GlassJaw
Hero
I've been thinking about making my own dungeon tiles, perhaps a combination of the Skeleton Key tiles and some custom-made ones of my own.
My plan is to make a bunch of 6x6 "generic" tiles (dungeons, caves, etc) that can be used over and over again and mix-and-match into different formations. Because I want to save and reuse them, storage and portability are important factors.
I have a decent laser printer so printing isn't a concern. What I'm looking for are recommendations on materials for mounting. Ideally, it would be something that durable, not too thick, and can be cut with an Xacto knife.
I'm pretty familiar with foamcore, which works great because they are light and fairly durable. However, they are fairly thick and will start to take up a lot of storage space.
I was looking at Art Supplies from Dick Blick Art Materials, which is a good art supply store, and found these:
Matboard - looks nice but expensive and I've heard it's hard to cut.
Matboard - BLICK art materials
Mounting Board - looks good, but not sure the difference between this and Matboard
Mounting Board - BLICK art materials
Chipboard - pretty cheap but not that familiar with it
All-Purpose Chipboard - BLICK art materials
Posterboard - inexpensive, easy to cut, and fairly thin but I wonder if they would slide around on the table too much. Not sure on durability either.
Posterboard - BLICK art materials
So has anyone out there done something like this? Thanks!
My plan is to make a bunch of 6x6 "generic" tiles (dungeons, caves, etc) that can be used over and over again and mix-and-match into different formations. Because I want to save and reuse them, storage and portability are important factors.
I have a decent laser printer so printing isn't a concern. What I'm looking for are recommendations on materials for mounting. Ideally, it would be something that durable, not too thick, and can be cut with an Xacto knife.
I'm pretty familiar with foamcore, which works great because they are light and fairly durable. However, they are fairly thick and will start to take up a lot of storage space.
I was looking at Art Supplies from Dick Blick Art Materials, which is a good art supply store, and found these:
Matboard - looks nice but expensive and I've heard it's hard to cut.
Matboard - BLICK art materials
Mounting Board - looks good, but not sure the difference between this and Matboard
Mounting Board - BLICK art materials
Chipboard - pretty cheap but not that familiar with it
All-Purpose Chipboard - BLICK art materials
Posterboard - inexpensive, easy to cut, and fairly thin but I wonder if they would slide around on the table too much. Not sure on durability either.
Posterboard - BLICK art materials
So has anyone out there done something like this? Thanks!