Black Magic Craft has a great video on making basic tiles which I like so much i had to try some. Basic Tile Video
Now he makes everything out of XPS(Extruded Polystyrene) aka foamular from Home depot, aka pink insulation boards. I am okay with an x-acto blade but really good with my glowforge so I decided to take his techniques and give them a tweak.
So i created 6 tiles each 3x3. Sized for 1 inch based miniatures. Then I used the Black Magic Crafts painting technique to do pho stone paint job. I love the result. I will post the svg file in this thread. One of you with a better artistic skills take it and make the cracking and the stone edges looks better.
Ooo, I like the paint job. I also like the idea of having thin (easy to store) tiles.
I have several boxes of Dwarven Forge pieces. I love them, but they are heavy and take up a lot of space in storage. Of course, someone could ask, “Why wouldn’t you keep them out all the time?”
If only I had people locally to play with… I’m part of an online group, but someday I hope to get a local game going. I feel like a LOT of things would end up getting made to support a good gaming group.
I make all sorts of playing accessories for our local games, but not maps. Dice trays/towers/boxes, ipad stand, various props, feet for a LED tv that we lay on its back for digital maps, that sort of thing. I tried online play and it left me flat, but the two tabletop games I’m in are tons of fun.
Foamular the pink boards from owens corning havw brominated flame retardant(Hexabromocyclododecane) but I hear melting and fire are still a concern. By the same token wood and acrylic can catch fire so I guess its a question of what level is the risk at.
There are threads on beyond the manual that suggest EVA Foam might work better but it won’t be rigid like the XPS.
