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Post by jennifer on Jan 12, 2016 15:28:06 GMT
WELL Well, I need a well -- no pun intended -- for Frostgrave; a "Well of Dreams & Sorrows" particularly. I've started on one : What do you think? (ignore the water, it's just a piece of paper for now .. it'll be higher and I"ll use varnish and what not). The well brick/stone is one piece of rigid insulation (1" thick). I traced a 5" circle on the outer and a 3" circle on the inner and cut it out with a pocket knife. Then I sanded to even it out a bit. I am using the following one from someone else for inspiration (but I am not going to make my base any larger than it is now -- so just one square instead of two).
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Post by tauster on Jan 12, 2016 16:18:13 GMT
I ran across this by accident, but I'm guessing someone else has already thought of it -- I haven't seen it before though. Peel one side of the cardboard paper off and clean up with scraping the edge of a sharp knife along the columns. (The photo above is almost fully cleaned but still a little more fuzz to get.) I am designing a Mausoleum for Frostgrave and I immediately thought: hey this would make for some nice texture for pillars. Then I thought it would also make for great metal shack roof for a sci-fi setting.. but I won't be doing sci-fi for a long while (too busy with Fantasy terrain. But then I thought it would probably make nice clay tile roofing shingles: Or how about (yet again for a sci-fi or modern wargame setting), interior walls, with sheetrock torn off the walls exposing 2x4? studs : Anyways, just some ideas I'll definitely be using one or two of them. You said you ran across this by accident... I had the same 'accident' sometime ago, and later discovered that this (i.e. using open currugated cardboard in mdern & scifi terrain) has been done for ages. Anyways, I love your creations, and I'm awed by the pace you churn out stuff. Keep that up!
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 12, 2016 16:58:28 GMT
Nice! I love the fluted pillars, as well as the tile shingles. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
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Post by Erasmas on Jan 12, 2016 17:19:55 GMT
Revealing the corrugation in cardboard is a very useful trick for many things! I used the "tiled roof" example to great extent for my upcoming Asian-themed campaign and I am super-pleased with how it turned out. If you're interested in checking it out, you can find the stuff that I did here!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 12, 2016 18:46:42 GMT
erasmas used the cardboard thing to make his chinese set roofing. we've seen these methods before but its always nice to see them used for something. we're like that we like to view your stuff reguardless of how often they've been made. so dont sweat it, just make it !
the half beaten up wall is a cool looking. the pillar looks great, nice way to ad details to it. and the shingles you just need to separate them a bit. shingles are never aligned together, they have the next stage overlapping the first, otherwise water would run inside.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 12, 2016 22:43:33 GMT
Going to add 4 pillars to the well, with one partially broken and laying on the ground or partially inside the well -- or something. This four pillar addition will dramatically improve strategic gameplay around the well area -- i.e. a character can take cover quickly while there and be protected due to LOS. The four pillars also improves the appearance of the piece because of the additional square formed by the four pillars to complement the square platform. So it has an interesting alternating pattern: circle, square, circle, square. The pillar caps are sandwiched cereal box cardboard, which I punched out use a 1 inch circle punch .. there are about 4 or 5 layers of cereal box chipboard for each disc cap, which I glue stick together with Avery Permanent Glue Stick -- www.amazon.com/Avery-Permanent-Glue-Stic-98073/dp/B0000AQODQCapping the edges with play sand and white pva glue. AFter this layer dries gonna cap again with sand and white pva glue so corrugation doesn't show and at all. Also going to add play sand over the entire top surface. AFter all that, some larger construction sand here and there. Then paint with Espresso Bean brown/black.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 12, 2016 23:45:04 GMT
Just read a scenario out of the Frostgrave book that involves a tower--a three story one in particular about 10 inches high. Mine is only two stories and about 5 inches tall. So rather than build a tower again (a 3 story one), I am just building a steep mountain base which will have 4 one inch layers, 2 steps per layer. This essentially makes it another tower level and allows for the modularity of excluding the "lower level" (mountain) of the tower when 10 inches of height isn't needed.
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Jan 13, 2016 0:44:16 GMT
Howdy,
Lady... You are a fount of inspiration!
So creative!, Kev!
P.S. EXALT BUTTON!!! for you...
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Post by jennifer on Jan 13, 2016 3:06:19 GMT
Bought a toilet scrubber from Dollar Tree and made two 5 1/2" tall trees with it (still need to trim the one of the left a bit more) -- not bad for 50 cents a piece. I think I am going to leave them white.. they have a nice surreal feeling to them. I just need to base them (temporarily on pink foam).. the base will be pure white. Or should I spray paint them green and dust with snow?
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Post by sotf on Jan 13, 2016 3:50:03 GMT
I'd skip the paint them green part, but a snow dusting would probably improve them a lot.
You might also want to take a look at the various bottle brush trees for ideas though.
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Post by jdubs on Jan 13, 2016 6:08:13 GMT
Thanks for sharing these Jennifer talk about being inspired these pieces look amazing Keep up with the creativeness I look forward to seeing more.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 13, 2016 9:54:18 GMT
Flocked one of dollar tree toilet scrubber trees pretty quickly & easily. Sprayed it down with 3M spray adhesive and just dusted it with some green turf flock I have. This is nice because I can make a bunch of trees for 50 cents each that are various shades of green for some variety. The spray adhesive works instantly and really holds the dust well. After I'm fully done with all the flocking I can then seal that with PVA white glue / water spray mixture. I was starting to get concerned I"d have to pay $20+ for some more trees for the board.. glad I found these cheap diy solution.
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 13, 2016 14:39:12 GMT
Those bottle-brush trees are fantastic! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
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Post by Meph on Jan 13, 2016 14:49:19 GMT
Reading your thread has got me intrigued with Frostgrave. I had never heard of it until recently and it looks like fun. My kids are dying to learn to play D&D which I plan to start them with BX but given the 1-2 hour encounter time on this, I think it's worth a try. I am planning to pickup the book but can you give a little summary of the game?
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Post by jennifer on Jan 13, 2016 14:56:33 GMT
Reading your thread has got me intrigued with Frostgrave. I had never heard of it until recently and it looks like fun. My kids are dying to learn to play D&D which I plan to start them with BX but given the 1-2 hour encounter time on this, I think it's worth a try. I am planning to pickup the book but can you give a little summary of the game? I am totally new to the game as well. I just picked up the book the other day. Sleep Hollow Mike would be a lot more informative and his Frostgrave thread is INCREDIBLE He's pretty much inspired me to play the game and work on the terrain. Here's a video of two guys playing FRostgrave with some pretty awesome terrain : . They explain the game pretty well as they go as well. They have many Frostgrave videos, which I have yet to watch.
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Post by Meph on Jan 13, 2016 14:59:14 GMT
Cool, checking out the video then off to check out Sleep Hollow Mike's thread. Where did you pickup the book? Google shows Walmart selling it so I might run out and pick it up today if that is the case.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 13, 2016 15:00:06 GMT
Well I pretty much finished the Well of Dreams and Sorrows for now. I'll keep the water as is for the moment (i.e. a printout from my color laser printer) I can varnish it to make it glossier as well. For the pillars, I am going to just make them modular.. I'll sit them on the 4 corners of the well during game setup. I am pretty happy with the look of it.
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Post by Meph on Jan 13, 2016 15:06:41 GMT
One thing I really like about it also is that any of the Frostgrave terrain can be used for D&D easily. I am back to running my weekly 2E game but watching these videos has me stoked for a new game like I haven't been in a long time. Looks fun.
Do you think the game is too complex for a 7 and 8 year old? My kids loved Hero Kids. They have played Mouse & Mystics. Like I said before, they are dying to play D&D so I think they would like this.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 13, 2016 15:26:43 GMT
One thing I really like about it also is that any of the Frostgrave terrain can be used for D&D easily. I am back to running my weekly 2E game but watching these videos has me stoked for a new game like I haven't been in a long time. Looks fun. Do you think the game is too complex for a 7 and 8 year old? My kids loved Hero Kids. They have played Mouse & Mystics. Like I said before, they are dying to play D&D so I think they would like this. I am sure they can learn from you how to play--you probably have really bright kids anyways There are spells to learn though. Rules are pretty simple. That's cool you are running 2E I don't find THAC0 very complicated at all Been a long time since I played D&D -- miss it. If I had a large regular group to play with I'd learn to DM and run it. But, since it is really just me and my nephew -- Frostgrave seems appropriate. Besides, D&D's roots are in fantasy miniature wargaming
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Post by Meph on Jan 13, 2016 20:14:17 GMT
Well I ran all over town today checking multiple gaming stores and nobody had Frostgrave. I ended up ordering it on Amazon and it will be here Friday. I downloaded the PDF so I can check that out until my book arrives. I need to find pink foam here. I checked lowest and they only have 2" thick, 4'x8' sheets of green foam and its $33/sheet. There has to be a cheaper alternative. I need to check Home Depot.
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