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Post by lordmorbius on May 21, 2015 21:40:23 GMT
My problem is that where I place fire on my game board, there is no smoke. Same goes for a wall of fog or cloudkill spell.
I've tried gluing cotton balls to bases but it typically ends up looking more like a bail of cotton that has come unbound, than actual smoke (Or worse, the PVA glue sucks in all the cotton fibers making it look like a mound of sludge).
My question for my creative, genius, crafting compatriots is...how do I craft realistic looking smoke?
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Post by teazia on May 22, 2015 1:01:43 GMT
Dry ice!
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 4:01:40 GMT
Something like this maybe.. Pulled cotton air brushed black over a tea light.
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Post by lordbryon on May 22, 2015 16:07:13 GMT
I've seen people use super fine steel wool for decent smoke effects. Just keep the stuff away from any 9v batteries you might have or you will end up with a very realistic fire effect.
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Post by lordmorbius on May 22, 2015 18:08:31 GMT
I've seen dry ice used to good effect in movies before and thought that it might actually be awesome for some table top dungeon effects, but I couldn't find any source to buy from locally. =(
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Post by lordmorbius on May 22, 2015 18:09:35 GMT
Something like this maybe.. Pulled cotton air brushed black over a tea light. That is a great idea and something I might actually be able to pull off with the materials I have to work with. Thanks for the tip. =D
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Post by lordmorbius on May 22, 2015 18:10:55 GMT
I've seen people use super fine steel wool for decent smoke effects. Just keep the stuff away from any 9v batteries you might have or you will end up with a very realistic fire effect. Super fine steel wool? That has never occurred to me before. I'm looking forward to experimenting with it to see what I can do with it. Thanks for the advice. =D
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Post by DnDPaladin on May 22, 2015 18:43:26 GMT
bah, i think realism should be the primary goal to a table top RPG session. thats mainly why i dont care about effects.
but that cotton ball smoke looks sick still and it could be usefull to try and see what i can do with it diorama wise.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 18:57:49 GMT
There are some cool projects out there. Just have to explore.
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Post by DnDPaladin on May 23, 2015 5:25:34 GMT
this looks more like an explosion then smoke.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 1:27:03 GMT
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Post by DnDPaladin on May 24, 2015 4:41:26 GMT
I need that stuff now... i so want to do a burning village quest for my group.
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Post by lordmorbius on May 24, 2015 8:17:09 GMT
So many good ideas, I'm looking forward to experimenting with them all.
Thanks Shinobi. =D
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Post by tauster on May 24, 2015 9:53:46 GMT
So many good ideas, I'm looking forward to experimenting with them all. Thanks Shinobi. =D That's the spirit of this community, condensed in one sentence.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 17:18:33 GMT
These guys have a lot of cool ideas, I just happened to find them.
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Post by Akrid on Jul 28, 2015 3:59:39 GMT
That vid of the smoke, (I'll try it myself eventually) to conserve paint and give a more solid foundation I feel you could do a light pva glue wash where you wanted to add flames.
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Post by kgstanley81 on Jul 28, 2015 13:21:33 GMT
I have seen I PC of dowel and med flocking used as smoke, you just need to build up the top so it is thicker, then black bomb it and hit it up with Greyson and a few white highlights
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Post by sgtslag on Jul 28, 2015 13:31:30 GMT
I used pillow batting, from a fabric store. It comes in a large, pillow-sized 'bundle', which I tore down to the sizes needed. It is billowy, and white. I hit it with black spray paint, which basically gave it a grayish color, with black highlights -- the paint was so scattered as it would hit individual fibers in the "cloud", so it never really turned black. The more paint you apply, the darker it gets. After it dried, I found I could flex it, mash it, etc., without losing paint. I used it for burning tank wrecks for my Army Men war games (I used only black, but red, orange, and yellow could be added for an active flame appearance).
For Cloud Kill, and Stinking Cloud, etc., check the Player's Handbook. I believe they give descriptions as to the colors of the clouds -- or, at least, Gygax did, back in 1st Ed. AD&D. The batting can be formed into any size needed, up to 2-feet+ in diameter. It is relatively inexpensive, especially if you wait for a sale, or a coupon from your local fabric store. Cheers!
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Post by sotf on Jul 29, 2015 0:41:14 GMT
With using cotton balls, don't use a "wet" glue. A dab of hot glue after pulling it apart or some of the tacky glues work really well for it. Spread it out as much as you can and spray it from brights to darks from a distance while giving it time to dry. A few layers scattered through of a clear spray varnish (Preferably a matt finish one) is very good for making the end result more sturdy if you take your time.
In all honesty, you can make a few hundred of the markers at the same time with little more effort than in making one, but it does take time to do because you don't want to get the cotton more than damp in the process or it collapses until you have several sealed layers.
For a neat trick in making it, take a flickering tea light (preferably one that's limited to a flame color) and a washer that fits over around the light itself. Attach the cotton to the washer for painting to protect the light, and measure out the washer as well for sculpting around the light...
For cloud kill and similar, do the same thing with different colors and apropriate lighting...or find a while light set of tea lights and buy one of the cheap paint a stained glass plastic toys and take the paints from that to go over the light with.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jul 29, 2015 16:14:25 GMT
by the way... homemade dry ice.
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