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Post by madladdesigns on Dec 18, 2012 5:02:07 GMT -5
Are there any (non Scotty) interesting crafting videos you've come across? Why not share them with the rest in this thread. ;D
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Post by dm1scotty on Dec 18, 2012 10:11:26 GMT -5
Are there any (non Scotty) interesting crafting videos you've come across? Why not share them with the rest in this thread. ;D None as cool as mine...wink. If I do I will share them. most crafting vids for the table top deal with making terrain for Wargames.
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Post by Efilion on Dec 18, 2012 10:30:05 GMT -5
Hope this help... he got a couple of interesting videos u should check them out:
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Post by danielc on Dec 18, 2012 14:32:09 GMT -5
Build a treasure pile. They use hot glue to make the pile of coins......
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Post by dm1scotty on Dec 18, 2012 21:06:43 GMT -5
We all have various levels of crafting and realism we would like to portray in our games. I have developed my techniques for time, cost and ease of play reasons.
Someone like Ben (from Bens RPG) might craft a whole town with 3D buildings. I on the other hand would theater of the Mind (story Mode) until we reached a encounter. At that point I would set up the building or the small area where the encounter takes place. Some people have the time, money and space for that type of play and more power to them but I would say that is more the exception than the rule.
If someone wants to build an entire 3D castle that is their choice but I find the tiles work just as well for mood and encounter position. They are also much easier to play on. I Have never used any of my tiles more than once and that would be extremely time consuming and costly if I was making them in 3D.
There are many vids on 3D terrain so by all means expand your knowledge but don't get so caught up in worrying about the ultimate 3D location because you will play it in one or two sessions and then it will go sit on a shelf and take up room.
As someone who has done all types of terrain crafting and seen all the options I really prefer the 2.5D with 3D obstacles and objects sprinkled in.
2cents from DM Scotty
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Post by danielc on Dec 18, 2012 21:53:50 GMT -5
As someone who has done all types of terrain crafting and seen all the options I really prefer the 2.5D with 3D obstacles and objects sprinkled in. I have to agree. That is why I liked your new video and the whole water effect. Nice element to add to a tile for fun.
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Post by onethatwas on Dec 18, 2012 23:25:27 GMT -5
some terrain pieces see more use than others, depending on the purpose. If, for instance, you are a player of Warhammer Fantasy and you have modular ruin or castle terrain that can be dropped onto the table and look both cool and be useful for the game itself...AND you also happen to play D&D (or some tabletop RPG otherwise) where the PC's do alot of ruin exploration....
well, you get more playability for those pieces. However, I have also seen pieces that are not used nearly as often as others. So DM Scotty makes a point in some regards.
Modularity and taking the time to consider how well you could put a piece into play goes a long way towards the frequency of use for the tiles or a terrain piece. That video with the styrofoam ruin pieces make for a good example because you can find alot of uses for them if you are creative, without it being old and tired. But making a 3D stationary model of a castle....well, how often do PC's storm a castle, or have to defend one? You run into limited use. Sure, it's a great piece, but it doesn't get used often.
So, pros and cons to both, IMO, but the key, really, is keeping things flexible when you think of how a tile or terrain piece can be used.
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Post by madladdesigns on May 22, 2013 9:58:51 GMT -5
How to Make Arcane Floating Rocks for D&D
by BensRPGPile
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Post by AJ on May 22, 2013 21:45:57 GMT -5
interesting... I might have to make some floating rocks.. I have an encounter week after next involving lots of spiders, and having a chasm with rocks floating mid way, spider webs forming frail rope bridges, swooping stirges, spider swarms and having to reach various cocoons which may contain living captives or writhing nests of baby spiders.. Who says first level encounters have to be dull? Oh yeah, here is the first in an excellent miniature painting guide series, covering pretty much every aspect, and split into the categories of realistic and comic style miniature painting styles. Alexadra from GirlPainting: Miniature painting guide, episode 1
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Post by chrisfitz71 on May 24, 2013 14:47:10 GMT -5
This guy is building a castle, but not for gaming. It's meant to be used as a pet lizard's terrarium.
He makes it of polystyrene and paints it with grout. About 9 minutes.
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Post by AJ on May 25, 2013 9:53:54 GMT -5
Lizards don't move around a whole lot, so in a pinch, you could use one as a dragon miniature I would imagine.
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Post by madladdesigns on Jun 3, 2013 12:09:34 GMT -5
How to reposition bent minis.
;D
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Post by slurpy on Jun 3, 2013 23:39:31 GMT -5
Reading on the Reaper forums, the general consensus seems to be that boiling water (not just hot water) will straighten out Bones minis without any effort at all. Legendary Encounters and other pre-painted ones presumably require more effort because of that extra "skin."
I have a unicorn that I painted before finding those threads, I've been debating trying it but I'm not convinced my paint job would survive (and it's one of my favorites).
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Post by AJ on Jun 4, 2013 0:45:42 GMT -5
No, boiling water will totally trash your paint job.
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Post by chrisoliver74 on Aug 19, 2013 20:00:40 GMT -5
We all have various levels of crafting and realism we would like to portray in our games. I have developed my techniques for time, cost and ease of play reasons. Someone like Ben (from Bens RPG) might craft a whole town with 3D buildings. I on the other hand would theater of the Mind (story Mode) until we reached a encounter. At that point I would set up the building or the small area where the encounter takes place. Some people have the time, money and space for that type of play and more power to them but I would say that is more the exception than the rule. If someone wants to build an entire 3D castle that is their choice but I find the tiles work just as well for mood and encounter position. They are also much easier to play on. I Have never used any of my tiles more than once and that would be extremely time consuming and costly if I was making them in 3D. There are many vids on 3D terrain so by all means expand your knowledge but don't get so caught up in worrying about the ultimate 3D location because you will play it in one or two sessions and then it will go sit on a shelf and take up room. As someone who has done all types of terrain crafting and seen all the options I really prefer the 2.5D with 3D obstacles and objects sprinkled in. 2cents from DM Scotty Amen!
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Post by agsupernaturalfe on Aug 23, 2013 11:07:53 GMT -5
Besides DMScotty's DM's craft, & our other illustrious 2.5D crafting alumni the DMG & his DMGinfo channel, & with BensRPG pile already getting a nod, there's terrainaholic he's mostly a war gamer but he does some cool dollar/thrift store finds and builds on his channel, & It was either DMScotty or DMG that already posted it here (on another thread) but Fistfullofdice did a cool bridge video with a 1" grid made from flocking based on DMScotty's 2.5D teachings that turned out really cool. Besides that I can't Really think of any other YouTube crafters off the top of my head though if you decide to make your own crafting videos or any YouTube videos for that matter I will highly recommend the frugal filmmaker's YouTube channel, blog and FB group for DIY builds and advice for shoe-string budget movies/videos
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Post by ashrothedm on Aug 23, 2013 14:11:05 GMT -5
I know "ice" has come up before, but I thought these results were very impressive. Not cheap, but very nice looking. The ice was cool too.
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Post by ashrothedm on Aug 23, 2013 14:31:11 GMT -5
Another use for Hot Glue...
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Post by AJ on Aug 23, 2013 18:52:17 GMT -5
Hmmmm! Nail polish supplies, I never thought of that.. and it looks like a lot of fun to work with. Great vids.
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Post by agsupernaturalfe on Aug 30, 2013 13:42:49 GMT -5
Just saw a few more videos on crafting they're all from various war gamers on YouTube. Just search for smoke or fire markers it'll come to a bunch of videos of people using the same idea (great minds think alike as they say). They use those battery operated flickering tea lights and hot glue cotton balls &/or foam stuffing (like from an old synthetic pillow) in clumps all around the light and it's base, then pull off the unglued portion to leave a flame/smoke effect, then they paint them with the fire technique. The fire markers come out really cool and the added effect of the flickering light from underneath the paint really adds a beautiful touch of not just realism to the game table but general aesthetics to the eye. Then I stumbled across CriticalHitG's channel he's a war gamer who does a series of videos called 2 minute terrain he's only got a handful of videos so far but they're all cheap, easy, & quick to make & come out really well definitely worth checking out.
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Post by Neil on Aug 31, 2013 21:23:17 GMT -5
This is more of a take a look at what these people are doing - They had me at its coffee grounds. Take a look at the modern roads that are done in a technique very close to the 2.5 Way.
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Post by The Brave on Sept 4, 2013 8:51:02 GMT -5
More an idea that a real tutorial.
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Post by ashrothedm on Sept 4, 2013 12:46:54 GMT -5
I did something similar with stone tiles and vinyl floor tiles. I hated the weight, but they looked nice.
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Post by agsupernaturalfe on Sept 4, 2013 21:44:04 GMT -5
Almost forgot about Table Top Minions YouTube channel besides having a very good show that looks like it has a high production value he does have a flocking with baking soda for snow tutorial & even a kitty litter flocking tutorial among others & even though he's mainly a war/skirmish gamer who plays games like Malifaux & War Hammer 40k he does a lot of convention talks, product reviews, & might just introduce people to a few new games to try out.
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Post by earlteagrey on Oct 1, 2013 8:00:32 GMT -5
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Post by agsupernaturalfe on Oct 11, 2013 22:56:49 GMT -5
Can't believe I left out Rubbish in rubbish out on YouTube again he's a wargamer but the scales right & there are other parallels between war/skirmish games & TTRPGs
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