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Post by danielc on Aug 20, 2013 15:08:54 GMT -5
So I was over on the Dwarven Forge forum and I saw a great idea someone named biowizard posted that I thought might be useful for the gridless play crowd. biowizard bought a sheet of plexiglass. He took a sharpie and drew a grid on the underside, but the gridless folks could skip that step. He then took several "seemless" textures and built poster sized files for print out. When he was done he could set the "cobblestone" texture sheet down on the table, put the plexiglass on top of that and bamb, a table top of the texture he likes but that can't be damaged. By changing the sheet under the plexi he could have different settings. Here are some examples: Black (deep pit?)WhiteRock SlabCobblestoneDeadlandsForestSeaI figure the idea could be used anywhere. Add int he idea of using "negative space" (see the black example) and combined with the tiles we could make lots of fun layouts. Think an open space in a tile with black is a pit, with a lava texture become a lava lake, with a water texture it si an underground lake, etc. Anyway, I just thought his idea was so good I just had to share.
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Post by monkeywithtacos on Aug 20, 2013 16:19:38 GMT -5
Cool.....there are indeed some good possibilities here for liquid or chasm/pit type areas...Very cool Danielc!
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Post by dm1scotty on Aug 20, 2013 21:22:22 GMT -5
Neat idea, some cool possibilities.
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Post by ashrothedm on Aug 20, 2013 22:36:11 GMT -5
That's how my group used to do it from ages ago. The part I hated was the gloss, but you need the smooth glossy surface for the dry erase (if you use dry erase also). It does look nice and seamless with those models on top of it.
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Post by thedmg on Aug 21, 2013 7:07:48 GMT -5
I would just use the cardboard the plexiglass came in...
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Post by belatucadras on Aug 21, 2013 8:16:19 GMT -5
My college group and my dad used texture under plexi this way. We did not have the cool 3-D elements back then. He uses the mix to good effect.
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Post by monkeywithtacos on Aug 21, 2013 8:58:53 GMT -5
I think it would be great in certain situations, but I wouldn't want to use it for everything. Unless I was using them the way that guy was (playing gridded, using 3d walls, etc). I certainly allows for versatility with that playstyle.
As I think I said before, it'd be great for adding the illusion of depth to a pit or chasm, or for a smooth liquid surface, and even to vary the forest floor terrain. I have even seen plexi used with hot glue to create up-right webbing for spiders lairs to very cool effect. I may even end up doing some that way.
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