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Post by blackwingedheaven on Jul 20, 2019 21:15:18 GMT
Hey all,
My name is Jeremy, though I usually go by Blackwingheaven on forums. I'm a librarian from Lexington, KY, and I've been into terrain crafting for about a month and a half now. Just bought a Proxxon hot wire cutter, made some basic dungeon tiles, and am currently working on some basic scatter terrain. I got into crafting from watching CollegeHumor's Dimension 20, which is fantastic and has lovely props. I was so jealous of their prop works that I decided I had to start making my own!
I'm currently following DM Scotty, Black Magic Craft, and Wyloch for instructional videos, but I'm always looking for more high-quality stuff to follow. Happy to be here!
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Post by factoriatabletop on Jul 21, 2019 17:02:17 GMT
welcome to the forum! you will find here a lot of inspiration! dont forget to post pics about what are you crafting! take care!
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Post by rhikdavis on Jul 21, 2019 20:40:57 GMT
Hey all,
My name is Jeremy, though I usually go by Blackwingheaven on forums. I'm a librarian from Lexington, KY, and I've been into terrain crafting for about a month and a half now. Just bought a Proxxon hot wire cutter, made some basic dungeon tiles, and am currently working on some basic scatter terrain. I got into crafting from watching CollegeHumor's Dimension 20, which is fantastic and has lovely props. I was so jealous of their prop works that I decided I had to start making my own!
I'm currently following DM Scotty, Black Magic Craft, and Wyloch for instructional videos, but I'm always looking for more high-quality stuff to follow. Happy to be here!
Welcome aboard!
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Post by sgtslag on Jul 22, 2019 0:18:05 GMT
blackwingedheaven , welcome aboard! The Proxxon Hot Wire Cutter is an amazing tool. I bought one, over a year ago. I had been making modular cavern wall sections, out of pink insulation foam. Initially, I cut them with a bandsaw. I then crumpled up brown paper grocery bags, to create chiseled textures. I Low-Temp Hot Glued strips cut from the bags, crumpled by hand, and wrapped around the foam sections. It was incredibly tedious work. I played with some techniques to texture the tops and bottoms of the oval-rectangular sections: first, I tried applying Low-Temp Hot Glue, but it took a tremendous amount of Hot Glue, time, and it was extremely hard on my hands, squeezing the Glue out, on the top, and bottom, of each piece -- I made around 100 pieces... Next, I tried Liquitex Modeling Paste: worked superbly, was mildly flexible when dry, so it would not chip off. The problem was the cost, as a $20 jar of the stuff did not cover that many pieces... Enter YouTube search, on how to make modeling paste! Found several formulas, and several videos on how to make and use the home-made versions. It worked! It cost less than a US Dollar to make a jar's worth (versus $20 for the same amount of Liquitex...)! I discovered I could carve rectangular ovals, with sloping walls, from foam pieces, on my Proxxon, which looked more like water-carved cave wall sections, so I re-purposed my chiseled pieces into ice cavern wall sections, chiseled out of snow and ice, by Frost Giants; the purpose of these pieces is to make a modular version of G2: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Gian Jarl, a 1e AD&D module, written by Gary Gygax -- I want to do it in full 3D, 25mm scale (Gary's original gaming scale), with 1e Monster Manual sized, Frost Giant figures (60mm Viking figures, toys, really, but they match up in scale, perfectly). Proxxon carving churned out the foam pieces, ready to paint, at around 30-seconds per piece!!! I still need to write up a tutorial for this site, but I wanted to share one more thing the Proxxon Hot Wire Cutter is superb at, with an incredible efficiency, for the tabletop gamer. They're not perfect, but they're good enough to game with, at arm's length (GEtGW). Again, welcome aboard. Glad to have you. Looking forward to your future tutorials wherein you share you experiences with the rest of us! Cheers!
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Post by skunkape on Jul 23, 2019 13:12:27 GMT
Welcome traveler. Enjoy your stay, there are a lot of helpful people on the forums who are more than happy to provide help. Also, we like to see what each other is making so if you make something, please post pictures.
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Post by deafnala on Jul 29, 2019 20:59:25 GMT
WELCOME ABOARD, Jeremy! I hope your stay is a LONG & MERRY affair. Have FUN with the scenery et al. Don't be afraid to ask questions; only a few of us bite.
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