Woof's Workshop - fun with foam & cardboard craft
Apr 26, 2017 20:48:44 GMT
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Post by woof on Apr 26, 2017 20:48:44 GMT
G'day guys,
I picked up DnD about six months ago with a group of mates, and after wrapping up the Lost Mine of Philandelver as a player, I started homebrewing a campaign setting to run as the DM. I thought I'd use this page to share a few of my projects, both the completed ones and the ones I'm working on at the moment.
Since I began as a DM I've amassed a half-decent collection of terrain - mostly made on the cheap from dollar stores or things I had laying around the house. Mrs Woof & I recently moved, so I have access to a pretty impressive collection of foam at the moment that I'm slowly finding ways to use.
The first major project I started with the foam was a two-piece game board and some dungeon tiles. After a lot cutting and gluing, this is what I ended up with.
Then some paint - black base, sponged over with various shades of grey. (still wet in the first pic)
I actually have another batch of these ready to go, planning to cut them into 2x2 squares for more modularity. They are a bit rough, sure, but I really like how they look - especially laid over the game board. Speaking of the devil, here it is - I've glued sand on the top of the squares for some texture, painted brown and drybrushed a variety of colours, then some static grass.
Before I'd even started on the foam, though, I'd made up a few terrain pieces. Here's the first major work I did - the walls of a castle, made from cardboard, egg cartons, a box of popcorn, and some bits from a $2 bag of toy pirates.
And after some paint, standing on a game mat (pre-game board remember!), being raided by some orcs. At some point I need to get around to re-painting the wood on these.
Other early pieces of terrain are mostly from the same pirate toy bag, or a similar dinosaur one I picked up from the same shop. I still haven't gotten around to painting the unpainted one yet...oops.
I've also made a drawer full of trees, from paperclips, hot glue, tissue paper, PVA, and packing foam.
and here are a few action shots of some of the pieces altogether on the game board!
Finally, inspired by a few members of this very board, I've started working on some pillars - made from cut and reglued toilet paper rolls, and a few houses with 2.5D floorplans, made from craft boxes from the dollar store, paddlepop sticks, tissue paper and the corner pieces of canvasses for the doors - I had a bunch of these laying around so decided to put them to use. There's also a statue/shrine that started life as a $5 windchime from spotlight that I'm quite proud of!
There's no basing at the moment as I ran out of supplies making the terrain board, but new static grass is on the way, and my doggo will be happy for an excuse to go to the beach and pick up a box full of sand.
And some painting in progress - I'm happy with how the texture turned out on both the wood and walls, but I feel like they need a third colour, and the larger house needs the terrace painted/modelled. I'm blanking on ideas though - what do you guys think?
That's about up to date for the moment, but I'll be updating this thread as I go. I've got a lot of ideas for rocky outcrops/scatter terrain/hills etc, and the more I look around this site the more inspiration and motivation I get to keep working.
Until next time, happy crafting!
I picked up DnD about six months ago with a group of mates, and after wrapping up the Lost Mine of Philandelver as a player, I started homebrewing a campaign setting to run as the DM. I thought I'd use this page to share a few of my projects, both the completed ones and the ones I'm working on at the moment.
Since I began as a DM I've amassed a half-decent collection of terrain - mostly made on the cheap from dollar stores or things I had laying around the house. Mrs Woof & I recently moved, so I have access to a pretty impressive collection of foam at the moment that I'm slowly finding ways to use.
The first major project I started with the foam was a two-piece game board and some dungeon tiles. After a lot cutting and gluing, this is what I ended up with.
Then some paint - black base, sponged over with various shades of grey. (still wet in the first pic)
I actually have another batch of these ready to go, planning to cut them into 2x2 squares for more modularity. They are a bit rough, sure, but I really like how they look - especially laid over the game board. Speaking of the devil, here it is - I've glued sand on the top of the squares for some texture, painted brown and drybrushed a variety of colours, then some static grass.
Before I'd even started on the foam, though, I'd made up a few terrain pieces. Here's the first major work I did - the walls of a castle, made from cardboard, egg cartons, a box of popcorn, and some bits from a $2 bag of toy pirates.
And after some paint, standing on a game mat (pre-game board remember!), being raided by some orcs. At some point I need to get around to re-painting the wood on these.
Other early pieces of terrain are mostly from the same pirate toy bag, or a similar dinosaur one I picked up from the same shop. I still haven't gotten around to painting the unpainted one yet...oops.
I've also made a drawer full of trees, from paperclips, hot glue, tissue paper, PVA, and packing foam.
and here are a few action shots of some of the pieces altogether on the game board!
Finally, inspired by a few members of this very board, I've started working on some pillars - made from cut and reglued toilet paper rolls, and a few houses with 2.5D floorplans, made from craft boxes from the dollar store, paddlepop sticks, tissue paper and the corner pieces of canvasses for the doors - I had a bunch of these laying around so decided to put them to use. There's also a statue/shrine that started life as a $5 windchime from spotlight that I'm quite proud of!
There's no basing at the moment as I ran out of supplies making the terrain board, but new static grass is on the way, and my doggo will be happy for an excuse to go to the beach and pick up a box full of sand.
And some painting in progress - I'm happy with how the texture turned out on both the wood and walls, but I feel like they need a third colour, and the larger house needs the terrace painted/modelled. I'm blanking on ideas though - what do you guys think?
That's about up to date for the moment, but I'll be updating this thread as I go. I've got a lot of ideas for rocky outcrops/scatter terrain/hills etc, and the more I look around this site the more inspiration and motivation I get to keep working.
Until next time, happy crafting!