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Post by anthonyroma1969 on Nov 26, 2012 13:17:18 GMT -5
DMScotty, I thank you for showing me how to craft these tiles. It has really helped my game become more enjoyable for everyone. I am especially thankful of the painting tips you give. I have very feeble painting/drawing skills, and I will watch your videos several times and try them out in order to make the painting come out decent. It really helps that you have shown us the details of the painting, but at the same time not making it repetitious. I look forward to another video (I say that every week) Anthony
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Post by dm1scotty on Nov 26, 2012 14:18:00 GMT -5
I really enjoy doing these crafts myself and I'm glad I can inspire.
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Post by m3talslime on Dec 7, 2012 0:15:04 GMT -5
I am in nearly the same boat as, Anthony here. It is the highlighting techniques and detail that has me rewatching your videos, and *gasp*, even getting a little bit better at it! Haha.
Thanks for the devotion to the craft, DMScotty!
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Post by dm1scotty on Dec 7, 2012 1:49:58 GMT -5
My pleasure...as I'm sure you can tell I really love crafting for my game.
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argiope
Paint Manipulator
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Post by argiope on Jan 1, 2013 19:20:14 GMT -5
DM Scotty
I stumbled on your videos during the Christmas break and it has changed my game life...next week when the gaming group returns they are going gridless! They have been playing D&D nearly 20 years so I am intrigued to see how they adapt.
I spent the whole weekend cutting cardboard, snatching cardboard from the curb from all the Christmas packaging, and (as my wife said to friends) spent the days in the basement geeking it out. I made tiles, experimented with foam insulation, made tables from Popsicle sticks and other dungeon dressings.
My first set of tiles were absolutely beautiful but I made them in 1/2 scale...the map had 1 square equals 10 ft and I forgot to double the size of all the measurements. Dohhhh.
Anyway, thanks for making the videos and keeping this forum. I appreciate the time and dedication you give to the craft.
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Post by anthonyroma1969 on Jan 2, 2013 7:42:43 GMT -5
Dude, my wife says the same thing about me......lol
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Post by dm1scotty on Jan 2, 2013 13:03:19 GMT -5
We would love to see pics of your work argiope, happy craftin'
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gallant
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Post by gallant on Jan 2, 2013 15:54:43 GMT -5
DM Scotty, first off I would like to thank for an amazing series of videos. I've never been interested in any type of crafting before, but something in your way of presenting and explaining the techniques got me hooked. I've spent every spare time during the holidays watching all your videos and making some small try-outs. Warm upFlaming sphere were amazingly easy to do, and I'm very pleased with the result. The wizard in our D&D 4th edition group pops the flaming sphere every gaming session, so this piece will be used a lot. While at it I chopped of half of a polystyrene ball and tried to make a small air elemental familiar for a D&D 3.5 wizard in another campaign using similar technique (modeling paste). OK swirling look for the very short time it took to create, but shape could be more tornado like. First dungeon tileI live in Sweden and the best stone effect spray I could find were granite. Unfortunately it costs 20$ here and gives too much white spots for my taste. I gave the tile another round of black spray and worked from there. After some highlighting it looks OK I think. All in all very easy to follow the techniques! I have found an online store that sells stone effect colors that you use a brush onto the surface, I will try those out. I also tried to order the same effect spray you used in the videos from Amazon, but unfortunately they were not allowed to ship those cans to Sweden for some reason. BoatI tested to make a caravel type of ship and this was also super easy to get a decent look. I have not decided on rudder and other embellishment yet since this will be a combined water and air ship, and I know the engineer in my group will question how the rudders and sails really work in air One thing I noted is that when not using stone effect spray the cardboard corrugation is quite visible, especially if dry brushing against corrugation. For the ship this did not bother me much since it kind off looks like planks. Unfortunately I cut out the upper decks at an angle from corrugation, but all in all I am happy with the ship. Next projectInspired by the view from my porch my next project will be an outdoor area with some snow still lingering behind moss covered boulders.
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Post by dm1scotty on Jan 2, 2013 16:47:16 GMT -5
Great stuff Gallant! The mossy rocks with snow will be really cool!
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Post by hideousprime on Jan 2, 2013 19:36:28 GMT -5
wow, very inspiring!! great job!
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Post by unclebilly on Jan 2, 2013 20:40:54 GMT -5
I have not decided on rudder and other embellishment yet since this will be a combined water and air ship, and I know the engineer in my group will question how the rudders and sails really work in air Easy enough Magic. It Explains It All ;D
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