nathan
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Post by nathan on Feb 14, 2013 18:08:20 GMT -5
I watched a lot of DM Craft videos and decided to make my own tiles. Here is a picture of my first attempt. I wanted to attempt gridded tiles (not cool I know) because I kinda like the board game feel of gridded battles and I can use them with other games that do require grids. plus.google.com/110177194396980542521/posts/J1k1P18QrmJ
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Post by onethatwas on Feb 14, 2013 19:07:26 GMT -5
How did you make the grids? It's hard to tell from the angles, but it looks like you just scored them pretty deeply, which could be a problem with the integrity of the board. I would recommend using card stock instead, and gluing them onto the cardboard before you paint. While Grids aren't the preferred method, if you are going to do it, at least knowing of ways to do it while keeping the board intact may help.
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Post by unclebilly on Feb 14, 2013 19:45:50 GMT -5
They look good. How did you make them ?
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nathan
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Post by nathan on Feb 14, 2013 20:47:14 GMT -5
I cut some thin card board into a bunch of 1x1 inch squares and then glued them onto a base of thicker cardboard. Then I spray painted it.
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Post by dm1scotty on Feb 14, 2013 22:53:19 GMT -5
Nice job, still a lot of extra work though.
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nathan
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Post by nathan on Feb 16, 2013 3:58:05 GMT -5
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Post by hideousprime on Feb 16, 2013 4:50:04 GMT -5
Oh no. Dmscotty techniques on gridded squares......
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Post by traxzwolf on Feb 16, 2013 11:21:47 GMT -5
Grid or no awesome work
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Post by unclebilly on Feb 16, 2013 11:46:12 GMT -5
Love the look. If you not into gridless then you can still go this look and it make it look like floor tiles.
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Post by gamemasterkenn on Feb 16, 2013 15:19:21 GMT -5
This is quite clever and well done. I especially like the modularity and the pit is very cool. How do you keep that incline piece secured?
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Post by Efilion on Feb 16, 2013 18:18:36 GMT -5
Looks great and even if I dont like grids I do like the look of floors with tiles I think it gives a more real look to things cuz lets faced even if r walking on the street theres tiles everywhere... thou I do will use a sharpy or something to make some cracks I think it will make ur Tiles look even better than they already look!!!
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nathan
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Post by nathan on Feb 16, 2013 18:52:04 GMT -5
Thank everyone! @gm Kenn: the base of the inclined piece is slightly shorter that the the squares glued to it so they hang over a bit and can rest on the edge of the other tiles, however I didn't give it enough space on one side so its not too sturdy when inclined between two pieces. I made a tree with spaces for minis to stand in it and a large grassy/forest floor piece. Tree is made from twisted toilet paper tube painted and hot glued. Here are some photo from our DnD Next Playtest today, we've been using lego figures as minis lately:
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Post by hideousprime on Feb 17, 2013 0:21:16 GMT -5
They r really good looking. I really like the glue stick pillars.
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Post by slurpy on Feb 18, 2013 0:12:35 GMT -5
The glue stick pillars look fantastic. And I love how appropriate the LotR minis are for DnD. I remember using the old Castle minis in my homebrewed HeroQuest games when I was a kid.
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Post by skunkape on Feb 18, 2013 10:10:08 GMT -5
Love the pillars, what a great idea! Love it!
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spider
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Post by spider on Feb 24, 2013 21:51:38 GMT -5
Very nice work. I was looking to do something similar. I run my games gridless, but the dungeon my PC are going to be exploring is made from large stone square tiles. So, I'm wondering how to create my cardboard dungeon to look like stone tiles. This post shows one way to do it, but it looks rather time consuming.
Any ideas on how to quickly spray paint a grid onto a dungeon tile? I could not find a DM Scotty video. I was thinking of placing some kind of metal mesh over by tiles and spray painting them, thus projecting a grid onto the tile.
Any ideas?
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Post by chrisfitz71 on Feb 25, 2013 8:10:44 GMT -5
Use a dull pizza cutter and a metal ruler to make shallow cuts after base coating. I just made that up. Let me know if it works.
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Post by slurpy on Feb 25, 2013 15:53:18 GMT -5
Finding a one-inch mesh would be tough, but I wouldn't expect it to work anyway, you'd get bleedover from spraypaints.
The pizza cutter idea is interesting, but I suspect a dull one would crush the cardboard too much. Just a regular one cutting into the cardboard, and doing a light drybrush to highlight it might work.
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Post by onethatwas on Feb 25, 2013 23:02:19 GMT -5
The textured spray paint is actually very easily "scratched off," as I've found useful in situations where I have to apply hot glue after using the textured paint (otherwise the hot glue adheres ONLY to the spray paint. At least in my experience...). That being said, you can use a pen casing (with the ink cartridge removed or retracted) to scratch out a grid. OR you could use some other utensil to do the same thing. Still time consuming though. And a bit of a pain.
Alternatively, you can paint in the grid. Or use a colored pencil/eyeliner pencil (this can work, but you have to be very careful in putting pressure). so, a couple quick fixes that may be useful.
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slurpy
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Post by slurpy on Feb 26, 2013 2:17:55 GMT -5
Ooh, I do like that pen casing idea, I bet that would work well.
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Post by juvenihilist on Feb 26, 2013 9:59:55 GMT -5
Dots. Skip the lines and just go for dots in the corners of the squares. It blends in pretty well, but when you need them its very obvious.
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Post by dtaylor on Mar 3, 2013 2:40:04 GMT -5
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