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Post by wilmanric on Nov 11, 2015 2:24:20 GMT
With all the excitement and anticipation around DM Scotty's new system, I thought I'd post some pics of my tiles. I've been using these for quite awhile now. One set is sci-fi and the other is fantasy. They match my DM style, which is largely improvisational. I've dispensed with walls because, for me, I'm always trying to find "the right piece" to make the room. I've also painted these on both sides. One side represents a full tile. On some, I've "blackened" areas on the opposite side to make angles and small rooms. Since they are all double sided, I can add to or edit any of the tiles should the need arise. I keep the sets in these boxes from work. The handles make them easy to carry and the boxes are pretty rugged. Plus the price was right. This is the sci-fi set. There's enough room in the box to carry a few props too. This is the fantasy box. The tongue depressors are to move the tiles away from the box edges, so that the lid will close. My fingers aren't skinny enough to get down into the gaps. Here's a fantasy room. You can see how the edges on a few are "blacked out." The walls of the room are simply the black areas OR the edges of the tiles. Another example. With no walls, the tiles go together quickly. The base size is 3"x3". If thats a 1x1, I have some 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 and 3x3 tiles. I stamped these with sponge squares. The first time through, I did alternating squares more heavily with paint. The second time I stamped them, I went much lighter. That gives me the alternating squares very, very quickly. Here's a sci-fi example. These are older. I made stamps to do the "industrial" patterns. I hope you enjoy my tiles! Happy Gaming!
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Post by sgtslag on Nov 11, 2015 15:36:54 GMT
Wow! Those are impressive. I like your wall-less approach. I also like how versatile your tiles are. I'm using Fat Dragon Games Copper Dungeon Tiles, which I really like, but the pieces are all 'fixed', so I have to make x number of each tile, to have enough to build what I need -- I spend a lot of time trying to locate the needed pieces, if I can build what I need from what I have made up... Your approach seems more versatile for building a dungeon, using smaller pieces, which are more universal. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
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Post by skunkape on Nov 11, 2015 16:01:44 GMT
Great way to carry your terrain and really great looking terrain as well!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Nov 12, 2015 7:12:54 GMT
negative space as walls, i dig that. they stack much better when they are just plates and they would all fits into one of my trays so its cool. thanks for sharing !
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Post by michka on Nov 20, 2015 15:53:44 GMT
Wonderful tile work. Your sci-fi tiles look fantastic.
It seems many of us are leaning into the wall-free tile design lately. I'm sure some people such as yourself have been doing this all along. It solves the door problem too. It wouldn't be necessary to make tiles for every entrance contingency. (This one has one door. This one has two doors across from each other. This one has two door along adjacent walls. Three different tiles for a single 20 by 20 room.)
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Nov 20, 2015 17:53:48 GMT
Those tiles look great!
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Post by bluecloud2k2 on Nov 20, 2015 20:23:27 GMT
Wonderful tile work. Your sci-fi tiles look fantastic. It seems many of us are leaning into the wall-free tile design lately. I'm sure some people such as yourself have been doing this all along. It solves the door problem too. It wouldn't be necessary to make tiles for every entrance contingency. (This one has one door. This one has two doors across from each other. This one has two door along adjacent walls. Three different tiles for a single 20 by 20 room.) Yeah I'm thinking of doing up some Modern/Scifi tiles in a similar way... which is how DM Scotty is doing his Tilescapes
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Post by themadengineer on Nov 25, 2015 13:30:43 GMT
and lo, in 2015 the crafters threw off boundary related oppression and cast their walls away, which saved alot of time and effort
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Post by ogrestamp on Nov 25, 2015 18:24:27 GMT
and lo, in 2015 the crafters threw off boundary related oppression and cast their walls away, which saved alot of time and effort And there was much rejoicing...yay!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Nov 25, 2015 21:22:08 GMT
flat tiles of old add that charm to them that was inspiring. and we haven't dropped the walls. we just used the side of the tiles as wall ! the same way i used my couch to delimit my gaming zone when i was living in the basement.
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Post by Draklith on Nov 25, 2015 23:21:38 GMT
I sure wish I could fit all my builds in those two cool lil boxes
But alas, NO! I can not, oh well, I really like your paint jobs on the tiles tho', they look great
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Post by DMScotty on Nov 26, 2015 0:06:40 GMT
Look great!
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