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Post by danielc on Dec 9, 2012 20:22:54 GMT -5
Best place for the price I have found so far is here on Ebay... www.ebay.com/itm/120983787341?ssPageName=STRK It does take a while for them to come in as they are shipped from Hong Kong but that makes them $0.14 each. I have bought from them a few time with no probles at all. Nice price. But arn't warhammer bases thicker than D&D mini bases?
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Post by danielc on Dec 7, 2012 21:42:18 GMT -5
Does anyone know of someone who makes bases that would be the same size as those used on the D&D painted minis?
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Post by danielc on Dec 5, 2012 22:41:45 GMT -5
For me, it depends on the mini. My prepainted stuff goes in cheap plastic bens. My real nice metal figures (I paid to have painted because of my lack of real skill) go into chessex cases. My older epic armies is in special wooden chest with small drawers. Most of my other figures are in boxes of various sorts.
I spend the money to store my minis based on their value to replace. :-)
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Post by danielc on Dec 3, 2012 22:04:34 GMT -5
Oh nice, I love how you can't see it until it is too late. Very nice.
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Post by danielc on Dec 3, 2012 21:57:16 GMT -5
Maybe I have seen too many old movies with sword fights on staircases, but ruling that option out just seems wrong! I do nto think having the levels side by side would mean you can't have epic staircase fights. As they move up or down they hit a point they move to the next map together.
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Post by danielc on Dec 3, 2012 21:52:41 GMT -5
[Daniel clicks Exhalt for m3talslime]
Yep, see now you have one Karma. :-)
EDIT: I forgot, there is a limit on how many you can do in an hour. I think it is one or two. This stops Karma Bombing.
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Post by danielc on Dec 3, 2012 21:50:50 GMT -5
I think you should leave it as it is. If the title gets me to open the video and your intro gets me to watch showing me the final outcome is not going to change my mind. I like the verbal intro and hen the visual build up to the final item/tile etc.
Of course that is just my opinion. :-)
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Post by danielc on Dec 2, 2012 16:26:32 GMT -5
My mantra is that if a player can knock it over they will....lol I have even been known to knock over things you would have thought I could not knock over. One suggestion for "stories" or tiers that I saw and liked was a scifi game with a combat inside a ship. He would set the levels next to each other on the table and line them up where the stairs were. You just went from map to map as the combat moved along. Just a thought.
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Post by danielc on Dec 2, 2012 16:21:24 GMT -5
I imagine that many of the tiles would also be able to be used for both. I mean a cave is a cave regardless of if it is a Dragon Lair or an Elder God Cult lair. ;-)
One of th eideas a friend is using for his SciFi stuff is get a fine netting, spray paint one color (Black in his case) then move the netting slightly and respray paint in a secodn color (silver or grey for example) and it gives an interesting grill like pattern.
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Post by danielc on Nov 30, 2012 20:04:24 GMT -5
I'd call each one about 10 feet worth of distance...maybe 15. makes it a little awkward when you don't want to be quite that high up, but obviously you could fudge it a little. Or you could use rubber bands to mark how high you are. One band per 5 feet.
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Post by danielc on Nov 30, 2012 13:10:20 GMT -5
I like the mine shaft images. Are the rails thin cardstock or model railroad tracks?
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Post by danielc on Nov 30, 2012 12:29:31 GMT -5
Now say it with me, "Gridless is the bestest!" Gridless is the Bestest. Nice idea by the way.
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Post by danielc on Nov 26, 2012 0:26:29 GMT -5
Oh I like that idea quite a bit.
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Post by danielc on Nov 21, 2012 1:29:48 GMT -5
I started my son out on "wargames" first to help him get used to the ideas of movement. We each built small Legomen armies and fought using a very simple set of rules. Eveyone moved 4 " (the length of the stick I made) and each person rolled a six sided die. Higher number "won". Ties just sat there until next combat. Over time I added a flag for us to capture. Then we began to have a couple of named legomen. Over time we added the use of an eight sider for the named guys. More goals. Monsters, horses, bows, all with the legos to keep it light.
Sometimes he asked about adding things and sometimes I would suggest them. But by allowing him to work up to "RPG' through simple wargames it made it smoother for him.
Daniel
PS: Yes I still have my Lego Orc army and Lego Evil Knight army. It was great being a little kid again for a while. LOL
EDIT: Fixed couple of typos...
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Post by danielc on Nov 20, 2012 1:05:09 GMT -5
That is so cool. I love what you have done with craft stuff along with some go dpaint skills.
Those faces in the rock just screem evil to me. Well done.
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Post by danielc on Nov 16, 2012 10:12:29 GMT -5
Ok, I'm gonna own up here and say, yes, I am Nickydude, the originator of that thread. I've been building 3D stuff for a while and I still like having 3D walls, especially in places like castles & dungeons as walls can display a number of things on them. I do not think there is any shame in owning 3D stuff. I myself bought several of the 3D digital packages that are out there. And I have verious levels of success with them. I just fell in love with DM Scotty's simple system that does what I wanted. I also like his return to gridless as well. Daniel
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Post by danielc on Nov 15, 2012 18:18:26 GMT -5
To be fair one said he liked what you did but disagreed because he was the owner of a 3D wall system.
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Post by danielc on Nov 14, 2012 21:49:47 GMT -5
The cost for the per item is very high. Of course there are some places that charge for a full bay so the more you fit on the file the better.
I have seen some of the stuff bought for custom 40k figures. Some can be quite brittle but overall I was impressed witht he detail they could get.
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Post by danielc on Nov 12, 2012 22:11:19 GMT -5
Scotty, u can offer to buy/ship it for him, but sending pressurized stuff is expensive or takes a long time.. plus you would want to know what the laws regarding shipment into the country are, It would do no good if he had to pay 25 or 30 eruo in customs fees.
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TRAPS
Nov 7, 2012 11:14:13 GMT -5
Post by danielc on Nov 7, 2012 11:14:13 GMT -5
Traps are a good lead in to this question, how do I craft traps or other features without alerting the player that something is afoot? I think this is a hard line to walk. I have found myself guilty of telegraphing to the players without realizing I am. Soemtimes ti is the way I ask a question. Sometimes it is the way I discribe things. I think it would be hard to not give some clues without yoru meaning to do so. I am looking forward to hearing various ideas others have. This shoudl be interesting.
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Post by danielc on Nov 6, 2012 11:59:32 GMT -5
While ti is not free, I love HeroLab by Lone Wolf. I find it is so easy to use both to create characters and to run encounters.
As for maps and props, I also love to use Paint. That is right the free program that comes with Windows.
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Post by danielc on Nov 5, 2012 22:16:48 GMT -5
When I first started to play RPGs I made my own tokens (not knowing that was what they would be called). They were 3/4th inch squares with small drawings I made on them. I still have a lot of them. Resently I drew some 1/72nd scale troops and vehicles for use with Stargrunt. Here are a couple fo the sheets just to show you.
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Post by danielc on Nov 5, 2012 22:02:57 GMT -5
I mean no disrespect in saying this but this feels like one of those arguments I hard in school that were less based on fact and more on elitist subjective opinions. Sort of the "What makes a book a classic?" or "What is more important Math or Science?".
For me, the two are not mutually exclusive and the line is not as clear as some would have you believe. Art: It is what ever the art critics say it is. Craft: It is what we do with out hands, tools, and efforts. But if a critic likes what we crafted then it is art.
But I also admit this whole post of mine is pure opinion and as such is subjective as well. ;-)
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Post by danielc on Nov 5, 2012 1:52:52 GMT -5
I agree by the very fact we "gather and share" we become some sort of social group. How far DMscotty wants to have that grow is up to him I would guess. But I don't have any issue sharing more then just my efforts to craft (once I get started of course :-) .
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Post by danielc on Nov 4, 2012 16:30:03 GMT -5
Wow, these look great. I love the finish on them.
I agree, these look like something you would want to keep for a long time.
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Post by danielc on Nov 4, 2012 12:08:38 GMT -5
So, just to kinda rationalize the possible reasons for why it may not be so obvious to alot of gamers. No argument really, just thoughts. Oh I agree, I know folks who could fit into many of your catagories. In fact, I remember back in the AD&D days when I bought some grid paper to make drawing the duneons easier and some of the guys disliked my using "squares" and others loved it. We have seen this idea of using grids grow and I agree the whole 3.0/3.5/4.0 phase really pushed it to a new level. What I liked about this quest to return to gridless is it reminds me of my early days using a black marker and sheets of butcher paper to hand draw each area as they entered into it.
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Post by danielc on Nov 3, 2012 22:37:08 GMT -5
Nice start. You are ahead of me. I still am trying to find the time between kids and work. But I will catch up with you (maybe). :-)
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Post by danielc on Nov 3, 2012 22:33:06 GMT -5
I plan to use my store bought tiles as I have already spend the money on them. But this does not stop me from ignoring the grids and just use them as they are. :-)
This idea of gridless is nothing new, so I really do not understand why anyone is having a hard time with the idea. heck almost all the RPGers I know also played or still play Warhammer or 40k. How is what we suggest any different? Use ruler/tape to measure and then move. <danielc gets back off his soapbox>
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Post by danielc on Nov 1, 2012 10:41:21 GMT -5
This was great news. I will listen to it today at lunch. EDIT: Got to listen to it. Great opportunity. I also loved how he refered back to you in his next interview. Nice to see the word is getting out there.
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Post by danielc on Oct 30, 2012 11:47:00 GMT -5
Question: Would painting the bottom with the Primer help keep the tile from warping?
Sort of like adding a sealer of sorts to the cardboard?
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