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Post by ashrothedm on Sept 3, 2014 13:45:38 GMT
Just wanted to post these treasure tokens that I made for use in my dungeons, as well as a few additional pieces in the background. The tokens are different combinations of potions, scrolls, and books. The one thing that I have decided, and the desk is the first prototype, is that I am handling my furniture and other set dressings as a terrain piece would be on a wargaming table. Rather than create chairs and tables separately, I am basing all of them with a washer for weight, on the larger woodsies. This allows for potentially much more complex setups, without needing to fiddle with a lot of little parts. For example, a banquet table would include all of the chairs and table dressing on one base. A blacksmith could be made with one or two terrain pieces (one for forge, one for anvil) Each piece would have more than just the feature item on it, such as tools leaning against things, bellows, troughs for quenching the metal. Adding weight to the pieces really keeps them in place, and the full terrain piece can easily be "difficult terrain" or "cover" or whatever is appropriate for the system. In any case, this saved me a significant amount of setup time and increased playability with the few pieces that I have made so far. Anyway; here they are!  |
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Post by thedmg on Sept 3, 2014 14:45:34 GMT
I like the idea of grouping objects to a themed mini diarama. Great stuff as usual  |
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valas
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Post by valas on Sept 3, 2014 16:21:25 GMT
Brilliant! I love the idea and the creation of your tokens. Consider the idea stolen.
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Post by dmzane on Sept 3, 2014 16:46:32 GMT
Those look amazing....I must have some. First I must aquire a new glue gun..mine just went pop.
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Post by justsix on Sept 3, 2014 17:48:58 GMT
What techniques did you use for your scrolls and potions? They look great, and I love the idea of making combo set pieces...
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Post by onethatwas on Sept 3, 2014 17:53:20 GMT
Wow, that's a concept I have never considered. It's an awesome idea, however, and I'm already scheming on how to implement it (to the absolute detriment of my poor PC's).
And, as an aside, I REALLY like your photo representations of your work. Very classy and elegant. It's something that I've always thought was neat.
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Sept 3, 2014 18:41:47 GMT
Howdy, EXALT BUTTON!!! Karma, Kev! |
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Post by ashrothedm on Sept 3, 2014 20:09:57 GMT
Thanks all! The photo presentation I stole from keysorkardboard and just ran with it because I loved the way it concisely presented everything. Scrolls:little bits of paper rolled up and pressed into hot glue, spray painted black, and then painted. I really burned my hands a lot doing them. Potions:Glass beads on a straight pin. Glue them in place and clip the remaining bit of straight pin off. My only regret is that my potion tops are a little bit bigger than I would have liked. Also, I burned my fingers a lot at first. The straight pin means less burns. In the closer images, you can see the head of the pin. I really was getting lazy after painting these. The books are just a slap of paint and a wash. I was intending more detail. Furniture Sets as Terrain Pieces:I'm not sure why it didn't dawn on me sooner, but I always hated having to tinker with the detailed little bits, especially during play. Having chairs or furniture get knocked around is inevitable, but I didn't want to sacrifice including the detail for playability. I was thinking about chair scale a long while ago on a post somewhere on the forums here when I realized that I could have chairs that were more to scale if the chairs were just part of the table piece. It's such an obvious idea when you look at how most people do forest terrain in wargaming, except that instead of preventing trees from being toppled, I'm securing little chairs and other bits. It's very noticeable on the desk, but I also include a 1.25 in washer on every piece. That little bit of weight doesn't want to move from incidental touching, and objects that are taller and lighter don't want to tip over. Something I accidentally discovered when I made my Door Thread a while back |
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Post by tauster on Sept 3, 2014 20:23:29 GMT
Wow, that's a concept I have never considered. It's an awesome idea, however, and I'm already scheming on how to implement it (to the absolute detriment of my poor PC's). And, as an aside, I REALLY like your photo representations of your work. Very classy and elegant. It's something that I've always thought was neat. What onethatwas said. Awesome concept, excellent realisation, great presentation. This isn't wargaming decoration, this is art. |
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Post by sgtslag on Sept 4, 2014 12:21:01 GMT
Wow... Wow... <Sigh!> Wow...
Brilliant, all the way around. Thanks for sharing, but more importantly, inspiring. Cheers!
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Post by Erasmas on Sept 26, 2014 17:37:49 GMT
These are fantastic. I especially really like the glass beads for potion bottles! Definitely something that I am going to store away in the old mental vault.
On a side note... I have to know what mini that is in the picture. It looks like it's probably a rhakshasa from one of the D&D lines. I have a humanoid feline player race in my homebrew world and it is pretty difficult to find enough miniatures for them to represent a wide array of classes, in order to facilitate my players being able to use one for their character. Could you please tell me which model this is?
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Post by ashrothedm on Oct 2, 2014 19:36:30 GMT
It looks like it's probably a rhakshasa from one of the D&D lines. ...Could you please tell me which model this is? It is definitely a D&D rakshasa from one of the D&D releases.  |
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Post by Erasmas on Oct 2, 2014 19:42:15 GMT
Excellent, thank you!
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Post by dungeonmistress on Oct 2, 2014 20:28:20 GMT
BLOWN.... A....WAY!
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Post by grym247 on Oct 20, 2014 3:37:21 GMT
Looks Awesome
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Post by voodoo on Nov 11, 2014 19:42:30 GMT
exalt!!!
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Post by Draklith on Nov 12, 2014 2:29:41 GMT
very cool. and I love the single base idea. brilliant  |
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Post by DnDPaladin on Nov 12, 2014 8:58:41 GMT
wanted to know how to do potions. now i know !!!
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Cheers!