Gelatinous Cube

Started by Germy, 17 October 2011, 08:40:05 PM

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Luddite

24 August 2012, 11:32:35 PM #30 Last Edit: 24 August 2012, 11:37:09 PM by Leon
Wouldn't it be easier to simply use real gelatinous cubes?





With a bit of trimming you could make them look ok, and it'd be easy to push a skeleton figure or other detritus into it.

And afterwards, assuming it doesn't melt, it'll make a nice dessert.

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Hehe, I bought some strawberry jelly chunks the other day to munch on, great source of energy!

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Quote from: Luddite on 24 August 2012, 11:32:35 PM
Wouldn't it be easier to simply use real gelatinous cubes?





Obviously, but where's the fun in that?  ;)

...and it makes your dungeon non-vegetarian over prolonged use!  :D
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Poggle

Envirotex Lite is very easy to use. It's an epoxy varnish, meant to give the same coverage effect as fifty coats of regular varnish, but it works fine for water effects too. You mix equal parts of A and B and pour or brush it onto the surface. Use a cheap brush, because you'll have to throw it away afterwards. It dries in about 24 hours. It is a bit expensive, but you don't need a lot to get a good result.

I haven't used it for gelatinous cubes, but it's perfectly possible. Rather than go into a lot of detail here, I'll provide this link to this chap...

http://www.hirstarts.com/tips19/tips19.html#tube

Go a quarter way down the page. He shows how to use Envirotex to make a SF stasis tube. Same principle could be used for a gelatinous cube.  ;)

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Quote from: Poggle on 24 August 2012, 11:54:35 PM
Envirotex Lite is very easy to use. It's an epoxy varnish, meant to give the same coverage effect as fifty coats of regular varnish, but it works fine for water effects too. You mix equal parts of A and B and pour or brush it onto the surface. Use a cheap brush, because you'll have to throw it away afterwards. It dries in about 24 hours. It is a bit expensive, but you don't need a lot to get a good result.

I haven't used it for gelatinous cubes, but it's perfectly possible. Rather than go into a lot of detail here, I'll provide this link to this chap...

http://www.hirstarts.com/tips19/tips19.html#tube

Go a quarter way down the page. He shows how to use Envirotex to make a SF stasis tube. Same principle could be used for a gelatinous cube.  ;)


Thanks for the info.  :-bd
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arabianknight

Here's a tutorial link for you to try: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylemay/2045290249/

I had intended to give it a bash myself before posting up here, but never got round to it. Thought I'd best get it posted up during the threads second incarnation  ;)

I'd thought that maybe you could build it up in stages if you needed to put skeletons in the middle.

sixsideddice

Love this thread... full of great ideas. I`m still trying to come up with the ideal Cube, have made a few of my own, but they`re just not right somehow.

.... now the jelly idea sounds yummy. Quite delicious infact.

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Quote from: arabianknight on 24 September 2012, 02:01:14 PM
Here's a tutorial link for you to try: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylemay/2045290249/

I had intended to give it a bash myself before posting up here, but never got round to it. Thought I'd best get it posted up during the threads second incarnation  ;)

I'd thought that maybe you could build it up in stages if you needed to put skeletons in the middle.

Another great suggestion, cheers!  :-bd
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Quote from: mad lemmey on 17 February 2016, 06:24:55 PM
Great work!

:-[

I have to admit, great find more like ;)

It's a 3cm fake ice cube from China/eBay - I'll see if I can post a link later.

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Fake ice cube... now that really is cost cutting, non-disposable ice cubes...