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Post by quinntheviking on Mar 2, 2015 1:14:43 GMT
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 28, 2015 22:47:16 GMT
This has been a fun thread. And of course we have a bit of everything here. D&D people are every kind of people. Crafters are crazy mixed with talent. Makes for a good time, and some cool stuff. Scotty just gave us all a place to melt together.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 27, 2015 20:45:36 GMT
DMG had a good tip for styrofoam to stop it from being so messy when you're working with it - if you mist it a bit with some water it stops it from being so static charged and cleanup is much easier. I'm surprised I never thought of doing that. Thanks for the tip.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 27, 2015 20:44:24 GMT
These look very Lovecraftian. Cool beans.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 27, 2015 20:43:29 GMT
Yeahhh sucking at drawing will make this one difficult for me. However, this looks excellent. Good job. I'd frame one.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 25, 2015 14:47:08 GMT
Moss isn't a bad idea at all. And unfortunately, I havent the knowledge to craft a hamster cage. Thanks guys.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 25, 2015 1:08:56 GMT
So I made some interior cave floors. Yes, the bridge and well are removable and based off of Scotty's tutorials. These are really fresh and still need to be touched up around the edges. I play on making it a much longer series of cave rooms and tunnels leading to an underground throne room. I'm personally pretty happy with how these turned out. Really easy to make, too. I cut out the pieces from cardboard, brushed on Elmers Glue with a wet brush in a nice thick layer, poured sand with tiny rocks on top, and let it dry. Bumped off the excess sand and painted it straight black, then dry brushed some white and granite gray to make it pop. The raised area on the top left piece is just a piece of foam that I followed the same method to embellish. Next up, a foam cave wall with little holes for beasties to jump out of. I don't like using foam as much as cardboard, it soaks up paint and makes a huge mess when carving, but it has a nice texture. Followed the same method as above for making this one, too. Finally, the cave entrance. Carved out some foam into the general shape and covered it with tin foil. SMOTHERED it in glue and poured on the sand. Dry brushed the color on. All the pieces need to be touched up and finished. Especially the cave entrance, but I'm happy with how they're turning out. What do you guys think I could do to improve the look? Any better methods than I used to make these? Any feedback appreciated. Happy crafting. Here's a few more pics. Also gonna share a quick little outdoor path I did leading to it. Just foam bricks and flocking. Happy crafting!
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 25, 2015 0:42:43 GMT
Good process you follow and jealousy inducing workspace. You've got some impressive crafts underway.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 25, 2015 0:32:53 GMT
Thank you. I was going for a more "natural" look. I didn't really like the sort of "comic" style they were painted on the boxes they came in. Maybe I should make painting minis my job ;-) Yeah. It's a tragedy when someone uses neon colors on a mini. Ruins the realism for me.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 25, 2015 0:31:15 GMT
My minis would poo themselves a bit staring that thing down. Exalt button activate.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 19, 2015 1:53:55 GMT
Excellent work. Seems pretty spot on scale, too.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 19, 2015 1:52:13 GMT
Exalt. Nice (huge?) beast. The cardstock on his back is what I think turned out the best. Looks really strong and pops well. Good going, man!
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 18:56:14 GMT
Not Scotty's, but there's a pretty good tutorial for a tavern floor. Niiice. That's pretty much how I did it for the little meeting hall I built. But I used cardboard instead, just cut along about halfway through it and then did little cross cuts to make it seem like there were boards meeting one another. It looks MUCH better using the foamboard, though.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 18:52:19 GMT
Welcome aboard. NE Ohio is the same way for finding players (and I am not the only gamer around here to say so). Carpentry? Furniture or construction? I did a bit of rough framing in my time. Chef. Please tell me you have the three needed items? A pizza stone, a break maker, and a cast iron skillet! Construction. Working as a roofer at the moment, want to get back into building stud walls ASAP. But I like to make furniture, too. Can't tell you how much having carpentry skills has helped me out as a crafter. Comprehension of geometry and angles goes a loooooong way. And of course. All those. And a mortar and pestle. And a dutch oven. And a wok. And an outdoor fire and coal oven. I'm a TOTAL food snob. Comes from being a vegan raised on a farm with all fresh food. I was only a vegan for a few years, though. Bacon brought me out of it, and I'm cooking steak tonight or tomorrow. Enjoyed a seven piece sampler of sashimi and a huge sushi roll at the local Japanese restaurant last night.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 18:47:17 GMT
That sums it up pretty well. Plus, only 1 to 200 bucks per ton? I'd need up to six-thousand pounds of cardboard just to pay my rent that way. I never pay for my cardboard. Ever. I know a lot of the local shop owners around here, and employees. They've never had a problem with me going behind the store and raiding their dumpster for what they would've just been throwing away anyway. The key is to ask first. My favorite is Sears. Big, double corrugated pieces of cardboard from their refridgerator boxes? Two of three of those things will last you a looong time.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 18:39:49 GMT
I found it out by accident. I would take a large, wide brush, dip it in water, and use Elmer's glue. I'd just squeeze out a liberal amount onto the cardboard, and then brush it on evenly with the wet brush. I do this for all of my flocking, and it works great. Works best when I'm using sand. I just sprinkle it on top of the glue thickly, pat it down, let it dry, bump the excess sand off, and do my base coat of black on top of the sand itself. This works wonderfully for making caves. Might do a tutorial on it at some point.
As a smoker I have enough carcinogens as it is. Fiberglass isn't a very easy substance to work with in my experience, either. Plus, depending on the kind that you're using, you run the risk of getting dozens of little fiberglass needles stuck in your hands and fingers. Never fun.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 15:21:37 GMT
I wonder how much more durable cardboard would be if you simply took a half and half mixture of water and white glue and painted the cardboard with it and let it dry. I did a three part glue to one part water mix and did that and it worked just fine.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 1:44:58 GMT
See, this is the one thing about being a dedicated DM that's total BS. When you're trying to get resources, be it info or props, there are only two prices. Borderline free if you're willing to be creative and put in a little work. Or waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too expensive.
That being said, for all of this guys stuff? I'd totally drop a couple hundred if I had that much to burn.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 1:38:13 GMT
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 18, 2015 1:30:14 GMT
Haaa. Clever man, great work. I'm getting jealous of all the cool minis on here.
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