Most of the stuff I've made so far
Sept 4, 2014 2:17:43 GMT
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Post by justicechest on Sept 4, 2014 2:17:43 GMT
Hey there folks. Glad I came along and checked this place out. Just, yeah. Lot of kickass stuff going on round here. I have been humbled haha. I thought I'd post a few things I've been making. A ton of it is based on DMScotty's tutorials, some with a bit of adaptation. I've used a lot if ideas from thedmg's vids as well, and a couple mostly original ideas. Some of this is on the old side but most is pretty recent, like in the last couple months or less.
These are the first things I made for my games. We used to just improvise terrain from old wood blocks or whatever random object at hand was the right size. Trees were empty beers and minis were spare dice, or pennies. We started getting more minis over the years and I made these guys along the way. Most are plasticine, which I was using at the time for other things, but which is kind of rubbish for minis. Since it never sets, these guys have taken a beating and don't look as good as they used to (not that they were ever masterpieces heh).
Zog the Beholder:
Freddie the Fire Elemental. The current game's at pretty high level so the summoned fire elementals get pretty derned big. I had no minis that could even approximate the size, and this thing was born
The fell troll (he didn't get a name heh)
Clay golem made from real clay, which amused me
A first draft gelatinous cube like DMScottys tutorial. I made like 5 of these and kept giving them away. I don't even have one at home right now heh. I added wire covered in glue to give them pseudopods, like when they attack.
Most of the stuff below is what I've done in the last 2-3 months or so. It's about 90% of the basic modular set recommended by thedmg (though not the accessories yet, just halls and doors). I'm using his egg carton flooring technique. We still play gridded at least for the time being, so I kept the design to something that's pretty clearly 1 inch squares. I tried to make it look, if not incidental, at least varied enough to be interesting. I wanted a dungeon that looks like it was made over long periods of time, by different workers of varying skill and motivation, so you have rooms with fairly regular stones, and others where they look more cobbled together.
I didn't like seeing the corrugation, so the sides are slathered in hot glue to cover them. I wouldn't do this again because the tiles don't always fit 100% flush. Also, it consumed gallons of hot glue. I like the look though. If I made another set I'd probably put card stock over the corrugation instead.
Ascending spiral staircase a la thedmg. I need to cut off the bottom step some to make it flush with hallways.
Descending. I made these as some of the very first pieces, and I'm probably going to resurface them with the flagstones to make it consistent. There are some moveable rubble piles in there too.
I do a lot more outdoor stuff with the PCs than in, as a general thing, so I'm probably going to be doing more outdoor terrain stuff in the near future than dungeon features. This is a hill with "steps" for outdoor encounters, and my first attempt at this kind of thing. I'm cheap and there's only one small and kinda cruddy hobby shop in the area, so I made the flock at home out of ground up moss.
Sloped hill. I've started experimenting with clump foliage (also homemade due to cheapness heh). Helps discourage players from putting minis where they're sure to fall over (helpful tip from terraintutor on youtube. His stuff is pretty rad). I've cleaned this up since to deal with the uglier color variations you can see here.
Some doors. The third one is the template I used for the rest that I made; they're a combination of thedmg's method and DMScotty's hinged door
Strong wooden door
Converted Thor figurine; found an old Batman (now earless) and a Superman for the same purpose.
Treasure piles (also thedmg's design) . I made different sizes/compositions for major/minor treasures. Weapons are from broken minis except the sword, which was from an old Lego set. I cut off the too-fat hilt and replaced it with the non-pointy end of a cocktail skewer
This was an early effort, and came about after I made a couple of the gelatinous cubes; it's the same principle. It was for a dimensional gate made of water. LED tea lights for the glow. I'd like to think this would look better if I re-did it now haha
Here's the scene it was meant for. I made a big Black Hand of Bane out of Sculpey (thin dowel for support) and the trees are based on DMScotty's toilet paper tube trees. Used green tissue paper and glue for the leaves, then added shades of green to it after. The columns are cardboard and texture paint. Shades of brown scrapbooking paper for the drained pond that made the gate in-game. Seeing what users around here are making, the below is now looking incredibly ghetto to me hahaha
Trees closer up. It's not especially realistic but it provides the illusion, and most of them have branch formations that will support a standard sized mini, so you can have characters hiding in trees, etc. I made 8 of them in this style, which was more or less enough for the size of table we have. This was before I knew anything about flocking, clump foliage, etc.
This is the first one I made. The grass ended up looking pretty diseased (I think the problem was I didn't have green, and the blue and yellow I had made this hideous shade), so I sort of went with it and added the face. The surface of the bark just lent itself to it by accident.
Camp basic set. Haven't made any bedrolls yet heh. I ended up basing these because I didn't like seeing the guts, though it occurred to me after that I can't put minis in it now heh
After making the campfire I still of course had a bunch of modeling paste left so I made some fire markers for walls of fire and indicating when pcs are on fire. Made a 10x10 one as well for big creatures. I'll probably make more of these. Gonna need at least another 4 of the human-sized markers. Y'know. Just in case.
In play. This also shows all the doors I've made so far. I took a crack at a steel door at the top. Until I make something fancier this is sort of the "boss door." I made the bases so that they fit over top of 2 tile walls together. I made my tiles without any gaps in the walls, so that I can put the doors in any position along the walls. A friend of mine who DMs too uses a lot of modules and this makes it easier to match the module designs.
Only you can prevent forest fires... This tree is using clump foliage. A set of these is high on the list of next things to make. It's not as sturdy but looks a ton better. Gotta get better at realistic shapes of trees, but I do like them open so you can get minis in there and have them be stable.
And in closing, my daughter volunteered me to make this for her friend's birthday. Same principle as the trees but with a house in there. Cleaned out coffee cream carton and a whole lot of craft foam. It opens up and has wallpaper etc inside but I lost the interior shot and she's moved away. Which is a shame cuz it also could have made a great fairy's treehouse
These are the first things I made for my games. We used to just improvise terrain from old wood blocks or whatever random object at hand was the right size. Trees were empty beers and minis were spare dice, or pennies. We started getting more minis over the years and I made these guys along the way. Most are plasticine, which I was using at the time for other things, but which is kind of rubbish for minis. Since it never sets, these guys have taken a beating and don't look as good as they used to (not that they were ever masterpieces heh).
Zog the Beholder:
Freddie the Fire Elemental. The current game's at pretty high level so the summoned fire elementals get pretty derned big. I had no minis that could even approximate the size, and this thing was born
The fell troll (he didn't get a name heh)
Clay golem made from real clay, which amused me
A first draft gelatinous cube like DMScottys tutorial. I made like 5 of these and kept giving them away. I don't even have one at home right now heh. I added wire covered in glue to give them pseudopods, like when they attack.
Most of the stuff below is what I've done in the last 2-3 months or so. It's about 90% of the basic modular set recommended by thedmg (though not the accessories yet, just halls and doors). I'm using his egg carton flooring technique. We still play gridded at least for the time being, so I kept the design to something that's pretty clearly 1 inch squares. I tried to make it look, if not incidental, at least varied enough to be interesting. I wanted a dungeon that looks like it was made over long periods of time, by different workers of varying skill and motivation, so you have rooms with fairly regular stones, and others where they look more cobbled together.
I didn't like seeing the corrugation, so the sides are slathered in hot glue to cover them. I wouldn't do this again because the tiles don't always fit 100% flush. Also, it consumed gallons of hot glue. I like the look though. If I made another set I'd probably put card stock over the corrugation instead.
Ascending spiral staircase a la thedmg. I need to cut off the bottom step some to make it flush with hallways.
Descending. I made these as some of the very first pieces, and I'm probably going to resurface them with the flagstones to make it consistent. There are some moveable rubble piles in there too.
I do a lot more outdoor stuff with the PCs than in, as a general thing, so I'm probably going to be doing more outdoor terrain stuff in the near future than dungeon features. This is a hill with "steps" for outdoor encounters, and my first attempt at this kind of thing. I'm cheap and there's only one small and kinda cruddy hobby shop in the area, so I made the flock at home out of ground up moss.
Sloped hill. I've started experimenting with clump foliage (also homemade due to cheapness heh). Helps discourage players from putting minis where they're sure to fall over (helpful tip from terraintutor on youtube. His stuff is pretty rad). I've cleaned this up since to deal with the uglier color variations you can see here.
Some doors. The third one is the template I used for the rest that I made; they're a combination of thedmg's method and DMScotty's hinged door
Strong wooden door
Converted Thor figurine; found an old Batman (now earless) and a Superman for the same purpose.
Treasure piles (also thedmg's design) . I made different sizes/compositions for major/minor treasures. Weapons are from broken minis except the sword, which was from an old Lego set. I cut off the too-fat hilt and replaced it with the non-pointy end of a cocktail skewer
This was an early effort, and came about after I made a couple of the gelatinous cubes; it's the same principle. It was for a dimensional gate made of water. LED tea lights for the glow. I'd like to think this would look better if I re-did it now haha
Here's the scene it was meant for. I made a big Black Hand of Bane out of Sculpey (thin dowel for support) and the trees are based on DMScotty's toilet paper tube trees. Used green tissue paper and glue for the leaves, then added shades of green to it after. The columns are cardboard and texture paint. Shades of brown scrapbooking paper for the drained pond that made the gate in-game. Seeing what users around here are making, the below is now looking incredibly ghetto to me hahaha
Trees closer up. It's not especially realistic but it provides the illusion, and most of them have branch formations that will support a standard sized mini, so you can have characters hiding in trees, etc. I made 8 of them in this style, which was more or less enough for the size of table we have. This was before I knew anything about flocking, clump foliage, etc.
This is the first one I made. The grass ended up looking pretty diseased (I think the problem was I didn't have green, and the blue and yellow I had made this hideous shade), so I sort of went with it and added the face. The surface of the bark just lent itself to it by accident.
Camp basic set. Haven't made any bedrolls yet heh. I ended up basing these because I didn't like seeing the guts, though it occurred to me after that I can't put minis in it now heh
After making the campfire I still of course had a bunch of modeling paste left so I made some fire markers for walls of fire and indicating when pcs are on fire. Made a 10x10 one as well for big creatures. I'll probably make more of these. Gonna need at least another 4 of the human-sized markers. Y'know. Just in case.
In play. This also shows all the doors I've made so far. I took a crack at a steel door at the top. Until I make something fancier this is sort of the "boss door." I made the bases so that they fit over top of 2 tile walls together. I made my tiles without any gaps in the walls, so that I can put the doors in any position along the walls. A friend of mine who DMs too uses a lot of modules and this makes it easier to match the module designs.
Only you can prevent forest fires... This tree is using clump foliage. A set of these is high on the list of next things to make. It's not as sturdy but looks a ton better. Gotta get better at realistic shapes of trees, but I do like them open so you can get minis in there and have them be stable.
And in closing, my daughter volunteered me to make this for her friend's birthday. Same principle as the trees but with a house in there. Cleaned out coffee cream carton and a whole lot of craft foam. It opens up and has wallpaper etc inside but I lost the interior shot and she's moved away. Which is a shame cuz it also could have made a great fairy's treehouse
keep'um coming and thx for sharing with us 
), busy is right heh; I just finished a 2 week vacation, and pretty much spent the hours of 8pm (daughter's bedtime) till about 3am making this stuff. For the older stuff, the other 2 DM's seem to never find a context in which to use them much (grumble grumble 
Cheers!