I’m an inexperienced photographer using a simple mobile phone camera to take photos for this site in spaces that really aren’t properly lit, so the images that have appeared here have been… let’s say… hit-or-miss in terms of quality. Many have been taken outside and washed-out from bright sunlight; most others have been shot under […]
A Ten Minute Light Box Build Read More »
With my city boards completed and some extra parking-lot tiles in progress to stack on top of them, I was still missing an obvious feature of towns and cities: buildings. I usually start off a project by looking around for existing examples for inspiration. On the many crafting sites and YouTube channels I browse regularly,
We built this city! We built this city on… foam… and… er… paper. Read More »
Over the last week or so, a meme started showing up on D&D related Facebook groups: … and I immediately needed to know if this sculpt was available as an STL so I could 3D print one. I didn’t see information on the original sculptor, but I did find that someone had made a close
Me want ALL the cookies! Read More »
With my modular city boards finally built (more on that saga here and here), it was time to start coming up with some stuff to put on them. An upcoming scene in my Mighty Protectors campaign will feature a mutated and temporarily paranoid-delusional person angrily lobbing cars around a parking lot, so some parking “tiles”
Paving the way to adventure? Read More »
A few months back I built some modular castle/wall parts based on a series of videos from a relatively new YouTube channel called RP Archive. Some of the videos showed images of some rubble pieces that fit into the stepped edges of those wall parts. I don’t think the videos ever covered how to build
Sifting through the rubble Read More »
So my first go at making city tiles went badly, but I was determined to adjust my methods and try again. I was also, I decided, not going to compromise the size I’d originally intended to make the boards – they were going to fit on my table in a 4×4 configuration without poking anyone!
And when that city sank into the swamp, we built another! (Part 2) Read More »
In which I waste a lot of money but at least end up with something useful I’ve built up a good collection of fantasy terrain, but it’s of limited use in my MIghty Protectors Campaign that takes place in a modern setting and most often occurs in the streets of local towns and cities. I’ve
And when that city sank into the swamp, we built another! (Part 1) Read More »
During the lull while waiting for a static grass applicator for my ongoing bookshelf diorama project, I had an urge to work on something simpler to knock out one of the many, many items on my “to craft” list. Back when I first got into this hobby, one of my early builds included some very
Simple and generic and I only messed it up a little bit Read More »
In the early months of COVIDMania I started on painting some orcs. These were among the first minis I’d printed when I first got my Photon… meaning in many cases they were printed with a not-quite-properly-aligned plate, or not quite the right support settings, or… a host of other early teething problems. A few had
Non Mini Painter Painting Minis, Part Whatever Read More »
So the exciting news around here recently is the tornado that strolled through my back yard during Isaias last week. We were lucky in only having some shingle damage and a small amount of buckling in our roof, along with a cracked window; some neighbors took much more roof damage, one house lost all its
A Diorama, Photos Forgotten, and Lessons Learned Read More »