Have just added the new link to my blog.
http://stephen2011wargames.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-my-own-dungeon-table-to-use.html
More photos added....
http://stephen2011wargames.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-my-own-dungeon-table-to-use.html
cunning...i like it :)
Excellent, very well done! It tempts me into making some bigger rooms for the Dungeons, but there's only so big we can go before we hit casting/posting issues, so yours looks like a much better alternative!
.... maybe cast smaller flat sections which can be placed side by side together to form a larger whole?
:) <--- ever hopeful
Quote from: sixsideddice on 09 May 2011, 04:06:38 PM
.... maybe cast smaller flat sections which can be placed side by side together to form a larger whole?
:) <--- ever hopeful
That's definitely an option...
....... Does the happy dance and is very nearly extremely excited.
:x <--------- Me doing the happy dance
Just as a bit of feedback, would it be worth adding some cracks to the tiles, just to break up the uniformity of it? A thin-tip marker could be a quick way of doing it? It would also blend in nicely with the Dungeon pieces then as well.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3-QAnWZcF2c/Tcfp_gv9gwI/AAAAAAAAAI8/fKW31SJG7RI/s1600/stairs+up.JPG)
QuoteJust as a bit of feedback, would it be worth adding some cracks to the tiles, just to break up the uniformity of it? A thin-tip marker could be a quick way of doing it? It would also blend in nicely with the Dungeon pieces then as well.
Brilliant idea Leon. I`ve still got bits to do to my first early effort (fill colour into the gaps where the paint didn`t take, generally add some more detail, and so on) but I`d
never have thought of adding cracks to the tiles. Cheers for that :)
Looks good.
You (or Paula) probably don't want to know but you can get large sheets of the mini mosaic tiles from DIY stores. Much easier than laying out lots of individual ones.
AAAAAAAAGH really? =((
I wonder what the scale of the squares might be?
Ah well c est la vie its done now lol
(http://tile.co.uk/images/product/rocky_mountain220.jpg)
http://tile.co.uk/product/rocky_mountain_polished/
comes in15mm squares. Also 1inch squares seem common. The 15 mm ones are quite pricy though
Aaaaah 15mm is too small, the dungeon tiles are 18mm across which is the same size as my 1 cent bases... and 1 inch (25mm) is simply too big; I`d need to make the bases huge or the figures would be lost - imagine trying to form a line of ten Orcs over 10 inches of dungeon space.
:)
I've based my single figs on 12mm washers mainly - with some pennies for monsters (which are 19mm I think).
I might keep an eye for a sheet of these tiles on sale in the DIY shops - could be a good way of getting a large area.
£20 for a 30x30cm sheet is a bit pricey though...
It is isn't it. The 1 inch sheets go for around £8, don't why the smaller ones are so much more expensive.
I'm going to have a look in B&Q next time I'm in to see if they have any seconds / damaged ones going cheaper.
Quote from: Leon on 09 May 2011, 04:07:16 PM
Quote from: sixsideddice on 09 May 2011, 04:06:38 PM
.... maybe cast smaller flat sections which can be placed side by side together to form a larger whole?
:) <--- ever hopeful
That's definitely an option...
With walls that can be added around the edge?
...and whilst we're getting wistful, longer corridors?
Yeah, something like that. Making a large tile, say 6 inch square, would be easy enough to do, and then we could look at making some intact/crumbled walls in a variety of options.
All of the above relies on me finding some spare time to have a go though!
Quote from: Leon on 12 May 2011, 10:36:21 PM
All of the above relies on me finding some spare time to have a go though!
Doesn't it always? :'( ;)
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 12 May 2011, 10:24:24 PM
That's definitely an option...
With walls that can be added around the edge?
...and whilst we're getting wistful, longer corridors?
is this the kind of thing you are thinking of....i know this is water caverns but you could use a similar principle:
http://www.hirstarts.com/cavern/watercavern.html
Quote from: Maenoferren on 15 May 2011, 10:47:26 AM
is this the kind of thing you are thinking of....i know this is water caverns but you could use a similar principle:
http://www.hirstarts.com/cavern/watercavern.html
Not really, I was thinking far more conservatively ;) However, if something like that was to become available... :D
My idea was the current floor without walls in a few sizes (from 2x2 up to HUGE) with the current walls as separate edging.
Three types of edge: open ended, inward corner on one end and outward corner on one end, say multiples of 3-squares long with a 1 square strip of floor sections for stability.
With these bits you should be able to construct irregular rooms and surround them in a wall to fit in with the available dungeon pieces, which would help lock in the wall segments.