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Started by Cramulus, February 10, 2012, 06:21:03 PM

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Cramulus

February 10, 2012, 06:21:03 PM
I was going to buy a set of Dwarven Forge tiles off a friend of mine, but he ended up selling them to somebody else. I love 3D terrain, and Dwarven Forge stuff is pretty much the corvette of tabletop accessories. So now I want some more 3D stuff.

I found a link to this website which sells molds you can use to build your own 3D tiles:

http://www.hirstarts.com/

So for $29, you can get a mold of some architecture, pour some plaster in there, glue together the little bricks, and voila, a cool 3D hallway for little miniatures to march around in.

after you pop stuff out of a mold and paint it, it looks like this:


then you build the thing:



then eventually it looks like a (crappily assembled) version of this!




I'm thinking about buying some of this stuff, even though that definitely commits me to a lot of arts-and-crafts time. What do you guys think? Is there other 3D terrain out there that's worth checking out?

Elder Iptuous

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February 10, 2012, 06:52:25 PM
that's pretty damned sweet!

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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February 10, 2012, 08:32:24 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on February 10, 2012, 06:21:03 PM
I was going to buy a set of Dwarven Forge tiles off a friend of mine, but he ended up selling them to somebody else. I love 3D terrain, and Dwarven Forge stuff is pretty much the corvette of tabletop accessories. So now I want some more 3D stuff.

I found a link to this website which sells molds you can use to build your own 3D tiles:

http://www.hirstarts.com/

So for $29, you can get a mold of some architecture, pour some plaster in there, glue together the little bricks, and voila, a cool 3D hallway for little miniatures to march around in.

after you pop stuff out of a mold and paint it, it looks like this:


then you build the thing:



then eventually it looks like a (crappily assembled) version of this!




I'm thinking about buying some of this stuff, even though that definitely commits me to a lot of arts-and-crafts time. What do you guys think? Is there other 3D terrain out there that's worth checking out?

Did you say "hallway"?
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Triple Zero

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February 10, 2012, 09:06:12 PM
What's the pliers for? To keep em together while the glue dries?
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March 18, 2012, 07:34:53 PM
Hmm, that looks pretty awesome. My DM is cheking some 3D terrain maps as well, i don't remeber where(i could ask him, if you're looking for other places to buy it, though..)
I'll recommend this to him - he's not really the DIY type, but i am big time. I'd love to build some of our main places with it :)
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