Hello all ...it's been a while since I posted here - so how's everyone doing?
Anyway, here's my latest offering over on YouTube...
...and the idea behind these is that they don't replace the 2.5D walls ...they're just used to accentuate a few areas (to give the impression of this being a building - but without making it difficult to play on).
Anyway, hope you like it ...and I hope you've all been keeping well!
I'd be interested in seeing some photos with a few minis inside to get a better sense of scale. I've just bought & started building a couple of commercial printable papercraft products and am in the process of trying to build them around foamcore shells for better durability, but even though they're supposed to be sized for typical 1 inch = 5 feet scales, everything looks just a little small. Kind of wondering if this is normal due to the wildly varying sizes even of minis at allegedly the same scale, or if I just picked a papercraft set that happens to make it look like anything human-sized or taller would bang its head on every door frame
Yeah, I think miniatures have been getting bigger and bigger over the years ...but we've kept the 1" = 5ft scale for maps - so things can sometime look a bit off.
For my own stuff, I'm trying to make it so that it 'looks right' with regard to reaper miniatures (which seem to be popular with the RPG crowd ...I mean, I have tons of them myself ).
Anyway, I don't have pics of this particular set with minis - but you can see some of my other stuff in this album (if that helps): photos.app.goo.gl/dsvh1LpXdhx8yAr3A
Nice. Very nice, Kris. Looking forward to your next video. Cheers!
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I love the grass roof texture. I also love what you have produced, thus far. Your open-ended design approach, is unique. While it is more complex than a static design, it is also so much more open-ended! Your approach invites the customer to design their own pieces, and that sets you apart from all of the rest. I love it. Cheers!
Laughter is the ultimate expression of joy. Laughing at the antics of a 2-year-old child is not demeaning or degrading, it is your heart boiling over with joy, and laughter is the path of least resistance for it to escape! Let it out, laugh easy, laugh loudly, laugh as often as you can. Keeping it bottled up inside is a leading cause of stroke among uptight people around the Globe... Laughter is contagious -- let's start a new pandemic!
Thanks ...and yeah, whenever possible I always try to provide 'textures' rather than specific models - because, like you say, folks can then use them to make the terrain they need - rather than the exact same thing that I have made.
Plus, it feels more like 'crafting' this way ...if that makes sense
kris, have you tried overlapping the ends of the roof, like above the doors, in the photo? I suspect you could overlap the thatching, and just drape it over those edges. It would cover up the corrugated cardboard.
While I love the peak techniques, I am curious why you employ segments, rather than one continuous piece of paper roll tubing? I suspect if you employed a paper towel tube, rather than a toilet paper tube, you would have enough length to employ a single piece, for the entire run. Just a curiosity of mine. Cheers!
Laughter is the ultimate expression of joy. Laughing at the antics of a 2-year-old child is not demeaning or degrading, it is your heart boiling over with joy, and laughter is the path of least resistance for it to escape! Let it out, laugh easy, laugh loudly, laugh as often as you can. Keeping it bottled up inside is a leading cause of stroke among uptight people around the Globe... Laughter is contagious -- let's start a new pandemic!
Do you mean cutting the roof panel to size first, and then wrapping the thatch texture around it? If so, that could work nicely (I'm just a lazy builder ).
Re: 'Peaks'
I have a stockpile of empty toilet roll tubes that's the simple answer (hopefully that doesn't reflect badly on my diet ).
Though when I've unraveled kitchen roll tubes in the past, they seem to be a very similar height (if that makes sense).
Though I suppose I don't have to unravel it (and ignore the little 'bump' where it overlaps) ...that would be the sensible thing to do I suppose (I will have to start stockpiling those too).
I've used both types of tubes, attaching crenulation printouts to them, then applying them to round, tube castle towers. The tubes give the curve, and thickness, and strength, to the modeled crenulations. It really works well. Initially, I just used 110# card stock, which I curled, similar to what you demonstrate. The card stock was woefully weak and flimsy, it damages too easily, too quickly. The cardboard tubing is much stronger, much more rigid, and much more durable. I may experiment with using a Glue Stick to double them up, to make them even stronger. Hmmm... Funny that never occurred to me before. Cheers!
Laughter is the ultimate expression of joy. Laughing at the antics of a 2-year-old child is not demeaning or degrading, it is your heart boiling over with joy, and laughter is the path of least resistance for it to escape! Let it out, laugh easy, laugh loudly, laugh as often as you can. Keeping it bottled up inside is a leading cause of stroke among uptight people around the Globe... Laughter is contagious -- let's start a new pandemic!
Laughter is the ultimate expression of joy. Laughing at the antics of a 2-year-old child is not demeaning or degrading, it is your heart boiling over with joy, and laughter is the path of least resistance for it to escape! Let it out, laugh easy, laugh loudly, laugh as often as you can. Keeping it bottled up inside is a leading cause of stroke among uptight people around the Globe... Laughter is contagious -- let's start a new pandemic!
sgtslag: Ran out of Hot Glue, with only five hills left to add a skirt to the sides of. Wal-Mart closes at 8:00 PM, thanks to COVID. GRRRrrr! Another 30 minutes of work, and I would have been done: ~77 hills, modular, perfectly matching my table's ground cloth!
Sept 23, 2020 2:50:39 GMT
sgtslag: Will post a write-up soon, or after next week's vacation. Cheers!
Sept 23, 2020 2:51:57 GMT
sgtslag: Hoping to acquire a Chop Saw within the next two weeks. Then I will cut up MDF into triangles, to form the skeleton of my d20 fantasy world globe... Posting will follow, with how-to guide. Cheers!
May 11, 2021 22:57:40 GMT
erho: I have a confession: I havnt painted a thing in months because I got a new guitar(#8!) but now that May "Megadeth month" is over I have a repaired airbrush and a early 90's Ral Partha Amethyst dragon on the table... pics to come soon!
Jun 11, 2021 17:49:58 GMT
margaret: too bad you can't post your music here =). Hadn't seen that dragon - looks like it came out when all my cash was going to raising kids. Looking forward to seeing your paint choices!
Jun 12, 2021 2:41:42 GMT
nightshade: Been away for a bit ,back now
Oct 3, 2021 19:42:30 GMT
nightshade: Made it to Gencon on Sunday, mainly vendor/ purchasing day. Found my gral, a copy of TSRs Escape from New York boar dgame!
Oct 3, 2021 19:45:07 GMT
dafrca: Why does my mind kick into overdrive just as I lay down for the night?
Nov 16, 2021 6:33:44 GMT
erho: Same here, bed time, I finally remember where I put those molds
Nov 17, 2021 17:58:29 GMT
erho: Happy Holidays y'all!
Dec 17, 2021 19:02:42 GMT
sydneysykkness: First message of 2022. Hello, all!
Mar 15, 2022 14:16:11 GMT