(Re)Turning (to) the Tables

[drl2]

It's safe to say this one was... problematic. 

Part one of an attempt at modular modern city street boards for my Mighty Protectors campaign.

gaming.drl2.com/and-when-that-city-sank-into-the-swamp-we-built-another-part-1/

Aaargh! :

[bluecloud2k2]

Do the magnets for the scatter actually stick to it? And is the magnetic sheet above or below the MDF?

[drl2]

Oct 2, 2020 23:26:21 GMT bluecloud2k2 said:

Do the magnets for the scatter actually stick to it? And is the magnetic sheet above or below the MDF?

The sheet was on top of the MDF, under the sandpaper (roads) and foam (everything else).  I had 3 sizes of rare earth magnet on hand and with the largest of them there was a little bit of pull, but even then not really strong enough to be of much use.  Generally when I build scatter I try to put a little weight at the bottom to help it stay upright; I think in this case that will do about as well as the magnets given the minimal attraction I was seeing.

(Edit:  I should say the attraction was weak over the foam - it was probably better on the thinner road surfaces but not as useful there.)

[drl2]

Part 2, in which I scrap most of Part 1 and do it over, this time with no magnets and about 89% less disaster.

gaming.drl2.com/and-when-that-city-sank-into-the-swamp-we-built-another-part-2/

[drl2]

In between some the city board stuff I threw together two different kinds of rubble scatter to work with some of my earlier wall and tile projects.

gaming.drl2.com/sifting-through-the-rubble/

[drl2]

One of the games I play is a superhero-themed RPG called Mighty Protectors. I've been looking around on and off for appropriate minis but there aren't many companies that cater to this small segment of the market. For the ones I did find, I decided to put together a page of info about them. Please comment if you know of any I've missed!

gaming.drl2.com/superhero-miniature-resources/

[drl2]

Made some simple parking-lot overlays for my city boards, along with some of those concrete divider things used to separate lot sections.

gaming.drl2.com/paving-the-way-to-adventure/

[drl2]

When I saw this meme:

... I had to find a way to print one.  Somebody inspired by the image had already posted something not too horrible on Thingiverse so I grabbed the STL and printed it.

Some painting and one custom base later:

Details here:  gaming.drl2.com/me-want-all-the-cookies/

[erho]

Legit nightmare

[drl2]

I decided to try out some papercraft buildings to get some structures on my city boards cheaply and quickly.  However, because I'm incapable of leaving anything alone, I lined them with foam for durability and played around with adding lighting on a few.

gaming.drl2.com/we-built-this-city-we-built-this-city-on-foam-and-er-paper/link

[drl2]

I built a cheap photo booth of sorts to get better pictures of minis and smaller terrain projects.  There's a down side in that it shows off everything wrong with my paint jobs, but it really did improve the image quality for the price of a couple of clip-on lamps.

gaming.drl2.com/a-ten-minute-light-box-build/

[sgtslag]

drl2, I'm a huge fan of cardstock buildings for gaming. I gave up on using simple cardstock, though, many years ago. I print them on full-sheet label paper, 8.5" x 11". I cut them out, and I apply them to 2-3mm thick cardboard, from the framing shop. I use square wooden dowels from the crafting stores, to glue them to, in the corners. I also glue square dowels across wall sections, to prevent warping -- PVA/Wood Glue works super-fast, and it is super-effective.

To be honest, I find my method superbly effective. They have plenty of heft, compared to cardstock! They are structurally strong, incredibly strong compared to cardstock! I print on a color laser printer, so the ink won't run if they get wet.

I even figured out that I can apply the label paper printouts to paper towel/toilet paper tubes, for curved crenelations on round castle towers! This gives the crenelations strength, and durability.

I've heard/seen others using foamcore as a sub-structure for cardstock buildings. I find foamcore too expensive, and too easily damaged, for my purposes. YMMV. I love your work. Please keep sharing! Cheers!

[drl2]

The next step for my modern city/town terrain was to build some modular store-front and strip-mall type buildings.

gaming.drl2.com/a-shopping-experience-like-no-other/

[sgtslag]

Very impressive! Super Hero gaming, or something else? I could see my Dark Samurai hurling a Volkswagon Beetle at a super villain -- hopefully missing bystanders! Don't ask... Cheers!

[drl2]

Dec 24, 2020 14:39:09 GMT sgtslag said:

Very impressive! Super Hero gaming, or something else? I could see my Dark Samurai hurling a Volkswagon Beetle at a super villain -- hopefully missing bystanders! Don't ask... Cheers!

Yep, I run a semi-regular family Mighty Protectors (Villains & Vigilantes 3) campaign, plus since our local game store is also a comic shop I'm hoping to do some loosely connected one-shots there once we're finally out of the COVID woods.

[drl2]

Crafting has slowed for the season, partly due to the fact that most of my gear and workspace is out in the cold garage, partly because a lot of my hobby time has been devoted to starting up a virtual D&D campaign. Mostly just a little mini painting and having a lot of crafting videos on in the background while working (and amassing a long list of projects for the future).

In the meantime I've finally created the 3d-printing-specific follow-up to my info page about superhero-themed minis: gaming.drl2.com/3d-printed-superhero-minis/

... and posted an update about my search for a virtual table top solution (and making maps and tokens for that is kinda-sorta crafting, right? ): gaming.drl2.com/goin-virtual/