020 22:51:52 GMT
Welcome to the forums and good luck with your project. That's an ambitious map to tile, even in pieces that are re-combined for the various configurations! You might want to use something like Pathfinder's flipmats with the cavern walls drawn on them for the non-straight line parts, rather than trying to model tiles for those parts.
Not that the cavern wall portions cannot be modeled - there are techniques on this forum for that. But tiles to specifically match the caverns on the KotB map are not as versatile as the straight-line tiles.
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Post by Caspan Edrogoth on Jul 20, 2020 0:36:16 GMT
Welcome to the forum. It's always nice to see new faces.
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Post by sgtslag on Jul 20, 2020 1:40:21 GMT
I would suggest investigating some of the 2D printable tiles. I have some advice, and more, on how to improve them for long term usage, on my blog: Fat Dragon Games 2D dungeon and cave tiles, are my favorites, but combining them with peel-n-stick floor tiles (scroll down, halfway), takes them up a notch. There are posts here, by AJ Pickett, on how to make them 2.5D, by adding raised walls, either on cardboard, or by applying his techniques to the vinyl floor tiles. The advantages to printing the 2D tiles, is re-usability. Adding the vinyl floor tile elements, makes them heavier, and more durable -- note that when stacked, they become QUITE heavy! If you are interested in modular 2.75D dungeons, and/or caverns, search this forum for my posts on Steading of the Hill Giant (there are other threads, as well...). That was a major undertaking, spanning more than a decade of slow, lurching progress. Now I am lurching forward on finishing full 3D terrain for the Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl; I have the process for making 2.75D dungeons and caverns, for the Fire Giants module, but I haven't done any work on that project for several years. I took a long time finding the models, at affordable prices. Then I took years to figure out how to make the 2.75D terrain, but it finally came together. Bottom line is that there are many, many approaches possible, to crafting. DM Scotty's techniques are a springboard, and this forum is a pretty deep pool to explore where you can go from his starting points. Welcome aboard the Crafting Train! DM Scotty may have left the train, but we are keeping it moving, as much as we can. Cheers!
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Post by skunkape on Jul 27, 2020 22:55:53 GMT
Welcome fellow traveler. Post any work you wish to, we'd love to see it.
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Post by erho on Jul 30, 2020 13:54:48 GMT
Welcome to the site!
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