Most of the stuff I've made so far

[skunkape]

Great terrain!

[Erasmas]

Truly excellent work, Justice!

How did you accomplish the flagstone effect on your tiles? Is it rounded layers of cardstock glued on top of the cardboard, or something else entirely?

[Deleted]

well done sir, makes me want to tell my boss I'm sick and go home and craft.

[justicechest]

Thanks folks, I appreciate the encouragement! Haven't been on here much at all the last couple weeks and I'm looking forward to checking out any new goodies. I could make a whole bunch of excuses but mostly I just got caught deep in a couple projects heh... I did do a sort of tutorial on the door mod idea and I've just been procrastinating on putting it up. Tonight though I'm at a stage where I'm just waiting on a whooooole lotta glue to dry so I figured I should make myself sit down and put it up heh.

Erasmas, the flagstone effect is from cut up pieces of egg carton, from thedmg's advanced dungeon flooring video. Time consuming on a large scale but I liked the effect enough to give it a shot and by the time I got tired of doing it I was halfway across the river and just had to sort of keep at it hahaha to avoid having a mismatched set. It's a very cool idea, I just underestimated the time it would take to do it across all of those tiles. Totally worth it though, now that it's pretty much done.





Um, so some tech issues (read: veeeerrry old computer) delayed the tutorial. I'll post it this weekend or my name isn't Archibald. Which it isn't. But I'll post it anyway

[justicechest]

Got some additions; I've been concentrating on expanding my basic set of furnishings for general use.  Still got plenty of generic stuff to add but things are coming along.  This display is getting cramped heh, I'll have to start storing things away but for the last while when I make a new piece I've been adding it to this

[valas]

Love the stairs!

[13thbear]

There's those decent ballistas in that last room! Wouldn't mind, sir, if you took some more detail shots of the other items in that room. Looks like you're mighty good at making detail items.

[DnDPaladin]

love the beds, most important the double one.
aso love that guillotine.

[xzeo90]

Fantastic! How did u do ur hills and bushes?

[justicechest]

Thanks valas! I'm pretty happy with those stairs, though they took forever; I used the same flagging technique as the floors of the tiles, and well... Yeah. Forever. Worth it, but I was happy when it was done.

13thbear, I can see my way clear to doing that if you'd like. I'll see if there is anything else in the boxes that I haven't posted, just for fun, while I'm at it. I wanted a break from tiles and fell down a rabbit hole full of toothpicks and Krazy Glue haha. I appreciate the kind words!

Thanks Dndpally; the beds have been fun. I want to make some dupes of the simpler ones. The bunk beds are meant to have several copies for barracks and stuff, though I've only got the second one ready for paint and haven't started others. I keep having ideas for new things instead . A guillotine is on the list, but I think you are referring to my sacrifice posts. I'll put up a better pic of all of these. After the ballista thing, I think the issue might just be my photography. I think what you're seeing as the blade is the edge of my mage's table (from my somewhat ill advised dvd player post).

I appreciate it xzeo90! I have one more very large hill I haven't shown here, I will add that to the shots I should take. They're standard wargames hills, so they're made from pink styrofoam and various gravels. I made the flock with ground moss, and the bushes are ground cushion foam. These are first attempts and I haven't gone back to outdoor terrain much since - I know now where I can improve things but a lack of space (and, candidly, need heh) have kept me away. I am doing one thing now with water features, but it's a gift for a relative so I won't end up using it myself. If it turns out ok I'll throw up a pic or 2 for kicks though. First try with resin pouring for water, so it'll either be awesome or atrotious. I'll know which sometime this week heh.

[justicechest]

I sort of reverted to lurking for a while, mostly due to an excessive number of early office parties, and a generally busier life than I would prefer . But man, this has become a favorite haunt. I learn new stuff basically every time I pop in.

I should probably put stuff up in shorter intervals to avoid novella length posts like this... Um, sorry?

So I took some detail pics, and there were a few other things I don't think I've posted. Some of these are pretty easy to make and might be useful to folks, like the columns, and the sacrifice poles. Others might take more time than is worth it to most (including me on some ).

Currently I'm working on a terrain-related project that's been making me sweat for the last couple of weeks heh. It's actually a gift, which is probly why I sweated so much. My mother in law has an extensive Christmas village and I'm making her a river piece, "commissioned" by the Mrs. . It's my first time trying anything like it so I thought it might be interesting to throw up a couple progress pics. I was going to put them up at the end of this but it's already gone on long, and it's been a big enough project that it might just want its own post when it's done. I think I'm past the part where I could totally screw it up but I think I'll wait just in case

I can't remember anymore if I showed these 2 hills, I finished them a while ago. This probably completes my hill collection for the foreseeable future. I'm comfortable cycling these in and out over encounters for a while at least. I like them but have some ideas on things I'd do differently.















My fledgling throne room sets. I wanted a royal set and a sinister one. The columns are mock candlesticks out of wood. They were pretty cheap and very easy to paint up. I've had a hard time finding Woodsies type pieces locally but these were nice. I haven't painted lines this fine before so the sun on the throne is a bit on the rough side.











A new big treasure pile. I sanded the shield out of a craft stick which worked... Ok. My wife suggested fake nails and I'm planning on trying that when I have time. Seems like they would make nice oval shields, and will probably trim well for shaping.



The sacrifice poles. These were pretty easy to put together and I can see all sorts of uses in the near future



Beginnings of generic furnishings. The barrels were lifted from an old lego set. I tried out a few bed versions. Planning on making up a few more of each version, except the canopied bed (sorry for the bad shot heh). Mostly to see if I could, I gave the cart moving wheels. It was ultimately more trouble than it was worth . But it was an excuse to tinker. Also my daughter demands moving parts on her commissions for doll accessories, so it's become slightly ingrained... I actually started making Barbie crap before i ever made dnd props... Which is a bit sad now that I stop to think about it... Anywho, moving on











I saw thedmg's lever vid and made a moving version with a rod axel and a bead at the lever's base to swivel. Gonna make another couple for puzzle purposes ("find the correct combo to open the door, but don't get it wrong unless you like poisonous snakes falling on you "). I could have just made them stationary much more easily, and it's probably more practical heh. But I enjoy the moving parts for some reason, pain in the butt though they are...



New shots of the ballista. These are quite big, I may try making smaller ones that would fit in a hallway or take up less than 20'x20' heh. These work in large rooms to cover doors, or for outdoor and siege scenarios. No moving parts on these haha





And the new spiral staircase. I've made flagged versions of all my stairs, but none got the same level of detail as this. There's probably a better way to do this but I like how it turned out.





I quite enjoyed DMScotty's foamboard graves but wanted older graves, where the raised ground would not be as pronounced, so I just made small bases for them.



An attempt at a 2.5d building, thinking of maybe making a half dozen or so to have a selection.

[vestrivan]

Excellent stuff! Great crafting!

[voodoo]

I'm coming over to play. Seriously nice stuff! outdoor stuff is really original doors are great too.
edit: oops just seen page two even more impressive!  exalt for you!

[rane]

[justicechest]

Too kind, you guys are too kind . I appreciate it a lot, seriously.

I'm seeing as I go the wisdom of DMScotty's vid on planning what to craft; I'm in between seasons on my game so it's been tougher to focus. Not a bad thing per se, but it's a deeeeep rabbit hole I'm diving into here. I'll be a while before I feel like I have a good set of the basics I think, and I keep getting distracted by fancier ideas heh.

I'm almost done a pretty intensive piece, saving it to have a full progression because it's a big enough project to deserve its own thread, and I want to be able to show most of the evolution (I wasn't taking pics at the very beginning unfortunately, but that part is fairly straightforward). It may not be for everyone because there was a decent investment on materials, and it hurts now that I'm almost done that I'm giving it away haha. I will have to make a second one for myself cuz, well... I like it quite a bit. Let's leave it at that.

I know I'm being a tease; please forgive me

[DnDPaladin]

pretty impressive work.
really love the beds. the royal one seems a bit skewed though.

i'm thinking of making houses myself... but i was thinking 3-4 roof fit all type of roof. then again my tiles are flipable tiles now... donjon on one side and wood house room on the other. so i think roofs will be harder to pull like this.

but very nice work so far.