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Post by sotf on Sept 14, 2014 2:37:13 GMT
Another idea with these that might work if you want shorter sections is to take some pipe cleaners and fill the cloth with those, they'd hold their shape a lot better.
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Post by sotf on Sept 14, 2014 2:34:48 GMT
Amusingly enough, this reminds me more of the Mimic from Rusty... I'm not familiar with that. I tried to look it up and got nothing. Please explain. A rather amusing webcomic about a monster party...the main three characters are a rust monster, a mimic, and a gelatinous cube...
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Post by sotf on Sept 14, 2014 1:14:02 GMT
Amusingly enough, this reminds me more of the Mimic from Rusty...
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Post by sotf on Sept 14, 2014 1:04:30 GMT
If you're going to keep using the pieces, you might want to add a third set of supports between the two current ones as the bowing looks like it could lead to trouble at some point
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Post by sotf on Sept 13, 2014 23:51:27 GMT
A good highlight of brighter and lighter blue would probably enhance the electrical look of it, metallics as well.
If you're making more of them, with this sort of thing, it might work better not to paint it all. Before it dries, add a light dusting of blue glitter and then after drying it, give it a light highlight of a bright metallic blue.
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Post by sotf on Sept 12, 2014 23:47:40 GMT
For a more scifi style one, you might be able to make a stamp with a layer of plastic canvass/granny grating glued to a layer of cardboard and building a handle from there.
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Post by sotf on Sept 12, 2014 21:41:55 GMT
The issue then comes about if the trap works to stop players from using the barbarians lockpick...aka, the adamantine weapon to hack through the wall...
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Post by sotf on Sept 12, 2014 17:22:33 GMT
I've kind of been doing the same thing with basing...I like the lipped bases because of the ease in basing it provides where it also keeps some of the more interesting options from interfering with play.
Of course, I still use grids as well, but I've found that one and a 1/4 in tends to work well for consistency in those and keeps it close enough that terrain features done elsewhere still fit well without looking out of scale.
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Post by sotf on Sept 11, 2014 5:06:21 GMT
I'm hoping we get the water soon, that actually looks rather interesting at the moment
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Post by sotf on Sept 11, 2014 5:05:21 GMT
I noticed at Hobby Lobby the other day that they have rolls of textured brick and stone, for the same purpose. They were about 6" wide, don't remember how long (24"?) but it certainly wasn't long enough to justify the $10-15 price. Now isn't the time to buy them, the best time is right after christmas when the stores try to get rid of them. There are some cheaper options that require some work such as some of the fake leather types (look for the reptile leather patterns) or the basketball texture that's of a similar material. You might need to use some weights to keep it flat for a while though and they need paint, but they're extremely durable
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Post by sotf on Sept 11, 2014 4:24:16 GMT
Okay, while crafting the mats for 2.5 might be something to do for things, I noticed something at the local crafts store that ought to be coming down in price in a couple months.
There are the cobblestone mats that are for the various holiday villages, at the moment, most are $9.99 for a 3'x1' piece of rather sturdy material. I've used pieces of it in terrain building and table building before...it also works rather well if you prefer the 30mm bases with the rims because it's dead simple basing of just cutting a piece to fit and attaching the mini...
It holds up rather well and can easily be stashed away in a tool box for transport.
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Post by sotf on Sept 11, 2014 3:05:33 GMT
They do look like a good wash would make them rather good
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Post by sotf on Sept 10, 2014 0:40:44 GMT
One suggestion for this type of thing, if you're doing it yourself, sew most of it up inside out and then flip it before sealing the last side of it...the end result would look a lot better...
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Post by sotf on Sept 8, 2014 1:37:41 GMT
With 3.5, I believe there may be a few things that pretty much match that mechanically in Frostburn...
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Post by sotf on Sept 5, 2014 2:58:33 GMT
There's a free token tool that's out online somewhere (I'd gotten it a while back when I wanted to run a Dragon Age game, and then for the Expedition to Castle Ravenloft campaign a few years back). It worked well for just about any that I could think of, and I've got a LOT of ones for Action Points due to the mechanics of their use from that book...
I'm starting work on some for 5th edition now that I'll need to organize eventually
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Post by sotf on Sept 1, 2014 0:27:36 GMT
If you can find them, Mongoose had released a gridded map pack back when they had the Starship Troopers license that had several poster sized basic terrain maps (Snowfield, Grassy, Sand, and I can't remember what the last ones were at the moment. You might want to consider something like that as an addon. As I'd gotten the set for $5 a while back at a Hilfprice Books
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Post by sotf on Aug 31, 2014 21:59:50 GMT
I was pricing those at hobby lobby the other day. I'm still not sold on using them for cavern/dungeon flooring yet. Thank you for the info. Cork mats are wonderful for basing...and easy to cut. They also paint up extremely easily as cobblestone.
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Post by sotf on Aug 30, 2014 1:58:34 GMT
For painting snow and ice, don't start with white...blue is a good starting point and then work from there to white or it ends up looking a bit odd, at least if it's all snow/ice. If it's a bit of snow on top of things, you can just go white though...
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Post by sotf on Aug 28, 2014 22:52:35 GMT
If you're doing a modern game, or something where there would be a tarp or something over crates, take some of the foam and cut it into blocks, then take wipes (dry them out if you get the wet ones) and then soak them in water before draping it over the blocks, make sure to cover the blocks. Then paint on a half water/half white glue mix to solidify it, then a full glue layer after that dries...paint as you wish after that.
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Post by sotf on Aug 27, 2014 1:25:57 GMT
Another suggestion would be to shave the edges of the foam core to have less of an edge to it.
You might also try a few stone graves with a pile of aquarium gravel.
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