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Post by Erasmas on Jan 18, 2016 18:59:06 GMT
Also, cruise Miniature Market's clearance items over on their website. You can find some pretty smoking deals on there from time to time!
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Post by jennifer on Jan 19, 2016 10:26:29 GMT
Haven't seen this done before, Hot Glue Icicles : Wasn't too hard to do, I just applied a blob of hot glue near the edge of card stock, waited 5 seconds then titled and let it run down, hanging off the edge of the paper, then cut off excess after it cooled down. Then I super glued it on the bottom edge of the castle floor there. Or I could of just hot glued it on.
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Post by stroezie on Jan 19, 2016 13:14:49 GMT
Cool,pun intended,idea!
And hotglue Icicle madness ensues amongst the Frostgrave crafters. ;-))
Betcha there's going to some palm to face moments after vieuwing this.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 19, 2016 13:39:29 GMT
Started on a Giant Worm (it's in the Frostgrave beastiary) I made it with aluminum foil, McDonald's Napkins (cut into thin strips), PVA glue / Scenic Cement, and hot glue for beads on belly to give a cool texture. The belly is only partially done.. I have to do that hot glue bead texture all the way up to the head. I have yet to figure out how I am gonna make the head and how I am gonna texture the back (carapeace or not etc). The base is punched out circles (using circle die I use for greeting cards).... about 6 or 7 layers of a combination of cereal box & index card stock, each layer glued together with Avery permanent glue stick.
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Post by Meph on Jan 19, 2016 13:55:43 GMT
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Post by jennifer on Jan 19, 2016 17:28:22 GMT
Nice. Giant Worms are a right of passage here. Seems like everyone makes one at some point. Of course I can't take credit for the design but I think I imitated DM Scott's pretty well. Yours looks smaller, more like the official Giant Worm minis out there. I might have to go with a smaller sized one eventually. Haven't used mine yet. I can just imagine my players crapping themselves when I drop it on the table. Most definitely I would heh! Your giant worm looks very cool and intimidating! I would make one that big for DnD that's for sure, but for Frostgrave, which has quite a crowded board, this smaller one will work out better for me.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 1:31:26 GMT
MODELING PASTE I fell in love with the stuff, before I even purchased it, after looking at Sleepy Hollow Mike's Frostgrave terrain thread. First crack at it. It's a start at least. Comments/suggestions for improvement are very welcome. Thanks!
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 3:46:28 GMT
MAUSOLEUM Well I got this far with my Mausoleum for Frostgrave: I still need to add the door, all the banding trim to cover the corrugation and improve the look of the structure. The round thing on top is just a prop .. there will be something round up top there whether it be a dome or stepped discs with inscriptions on them. The apex triangle thingy will have a symbol / shield of some sort. The entire structure will be textured with something covering all traces of cardboard. The Frostgrave game calls for a Mausoleum with 4 doors, so like Meph's there will be add-on modular doors with a step that get butted up against it on the other 3 sides. By the way, I reinforced the pillars with a bamboo skewer white glued inside each corrugation rail.
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Jan 20, 2016 7:06:37 GMT
Hey someone is drastically improving! Great job on the icicles and for your first try with the Liquitex I think it came out fairly good! You didn't over do it like I am always guilty of. That mausoleum is to DIE for (pardon the pun) seriously very chic! EXALT BUTTON! P.S. Have you thought of going more 3d with your stone work?
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Jan 20, 2016 7:08:17 GMT
MODELING PASTE I fell in love with the stuff, before I even purchased it, after looking at Sleepy Hollow Mike's Frostgrave terrain thread. First crack at it. It's a start at least. Comments/suggestions for improvement are very welcome. Thanks! Remember tho snow and ice would be right up or even inside the ruin right?
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 7:40:13 GMT
Hey someone is drastically improving! Great job on the icicles and for your first try with the Liquitex I think it came out fairly good! You didn't over do it like I am always guilty of. That mausoleum is to DIE for (pardon the pun) seriously very chic! EXALT BUTTON! P.S. Have you thought of going more 3d with your stone work? Thanks, I love how the frosting conceals the corrugation so easily The frosting & icicle really kicked up that papercraft a notch What do you mean, "Have you thought of going more 3d with your stone work?" ? Oh are you talking about the papercraft castle? Well if you look at all my posts, that's the only 2d/paper one I did -- have done lots of 3D stone work with the 1" foam right? Thanks for the complements!
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 7:43:26 GMT
Remember tho snow and ice would be right up or even inside the ruin right? Well I didn't really finish the castle yet. I just stopped because I needed a break and I was worried I might mess it up. I need to figure out where else to put the snow. I know there would be some below where the inner stair case used to be. Add I have to add a lot of rubble on the ground still (stuff that crumbled down to the ground from the decaying tower). What do you mean "right up"? Yeah snow should be inside for sure.. at least in one spot, and like the entire floor frosted a bit.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 7:49:37 GMT
Hey Mike,
Can I paint over modeling paste? I am thinking about using it to texture the entire exterior of my mausoleum, to conceal all traces of cardboard and to give the structure an interesting look. Something like stucco.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 8:50:11 GMT
Finished the banding/trim (chop paper cutter really comes in handy). Used medium weight chipboard. Also used the chipboard for the door frame. For the top of the apex of the triangular roof section, I capped it with a bamboo skewer. All the remaining exposed corrugation will be concealed with a texture paste. I might actually go ahead and band the pillar octagon bases first though. I made the door frame so that a 1 3/4" x 1" door will fit in. Seems like a nice size when I put any of my 25mm reaper minis in front of it.
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Post by Meph on Jan 20, 2016 10:50:01 GMT
The Mausoleum is coming along nicely. I like the corrugated pillars, might have to steal that in the future. The modeling paste looks good too. I think I am going to back off the snow since I plan to also use my pieces in D&D I want them as versatile as possible. According to the rules, the game takes place after the great thaw and the snows have receeded. I might just go with a little bit of a more colorful approach. Something akin to very early spring.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 11:32:08 GMT
The Mausoleum is coming along nicely. I like the corrugated pillars, might have to steal that in the future. The modeling paste looks good too. I think I am going to back off the snow since I plan to also use my pieces in D&D I want them as versatile as possible. According to the rules, the game takes place after the great thaw and the snows have receeded. I might just go with a little bit of a more colorful approach. Something akin to very early spring. Sounds good to me I don't know how much frost I am gonna put on all the other stuff I made, since I was thinking the same thing: that I might want to re-use for other settings. The papercraft one needed it -- helps a lot heh.
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Post by curufin on Jan 20, 2016 13:31:15 GMT
Excellent work! The Maus looks great! I am very impressed with not only your skill level, but at the rate you seem to be pumping out these crafts. Keep it up!
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 20, 2016 14:27:17 GMT
jennifer, yes, you can paint modelling paste. It takes acrylic/latex paints very well. Love what you did with the paste to create the effect of snow. I believe what Mike meant about the snow coming right up, is that you may want to consider adding a rim of snow around the bases of the structures, climbing slightly up the sides. That would be a more natural looking snow effect. On the other hand, I think what you have done so far is amazing. There needs to be a balance between realism, and what is best for your skills, and your terrain's versatility. My stuff needs to be as versatile (read, "modular") as possible, so my snow effects will be quite limited in my terrain pieces. It is up to each individual to decide what will work best for them, and their games. Cheers, Jennifer! Fantastic, inspiring work!
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Post by jennifer on Jan 20, 2016 18:08:01 GMT
Thanks. Still don't know what you guys mean when you say "snow coming right up".
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 20, 2016 18:58:04 GMT
jennifer, Google some snow photo's of urban buildings. You will see snow crawls up the side of the buildings' bases a bit, with a gentle curve up the side. It doesn't always ride up the side of a building, but it often does, at least a few inches. If you pulled the building out of the ground, without disturbing the snow, you would see the snow formed around the building, going up the side a bit, rather than stopping flat, and level, at the edge of the building. Cheers!
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