the Jester
Legend
Nice work, man!
I gotta spread some around, will somebody cover me and rep H.M.Gimlord for me?
I gotta spread some around, will somebody cover me and rep H.M.Gimlord for me?
this sums it up pretty well...I'm noticing, though, that the 1":5' scale is a little constrictive. I've been told it's better to model at 1":3.5'.
Quoting the original AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide, regarding the use of miniatures in the game:
"Figure bases are necessarily broad in order to assure that the figure will stand... Because of this, it is usually necessary to use a ground scale twice that of the actual scale... squares of about one actual inch per side are suggested. Each ground scale inch can then be used to equal 3 1/2 linear feet, so a 10' wide scale corridor is three actual inches in width and shown as 3 separate squares. This allows depiction of the typical array of three figures abreast, and also enables easy handling of such figures when they are moved."
In short, the corridors were drawn ten feet wide, but with the assumption that ten feet was enough for three people fighting side by side (three squares), not two.
I would urge you to splurge and buy the wall mold (per your chosen style) as well, but this looks like a great alternative to buying a mold for simply casting detailing pieces. There are some molds where I would only see myself casting 10 or so and no more. Why buy the mold for that if you can get the same amount for $10 less than the mold. It would be especially worth it for some molds that they don't have, like #85 (couldn't find it), and the the gothic graveyard set (casting resin for things like the fence is hard for me. I always break them). I would definitely buy these by the pre-cast set.You can absolutely do Hirst Arts stuff cheaply. Buy the floor molds (usually $10 cheaper than the others) and instead of buying the rest, buy pre-cast blocks from here: Results for PRE-CAST PIECES BY SET
You can then use a few of these sets of pre-cast blocks to make some of your tiles more interesting.